Corporate Partners (Alphabetical)

Fourteener Level

Nationwide Retirement Solutions

Nationwide Retirement Solutions (NRS) administers the NACo 457 Deferred Compensation Program for county employees across the U.S. NRS provides education, investments, and record-keeping functions for these plans. Along with the 457 Plan, NRS also administers a 401a Match Plan and Post Employment Health Plan (PEHP), a plan that provides tax-free retiree health care reimbursements.

Contact: Kris Morton
Phone: 614.398.7184
Email: k.morton@nationwide.com

Website: www.nrsforu.com

Wagner Equipment

With 17 Colorado locations, Wagner Equipment sells and rents Caterpillar machines used in a wide range of governmental applications, including heavy construction, building construction, mining, waste handling, paving, and forestry.

“It’s been an honor for Wagner to work with many Colorado counties over the years but we take nothing for granted,” says Bruce Wagner, Wagner’s President and CEO. “We know we have to earn counties’ business every day and we’re committed to do just that.”

In addition to serving as a source for any size equipment, Wagner’s line of rented or for-sale products includes air compressors, trailers, machine work tools and implements – all designed for top performance and dependability.

Contact: Taylor Wagner
Phone: 1.877.654.1237
Email: wagner_taylor@wagnerequipment.com
Website: www.wagnerequipment.com

Founder Level

Biobot Analytics

Biobot Analytics is a global leader in wastewater epidemiology, founded with the goal of transforming wastewater infrastructure into real-time public health observatories. Having worked at hundreds of locations across all US states and territories and several countries, Biobot produces actionable information from wastewater to improve the health of communities around the world. Separately from their infectious illnesses work, Biobot also analyzes wastewater for the presence of High Risk Substances, such as opioids, to help communities better respond to substance use and implement harm reduction programming. More information on our mission and technology is available at our website, www.biobot.io.

Contact: Steve Dirks
Email: sdirks@biobot.io

Phone: 778-222-0393

Website: https://biobot.io/

Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC)

Since 1967, the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) has served as the membership association for Colorado’s statewide system of community behavioral health providers. CBHC member organizations are the backbone of Colorado’s public behavioral health safety net, working to ensure all Coloradoans have access to quality, community-based services tailored to the unique needs and strengths of each community.

CBHC members provide or contract for direct services in a wide variety of settings in hundreds of service delivery sites across the state. To continue to provide care and enhance services, CBHC acts as an advocacy organization at both the state and federal level to ensure the continuation and expansion of care across our state. Since 2009, it has also been the home of Mental Health First Aid Colorado (MHFACO), which works to expand access to training that teaches individuals how to identify and understand the signs of mental health and substance use conditions and how to support friends, family, and neighbors experiencing behavioral health challenges. For more information about CBHC and MHFACO please visit www.cbhc.org and www.mhfaco.org.

CBHC Member Organizations Include

• Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs)
• Servicios de La Raza

Contact: Frank Cornelia
Phone: 720-573-9371
Email: fcornelia@cbhc.org
Website: www.cbhc.org

Colorado Housing & Finance Authority (CHFA)

Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) strengthens Colorado by investing in affordable housing and community development. CHFA offers financial resources to strengthen homeownership, the development and preservation of affordable rental housing, and helps businesses access capital to grow and create jobs. CHFA also provides grants, donations and technical assistance to help community-based organizations advance their work in alignment with CHFA’s vision that everyone in Colorado should have the opportunity for housing stability and economic prosperity.

CHFA is not a state agency and does not receive direct state or federal appropriations to support its programs or operations. Visit www.chfainfo.com to learn more.

Contact: Jerilynn Francis, Chief Communications & Community Partnerships Officer
Phone: 303-297-7427
Email: jfrancis@chfainfo.com
Website: chfainfo.com

Connect for Health Colorado

Connect for Health Colorado is the state’s official health insurance marketplace for individuals and small business owners purchasing health insurance. Connect for Health Colorado is the only place where Coloradans can apply for financial help to lower the costs of private health insurance. We also provide tools to easily compare health plans across insurance companies and free, expert enrollment help across the state. jhampton@c4hco.com.

Contact: Jessalyn Hampton
Email: jhampton@c4hco.com
Website: connectforhealthco.com

CPS HR Consulting

CPS HR Consulting is a self-supporting public agency providing a full range of integrated HR solutions to government clients across the country. Our strategic approach to increasing the effectiveness of human resources results in improved organizational performance for our clients. We have a deep expertise in the areas of organizational strategy, recruitment and selection, classification and compensation, and training and development.

