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
President and CEO
| Kathy Ambrose Community Leader | Carrie Hudak Koloma, Inc. | Robin Ricketts Lockheed Martin Space |
| Tatiana Arguello NBCUniversal Local - Telemundo Colorado and Telemundo Utah | Vernon Irvin Everbridge | Ethan Rojhani Grant Thornton LLP |
| Greg Bante Savills | Alice Jackson Xcel Energy - Colorado | Marty Ruffalo Ball Corporation (Retired) |
| Damon Barry Ballard Spahr, LLP | Charles Johnson Ball, LLC | Tonette Salazar Strategies 360 |
| Ryan Beiser PNC Bank | Geoffrey Keys Skye Commercial | Blaine Versaw KPMG, LLP |
| Mark Belfance Ernst & Young, LLP | Brook Kramer BMO Family Office | Teresa Van De Bogart Molson Coors (Retired) |
| Deron Brown PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc. | Kathy Kranz Pinnacol | Carol Waddell Empower Retirement |
| Maggie Dehn Fidelity Investments | Steve Lake Lake Advisors, LLC | Enid Wade Denver Health |
| Douglas Dell KeyBank | Sterling LeBoeuf Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP | Greg Anton* BDO USA, LLP |
| Alexis Denis KPMG, LLP | Derek Longwell FirstBank- Denver Market | Linda Brisnehan* Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Retired) |
| Christina Dorfhuber Deloitte Consulting, LLP | Mashenka Lundberg CoBank | Brad Busse* Busse Ventures |
| Helen Drexler Delta Dental Colorado | Martin Mahalchick Bank of America | Renny Fagan* Nostos Consulting LLC |
| Verónica Figoli Acción Opportunity Fund | Jason Maples Lockton Companies | Paul Franke* Moye White |
| Todd Filsinger Filsinger Energy Partners | Christopher McDonald Comcast - West Division | David Hammond* Davis Graham & Stubbs, LLP (Retired) |
| Brian Fitzpatrick Mortenson | Rodd Merchant J.E. Dunn Construction Company | Dan Lewis* Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation (Retired) |
| Ryan Frazier Frazier Global | Erik Mitisek Highwing, Inc. | Richard Lewis* RTL Networks, Inc. |
| Diane Garcia Congruex | Kevin Neher McKinsey & Company | Todd Munson* Vectra Bank Colorado |
| Lee Gash-Maxey Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce (Retired) | Neil Oberfeld Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Felicity O’Herron* University of Colorado |
| Catherine Hance Mission Hill Hospitality | Beth V. Opperman Northern Trust | Charles Ozaki* City and County Manager Broomfield (Retired) |
| Kathy Hodgson City of Lakewood | Michael Ramseier Kaiser Permanente | Tamra Ward* Taloma Partners |
| Jim Holder Holmes Murphy | ||
| * Emeritus Member | ||
Supporting the mission of Mile High United Way
Executive team
Christine Benero
President and Chief Executive Officer
For inquiries, please contact:
Laurie Troge, Administrative Director
Office of the President & CEO
303.561.2104
Laurie.Troge@unitedwaydenver.org
Eric Artis
Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer
303.561.2370
Eric.Artis@unitedwaydenver.org
Jenn Beck
Vice President, Marketing
303.561.2143
jenn.beck@unitedwaydenver.org
Michael Burke
Chief Financial Officer
303.561.2346
Michael.Burke@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
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
