Summer arrivals and departures

New Foundation Board members

Travis Luther (’08)

Travis Luther (pictured left) is the Founder of Luther Media, LLC whose companies include Law Father, ValetAds, Queen Anne Pillow Company, and TrialLine. Luther is the current Entrepreneur in Residence for the University of Colorado Denver and a former Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Metropolitan State University’s College of Business. He is also a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and the Director for EO Colorado’s Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards (GSEA) Program. He sits on the Executive Board of Scholars Unlimited, a Denver non-profit focused on improving child literacy among low-income and at-risk grade school children and founded their kid’s computer coding program, CodeSpire. He is a frequent lecturer and author.

Trini Rodriguez

Trini has held leadership positions during his nearly 25 year career in public finance investment banking including most recently running a national higher education practice as Senior Vice President and Managing Director at D.A. Davidson. He is currently on sabbatical, exploring a range of personal, professional and entrepreneurial interests. Currently his community leadership is focused as a member of the Governor’s Revenue Estimating Advisory Committee, a trustee for Rose Community Foundation where he chaired the former education committee and board development committee and serves on the Policy and Advocacy Committee and the past chair of the Colorado Fiscal Institute. Trini has served on a number of other boards and in several leadership positions, including the chairman of the Downtown Denver Partnership, chairman of Denver Housing Authority, Vice President of the Winter Park Recreation Association, and board member of Urban Peak. He lives in Denver near where he grew up with his wife, a physician, and two dogs. His daughter has begun her college studies in Sydney, Australia.

Allen Burch, college-credit high school advisor, Innovative and Lifelong Learning
Catharine Ingram, associate director of Operations of Programs and Events, Classroom to Career Hub
Jennifer Helgeson, director of Compliance and Training, Financial Aid
Grayson Smaistrla, client hardware-services specialist, Client Services
Erikalyn Losquadro, counselor, Admissions
Kaitlyn Sears, academic advisor and retention specialist, Biology
Amanda Bustamante, communications, marketing and outreach coordinator, Orientation
Ricky Rogers, coordinator of Transfer and Adult Student Success, Orientation
Diana Chio, counselor, Admissions
Hannah Skalbeck, counselor, Admissions
Armando Rijo, assistant director of FSL and student government, Center for Multicultural Engament and Inclusion
Andrea (Andy) Thyrring, senior program manager, Office of Education Solutions
Michelle Harris, dietetic internship-program coordinator, Nutrition
Tana Ridgeway, Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative re-engagement navigator, Orientation, Transfer and Reengagement
Timothy Wright, junior instructional-media developer, Center for Teaching, Learning and Design
Alyssa Sexton, transfer-admissions counselor, Admissions
Alysha Rowzee, visits-and-events coordinator, Admissions
Tamaura Waller, office manager, Counseling Center
Waheedullah Barakzai, junior software developer, IT Application Services
Roberto De Mata, project manager, SpaceTech scholars program, College of Professional Studies
Matthew Bohn, office manager, Human Resources
Bleu Vargas, assistant director of LGBTQ Student Resource Center, Center for Equity and Student Achievement
Neeraj Gulati, junior business-intelligence software developer, Enterprise Data Warehouse
Alexia Puente, COSI reengagement navigator, Orientations, Transfer and Reengagement
Matthew Wilson, process-and-reporting specialist, Registrar’s Office
Jessica Camomile, front-desk supervisor, Human Resources
David Karwoski, entry-level IT business-intelligence developer, Enterprise Data Warehouse
David Gendron, STEM navigator, Center for Advanced STEM Education
Wendy Ross, program manager, Art
Megan Madden, financial-aid advisor, Financial Aid
Allen Bodden, Bursar and Cashiering
Joanely Alvidrez Ramos, Outreach and Enrollment coordinator, College Assistance Migrant Program
Christopher Vann Jr., interim student academic-services specialist, Tutoring
Molly Carter, assistant softball coach, Athletics

Jisele Mitchell, director of Alternative Licensure Program
Jonathan McCann, director of Planning, Design and Construction, Department of Facilities
Emily Hunt, Marketing and Admissions coordinator, Department of Nutrition
Jeremy Johnson, assistant men’s basketball coach, Athletics
Anne Edwards, assistant director of Clinical Operations/staff psychologist, Counseling Center
Mark Vig, assistant baseball coach, Athletics
Jill Lange, assistant to AVP for Undergraduate Students, Academic Affairs
Johana Guzman, assistant to the director/office manager, Orientation, Transition and Reengagement
Julia Chavarria, academic advisor, College of Health and Applied Sciences
Adriana Kilday, academic advisor and retention specialist, Psychological Sciences
Christian Hardigree, J.D., dean, School of Hospitality
Paul Morales, financial-aid advisor, Financial Aid
Bethany Perez, Pathways to Possible counselor, Admissions
Andrew Powers, assistant athletic trainer, Athletics
Erikalyn Losquadro, counselor, Admissions 

Lindsay Packer, Ph.D., associate professor of Mathematics
Arthur Fleisher, Ph.D., chair/professor of Economics
Zoe Rae Shevalier, Ph.D., professor of Sociology
Kimberly Starr, chief budget officer for Academic Affairs, Office of the Provost