VOLUME 37 • NUMBER 30 • JUNE 20, 2019
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Lantz announces run for Rakowsky leaves Greenwood Village Greenwood Village Mayor a better place n 1988, United States Air Force Colonel Ron Rakowsky was transferred from the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. to the Air Reserve Personnel Center at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver to serve as Staff Judge Advocate. In that position, he supervised 900 lawyers from Bangkok to Berlin. Ron and his wife, Dr. Margaret Rakowsky, retired Air Force Academy associate professor of chemistry, moved to Greenwood Village because they wanted their son Robert, who was about to start high school, to attend school in the Cherry Creek School District. Ron retired from the Air Force in 1994 and went to work as the director of credit union leasing for the Colorado Credit Union League, where he remained until 2007. Rakowsky first joined the Greenwood Village board of adjustments and appeals in 2003 and ran for city council that same year. By 2005 he was Mayor Pro Tem. In November 2010, then-GV Mayor Nancy Sharpe was elected Arapahoe County Commissioner. When Sharpe took office in January 2011, Rakowsky was appointed to complete the remaining eleven months of her term as mayor. He ran for his first
full four-year term in November 2011, and again four years later. He was unopposed in both elections. Limited to two full terms by law, Rakowsky will retire from Greenwood Village city government after this year’s election for mayor and all of city council on November 5. Rakowsky is proud to have had a personal role in helping bring AMG Bank, National Bank Holdings, and COBANK to Greenwood Village. He also initiated the undergrounding of utility lines, an important program that continues today. As mayor, Rakowsky worked to raise the standards for all city employees, including police officers. He spent a lot of time consulting with the city manager on hiring decisions and actively getting to know the people who worked in city hall. The mayor has mentored dozens of young people through the years. Asked how it became a calling for him, he shrugged and said, “Judging people has become second nature to me. I’m fortunate that I’ve had a good track record for getting it right.” Some of the things Mayor Rakowsky has enjoyed most in his nine years on the job are conducting the youth Honor Band and Colorado
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A family portrait with George and Debbie and their two sons, John, left and David, right.
George Lantz is announcing his candidacy for mayor of Greenwood Village in the upcoming November election. He is the present Mayor Pro-Tem of Greenwood Village. He and his wife Debbie have resided in Huntington Acres for the past 30 years. Current Greenwood Mayor Ron Rakowsky is term limited from seeking another term as city mayor and will retire from office. Lantz has a long record of service to Greenwood Village and is presently serving his second term on the city council. He has served on the board of adjust-
ment and appeals for 12 years as chair and vice-chairman. He was a member of the planning and zoning commission for eight years and chair for three years. Lantz has been an active member of his Huntington Acres Homeowners Association for 23 years and has served as president for 20 years. A graduate of the University of Wyoming, he participated on the Cowboy wrestling team. He obtained a BS in Civil Engineering and an MS in Industrial Management from the University of Wyoming. He has had a successful
professional life as president of Iofina, an exploration and production company. A founding partner with Voyant Technologies, a telecommunications company that developed audio conferencing that grew to a world-wide market share leader. The Lantz sons, John and David, both attended Cherry Creek High School and John has graduated from Vanderbilt University and David graduating from Wake Forest University. Most recently, Lantz was president of Glenmoor Country Club. When not participating in community service he likes to fly fish, golf, and travel.
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