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

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

Jenn Beck

Vice President, Marketing

Michael Burke

Chief Financial Officer

Chelsea Carver

Chief Strategy Officer

Cori Deterding

Chief Development 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