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Kent Bagley

Kent Bagley sits on the RTD Board of Directors as Secretary of the Executive Committee, representing District H which includes all or parts of the communities of Englewood, Littleton, Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Columbine Valley and Lone Tree. He was elected to serve a four-year term. Bagley is an Urban Planner and Real Estate consultant with Bagley Development Consultants. He was formerly the chair of the Littleton Planning Commission for a period of three years.

Mario Carrera

Mario Carrera is General Manager of Entravision Communications Corporation’s Colorado Television properties, which includes Univision KCEC 50 and Telefutura KTFD 14 in Denver and Univision KGHB 27 in Colorado Springs. In addition to his work on the DUSPA board, Carrera currently serves on the board of trustees for the Denver Area Council, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and Clinica Tepeyac.

Russell George

Russell George was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter to serve as the Executive Director for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) on January 20, 2007. In this position, George is charged with leading the Department in planning for and addressing Colorado's transportation needs. Prior to his appointment with CDOT, he served as Executive Director for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources (DNR) from January 2004 to January 2007 and was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000.

Jerry Glick

Jerry Glick formed the Columbia Group, a development company focused on adaptive reuse historic buildings, commercial mixed-use properties and residential apartments that are coupled with retail uses, in 1973. He has maintained a record of active community participation including his current position as Chair of the Downtown Denver Partnership Management Group. Glick is past Chairman of the Denver Urban Renewal Authority, past Chairman of Denver Civic Ventures, and served on the Union Station Advisory Committee.


Don Hunt

Don Hunt is the City of Denver’s Better Denver Bond Implementation Manager, overseeing more than 280 projects passed by voters in 2007 to improve the city’s infrastructure. He  was Chief Executive Officer of national, Denver-based engineering firm BRW Inc. and head of The Antero Co., a real estate ownership and advisory firm. Hunt served as Chair of the Transportation Subcommittee of the City’s Infrastructure Priorities Task Force.

Robin Kniech

Robin Kniech is Program Director and Staff Attorney at the non-profit FRESC: Good Jobs, Strong Communities, where she coordinates policy development and implementation of programs for equitable jobs and affordable housing in economic development policies.  Her areas of expertise include forging partnerships between labor unions and community organizations, equitable transit-oriented development, connecting community residents to construction careers, and linking affordable housing and job quality to public subsidies.

Marla Lien

Marla L. Lien is General Counsel of the Regional Transportation District in Denver Colorado.  She became General Counsel in 2005 and has since been working primarily on development of the FasTracks program including property acquisition, railroad negotiations, and Denver Union Station redevelopment. She came to RTD in 1990 as Associate General Counsel, working on development of three light rail lines including the Southwest Corridor, The Central Corridor and the T-REX project.  She also assisted in the acquisition of Denver Union Station.

Judy Montero

Denver City Councilwoman Montero has represented Denver’s District Nine – which encompasses Lower Downtown and Denver Union Station – since 2003. She is Chair of City Council’s FasTracks Committee, Vice-Chair of the Neighborhood, Community & Business Revitalization Committee, and a member of the Blueprint Denver Committee. Councilwoman Montero has played an integral role in the Master Planning process for the Denver Union Station redevelopment, working with the Union Station Advisory Committee since its inception in 2002.

Claude Pumilia

Claude Pumillia is the City and County of Denver’s first Chief Financial Officer, bringing his experience as a senior financial and business executive at Fortune 100 companies to the public. Pumilia directed worldwide planning and budgeting for Compaq Computer Corp. prior to its merger with Hewlett-Packard. He led the post-merger Value Capture Team, which generated more than $3 billion in ongoing savings. While serving as Senior Vice President of Finance for CA Inc., Pumilia managed a team of 750 financial professionals responsible for financial planning and reporting, accounting and compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley Act.

Jennifer Schaufele

Jennifer Schaufele is the Executive Director of the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), and the first woman to hold that seat in the more than 50-year history of the planning agency. Before coming to Colorado, she established a career as a governmental director with more than fourteen years of service  to the Broward County, Florida Board of County Commissioners. Schaufele also served as the Director of the Broward County Metropolitan Planning Organization.

Elbra Wedgeworth

Board President Wedgeworth served for eight years as a Denver City Councilwoman representing District Eight, including a two-year stint as Council President. Prior to City Council, Wedgeworth served as Denver’s Clerk and Recorder and as a member of the Denver Election Commission.  She is credited with initiating Denver’s push for the 2008 Democratic National Convention and was President of the Denver 2008 Host Committee. Wedgeworth now works as Denver Health’s Chief Government and Community Relations Officer.

Mike West

Mike West, CPA, spent twenty eight years with Arthur Andersen, the last ten as Director of Human Resources, Administration and Recruiting for the Denver office. He was responsible for administrative and financial operations of the office as well as recruiting all new and experienced hire personnel and dealing with employee personnel related issues. His civic involvement includes past service on the Boards of Directors of the Mental Health Association of Colorado, Historic Denver, Inc., and current service on the Boards of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants, University of Denver Alumni Association and Lower Downtown Neighborhood Association.

Owner’s Representatives

Bill Mosher

As owner’s representative, Bill Mosher oversees the operations and management of DUSPA. Mosher joined Trammell Crow Company in March 2006 as Area Director for Development and Investment, where he oversees the company’s development and investment activities in Colorado. He is an expert in the planning, development and management of urban real estate. A native of Denver, he has more than 30 years of experience in both public and private urban real estate.

Mike Sullivan

Also with Trammell Crow Company, Mike Sullivan is considered one of Denver’s most experienced development and construction managers. A long-time partner with Bill Mosher, Sullivan directed the planning and construction of such high-profile projects as the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building and the Denver Newspaper Agency (DNA) building.

 
Denver Union Station