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LEADERSHIP AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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 Chair

Catherine Hance

Davis Graham & Stubbs

President and CEO

Christine Benero

Mile High United Way

 

Timi Aguilar
Aguilar Public Relations		Mike Ferrufino
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver		Erik Mitisek
Highwing
Kathy Ambrose
Community Leader 		Paul Franke*
Moye White		Todd Munson*
Vectra Bank Colorado
Barry Amman*
KPMG LLP		Everette Freeman, Ph.D.
Community College of Denver		Kevin Neher
McKinsey & Company
Greg Anton
ACM LLP		Diane Garcia
Crocs Retail, LLC.		Neil Oberfeld, Secretary
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Greg Bante
Savills		David Hammond
Davis Graham & Stubbs (Retired)		Felicity O'Herron
University of Colorado
Mark Belfance
Ernst & Young LLP		Gene Hodge
Mortenson		Beth Opperman
Wells Fargo
Ryan Beiser
PNC Bank, N.A.		Jim Holder
Holmes Murphy		Charles Ozaki
Retired
Linda Brisnehan*
Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Retired)		Carrie Hudak
Project Canary		Carlos Pacheco, Vice Chair
Premier Members Credit Union
Deron Brown
PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc.		Vernon Irvin
Everbridge		Kevin Patterson
Connect for Health Colorado
Brad Busse*
Busse Ventures		Geoffrey Keys
Keys Commercial		Patrina Pettry
U.S. Bank
Matt Cornwell
FirstBank		Steve Lake
Lake Advisors, LLC		Michael Ramseier
Kaiser Permanente
Maggie Dehn
TIAA Financial Solutions		Dan Lewis
Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation		Todd Roebken*
Savills
Douglas Dell
KeyBank		Richard Lewis
RTL Networks		Ethan Rojhani
Grant Thornton LLP
Christina Dorfhuber
Deloitte Consulting LLP		Mashenka Lundberg
CoBank		Tonette Salazar
Strategies 360
Helen Drexler
Delta Dental Colorado		Jason Maples
Lockton Companies		 Deb Smith, Treasurer
Deloitte (Retired Partner)
Mark Everett
Target Corporation		 Mary McBride
Community Leader		Steve Topalian
Enterprise Holdings
David Eves
Retired		 Christopher McDonald
Comcast- West Division		Tamra Ward
Taloma Partners
Renny Fagan
Colorado Nonprofit Association		Rodd Merchant
J.E. Dunn Construction Company		Julie Wolf, Ph.D.*
RHR International Company
*Emeritus

Senior Staff

Christine Benero

President and Chief Executive Officer

303.561.2327 | President@unitedwaydenver.org

Jerene Petersen

Chief Impact Officer

303.561.2202 | Jerene.Petersen@unitedwaydenver.org

 

 

Jo-Ann Scharmann

Chief Financial Officer

303.561.2210 | Jo-Ann.Scharmann@unitedwaydenver.org

Chelsea Carver

Chief Development Officer

 
303.561.2351 | chelsea.carver@unitedwaydenver.org

Tasha Jones

Chief Marketing Officer

303.561.2380 | tasha.jones@unitedwaydenver.org

 

 

Wade Treichler

Chief Operations Officer

303.561.2305 | Wade.Treichler@unitedwaydenver.org

Eric Artis

Vice President, Human Resources

 

303.561.2370 | Eric.Artis@unitedwaydenver.org

 

 

Michael Burke

Vice President, Finance

 

303.561.2346 | Michael.Burke@unitedwaydenver.org

 

 

Gina Nocera

Vice President, Community Impact

 

303.327.1413 | Gina.Nocera@unitedwaydenver.org

 

 

Francisca Angulo-Olaiz

Vice President, Community Engagement

303.561.2234 | Francisca.Olaiz@unitedwaydenver.org

Shelby Morse

Senior Director, Marketing and Communications

 

303.561.2143 | Shelby.Morse@unitedwaydenver.org

 

 

Jessica Badger-Plotkin

Senior Director, Conferencing and Events

 

303.561.2204 | Jessica.Badger@unitedwaydenver.org

 

 

Stephanie Sanchez

Senior Director, Statewide 2-1-1

 

303.561.2239 | Stephanie.Sanchez@unitedwaydenver.org