Council Members

Our members are active participants in workforce development activities. We truly appreciate all of their efforts in creating a business-led Colorado talent network. Council members are appointed by the Governor to serve three-year terms.

Council members attend three in-person meetings a year, participate in sub-committees or task groups, engage in local workforce development efforts and act as ambassadors for the CWDC and its partners at the local, state, and federal levels. Learn more about applying to become a council member.
 

Business Members

Denise Burgess, Burgess Services

Peter Brissette, DMD Consulting- Digital Marketing Dude

Kevin Cory,* Noble Casing, Inc

Joshua Cody, The Colorado Farm Brewery

Steven Fechheimer, New Belgium Brewing

Tim Fry,* Mountain Racing Products

Noel Ginsburg,* Intertech Plastics, Inc

Raymond Gonzales, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation; Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce

Seth Harvey, Bluestaq

Tara Hosick, Climax Molybdenum Company

Danielle Kirkpatrick,* DoubleTree Hotel

John Knapp, Agriculture

Jonathan Liebert, Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado

Frances Matthews, CTA  

Louis Martin, Round River Resource Management

Baird McKevitt, Xcel Energy

Lisanne McNew,* McNew & Associates, Inc 

Karla Nugent, Weifield Group Contracting

Chad Orvis, Tri-State Generation and Transmission  Association

Heather Terenzio, Techtonic Group

Michael Trotter, Front Range Roofing Systems, LLC

Lawrence Wagner,* Spark Mindset

Kevin Yoshida,  Creativity Lab Colorado

Workforce Members

Danielle Felder, The Boys and Girls Clubs in Colorado

Dedrick Juarnez Sims, The Sims-Fayola International Academy

Daniel Kraus, Pueblo Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Trust

Tracy Mead, Project Self-Sufficiency

Angeles Ortega, Mi Casa Resource Center

Michael Stelling, Northglenn High School

Lisa Taylor,*Immigrant and Refugee Center of Northern Colorado

Francis Vigil, Colorado Springs Electrical JATC

Jason Wardrip, Colorado Building & Construction Trades Council

Government Members

Katy Anthes Ph.D.,* Colorado Department of Education

Joe Barela,* Colorado Department of Labor & Employment

Pat Meyers, * Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Michelle Barnes, Colorado Department of Human Services

Kristin Corash, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Commissioner Richard Elsner, Park County

Representative Monica Duran, Colorado House of Representatives

Commissioner Nancy Jackson, Arapahoe County District 4

Angie Paccione Ph.D.,* Department of Higher Education

Governor Jared Polis

Senator Robert Rodriguez, Colorado State Senate

Senator Larry Liston, Colorado State Senate

Ex-Officio Members

Joseph Garcia,* Colorado Community College System

Rick Garcia, Department of Local Affairs

Tami Grant, Weld County Department of Human Services, representing Rocky Mountain Workforce Development Assn.

Ryan Irsik, Walmart, Special Advisor 

Teina McConnell, Pickens Technical College, representing Area Technical Colleges

Dean Williams, Colorado Department of Corrections

* Denotes Executive Committee Member 

The work of the Council is supported by the CWDC Office. Learn more about the CWDC Office staff members.