Contact: Geralyn Gorshing (above)
Phone: 916.471.3373
Email: ggorshing@cpshr.us
Website: www.cpshr.us

Equifax

With decades of experience serving the public sector, Equifax leverages trusted, unique data, analytics, technology, and expertise to drive innovation and transform knowledge into insights. Our Social Services Verification product leverages The Work Number•, the nation’s largest proprietary database of employment and income to aid in the administration of public assistance programs such as Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, Social Security, Unemployment, Housing and Child Support. Social Service Verifications from Equifax helps agencies promote program integrity and get qualified applicants the benefits they need by streamlining eligibility verification at all stages of the process. To learn more, visit TheWorkNumber.com/Government.

Contact: Carlie Christensen, Account Executive, State Government
Phone: 404.987.5933
Email: carlie.christensen@equifax.com
Website: equifax.com/government

4Rivers Equipment LLC

It starts with your vision. Maybe it is your landscaping project or your passion for ranching and farming. Or perhaps it is your construction business. We’ve been forging long-term relationships with farmers, construction and forestry professionals, homeowners, and others for nearly a century. 4Rivers Equipment’s commitment to you has not changed: provide you with the highest quality equipment and back it up with innovative service solutions.

John Deere is a name you know and trust. The company is synonymous with quality and integrity, and 4Rivers Equipment is proud to be your local John Deere dealer supporting you with the parts, service, and technology needed to keep you connected to the land.

Contact: Ryan Nielsen
Phone: (303) 833-5900
Email: rnielsen@4riversequipment.com
Website: www.4riversequipment.com

Lumen Technologies

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data, and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Everything we do at Lumen takes advantage of our network strength. From metro connectivity to long-haul data transport to our edge cloud, security, and managed service capabilities, we meet our customers’ needs today and as they build for tomorrow. For news and insights visit news.lumen.com, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies.

Contact: Tim Kunkleman
Phone: 303-992-5810
Email: TIMOTHY.KUNKLEMAN@LUMEN.COM
Website: www.lumen.com

Occidental Petroleum

Oxy produces energy and essential products to sustain and improve life on our planet. For 100 years, we have developed extensive assets, infrastructure, expertise and technology to fuel progress. Now we’re leveraging these resources to help solve the planet’s most pressing environmental challenges. We want to be part of the solution, so we’re taking bold steps to innovate new technologies for a low-carbon future.

Our experienced teams, located in the United States, Middle East and Africa, are committed to safe and efficient operations and products, and to reducing our carbon footprint and helping others do the same.

We are busy developing the big ideas and broad solutions we will need to achieve net zero. Every day, we get closer. And we won’t stop until we’re there.

Contact: Kelsey Olson
Phone: 720-929-3143
Email: kelsey_olson@oxy.com
Website: https://www.oxy.com

Pinnacol Assurance

Pinnacol Assurance is Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier. We operate as a mutual insurance company, providing caring coverage for nearly one million workers in Colorado. We structure our teams around industry expertise, and we proudly have a dedicated public entity sector team staffed with insurance professionals with years of experience in the public sector with years of experience helping towns, municipalities and more with their insurance needs. Learn more at Pinnacol.com.

Contact: Sarah Bensman
Phone: 303-361-4301
Email: sarah.bensman@pinnacol.com
Website: https://www.pinnacol.com

Sunland Asphalt & Construction, LLC

Sunland Asphalt provides Asphalt Repairs, Crack Sealing, Sealcoating, Milling, Paving and Overlays, Chip Seals, Slurry and Concrete, our crews are ready to execute any asphalt / Concrete pavement maintenance and or construction solution to meet your schedule and your budget.

Contact: Derek Arbuthnot
Phone: 303-345-3782
Email: darbuthnot@sunlandasphalt.com
Website: www.sunlandasphalt.com

Pioneer Level

The AES Corporation

The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) is a Fortune 500 global energy company accelerating the future of energy. Together with our many stakeholders, we’re improving lives by delivering the greener, smarter energy solutions the world needs. Our diverse workforce is committed to continuous innovation and operational excellence, while partnering with our customers on their strategic energy transitions and continuing to meet their energy needs today.

Contact: Holly Keifer
Phone: 720-447-8013
Email: communityinquiries@aes.com
Website: www.aes.com/colorado

Amazon

Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Amazon strives to be Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company, Earth’s Best Employer, and Earth’s Safest Place to Work. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Career Choice, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, Alexa, Just Walk Out technology, Amazon Studios, and The Climate Pledge are some of the things pioneered by Amazon.

Contact: Brittany Morris Saunders, Sr. Manager, External Affairs
Phone: 303-589-8181
Email: saunbrit@amazon.com
Website: www.amazon.com

Colorado Employer Benefit Trust (CEBT)

The Colorado Employer Benefit Trust (CEBT) is a multiple employer health benefit trust providing medical, dental, vision and life benefits for public employers and their employees. The purpose of the Trust is to spread the risk of adverse claims over a large base of members, minimize administrative costs, and provide exceptional service to its members. Because the pool is self-insured, the participating groups benefit from predictable overall claims experience and low administrative costs resulting in rates that consistently outperform the market. Since its founding in 1980, CEBT has grown to approximately 37,000 members from 440 participating employers. The Trust fund is approaching $280 million in annual premium contributions and $80 million in assets. CEBT is governed by a Board of Trustees made up of representatives from participating groups. Contact CEBT for the best employee benefit options for Colorado Counties and their employees.

