2024 Annual Luncheon Digital Program: Visions of Equity
EQUITY Visions of
Friday, September 27, 2024
11:30 am
COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER
MILE HIGH BALLROOM
Presented by
My name is Lauren Y. Casteel. I am honored to have served as the president and CEO of The Women’s Foundation of Colorado since 2015.
In my first letter I wrote for our newsletter nearly 10 years ago, I quoted Adjoa Andoh from “My True Name:” “my name is many and in truth without all parts i have no name at all.”
The Women’s Foundation of Colorado celebrates people with their chosen names and identities to acknowledge the human desire to be seen and heard.
The village of women and men who make up our many generous statewide individual and corporate donors, nonprofit partners, volunteers, trustees, honorary trustees, and staff, have many names. Similarly, there are the names of those who came before us: sheroes and heroes upon whose shoulders we stand for thei r foresight as well as having marched, run, sung, cried, cheered, lived, and died for future generations. Equally important are the names of millions of remarkable women, girls, and gender expansive individuals who are a part of our collective community and whose stories inspire us daily.
The commitments we made to you in 2015 still ring true in 2024.
• Through dialogue and understanding, we learn and name the issues that matter in order to build our visions of equity.
• We build platforms of shared commitment to motivate deeper engagement and action to positively affect outcomes for women and families throughout the state.
• We use research to name the truth about systemic barriers and disproportionality to create a more equitable future.
• We build respectful alliances that ensure all women thrive and none are deterred because of their gender or its intersection with race, class or ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity, age or citizenship, religious creed or national origin, physical or mental abilities and differences, military or marital status, ancestry or language.
2024 ANNUAL LUNCHEON PROGRAM
Opening Entertainment Demi “DJ DEMIGOD” Harvey
Introduction and Welcome
Emily Davis and Hollie Velasquez Horvath, Luncheon Co-Chairs
Presenting Sponsor—FirstBank
Shannon Jones, FirstBank, Chief People Officer
Setting The Agenda
Tania Zeigler, The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, Chair of the Board
Protecting Our Progress Video
Platinum Sponsors–Chevron and Xcel Energy
Carrie Goddard, Chevron, General Manager Business Services
Alice Jackson, Xcel Energy, SVP, System Strategy, and Chief Planning Officer
I appreciate all of you profoundly. Thank you for being here today to protect women’s progress and advance gender, racial, and economic equity. Your generous gifts today matter. We hope you see that throughout our program.
Our name is The Women’s Foundation of Colorado. Without all of our parts, we have no name at all. Together. We are powerful.
Nuestro nombre es La Fundación de Mujeres de Colorado. Sin todas nuestras partes, no tenemos ningún nombre en absoluto. Juntos. Somos poderosos.
In gratitude,
Lauren Y. Casteel President & CEO
Dottie Lamm Leadership Award Winner Gitanjali Rao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Grantee Partner Video Featuring CHIC Sadé Cooper, CHIC, Co-founder and CEO
Solid Ground
L auren Y. Casteel, The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, President and CEO
LAUREN Y. CASTEEL
Kali Fajardo-Anstine Author Gitanjali Rao Dottie Lamm Leadership Award Winner
Jordan Casteel Artist
Renee Ferrufino Moderator
WFCO BOARD OF TRUSTEES
2024-2025
Courtney Allen Lussenhop
Dawn Bookhardt
Sandra Cook
Emily Davis
Jennifer Dunn
Lori Feehan
Helen Gair
Allison Gambill
Katherine Gold
Debbie Hammons
Carly Hare
Annie Lee
Mary Ann Littler
Betsy Mordecai Heyman
John Mullaney
Stephanie O’Malley
THANK YOU SPONSORS
PRESENTING SPONSOR
PLATINUM SPONSORS GOLD SPONSORS
Jodi Rogers
Ruth Rohs
KG Rosechild
Patty Salazar
Tara Smith
Faye Tate
Cody Teets
Carly Wendt
Tania Zeigler
WFCO STAFF 2024-2025
Crystal AyalaGoldstein
Lauren Y. Casteel
Lisa Christie
Elva Escobedo
Renee Ferrufino
SILVER SPONSORS
Erica Jackson
Camisha Lashbrook
Angela Leal
Tommie Mailey
Louise Myrland
Alison Friedman Philips
Manushkka Sainvil
Jen Schwem
Maggie Stoot
BRONZE SPONSORS
Amazon
Arlene and Barry Hirschfeld
Barbara Grogan
FRIEND SPONSORS
Aimee and Ed Cunningham
Boettcher Foundation
Bohemian Foundation
BOK Financial
Chambers Initiative
Charles Schwab
Colorado Access
PATRON SPONSORS
Alison Friedman Phillips and Josh Phillips
A res Management
Beyond Our Borders
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation
Burn Bright Coaching and Consulting
Butler Snow LLP
Colorado Gives Foundation
Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Caring for Colorado CHFA
Craig-Scheckman Family Foundation
Mary & George Sissel
CSG DaVita
Delta Dental of Colorado
Diverse Talent, Aya Foundation & RTL Foundation
Franklin Covey
Gates Family Foundation
Gill Foundation
Intermountain Health
John Mullaney –Dads 4 Daughters
LaRae Orullian
Lori Feehan
MPLX
The Thiry-O’Leary Foundation
McGeady Becher Cortese
Williams P.C.
