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List of Commissioners by Appointing Authority
Governor Ritter Appointees:
Peg Burnette, Chief Financial Officer, Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Donald L. Kortz, Chairman of the Board, Fuller and Company
Lynn L. Westberg, Director, San Juan Basin Health Department
Governor Owens Appointees:
Clarke D. Becker, Executive Director, Colorado Rural Development Council
Carrie A. Besnette, Vice President of Institutional Advancement, Metropolitan State College
R. Allan Jensen, Independent Life and Health Insurance Broker
Joan M. Weber, Benefits Risk Manager, City of Englewood
David F. Rivera, Former Commissioner of Insurance, State of Colorado
Lisa M. Esgar, Deputy Director, Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting
Speaker Romanoff Appointees:
Erik Ammidown, Director Health & Disability Benefits, Qwest Communications
Elisabeth Arenales, Healthcare Program Director, Colorado Center on Law & Policy
Donna Marshall, Executive Director, Colorado Business Group on Health
Arnold Salazar, Colorado Behavioral Health Care Council
Mark Wallace, MD, MPH, Founder, Northern Colorado Health Alliance
Barbara Yondorf, Senior Program Officer, Rose Community Foundation
Senate President Fitz-Gerald Appointees:
David A. Downs, Jr. MD
Julia Greene, Director, Health Systems Colorado, Service Employees International Union
Grant Jones, Executive Director, Center for African American Health
Mark Simon, Disability Advocate
Daniel Stenersen, President & CEO, Shalom Park
Steven J. Summer, President & CEO, Colorado Hospital Association
Senate Minority Leader McElhany Appointees:
Steve ErkenBrack, Chair, Health Care Committee, Club 20
Bill Lindsay, President, Benefits Group, Lockton Companies of Colorado, Inc.
Ralph Pollock, Chair, Business Committee on Health Care, CACI
House Minority Leader May Appointees:
Christy Blakely, Director, Family Voices
Linda Gorman, Director, Health Policy Center, Independence Institute
Pam Nicholson, Sr. Vice President, Advocacy and Community Partnerships, Centura Health
