Leadership & Board of Trustees
Diverse & committed
The Mile High United Way Board of Trustees is a diverse and committed group of local business and community leaders who support the mission of Mile High United Way – uniting people, ideas and resources to advance the common good.
Board Of Trustees
Board Chair
Damon O. Barry
Ballard Spahr, LLP
President & CEO
Christine Benero
Mile High United Way
| Kathy Ambrose Community Leader, Secretary | Robert Kenney Xcel Energy | Monica Sasakura Wells Fargo |
| Tatiana Argüello NBCUniversal Local - Telemundo Colorado and Telemundo Utah, Vice-Chair | Brook Kramer Fifth Third | Teresa Van De Bogart Molson Coors (Retired) |
| Greg Bante Savills | Kathy Kranz EverPeak Insurance | Blaine Versaw KPMG LLP |
| Jeremy Bronson Occasions Catering | Kristin Lentz Davis Graham LLP | Enid Wade Denver Health |
| Dorian Brugger U.S. Bank | Justin Looney Ernst & Young LLP | Heather White Vectra Bank Colorado |
| Steph Chichester North Slope Capital Advisors | Martin Mahalchick Bank of America | Alice Yake (Jackson) Breakthrough Energy |
| Dr. Angelic Cole Community Leader | Jason Maples Lockton Companies | Linda Brisnehan* Lockheed Martin Space (Retired) |
| Maggie Dehn Fidelity Investments | Maureen McDonald HCA HealthONE | Deron Brown* PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc. |
| Douglas Dell J.P. Morgan | Brad McQueen Plante Moran | Brad Busse* Busse Ventures |
| Alexis Denis Prologis | Megan McRae Community Leader | Christina Dorfhuber* Deloitte Consulting LLP |
| Tami Door Downtown Boulder Partnership | Matthew Mendell NVIDIA | Renny Fagan* Nostos Consulting LLC |
| Helen Drexler Delta Dental of Colorado | Anish Michael FGC | Paul Franke* Fennemore |
| Verónica Figoli Community Leader | Chris Musso McKinsey & Company | David Hammond* Davis Graham (Retired) |
| Todd Filsinger Filsinger Energy Partners | Kelly Noble Empower | Catherine Hance* Peregrine Hospitality |
| Brian Fitzpatrick Mortenson | Neil Oberfeld Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Richard Lewis* RTL Networks, Inc. |
| Lori Fox Taloma Partners | Beth Opperman Northern Trust | Mashenka Lundberg* CoBank |
| Diane Garcia Congruex | Carlos Pacheco Meritrust Credit Union | Todd Munson* Vectra Bank Colorado (Retired) |
| Jamie Gard Newmark | Robin Ricketts Lockheed Martin Space | Kevin Neher* KSL Capital |
| Matthew Goldberg Alvarez & Marsal | Charley Robinson RingCentral, Catalyst Chair | Felicity O’Herron* University of Colorado (Retired) |
| Kathy Hodgson City of Lakewood (Retired) | Ethan Rojhani Grant Thornton LLP, Treasurer | Tamra Ward* Taloma Partners |
| J.D. Keller Comcast | Marty Ruffalo Ball Corporation (Retired) | |
| * Emeritus Member |
Supporting the mission of Mile High United Way
Executive team

Christine Benero
President and Chief Executive Officer
For inquiries, contact Savannah Barela, Administrative Director
Office of the President & CEO
303.561.2233
Savannah.Barela@unitedwaydenver.org

Eric Artis
Chief Human Resources Officer
303.561.2370
Eric.Artis@unitedwaydenver.org

Michael Burke
Chief Financial Officer
303.561.2346
Michael.Burke@unitedwaydenver.org

Chelsea Carver
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
303.561.2351
Chelsea.Carver@unitedwaydenver.org

Cori Deterding
Chief Development Officer
303.561.2347
Cori.Deterding@unitedwaydenver.org

Roweena Naidoo
Chief Impact Officer
303.437.5417
Roweena.Naidoo@unitedwaydenver.org

Wade Treichler
Chief Operations Officer
303.561.2305
Wade.Treichler@unitedwaydenver.org

Chelsea Carver
Chief Development Officer
303.561.2351
chelsea.carver@unitedwaydenver.org

Vanecia Kerr
Chief Impact Officer
303.561.2202
vanecia.kerr@unitedwaydenver.org