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Upcoming CCAB Meetings, Times &
Location:
February 22, 2012 - 1-3:30 p.m. - 1200
Grant Street, Longs Peak Boardroom, Denver, CO 80203
March 28, 2012 - 1-3:30 p.m. - 201
E. Colfax Avenue, Room 101, Denver, CO 80203
April 25, 2012 - 1-3:30 p.m. - 201
E. Colfax Avenue, Room 101, Denver, CO 80203
May 23, 2012 - 1-3:30 p.m. - 201
E. Colfax Avenue, Room 101, Denver, CO 80203
June 27-29, 2012 - 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location to be determined
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Current Agenda
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Mary Wickersham - Chair
Mary Wickersham was appointed to the
BEST board by Senate President Peter Groff as the
member "with public school finance expertise and
knowledge regarding public school trust lands." Mary
was involved in the development of the Building
Excellent Schools Today Act, which was an initiative
of the Treasurer’s Office. She was the Treasurer’s
liaison to the Colorado chapter of the Children’s
Land Alliance in Support of Schools (CLASS), which
acts as a voice of the K-12 public school
beneficiaries of the school land trust (the trust is
the primary revenue source for BEST). Before Mary
joined the
Treasurer’s Office, Mary was Director of Special
Projects for the Donnell-Kay Foundation where she
oversaw policy research and analysis around school
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Norwood Robb - Vice-Chair
Norwood
Robb
“Robby” is currently the Board Treasurer of the DSST
Public Schools who operate open-enrollment STEM
charter schools and is part of the Denver Public
Schools (DPS) System. DSST Public Schools currently
serves over 1,000 students on two campuses. DSST
Public Schools has been approved to open three
additional secondary school campuses (grades 6-12)
in 2011, 2012, and 2013. In addition he is
currently the Treasurer and Board Member of the
Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA). In 2006 the
Colorado League of Charter Schools gave "special
recognition to him for his work as a charter school
board member and founder." Robby served on the
University of Colorado Board of Regents representing
the 6th Congressional District for 18 years and is
now a Regent Emeritus. The members of the
Sixty-third General Assembly honor him with House
Joint Resolution 02-1064 "for his dedication and
leadership during his 18 years on the University of
Colorado Board of Regents, as well as his service to
the state of Colorado." He has had two successful
business careers, first working for large
corporations and then as an entrepreneur of his own
companies. His corporate background includes working
for Martin Marietta and Boeing as an engineer,
strategic planner, marketing director, and chief
information officer (CIO). He owned three companies
(Chairman/President/CEO): Jones Real Estate
Colleges, Mega Dynamics International and C4
Network, Inc. The Greater Denver Chamber of Commerce
awarded the 1991/92 Emerging Business of the Year
Award to C4 Network, Inc.
His education includes a Master of
Business Administration in Management and a Bachelor
of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Denver. He also completed the course
work toward a Master of Science in Operations
Research at the Florida Institute of Technology. He
also completed a Graduate Certificate Program in
Alternate Dispute Resolution at the University of
Denver. |
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Mike Maloney - Secretary
Mike Maloney is the Director of
Facilities for Colorado Springs School District No.
11. As such, he is responsible for planning, design,
construction and maintenance at 62 sites for this
school district of 28,000+ students. He leads a
Facilities Department team of 85 craftsmen,
engineers, architects, managers and support
personnel. D-11’s Facilities Department was the 2006
recipient of the International Association of School
Business Officials’ “Facilities Masters Award” – one
of only 13 recipients in the nation. Additionally,
D-11 has received numerous state and national energy
management awards.
Mike also serves as the Construction Program Manager
for the district’s Capital Programs (over $350
million since 1997) with full responsibility and
authority to ensure the success of these programs,
including financial management, supervision of
Project Managers and serving as the Administrative
Contracting Officer for all design and construction
contracts.
Mike has been with D-11 since 1997.
Previously, he served with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers for over 20 years after graduating from
the U.S. Military Academy. He has a Masters degree
in Civil Engineering and is a licensed Professional
Engineer in Colorado. Mike currently also serves as
a Director for the Colorado School Plant Managers
Association. Mike hopes to make a lasting contribution to the
condition of Colorado’s public school facilities as
a member of the Construction Advisory Board. |
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Lyndon Burnett
Lyndon Burnett is currently the school board
president for Agate School District 300.His previous
work experience includes: 1972-1976 Worked part time
for Gene White Electric Company while attending
Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. In 1976
worked for Brown & Root Construction Company for six
months while obtaining Texas Real Estate License.
1977-1980, Sold residential Real Estate and then
solicited residential mortgages. 1981-1983, Loan
Officer for D. Ansley Company, Inc. a subsidiary of
Frost Bank in San Antonio, Texas. Served as Real
Estate Broker for the company and the job consisted
of making commercial loans in the South Texas market
for a variety of nationwide life insurance
companies. 1983-1993, Owned and operated Burnett
Properties Company in San Antonio, Texas selling
commercial, residential, and farm & ranch
properties. 1993 to present, Manager of J & V Diller
Ranch LLC, a family owned cattle operation. Still
semi-active in Real Estate as Lyndon D. Burnett,
Broker since 1993 in Colorado. |
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Pete Jefferson
Pete Jefferson, PE, LEED-AP, HBDP earned his
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of
Nebraska‐Lincoln. He currently serves as Vice
President and Principal at M.E. Group, a mechanical,
electrical, and sustainability consulting firm with
an office in Denver. He is a LEED accredited
professional, and has earned certification from
ASHRAE as a High‐Performance Building Design
Professional. Pete joined M.E. GROUP in 2000, and
has worked in Denver since 2001.
