Committees

Founded on a tradition of philanthropy, we strive to create positive, sustainable, systemic change for our community.

Audit & Finance

Martha “Marti” J. Awad

Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor, Wealth Enhancement Group

Barry Curtiss-Lusher, Board Chair

Community Leader

Josh Dinar

Owner, Pearl Publishing Media Group; River and Woods Restaurant, Boulder; T/ACO Restaurant, Boulder; The Conscious Cleanse

Lorii Rabinowitz

CEO, Denver Scholarship Foundation

Community Grantmaking

Jon Asher

Executive Director Emeritus, Colorado Legal Services

Martha “Marti” J. Awad

Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor, Wealth Enhancement Group

Stephen Brackett

Executive Director, OneDenver

Perla Gheiler

Executive Director, Denver Agency for Human Rights & Community Partnerships

Ryan Harris

Business Development and Mortgage Advisor, Finance of America

Deidre Johnson

CEO & Executive Director, Center for African American Health

Amy Kiefer Hansen

Chair of the Real Estate, Construction and Environmental Practice Groups, Polsinelli

Heather Lafferty

Former CEO & Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver

Lydia Prado

Executive Director, Lifespan Local

Lorii Rabinowitz

CEO, Denver Scholarship Foundation

Jeremy Shaver

Senior Associate Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region

Tom Thorpe

Director of the REDI Lab, Colorado Academy

Michael Touff

Community Leader

Lorena Zimmer

Chief Impact Officer, Denver Health

Impact Investing

Elise A. Barish

Community Leader

Steven A. Cohen

Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, The Anschutz Corporation

Sue Dorsey

Chief Operating Officer, iAlumbra

Luis Duarte

Co-Founder and CEO, A Moment of You, Amoofy

Kate Kennedy Reinemund

Co-Founder, Blue Sage Impact

Heather Lafferty

Former CEO & Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver

Paul Washington

Senior Executive

Investment

Martha “Marti” J. Awad

Senior Vice President and Financial Advisor, Wealth Enhancement Group

Steven A. Cohen

Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, The Anschutz Corporation

Barry Curtiss-Lusher, Board Chair

Community Leader

Krishna Kantheti

Chief Investment Officer, Global Asset Capital

Eunice Kim

Regional President, BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Steven Kris

Principal, Conundrum Capital LLC

Monica Skok

Managing Director, BDT & MSD Partners

Brian Wilkinson

Colorado Market President, MidFirst Bank

Jewish Life

Steven Abelman

Attorney, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

David Asarch

Principal, Monroe Group Ltd & Steele Properties LLC

Robin Chalecki

President, Emily Griffith Foundation

Stacey Aviva Clark

Director of JEDI Education and Community Engagement, The Jewish Federations of North America

Barry Curtiss-Lusher, Board Chair

Community Leader

Josh Dinar

Owner, Pearl Publishing Media Group; River and Woods Restaurant, Boulder; T/ACO Restaurant, Boulder; The Conscious Cleanse

Phil Kalin

Board and Executive Advisor, Retired CEO

Abby Kaufman

HR & Operations Project Manager, Benenson Strategy Group

Matthew LeBauer, LCSW

Psychotherapist, LeBauer Counseling

Evi Makovsky

Adjunct Professor, University of Denver and the University of Colorado at Denver

Samira Mehta

Director of Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

Kathy Neustadt

Freelance Producer, ABC News

Leslie Sidell

Board Member, Prizmah Center for Jewish Day Schools

Scott Wasserman

Political and Policy Consultant

Philanthropic Services

Elise A. Barish

Community Leader

Sade Cooper

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CHIC

Therese Ellery

Community Leader

Jonathan Fung

Vice President, Bernstein Global Wealth Management

Elaine Gampel

Senior Vice President, UBS Financial

Johanna Ladis

Vice President, Feed Media Public Relations

Nathan Levy

Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Lokal Homes

Morris W. Price Jr.

Nonprofit Consultant

Lisa Robinson

Community Leader

Brian Rothberg

Psychiatrist, University of Colorado Hospital

Morgan Seibel

Executive Director, WeeCycle

Stephanie Stein

Attorney

Desta Taye-Channell

President and CEO, Florence Crittenton Services

Irit Waldbaum

Community Leader

Ken Weil

Co-founder and Principal, Social Impact Solutions

Policy & Advocacy

Katherine Archuleta

Director, Co-Founder, The Latina Initiative

Sharmila Basu Mann

Associate Partner, Bellwether

Beverly Buck

Trustee, The Aloha Foundation

Janine Davidson, Ph.D.

President, Metropolitan State University of Denver

David Foster

Co-Managing Partner, Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher LLP

Helayne Jones

Educational Consultant

Steven Kris

Principal, Conundrum Capital LLC

Sam Mamet

Executive Director Emeritus, Colorado Municipal League

Monte Moses, Ph.D.

Senior Educational Consultant, Learning Together Company

Michael Niyompong

Executive Director, David & Laura Merage Foundation

Kevin Patterson

Chief Executive Officer. Connect for Health Colorado

Melinda Pollack

Managing Director, Blue Meridian Partners

Daniel Ramos

Executive Director, Committee on States

Nancy Reichman

Professor Emerita, University of Denver

Adrienne Russman

Director of Knowledge and Insights, Common Future

Julie Selsberg

Attorney, Colorado Medical-Legal Partnership, Children’s Hospital Colorado

Paul Teske

Dean, CU Denver School of Public Affairs