MSU Denver
Suncor
The Colorado Trust
Davis Graham
Denver Art Museum
The Denver Broncos Foundation
Denver International Airport
Emily Davis Consulting
First Nations Development Institute
Flood and Peterson
Global Security Solutions
History
Colorado
Janus Henderson Investors
Junior League of Denver
Katherine Peck and Margie Gart
Lauren Y. Casteel
Liberty Energy
PDA Colorado
Planned Parenthood of the
Rocky Mountains
Polsinelli
RBC Capital | Butler Snow
Rose Community Foundation
S&P Global
Sherman & Howard
Tuthill & Hughes LLP
University of Denver
Tina Walls
Wana Brands Foundation
WomenGive
WorldDenver
E.B. WAGNER
JUDITH B. WAGNER
SHARON MARTIN DR. SHEILA OHLSSON WALKER
MORDECAI HEYMAN FAMILY FUND
SPECIAL GUESTS
Voices and Visions of
EQUITY
Jordan Casteel
Artist
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Author
Jordan Casteel’s figurative portraits and landscapes reveal our underlying temperaments with gestural brushwork and bold swaths of color. From the New York City subway and the streets of Harlem to the woodlands of Upstate New York, Casteel foregrounds the people of color who share in a collective experience through a vantage point of self-reflection. The artist’s work has been exhibited at institutions nationally and throughout the world including The Denver Art Museum in a 2019 solo presentation titled “Returning the Gaze.” She was named a MacArthur Foundation
Renee Ferrufino
Moderator
Jordan Casteel Artist
Artist Jordan Casteel (she/her) and author Kali Fajardo-Anstine (she/her), both Colorado-born and raised, pursue visions of equity through their internationally acclaimed work. They are building a future where women of every background and identity thrive – one brush stroke and word at a time.
Congratulations!
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Author
Renee Ferrufino
Moderator Congratulations!
Gitanjali Rao
Kali Fajardo-Anstine is an author and National Book Award finalist. Her debut story collection, “Sabrina & Corina,” made waves in the literary community for its look at life in the American West for women of Latina and Indigenous descent. She followed it with her first novel, bestseller “Woman of Light.” In rousing talks that challenge the status quo, Fajardo-Anstine speaks about her racial and familial identity, the systems in our society that hold back marginalized people, and the craft of writing about and researching one’s cultural roots. She is a recipient of the 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship.
Dottie Lamm Leadership Award Winner
2024 LUNCHEON CO-CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE
We thank our luncheon co-chairs and committee members for their support, leadership, and steadfast commitment to Colorado women.
EMILY DAVIS (she/her)
Emily Davis is the president of Emily Davis Consulting where she serves as a leadership coach, facilitator, advisor, and speaker. Her services focus on small to midsize businesses, nonprofits, philanthropy, and women leaders. Emily is an author, 21/64 certified philanthropic advisor, BoardSource, Senior Governance Associate, and certified facilitator. She has her masters in nonprofit management from Regis University and was named one of Boulder Valley’s 40 Under Forty business leaders.
Emily’s early career began in ending violence against women, international women’s human rights, and women’s health. Emily has served in board and staff leadership roles for local, national, and international organizations. Additionally, she has worn the hat of a founder, grant maker, staff member, and volunteer across a variety of organizations. She currently serves on the board of trustees and as the annual luncheon co-chair for The Women’s Foundation of Colorado.