Pete has been a designer and advocate for the use of
energy efficient building systems in a variety of
project types including schools. One particular area
of focus for him is the use of geoexchange (also
called geothermal) heating and cooling systems. He
led the design of the geoexchange system at Palmer
Ridge High School (Monument, CO). Palmer Ridge High
School is one of the
largest geoexchange installations in the state of
Colorado, and has attracted publicity from a number
of agencies for its energy efficiency. He is also
currently working on several projects that are
attempting to become Net-Zero Energy buildings,
including the first school in Colorado.
As a champion for sustainability, Pete currently
serves on the USGBC Colorado Green Schools Advocacy
Committee and is helping to develop a Colorado
Schools Sustainable Best Practices Guide. He has
presented workshops and seminars on high performance
systems for the United States Green Building
Council, American Groundwater Trust, University of
Colorado, and to other groups throughout the Rocky
Mountain region. Since 2009, he has also served as a
consultant to the Colorado Governor's Energy Office
in their High Performance Building Program. |
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Greg Randall
Greg Randall is currently the Superintendent
for Plateau Valley School District 50 in Collbran,
Colorado. |
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Tom Stone
Tom Stone attended Minnesota State
University, from 1993-1995, studying construction
management. Tom currently is a Project Executive for Adolfson & Peterson Construction. |
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David Van Sant
David Van Sant has a B.A. from St John’s
University, M.A. from Illinois State and his PhD.
from the University of Colorado. At the time David
was elected to the CCAB he was the Superintendent of
Strasburg Schools. He is married to Shary and has 3
college aged students: Zach at UNC graduate school,
Sean at CU- Denver, and Evan at Metro State College.
He has spent 35 years in education, all in Colorado.
During those 35 years he has served in a variety of
administrative positions in Colorado Springs, Fort
Lupton, Craig, Trinidad and Strasburg. David was
also the executive Director of the East Central
BOCES in Limon. During this time he has been the
president of the State Superintendent’s group and
the president of the State BOCES Association. He has
taught courses Aims, Pikes Peak, and Trinidad State
Community Colleges. He has also taught for Adams
State, Colorado State and the University of Colorado
as an adjunct staff member.
David has received numerous State and local awards
throughout Colorado. He has been a part of 5 bond
campaigns in three different communities in
Colorado. He is the most pleased with the number of
students and teachers that he has been able to help
in the past 35 years. |
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Adele Willson
Adele Willson, AIA, LEED AP, of
SlaterPaull Architects of Denver, Colorado is a
distinguished and recognized authority in the school
design community. During her 24 years of experience,
she has design over 100 school projects. Adele
joined SlaterPaull in 1984 and leads the firm’s
practice for K-12 schools. She is also a principal
and owner of the firm.
Adele is an active participant in many organizations
that affect schools such as the Council of
Educational Facility Planners International where
she is the past president of the Rocky Mountain
Chapter. Also, Adele was a member of the Capital
Construction Grant Program Advisory Committee
starting in 2006. In addition, she is an invited
presenter at various school organizations and
conferences, and has authored many articles about
school design.
A motivating and passionate speaker, Adele offers
innovative ideas and a true dedication to creating
successful learning environments using sustainable
design principles. She is involved in SlaterPaull’s
“Green Team” and promotes and encourages all
projects to incorporate sustainable principles into
the design. Adele provides skill combined with an
understanding of the trends and issues facing
educational facilities today.
She studied Civil Engineering at Colorado State
University and received her Bachelor of Arts in
Architecture from Iowa State University in 1984. She
is licensed to practice architecture in Colorado and
became a LEED Accredited Professional in 2005. |
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Ted Hughes - Director of
Capital Construction
Ted Hughes joined CDE in 2001 to
develop and administer a program to assist school
districts, charter schools, and institute charter
schools with capital construction needs. The program
provided grants for projects to address health and
safety issues, major maintenance, renovations and
additions, and sometimes new schools. It also
provided technical assistance to school districts
and charter schools. Additionally, Ted applied for,
received and administered a federal grant to assist
with capital projects; Ted administers a federal
“interest free” loan program; and Ted administers a
charter school capital construction grant program.
In 2008, the Commissioner of the Colorado Department
of Education, with input from the State Board of
Education and the Public School Capital Construction
Assistance Board, appointed Ted to be Director of
the newly created Division of Public School Capital
Construction Assistance, commonly called Building
Excellent Schools Today or BEST. The BEST program provides financial assistance to school
districts, charter schools, institute charter
schools, BOCES, and the Colorado School for the Deaf
and Blind for facility needs. In addition, the
Division provides extensive technical support,
oversees the federal “interest free” loan program,
the charter school grant program, and the
full-day-kindergarten facility grant program.
While at CDE, Ted has visited most school districts
and many charter schools to walk-through their
facilities and is familiar with facility conditions
statewide. |
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