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CJI's board represents a cross-section of our community and has a passion for our organization and mission. Board members work hard to guide the organization and ensure its long-term sustainability.

Interested in serving on CJI's board? The application period typically runs January-March each year. For more information, visit the Join Our Board page.

Board of Directors 2024-25

  • Thor Nelson, Holland & Hart

    Chair

  • Jeff George, Berkeley Research Group

    Treasurer

  • Vacant

    Secretary

  • Hon. James “Jay” Breese, Denver County Court (retired)
  • Jim Carpenter, Freestone Strategies
  • Michael Dabbs, Gill Foundation
  • Nicholas DeWeese, Venable
  • Faye Diamond, RBI Strategies & Research
  • Kelley Duke, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe
  • Nickolas Fogel, Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine
  • Lori Halverson, Vistage Chair | The Halverson Group
  • Eric Hilty, Tuff Shed
  • Hon. Gary M. Jackson, Denver County Court (retired)
  • Hon. Sueanna P. Johnson, Colorado Court of Appeals
  • Matthew Johnson, Dowd Bennett
  • Gregg Kantz, DSST Green Valley Ranch Middle School
  • Joseph Kennedy, Stenograph
  • Hon. Priscilla “PJ” Loew, 17th Judicial District
  • Hon. Andrew Luxen, 2nd Judicial District
  • Hon. Cynthia Mares, 18th Judicial District (retired)
  • Shawna Seldon McGregor, Maverick Public Relations
  • David Olsky, Fortis Law Partners
  • Patrick O'Rourke, University of Colorado
  • Christopher Reeves, Waltz | Reeves
  • Kathryn Reilly, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell
  • V. William Scarpato III, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado
  • Alexander Sediva, Moore
  • Michael Siebecker, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
  • Eliza Steinberg, Griffiths Law
  • Azra Taslimi, Rathod | Mohamedbhai
  • Ryan Urbach, Canvas Credit Union
  • Valorie Waldon, Employers Council
  • Hon. Elizabeth A. Weishaupl, JAMS Denver
  • Thomas Werge, Werge Law Group

Emeriti Directors

  • Hon. Russell Carparelli, AB Conflict Resolution Services & Colorado Court of Appeals (retired)
  • Marilyn Chappell, Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
  • Mark Clouatre, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
  • George Dikeou, COPIC Companies (retired)
  • Selena Dunham, Classique
  • Mark Fogg, Childs McCune
  • Hon. Richard Gabriel, Colorado Supreme Court
  • Michael Gallagher, Davis Graham & Stubbs
  • K.C. Groves, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe
  • John Grow, LawToolBox
  • Sheila Gutterman, Griffiths Law (retired)
  • Hon. Robert Hawthorne, Colorado Court of Appeals (retired)
  • Hon. Robert Kapelke, Judicial Arbiter Group & Colorado Court of Appeals (retired)
  • Hon. Lynn Karowsky, Weld County Court (retired)
  • Peter Koclanes, Venable
  • Hon. Lino Lipinsky de Orlov, Colorado Court of Appeals
  • Gary Lozow, Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher
  • Hon. Gale Miller, Colorado Court of Appeals (retired)
  • Robert Miller, Perkins Coie (retired)
  • Michael O’Donnell, Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell
  • Barbara Randell, Future Image Group
  • Don Samuels, Polsinelli
  • Shannon Stevenson, Colorado Attorney General’s Office
  • Ben Strawn, Kiewit Corporation
  • Ralph Torres, The Law Office of Ralph G. Torres
  • Gwyneth Whalen, Caplan & Earnest

Special note:  CJI board member and board secretary Keo Frazier passed away in June 2024. In 2023, CJI lost board member Jon Goldberg and emeriti directors Larry DeMuth and Bob Ewegen.

Note: Lists updated as of June 27, 2024.

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