Colorado Advisory Committee
These business, faith, military, and community leaders believe that Colorado benefits when America leads in the world through investments in development and diplomacy.
Hon. Hank Brown Hon. Gary Hart Co-Chairs U.S. Senate U.S. Senate (1991-1997) (1974-1986)
Tyrone Adams Hon. Richard F. Celeste Welfare Trust Colorado Association of REALTORS US Peace Corps Chief Plan Administrator President and CEO Director (1979-1981) Stacey DeFore Governor of Ohio (1983-1991) Eleanor Allen Lockheed Martin Space U.S. Ambassador Water For People Strategy & Business Development, Human India (1997-2001) CEO Space Exploration Colorado College Lt. Gen. Ed Anderson* President (2002-2011) Dr. Philip P. DiStefano Peak Military Care Network University of Colorado Boulder Louis X. “Kip” Cheroutes Chairman Chancellor Japan-U.S. Network Inc. U.S. Army President David Eddy Retired The Boeing Company Hon. Martin L. Cheshes Steve Bachar* Colorado Site Director U.S. Ambassador Empowerment Capital LLC Republic of Djibouti (1994-1996) Steve Eisenhart* Partner Space Foundation Linda Childears Morgan Bazilian Senior Vice President, Strategic & International Daniels Fund Colorado School of Mines Affairs President and CEO Director, Payne Institute Min Fan Gilberto (Gil) Cisneros* Paul G. Bergman, Jr. US Heartland China Association Chamber of the Americas U.S. Department of Commerce Executive Director Chairman and CEO Former Director, U.S. Export Assistant Center Terry Fankhauser for Colorado & Wyoming Rachel Clements Colorado Cattlemen’s Association Denver Sister Cities International Dr. Richard Bowen Executive Vice President Development Director Colorado State University Dr. Andy Feinstein Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences Cynda Collins Arsenault University of Northern Colorado Secure World Foundation Hon. John Brackney* President President and Board Chair Webolutions Our Secure Future: Women Make the Burke Fishburn* Director, Public Policy & Community Difference Posner Center for International Development Engagement Founder Executive Director Margo Branscomb M. Michael Cooke Tony Frank Una Chapman Cox Foundation Council for a Strong America Colorado State University System President of the Board of Trustees Colorado State Director Chancellor Kelly Brough Mizraim Cordero Jenifer Freeman Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce United Airlines Swire Coca-Cola President and CEO Director of State and Local Government Director Debbie Brown Affairs Glen Gallegos Colorado Business Roundtable Eric Robert Dallimore University of Colorado President Leon Gallery Regent, District 3 John Carson* Owner Maria Galter University of Colorado Tim Daly AfricAid Regent, District 6 Western Union Former Executive Director Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy Karen de Bartolomé WorldDenver Executive Director Emerita Tony DeCrosta University of Colorado Health and Colorado Advisory Committee
Craig Gardenswartz Jason Johnson Bernd “Bear” McConnell* AIPAC Colorado State University U.S. Department of Defense Director, Colorado & Nebraska Deputy General Counsel Former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Hon. Cory Gardner Trevor Jones USAID U.S. Senate (2015-2021) Lynx Global Intelligence Former Director of Office of Foreign Disaster U.S. House of Representatives (2011-2015) Founder and CEO Assistance Karen Gerwitz Mark Kennedy U.S. Air Force World Trade Center Denver University of Colorado Retired President President Dr. Karen McCormick Lindsay A. Gilchrist Melissa Kraai Alpine Hospital for Animals Owner 1996-2012 Gilchrist & Company Sustainability Project V.E.T.S. Founding Director Founder Executive Director Morris McDonald U.S. House of Representatives Committee on John Krieger Proteus Capital Partners, Inc. Foreign Affairs WorldDenver Owner Former Professional Staff Executive Director CSM Terrance McWilliams* Kathy Gockel Jay Lemery, M.D. El Pomar Foundation Construe Marketing University of Colorado School of Medicine Vice President of Military and Veteran Affairs Founder and President Associate Professor U.S. Army Neal Gold Nick Levendofsky Retired Gold Health & Life Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Hon. Joe Miklosi Executive Director Director of External Affairs Bridge Consulting, B-Corp Raymond Gonzales Tom Lipetzky Founder and CEO Adams County Colorado Department of Agriculture Sandi Moilanen County Manager Director, Marketing Programs & Strategic World Trade Center Denver Dan Haley Initiatives Vice President Operations Colorado Oil & Gas Association Gen. Lance Lord* Peter T. Moore President and CEO L2 Aerospace LLC Robinson Waters & O’Dorsio, P.C. Beth Hendrix Founder Shareholder League of Women Voters of Colorado U.S. Air Force Vital for Colorado Executive Director Retired Board Chairman Hon. Chris Hill Maj. Gen. Andy Love* Inta Morris University of Denver Colorado Space Coalition Colorado Department of Higher Education Dean of the Josef Korbel School of Co-Chairman Chief Advocacy and Outreach Officer International Studies U.S. Air Force StudyColorado U.S. Ambassador