Dean's Advisory Board

Mission and Purpose

Board Roles and Responsibilities

Advise the dean and school leadership on strategic, operational, and fiscal matters.
• Participate in task forces or committees for various strategic activities.
• Provide feedback on marketing and communications.
• Facilitate introductions and attend engagement meetings with the dean or school leadership.
• Support recruiting key volunteers and committee members to support school programs. 
• Act as advocates and ambassadors for the school in the community.
• Aid in prospecting individual, corporate, and foundation donors.
• Contribute financially, either personally or through board and/or employer-designated gifts, to a program or fund. 
• And, attend a minimum of three board meetings and two school-sponsored events annually. 

Voting Board Members

The Colorado School of Public Health Advisory Board includes community leaders from across the State of Colorado, including the following:

• Judith Albino, PhD, President Emerita, University of Colorado System
• Cody Belzley, Founder, Common Good Consulting
• Hon. Elaine Gantz Berman, MPH, Former Director, Colorado State Board of Education and K-12 Education Policy Advisor
• Adam Boyd, PhD, Vice President, Biometrics at Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
• Sinjin Carey, MPH, Vice-President, Kaufman Hall
• Bob Daugherty, MD, Dean Emeritus, University of Nevada School of Medicine
• Art Davidson, MD, MPH, Family Physician, Denver Health
• John Douglas, MD, Former Executive Director, Tri-County Department of Public Health 
• Cynthia Hazel, DrPH, MSc, Founder and Executive Director, The Gyedi Project
• Frank Judson, MD, Former Director, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment 
• Sarah Lampe, MPH, President & CEO, Prime Health
• Lindy Eichenbaum Lent, President and CEO, Rose Community Foundation
• Lucy Loomis, MD, Family Medicine Physician, Denver Health
• Lisa Miller, MD, MPH/MSPH, Professor Emerita, Colorado School of Public Health 
• Jennifer Neppel, CFA, CCM, Vice President & Chief Investment Officer for Pinnacol Assurance
• Eric Olson, Esq, Partner, Olson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray LLC
• Terri Richardson, MD, Retired Internal Medicine Physician and Vice Chair, Colorado Black Health Collaborative 
• Rev. RJ Ross, MSA, Co-Founder, Samaritan Ministry & Samaritan Institute Foundation
• Fran Santagata, Retired, Homeland Security and Disaster Preparedness Advisor 
• Alexis Sgouros, VP Data Engineering and Platform Services at Kaiser Permanente
• Cynthia Somers, MPH, Data Privacy Manager, Professional Case Management 
• George Sparks, CEO, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
• Claudia Steiner, MD, MPH, Executive Director of the Institute for Health Research at Kaiser Permanente Colorado
• Elizabeth "Libby" Stuyt, MD, Retired Psychiatrist and Addiction/Behavioral Health Researcher and Advisor 
• Kristin White, ESQ, Partner, Fisher Phillips 
• Cal Wilson, MD, Family Physician and Clinical Professor, Colorado School of Public Health
• Chris Wiant, PhD, Past President, Caring for Colorado Foundation 
  
  

Ex-Officio Board Members

The Dean's senior administration, including campus directors, associate and assistant deans, and CU Advancement representatives, are ex-officio members of the Advisory Board.

• Madiha Abdel-Maksoud, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs
• Christina Abel, Director of Communications & Marketing
• Ned Calonge, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice
• Dana Dabelea, Associate Dean of Research
• Cerise Hunt, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Christine Gillen, Associate Dean for Administration & Finance
• Michelle Kuba, Assistant Dean of Operations 
• Travis Leiker, Assistant Dean of External Relations
• Sam MaWhinney, Associate Dean for Faculty
• Tracy Nelson, Director, ColoradoSPH at Colorado State University (CSU)
• Rhonda Truesdale, Director of Human Resources and Employee Wellbeing
• Patricia Valverde, Director, ColoradoSPH at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC)