Robin Wise serves as President & CEO of Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain. Since taking the helm in 1992, the organization has grown from reaching just 8,000 students during 1990/1991, to reaching nearly 135,000 this past school year. Robin recently received the 2017 William Funk Award for Building Stronger Communities from the Colorado Nonprofit Association. She was selected as one of the 2015 Top 25 Most Powerful Women by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce, and has received a number of local and national awards for her leadership and business savvy, including the Denver Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business Award.
Read moreFrannie Matthews, Sales Leader - Public Sector West, Senior Location Executive, IBM Corporation
Frannie Matthews serves as the IBM Senior Location Executive for Denver. As a public sector, healthcare, and life sciences sales leader for the western region, she is responsible for growing the IBM portfolio within the territory. Technology solutions have always been her sweet spot.
Read moreStéphane Lessard, Consul General of Canada in Denver
As Canada's Consul General in Denver, Stéphane oversees a team of 17 people who work within Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Utah and Wyoming to strengthen trade and economic ties; enhance political, academic and cultural links; and assist Canadians visiting or living in the five-state U.S. Mountain West region.
Read moreSean Tonner, President, Denver, R&R Partners
Leading R&R’s new business development efforts, Sean embodies its past and future by representing what the agency does better than any other firm in its category. That is, embedding government affairs and communications into one cohesive unit.
Read moreWayne Williams, Colorado Secretary of State
Wayne Williams was elected Colorado’s 38th secretary of state in 2014 with more votes than any other SoS candidate in state history. He is committed to the vision of ensuring fair, honest, and open elections as well as making Colorado the friendliest state in the country for businesses and non-profits.
Read moreBecky Takeda-Tinker, Ph.D.
Dr. Becky Takeda-Tinker blends her passion for education with her experience in nonprofit governance and over 20 years of business leadership as the president of Colorado State University-Global Campus, first and only 100% online, independently accredited, state, nonprofit university.
Read moreRoberta Robinette, President AT&T - Colorado
Roberta Robinette holds more than 20 years of government affairs and telecommunications industry experience in developing and executing government strategies for large corporations, small businesses, and non-profit organizations.
Read moreJamie Van Leeuwen, Chief Executive Officer, Global Livingston Institute & Senior Advisor to Governor Hickenlooper
Jamie Van Leeuwen currently serves as the Senior Advisor for Governor Hickenlooper after working as Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Community Partnerships during the first term. Leading up to the Hickenlooper administration, he worked as the Policy Director and served on the transition team for the Hickenlooper for Colorado gubernatorial campaign.
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