Retired Director Consultant Iraq (2009-2010) Karen Lowe Chris Murray U.S. Assistant Secretary of State CoBank Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck (2005-2009) Senior Vice President & Division Manager, Shareholder Kevin Hougen Agriculture Export Finance Colorado Republican Party Aurora Chamber of Commerce Clarence Low General Counsel President and CEO Asian Chamber of Commerce Brent Neiser Jeff Hunt President and CEO Greenwood Village Colorado Christian University Jon Maraschin* City Commissioner Vice President of Public Policy The Business Incubator Center National Endowment for Financial Education Hon. William J. Hybl Executive Director Senior Director El Pomar Foundation Michael Martin Stephen Oakley Executive Chairman Colorado State University Compassion International U.S. Commission on Public Diplomacy Chancellor Emeritus SVP of the General Counsel Office Vice Chairman Margie Mauldin Toni Panetta Douglas Jackson Denver Executive Forum Susan G. Komen Colorado Project C.U.R.E. President Director of Mission Programs President and CEO Mary E. McBride Hon. Adam A. Paul Dr. Susanne E. Jalbert CoBank City of Lakewood Jalbert Consulting Former Senior Strategic Advisor Mayor CEO
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Melanie Pearlman Donald L. “Larry” Sampler, Jr. Becky Takeda-Tinker, Ph.D. The CELL Metropolitan State University of Denver Colorado State University System Executive Director Vice President for Administration and COO Chief Educational Innovation Officer U.S. Agency for International Development Ray Pilcher Ken Toltz (USAID) Raven Ridge Resources Safe Campus Colorado Former member of the US Senior Executive Owner and President Founder and Co-Chair Service (SES) John Pirkopf Former Assistant Administrator of the Office Sean Tonner* Five Points Beer Business of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs The Fulcrum Group Founder Managing Partner Hugh Sandberg Kristi Pollard Cedar Park Ranch, LLC Wade Troxell Grand Junction Economic Partnership Owner Fort Collins, Colorado Executive Director U.S. Meat Export Federation Mayor Colorado State University Heather Potters Board of Directors Professor PharmaJet, Inc. Kristy Schloss Chief Business Development Officer, Vice Schloss Engineered Equipment, Inc. Hon. Mark Udall Chairman Former President and CEO U.S. Senate (2009-2015) Timothy Prewitt Rocky Mountain District Export Council Lori Vaclavik iDE Chair Bridge of Life Senior Advisor Paula Schriefer Executive Director Dr. Ethan Raath Spring Institute for Intercultural Learning Dr. Jamie Van Leeuwen Highwire Leadership President and CEO Global Livingston Institute CEO Diane Schwenke CEO and Founder Emerson Collective Jenny Rankin Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce Director of Public-Private Partnerships Living Closer Foundation President and CEO Managing Director Jay Seaton Doug Vilsack Colorado Department of Natural Resources Uttiyo Raychaudhuri, Ph.D. Daily Sentinel Legislative Liaison University of Denver Publisher Vice Provost for Internationalization Mike Shanley Purnima Voria National U.S. India Chamber of Commerce Gen. Victor “Gene” Renuart* Konektid International CEO The Renuart Group LLC Founder and CEO President Hon. Harris D. Sherman Chad Vorthmann U.S. Air Force U.S. Department of Agriculture Colorado Farm Bureau Retired Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Executive Vice President E. Lee Reichert Environment (2009-2013) Randy Welsch Molson Coors Brewing Company Dr. Pamela Shockley-Zalabak Jibu Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer University of Colorado Colorado Springs President Hon. Joe Rice* Chancellor Emerita T. Edward Williams Lockheed Martin Space Systems Mark Sirangelo* Williams, LLP Director of Government Relations Sierra Nevada Space Systems Partner U.S. Army Corporate Vice President Jennifer Wilson Reserve Barbara Smith International Rescue Committee – Denver Hon. Bill Ritter Center for Strategic and International Studies Executive Director Former Governor of Colorado (2007-2011) Senior Associate (Non-Resident) The Honorable Daniel W. Yohannes Center for the New Energy Economy USAID U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Director Former Deputy Assistant to the Administrator Co-operation and Development Gilana Rivkin White House National Security Council U.S. Ambassador (2014-2017) The Global Livingston Institute Former Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan Millennium Challenge Corporation Chief Operations Officer Gayle Stallings Director (2009-2014) Alan Salazar Sister Cities International Eva Yao Office of Mayor Michael Hancock Colorado State Coordinator CrestOneStar Consulting Chief of Staff Hon. Amy Stephens President Dentons Sam Zhao Partner University of Denver Colorado State House of Representatives Director, Center for China-US Cooperation Former Colorado House Majority Leader 3 Colorado Advisory Committee
Milena Zilo Zilo International Group Founder and CEO
* Indicates Veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces
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