HOLLIE VELASQUEZ HORVATH (she/her)
Hollie Velasquez Horvath is the regional vice president of state affairs and community relations for Xcel Energy-Colorado. She provides strategic leadership and management to directors, managers, analysts, and lobbyists who drive policy and business initiatives enabling best-in-class electric and gas service to Colorado customers while supporting company initiatives leading the clean energy transition. Her team manages economic development and chamber partnerships; state, city, and county policy; and political, business, and community relationships on behalf of the Colorado operating company.
The philanthropic arm of the Colorado company is within her department and supports Colorado communities and customers with foundation grants, employee volunteerism, and corporate sponsorships.
Hollie currently holds several leadership roles in the community by serving on nonprofit and economic boards, including Denver Health Authority, Downtown Denver Partnership Inc, Visit Denver, Aurora Economic Development Corporation, and the Latino Community Foundation of Colorado.
She is a fifth-generation Coloradoan and resides in Denver with her husband, 15-year-old twins and 10-year-old labradoodle.
LUNCHEON COMMITTEE Emily Davis, co-chair
Hollie Velasquez
Horvath, co-chair
Jodi Rogers
Lindsay Simonds Hannah Yaritz Alexis Newton
2024 HONORARY LUNCHEON CHAIRS
We thank our honorary luncheon chairs for leveraging their networks, connecting us to new communities, and helping The Women’s Foundation of Colorado build philanthropy.
ROSE ANDOM
Despite a difficult childhood, Rose Andom didn’t let adversity stand in her way and became the first person in her family to attend college. After working at the Hallmark Card Company and Ford Motor Company, she took a position at McDonald’s Corporation and entered an accelerated management development program. Ten years later, she purchased her first McDonald’s franchise.
Over the next 24 years, she owned and operated six McDonald’s restaurants, including three at Denver International Airport, growing their total volume from $6 million to $20 million. Rose consistently donates to multiple nonprofit organizations and has contributed over $2 million to date toward the Rose Andom Center in Denver, which provides services to those suffering from domestic abuse. Her next project is to build an 80-unit affordable apartment complex in the Northfield neighborhood of Denver for those who are without shelter.
KATHERINE ARCHULETA
Katherine Archuleta started her career as a teacher in Denver Public Schools. Later, she served in local government under Denver Mayors Federico Peña and John Hickenlooper. During the Clinton administration, she held senior leadership positions for the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy. In the first two years of the Obama Administration, she was chief of staff to U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. She joined the Obama 2012 campaign as its national political director and President Barack Obama appointed her as the first Latina to lead the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in 2013.
MARIO M. CARRERA AND IRMA CARERRA
Mario M. Carrera serves on the Colorado Mountain College Isaacson School of Media advisory board, Colorado Gives Foundation board of directors and is a trustee of the Denver Art Museum. In 2019 he retired after 35 years in the media industry as chief revenue & content officer for Entravision Communications Corporation (NYSE), overseeing a national 30-market footprint of television, radio, and digital properties.
Throughout his 20-year tenure in Colorado, he supported various gender equity programs as well as served on the boards of the SCL Health System, MSU Denver, the Denver Housing Authority, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, The Denver Foundation, and The Greater Colorado Council Boys Scouts of America. He also chaired the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board. He was the Supreme Court Chief Justice appointee, serving as chair of the 2011 Colorado Reapportionment Commission.
BARBARA B. GROGAN
Barbara Grogan was the founder and CEO of Western Industrial Contractors, Inc., a nationally recognized firm specializing in the design and installation of industrial systems and equipment throughout the U.S. She sold her business in 2004 and the company still prospers today. Additionally, Barbara was the chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Denver Branch, and the first woman chair of the Denver Chamber of Commerce. She also served on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Katherine Archuleta’s passion lies in empowering young Latinas to use their voices and votes through the Latina Initiative of Colorado, a nonprofit she co-founded. She wants to ensure that the issues most important to their communities are heard and valued by policymakers and thought leaders. She is also a founder of Mi Casa Resource Center and The Women’s Foundation of Colorado. In 2022, her dedication and impact were recognized when she was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.
Barbara is a community volunteer, activist, and philanthropist focused primarily on education. Deeply involved in MSU Denver, Barbara served for eight years on the board of trustees, two as chair. She now serves as trustee of the MSU Foundation. Many organizations have recognized her contributions, including United Way, Volunteers of America, the U.S. Small Business Administration, among many others. She is a Colorado Business Hall of Fame inductee.
