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

Carlos Pacheco

Premier Members Credit Union
President & CEO

Christine Benero

Mile High United Way

Board Chair

Catherine Hance, Davis Graham & Stubbs

President and CEO

Christine Benero, Mile High United Way
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
Salazar & Associates
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 (Retired)
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
KSL Capital Partners, LLC
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 & CEO of Mile High United Way

Christine Benero

President and Chief Executive Officer

For inquiries, please contact:
Laurie Troge, Administrative Director
Office of the President & CEO

Eric Artis

Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer