CJI Board Officers, Board Members and Staff

CJI Elects New Board Members, Officers at Annual Meeting

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The board also elected officers for the 2010-2011 year. Elected to the position of Board Chair was Sheila Gutterman of Gutterman Griffiths PC. Remaining in Vice Chair positions were Elinor Miller Greenberg, Ed.D.. — EMG and Associates, Jim Scarboro – Arnold & Porter LLP, and Pete Willis – Kutak Rock. Anne Garcia of the Rose Community Foundation will remain as treasurer and Rod Yokooji of The Food Guy Catering will serve as secretary for another year.

Bob Miller delivered the annual report (available for download to the right) making special note of the ABA award received by the CJI/CBA program Our Courts, the success of the Judicial Excellence for Colorado Dinner, the remarkable growth of the Judicial Education Fund, and the growing profile of CJI nationally and within the legal and public policy communities in Colorado. Thanks to cost savings measures instituted by CJI staff, thoughtful oversight by treasurer Anne Garcia and the success of the Membership Breakfast, CJI will end our fiscal year in a healthy and stable position.

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2010-2011 Colorado Judicial Institute Board of Directors

Board Officers and Board Members of the Colorado Judicial Institute are all volunteers. The board plays an active role in determining the direction, priorities, and projects for the organization. Board members who chair various committees, along with CJI staff, are responsible for seeing projects through to fruition.

Board Members are recruited through the efforts of the board development committee. New board members are sought throughout the community, both legal and non-legal. Requirements for new board members are a dedication to judicial independence and the desire to work for the best possible judicial system for the citizens of Colorado. Board members are required to be members in good standing of the organization and to participate on at least one active committee, The CJI bylaws mandate that at least 50% of board members not be in the full-time practice of law. The board development committee recommends nominees to the membership and there is a vote to fill board positions at the annual meeting. The annual meeting is traditionally held in late May.

Board Officers are elected each year at the annual meeting by existing board members. Current board officer positions include the board chair, vice chairs, secretary and treasurer. The board officers, also known as the executive committee, are charged with the over site of the organization's activities, staff and daily operations.

For more information about the CJI board, please contact us via email or at 303-766-7501.

2010-2011 CJI Board of Directors

Jeri D. Barajas VP Commercial Banking, Heartland Bank	Meghan W. Martinez Barkley Martinez, P.C.
Mary Price Birk Baker & Hostetler LLP	Laurie A. McKager 18th Judicial Disctrict Administrator
Hon. Steve Briggs Judicial Arbiter Group, Inc.	Robert N. Miller Perkins Coie LLP
J. Daniel Brinker J. Daniel Brinker & Co.	James E. Nelson Lindquist & Vennum PLLP
E. Michael Canges Canges Iwashko Bethke & Bailey, P.C.	Michael L. O'Donnell Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, LLP
Hon. Russell E. Carparelli Colorado Court of Appeals	Thomas R. O'Donnell Holland & Hart, LLP
Laurence W. DeMuth, Jr. Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary US West - Retired	Mark W. Pedigo GHP Horwath
George Dikeou COPIC - Consultant	Matthew J. Rita Ford & Harrison LLP
Bob Ewegen Director of Research & Communications Law Office of Misty Ewegen Denver Post Journalist - Retired	James E. Scarboro Arnold & Porter LLP
Mark A. Fogg Kennedy Childs & Fogg, P.C.	Constance C. Talmage Executive Director, Colorado Lawyers Committee
Hon. Robert P. Fullerton Denver District Court - Retired	Lance Tanaka American Arbitration Association
Pamela A. Gagel Assistance Director, Insitute for the Advancement of the American Legal System	Barbara A. Thompson Executive Vice President, Mountain States Employers Council
Michael J. Gallagher Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP	Peter D. Willis - Vice Chair Kutak Rock
Anne Garcia - Treasurer Chief Financial Officer, Rose Community Foundation	Rod Yokooji - Secretary The Food Guy Catering
K.C. Groves Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC	Yvonne Englard Zuber Harper Lutz Zuber Hofer & Associates, LLC
Elinor M. Greenberg, EdD. - Vice Chair EMG and Associates	*Ex-Officio Directors*
Sheila M. Gutterman - Chair Gutterman Griffiths P.C.	M. Gordon Butz Executive Director, Colorado Judicial Institute - Retired
David P. Hersh Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C.	Hon. Richard L. Gabriel Colorado Court of Appeals
Otto K. Hilbert, II Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio PC	Lawrence P. Gelfond Gelfond & Associates, P.C.
Michael J. Hofmann Holme Roberts & Owen LLP	Hon. Robert J. Kapelke Judicial Arbiter Group Colorado Court of Appeals - Retired
Carolyn Jefferson Jenkins Douglas County Schools	Gary Lozow Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C.
Hon. Lynn J. Karowsky Weld County Court - Retired	Hon. Gale T. Miller Colorado Court of Appeals
Hon. Marcia S. Krieger US District Court, District of Colorado	Michael G. Severns Mountain States Employers Council
June Baker Laird McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP	Ralph G. Torres Law Office of Ralph G. Torres
Sharon Linhart Linhart Public Relations	Hon. Anthony F. Vollack Judicial Arbiter Group Chief Justice, Colorado Supreme Court - Retired