2024 HONORARY LUNCHEON CHAIRS
SHARON MARTIN
Sharon Martin is a philanthropist and community volunteer, devoting decades of service to arts and educational organizations in Denver and beyond. She served as president of the parents’ associations at her children’s grade schools-St. Anne’s Episcopal School where she was also a trustee for 12 years-and Graland Country Day School. Sharon was an early supporter of St. Elizabeth’s School and is currently serving as a life trustee. She also serves as a life trustee at her alma mater, Denison University, and in 2015 was awarded an alumni citation for her commitment to the university.
Sharon was the Fine Arts Foundation “Citizen of the Arts” recipient in 2019 for her dedication to the Denver arts community. She served as president of the Central City Opera House Association Guild and was a nine-year trustee at the Denver Botanic Gardens. She has been a loyal volunteer at the Denver Art Museum and its Vision 2021 Campaign that raised funds for the reimagining of the museum’s Gio Ponti-designed building.
KAREN MCNEIL-MILLER
Karen McNeil-Miller describes social and human impact as the center of her life’s work and lives each day knowing that good health impacts every element of our lives. As the president and CEO of The Colorado Health Foundation since 2015, Karen guides its investment of human, financial, and influence capital on behalf of the Coloradans who need it the most.
Karen joined the Foundation after serving for more than 10 years as president of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, one of North Carolina’s largest private foundations. Before joining the Trust, Karen spent 16 years with the Center for Creative Leadership, an international leadership development and research nonprofit organization.
As a former special education teacher and head of the Piedmont School in North Carolina, Karen serves on the boards of Colorado Community College System; Denver Academy; International Women’s Forum of Colorado; Alliance for a Healthier Generation; and The Center for Creative Leadership.
LARAE ORULLIAN
LaRae has devoted her life to enhancing opportunities for women and girls in many arenas, and continues to promote equity in business, finance, education, and sports. She was born, raised, and began her banking career in Salt Lake City. Desiring to work on Wall Street, the first stop east was Denver, where LaRae led the successful formation of the Women’s Bank of Colorado as president/CEO.
She has served on the boards of Frontier Airlines, Colorado Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Guaranty Corporation, Holladay Bank, Pro Card, Anthem Insurance, Delta Dental, and Lange Golf. On non-profit boards, she spent six years as national president of Girl Scouts USA and vice chair of the World Association of Girl Guides/Girl Scouts. She was a trustee of The Women’s Foundation of Colorado from 2006-2010 and has continued as a dedicated supporter every year since.
At 91 years of age, her philosophy is that we need 3 things to continue forward: Patience, flexibility, and a sense of humor.
DOTTIE LAMM LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER
Gitanjali Rao
Gitanjali Rao of Lone Tree is an 18-year-old inventor, aspiring scientist, author, speaker, and active promoter of STEM worldwide. She was recognized as America’s Top Young Scientist and received an EPA Presidential Award for her patent invention of an innovative lead contamination detection tool.
Gitanjali also invented “Epione”—a device for the early diagnosis of prescription opioid addiction and “Kindly”—an anti-cyberbullying service.
In 2019, she was honored as one of Forbes “30 Under 30 in Science” for addressing the environmental issue of lead contamination. TIME named her a “Top Young Innovator” and “Kid of the Year” for her groundbreaking innovations and the STEM workshops she conducts globally that have inspired over 90,000 students in 47 countries.
OPENING ENTERTAINMENT
Gitanjali is the author of “Young Innovator’s Guide to STEM,” available in six languages, which guides students, educators, and teachers through a self-developed, prescriptive five-step innovation process. She also authored “Young Innovator’s Guide to Planning for Success,” offering further insights into achieving and sustaining innovative endeavors.
Demi “DJ Demigod” Harvey
Demi Harvey is a digital marketer with nearly 10 years of experience in the Colorado music industry. She specializes in social media marketing and content creation, finding innovative ways to share information with the virtual masses. Currently, she is a host and digital editor for Colorado Public Radio’s alternative radio station, Indie 102.3. In her spare time, she DJs under the name Demigod. Her music spans an array of genres but focuses on queer and Black musicians.
She is also very passionate about the LGBTQ+ community, with a queer focused radio show called Serve It! on Indie 102.3 and a frequent volunteer and host at queer events.
In 2021, she was appointed as a UNICEF Youth Advocate for using science to solve social problems and developing solutions for environmental protection. She recently received the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award, and the Martin Luther King Beloved Community Award for her selfless service to students in refugee camps.
