Colorado Judicial Institute

A Shared Vision of Judicial Excellence

The Colorado Judicial Institute is one of the only independent and nonpartisan citizen’s groups in the nation devoted to the excellence and independence of its state courts. Established in 1979, CJI was originally formed to preserve Colorado’s merit election system for judges. Its mission has broadened to include public education about the judiciary, support for judicial education, recognition of judicial excellence, and collaboration with the public, the legislature and the judiciary to improve Colorado’s courts.

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BOARD OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

Officers
Chair: Vice Chair: Vice Chair: Vice Chair: Vice Chair: Secretary: Treasurer:		Robert N. Miller Elinor Greenberg Sheila Gutterman James E. Scarboro Pete Willis Rod Yokooji Anne Garcia

Board
Jeri Barajas Vice-President Wells Fargo Mary Price Birk Attorney Baker & Hostetler LLP Joe Blake President Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Hon. Steve Briggs Judicial Arbiter Group Inc. J. Daniel Brinker President J. Daniel Brinker & Company Hon. A. Bruce Campbell Judge Colorado Bankruptcy Court E. Michael Canges Attorney Canges Iwashko Bethke & Bailey, P.C. Hon. Russell E. Carparelli Judge Colorado Court of Appeals Laurence W. DeMuth, Jr. Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary US West, Retired Mark A. Fogg Attorney Kennedy Childs & Fogg, P.C. Hon. Robert Fullerton Retired Pamela Gagel Attorney Assistant Executive Director - Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System Anne Garcia Chief Financial Officer Rose Community Foundation Lawrence Gelfond CPA Gelfond & Associates, P.C. Elinor Greenberg, Ed.D. EMG and Associates Consultant to Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education Sheila M. Gutterman Attorney Gutterman Griffiths P.C. David Hersh Attorney Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine Otto K. Hilbert, II Attorney Robinson Waters & O’Dorisio PC Hon. Lynn Karowsky Retired Hon. Marcia Krieger U.S. District Judge District of Colorado June Baker Laird Attorney McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP Gary Lozow Attorney Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C. Meghan Martinez Attorney Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP	James R. McCotter Retired Deputy General Counsel El Paso Energy Corporation Laurie A. McKager District Administrator 17th Judicial District Kathryn E. Miller Mediator/Attorney Miller & Steiert, P.C. Littleton Alternative Dispute Resolution Ltd. Robert N. Miller Attorney Perkins & Coie James E. Nelson Attorney Linquist & Vennum Michael L. O'Donnell Attorney Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP Matthew J. (Matt) Rita Attorney Holme Roberts & Owen LLP Meyer Saltzman CPA Saltzman Hamma Nelson Massaro LLP James E. Scarboro Attorney Arnold & Porter LLP Tim Smith Senior Broker Oxford Mortgage Corporation Constance C. Talmage Executive Director Colorado Lawyers Committee Lance Tanaka Vice President American Arbitration Association Barbara Thompson Executive Vice President Mountain States Employers Council Peter D. Willis Attorney Kutak Rock Rodney Yokooji Vice President of Sales & Marketing Encore Lending Yvonne Zuber Harper Lutz Zuber Potenza & Associates, LLC *EX-OFFICIO MEMBER* M. Gordon Butz Executive Director Colorado Judicial Institute, Retired Richard L. Gabriel Colorado Court of Appeals Hon. Robert J. Kapelke Colorado Court of Appeals, Retired Judicial Arbiter Group Gale T. Miller Attorney Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Michael G. Severns Vice President Mountain States Employers Council James K. Tarpey Commissioner Colorado Public Utility Commission Ralph G. Torres Attorney Hon. Anthony F. Vollack Retired, Chief Justice Colorado Supreme Court
Staff
Dana Nelson Executive Director	Cynthia Ophaug-Johansen Director of Marketing and Administration