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
Neil Oberfeld
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
President & CEO
Christine Benero
Mile High United Way
| Kathy Ambrose Community Leader, Secretary | J.D. Keller Comcast | Marty Ruffalo Ball Corporation (Retired) |
| Tatiana Arguello NBCUniversal Local - Telemundo Colorado and Telemundo Utah | Robert Kenney Xcel Energy | Tonette Salazar Salazar & Associates |
| Greg Bante Savills | Brook Kramer Fifth Third | Monica Sasakura Wells Fargo |
| Damon Barry Ballard Spahr, LLP, Governance Chair | Kathy Kranz EverPeak Insurance | Teresa Van De Bogart Molson Coors (Retired) |
| Ryan Beiser PNC Bank | Sterling LeBoeuf Davis Graham | Blaine Versaw KPMG LLP |
| Kent Berke Performance Food Group (Retired) | Derek Longwell FirstBank | Enid Wade Denver Health |
| Dorian Brugger U.S. Bank | Justin Looney Ernst & Young LLP | Heather White VectraBank Colorado |
| Dr. Angelic Cole Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce | Mashenka Lundberg CoBank | Alice Yake (Jackson) Breakthrough Energy |
| Maggie Dehn Fidelity Investments | Martin Mahalchick Bank of America | Greg Anton* BDO USA (Retired) |
| Douglas Dell J.P. Morgan | Jason Maples Lockton Companies | Linda Brisnehan* Lockheed Martin Space (Retired) |
| Alexis Denis Prologis | Maureen McDonald HCA HealthONE | Deron Brown* PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc. |
| Tami Door Life Properties | Brad McQueen Plante Moran | Brad Busse* Busse Ventures |
| Christina Dorfhuber Deloitte Consulting LLP | Megan McRae Denver7 | Renny Fagan* Nostos Consulting LLC |
| Helen Drexler Delta Dental of Colorado | Matthew Mendell NVIDIA | Paul Franke* Fennemore |
| Todd Filsinger Filsinger Energy Partners | Anish Michael FGC | David Hammond* Davis Graham (Retired) |
| Brian Fitzpatrick Mortenson | Chris Musso McKinsey & Company | Catherine Hance* Peregrine Hospitality |
| Verónica Fleischer Acción Opportunity Fund | Kelly Noble Empower | Richard Lewis* RTL Networks, Inc. |
| Lori Fox Taloma Partners | Beth Opperman Northern Trust | Todd Munson* Vectra Bank Colorado (Retired) |
| Diane Garcia Congruex, Vice-Chair | Carlos Pacheco Meritrust Credit Union | Kevin Neher* KSL Capital |
| Jamie Gard Newmark | Robin Ricketts Lockheed Martin Space | Felicity O’Herron* University of Colorado (Retired) |
| Matthew Goldberg Alvarez & Marsal | Charley Robinson RingCentral, Catalyst Chair | Charles Ozaki* City and County of Broomfield (Retired) |
| Kathy Hodgson City of Lakewood | Ethan Rojhani Grant Thornton LLP, Treasurer | Tamra Ward* Taloma Partners |
| * 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

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 Strategy Officer
303.561.2351
chelsea.carver@unitedwaydenver.org

Cori Deterding
Chief Development Officer
303.561.2347
cori.deterding@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