She is currently a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
EVENTS HONORARY TRUSTEES
Mary Frances Allen
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Lorraine Fox-Davis
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“Ballots & Bubbles” in-person event - 5:00 pm, the Posner Center for International Development
October 23
Presenting The Womanifesto webinar –Noon, online
Elisa Canova
Ann Garrison
Janet Martin
Maxine Carnes
Jan Carroll
Lelia Carroll
Lauren Y. Casteel
Evelyn Chambers*
Merle Chambers
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Cile Chavez
Christine Chin
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Jennifer Colosimo
Kelly Condon
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Sumiko Hennessy
Arlene Hirschfeld
Mary Kaye Hogan
Harriet Hogue
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Page
Kip Hughes
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Irene Ibarra*
John Ikard
Barbara Ipsaro
Carolyn Jefferson-
Jenkins
Christine Johnson
Dorsey Johnson
Joy Johnson
Phyllis Katz
Katherine Kellen
Gail Kellogg
Richard Kelly
Anahita Kemp
Pat Kendall
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Eunice Kim
Marjorie Gart
Nancy Gary
Loren George
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Cheryl Godwin
Bei-Lee Gold
Gerri Gomez Howard
Nita Gonzales
Rhondda Grant
Raynard Gray
Diane Greenlee
Kami Guildner
Mary Anne Guillot
Kathy Hagan
Virginia Hagnauer*
Cindy Halaby
Elisa Hamill
Linda Hamlet
Cathy Hart
Ellen Hart
Anne Harte
Nancy Hartley
Anne
Loretta Martinez
Margaret Mayer*
Jan Mayer
Bonnie McCloskey
Rita McCoy
Deanna McCrery
Lynda McNeive
Eleanor Montour
Jamie Morgan
Jane Moy
Kit Mura-smith
Barbara Musslewhite
Ann Newman
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Katherine Peck
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Kelly Ladyga
Dorothy Lamm
Margaret Lane*
Susan Larson
Martha Lee
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Johanna Leyba
Joanna Little
Katherine Loo
Deb Luginbuhl
Jacqueline Lundquist
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Patty Powell
Dean Prina
Sally Prinster
Jane Ragle
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Daniel Ritchie
Lisa Robinson
Rosemary Rodriguez
Bea Romer
Cathy Roper
Becky Roser
Marguerite Salazar*
Janet Sawyer
Christine Schreur
Patricia Schroeder*
Joyce Schuck*
Lisa Scott
Marjorie Seawell
GOD BLESS THE CHILD
BY JORDAN CASTEEL
Jordan’s 2019 painting God Bless The Child is featured on the cover of TIME Magazine’s first-ever BIPOC-led “Visions of Equity”
special edition that featured stories about the fight for racial justice and ways to build a better world.
It was the inspiration for our Annual Luncheon theme and captures what the staffs at TIME and WFCO hope for: intimacy, hope, and care for our communities.
Details
Jordan Casteel
God Bless The Child, 2024
Giclée Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Bright paper
24 x 20.3 inches
Signed, titled, dated on bottom
GIVEAWAY/SPECIAL THANKS
Don’t forget to fill out the forms at your tables to be entered in a giveaway in which one winner will receive signed copies of “Sabrina & Corina” and “Woman of Light” by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, and a signed copy of “Within Reach”, a book of 40 paintings by Jordan Casteel.
A winner will be notified following the Annual Luncheon.
Special Thanks
Aaliyah Ali, CHIC
AML Jennifer Bacon
Black & Blossomed
Sadé Cooper, CHIC
Curly Girl Fitness
Fisher Early Learning Center
Impact XM
Closes promptly at noon on Friday, Sept. 27
INSPIRE Denver
Chris Highsmith
Kelly Photography
Michaela Lewis, CHIC
Rich Nichols with Cheese Ranch
Stephanie O’Malley
ProgressNow Colorado
Gitanjali Rao
Bharathi Rao
Hilari Smith, CHIC
WeeCycle
Kathy White, Colorado Fiscal Institute
WFCO BOARD & STAFF SHARE OUR DEEP APPRECIATION FOR LAUREN Y. CASTEEL IN ADVANCE OF HER 2025 RETIREMENT
WITH DEEP APPRECIATION TO
Lauren
Congratulations on winning the 2023 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medal for Public & Community Service and the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award on National Philanthropy Day from the Colorado chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
OUR VISION
A future where Colorado women and girls of every background and identity prosper.
OUR MISSION Catalyzing community to advance and accelerate economic opportunities for Colorado women and their families.
OUR CORE VALUES Promise, Learning, Leadership, Equity and Inclusion, Community
