Board Members

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The Board
Of the members initially appointed, the members appointed by the Governor shall each serve 2-year terms, the member appointed by the Chief Justice shall serve a 2-year term, the members appointed by the House and Senate Minority Leaders shall each serve 3-year terms, the members appointed by the Speaker and the President shall each serve 4-year terms, and the member jointly appointed by the President and the Speaker shall serve a 2-year term. Thereafter, members shall serve 4-year terms. A vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the remainder of the unexpired term only. An appointed member shall be eligible for reappointment. Members of the board may be removed by the appointing authorities for cause, after a public hearing, and may be suspended by the appointing authority pending the completion of such hearing.

The members shall elect a chair and a vice-chair each year at a date, time, and location as designated by the Chair upon thirty (30) days written notice to each member of the Board of Directors. The members shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be members of the board, and the same person may be elected to serve as both secretary and treasurer. The powers of the board may be vested in the officers from time to time. Five members shall constitute a quorum. No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of a quorum of the members to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the board.

If the board determines that the authority has sufficient financial resources, each member of the board not otherwise in full-time employment of the state or a state official shall receive a per diem of $100 for each day actually and necessarily spent in the discharge of official duties, and all members shall receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of official duties.

Members

Colorado Channel Authority Board Member Biographies:

	Ken Fellman is a partner in the Denver law firm of Kissinger & Fellman, P.C. He is nationally recognized and respected as an expert in local government representation, particularly telecommunications and utilities law. Ken has represented local governments, non-profit organizations and governmental associations nationwide in connection with cable television franchising, deployment of community broadband networks, public safety communications, communications service contracts, and gas and electric utility franchising. Ken served as the Mayor of Arvada, Colorado from 1999 - 2007, and as an at large member of the Arvada City Council from 1993 - 1999. Ken served as chair of the FCC's Local and State Government Advisory Committee from 1997 - 2003. In 2007 he was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. to the Colorado Innovation Council, and he currently serves as president of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA).
	Carol Haller is deputy state court administrator and legal counsel for the Colorado State Court System. Carol Haller was named legal counsel January, 2004 and was made deputy state court administrator in 2009. Before coming to the State Court Administrator's office she was a county court judge in Weld County for seven years. Her other legal experience includes eight years as a deputy state public defender and two years in private practice of law.
	Laura Hoeppner has over twelve years of experience working in the non-profit sector, as the Executive Director of the Colorado Institute for Leadership Training, as Social Justice Coordinator at First Universalist Church of Denver and, currently, as Executive Director of the Colorado Legislative Women's Caucus. Laura has served as the Chair of the Denver Cable Television Board and as the Chair of the Board's Legislation Committee. She was elected to the Centennial Home Rule Charter Commission, which crafted a Charter for the young city which was approved by the voters, and now serves on Centennial's Liquor Licensing Authority. Laura earned her Bachelor's degree in Journalism from Michigan State University and her Master's degree in History from the University of Michigan.
	Representative Chris Holbert was elected in 2010 to represent the people of House District 44, which includes the communities of Parker, Lone Tree, Roxborough Park, and unincorporated portions of northern Douglas County. Chris' career has centered on trade association management with specific focus on executive leadership, marketing, communications, and government affairs. Now in business for himself, Chris provides consulting services to candidates and non-profit organizations. Since 2009, Chris has volunteered time to help members of various grassroots organizations better understand the process and structure of government. Chris advocates that knowledge, not anger, is the means by which positive change can be affected. Representative Holbert often credits the Colorado Channel as an effective resource by which citizens can be informed and hold accountable those who are elected to represent them.
	John Montgomery has been in television for more than 27 years, and fifteen of those years have been spent at CBS4. As News Operations Manager, Montgomery manages CBS4's news gathering team at the assignment desk. He also coordinates and plans field coverage of major events. Montgomery has also worked in El Paso, Texas, Albuquerque, N.M., Harrisburg, Penn., Davenport Iowa, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee. Montgomery says he hopes Denver will be his last TV market. In his career, Montgomery has been a photographer, special projects producer and has worked the assignment desk.He has several journalism awards, including the Colorado Black Journalist of the Year Award. He is a member of RTNDA, and CBA. Montgomery has been married to his wife Jacque for almost 18 years and has 2 children, Aaron and Morgan. He comes from a large Southern family with 12 other siblings.
	Senator Nancy Spence is a Republican from Centennial who represents Senate District 27 in Arapahoe County.  Her district includes the communities of Greenwood Village on the west through the I-70 corridor to Deer Trail on the east.  Spence is a Denver native who graduated from South High School and attended Colorado State University. Before being elected to the State Senate in November 2004 and 2008, she served three terms in the Colorado House of Representatives.  Previous political experience includes 13 years on the Cherry Creek Schools Board of Education.  Spence currently serves on the Senate Education and Transportation Committees. Sen. Spence is married to Dr. Peter Spence, an Englewood dentist.   She is the mother of four and has six grandchildren.
	Senator Pat Steadman was selected in May 2009 to fill a vacancy in the Colorado State Senate. A long-time resident of Senate District 31, Pat graduated from Westminster High School, Regis College and the University of Colorado School of Law. Making a career in advocacy and politics, he became a leading voice in Colorado for civil rights issues. As an active member of his community, Pat was appointed by Mayors Webb and Hickenlooper to the Denver Women's Commission, the Denver GLBT Commission, and was the first person to chair the Advisory Board for Denver's Agency for Human Rights and Community Relations. Over the course of 15 years of lobbying at the state Capitol in Denver, his accomplishments were many and included several significant pieces of legislation protecting the GLBT community that were sponsored by his predecessor, Sen. Jennifer Veiga. As a senator, Pat continues to fight for progressive causes and give voice to those communities and issues that for too long have been marginalized and under-represented in the state legislature.
	Representative Nancy Todd (D-Aurora) has served House District 41 since 2004.  She is the ranking member of the State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, and the Education Committee.  She serves as the Chair of the Education committee for Council of State Government (CSG West), a member of the executive committee for Military and Veterans Affairs for National Conference for State Legislators (NCSL), and is a state director for Women in Government (WIG). Representative Todd was a professional educator for twenty-five years in the Cherry Creek School District 5 and has lived in Aurora for over thirty years.  She was named "Woman of the Year" from the Aurora Chamber of Commerce in 2011. Representative Todd received her bachelor's in education from the University of Kansas in 1970 and a master's in reading from the University of Northern Colorado in 1990.  She has been married to Terry, a retired teacher and retired Colonel in the Army Reserves.  They have two grown married sons, three granddaughters, and a black Labrador Retriever who loves to recycle!