About Us

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

Michael Burke

Chief Financial Officer

Chelsea Carver

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Cori Deterding

Chief Development Officer

Roweena Naidoo

Chief Impact Officer

Wade Treichler

Chief Operations Officer

Chelsea Carver, Chief Strategy and Development Officer

Chelsea Carver

Chief Development Officer

Vanecia Kerr, Chief Impact Office at Mile High United Way

Vanecia Kerr

Chief Impact Officer