Contact: Terry Rook
Phone: 303.345.7730
Email: terry.rook@wtwco.com
Website: www.cebt.org

Charter Communications

Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 32 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services including Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice.

Contact: John Lee
Phone: 720-482-6086
Email: John.L.Lee@Charter.com
Website: www.Spectrum.com

Civitas Resources

Civitas Resources, Inc. is Colorado’s first carbon neutral oil & gas producer and is focused on developing and producing crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids in Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg Basin. We operate on about 560,000 net acres with a production base of roughly 160,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Civitas is committed to pursuing compelling economic returns and cash flow rather than growth while delivering best-in-class cost leadership and capital efficiency. Our technical staff of geologists, petroleum engineers, and geophysicists have decades of industry experience and are experts in horizontal drilling and completions. To amplify the social and economic benefit of our presence, we have dedicated ourselves to safety, environmental responsibility, and implementing industry-leading practices to create a positive local impact. For more information about Civitas, please visit www.civitasresources.com.

Contact: Richard Coolidge
Cell: 303-478-4276
Email:rcoolidge@civiresources.com
Website: www.civitasresources.com

CommonSpirit Health

CommonSpirit Health is Colorado’s largest healthcare provider with 19 hospitals, 14 affiliate hospitals and an array of health services and clinics, as well as Flight for Life Colorado. Our mission is to combine medical expertise with a compassionate touch to holistically care for a person’s body, mind and spirit.

Contact: Nicole Milo
Phone: 303-673-7305
Email: nicolemilo@centura.org
Website: www.centura.org

CRL Associates, Inc.

CRL is a leading government relations, public affairs and strategic communications firm assisting clients achieve greater levels of success in Colorado since 1981. CRL helps its clients craft and implement integrated strategies that connect them with top decision-makers, shape public opinion and transform public policy.

Contact: Roger Sherman
Phone: 303.592.5465
Email: rsherman@crlassociates.com
Website: www.crlassociates.com

DLR Group

DLR Group is an integrated design firm providing architecture, engineering, planning, interior design, and building optimization. Core areas of design expertise include Civic, Courts, Detention, Energy Services, Higher Education, Hospitality, K-12 Education, Retail, Sports, and Workplace. “Our promise is to elevate the human experience through design,” says Edward Bledowski, AIA, a DLR Group architect and principal. “This promise inspires sustainable design for a diverse group of public and private sector clients; local communities; and our planet. DLR Group fully supports the initiatives and goals of the 2030 Challenge and is an initial signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment. My role is Justice + Civic Leader for projects in the Rocky Mountain Region serving Colorado and Wyoming. I work closely with the entire Southwest Region team to develop projects for national, statewide, and local clients serving the public interest and needs for service and protection.”

Contact: Ed Bledowski
Phone: 719.313.5750
Email: ebledowski@dlrgroup.com
Website: www.dlrgroup.com

Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO)

GOCO invests a portion of Colorado Lottery proceeds to help preserve and enhance the state’s parks, trails, wildlife, rivers, and open spaces. GOCO’s independent board awards competitive grants to local governments and land trusts and makes investments through Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Created when voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1992, GOCO has since funded more than 5,700 projects in all 64 counties of Colorado without any tax dollar support.

Since its inception, GOCO’s accomplishments include:

• 1,1173 miles of trail built or reconstructed
• 1,102 miles of river protected
• 1,816 parks and outdoor recreation areas created and improved
• 1,391,294 acres conserved in urban and rural areas
• 66,688 acres added to the State Parks system
• 10,745 young people employed through Colorado Youth Corps Association

Contact: Jackie Miller
Phone: 303-226-4524
Email: jmiller@goco.org
Website: www.goco.org

Indivior

At Indivior, we pioneer innovative, life transforming treatments for people with substance use disorders and serious mental illness. Our vision is that millions of people across the globe suffering from these diseases have access to evidence-based treatment to change lives.

Contact: David Gentry
Phone: 720-256-8257
Email: david.gentry@indivior.com
Website: www.indivior.com

JE Dunn

Founded in 1924, JE Dunn is the 8th largest domestic general building contractor in the United States with offices in 26 locations and hundreds of project sites across the country. Our work touches nearly every facet of the industry, and our portfolio of projects spans dozens of industries, including local/state/federal government and municipal, healthcare, aviation, corporate environments, military, industrial, education, mission critical, science and technology, and more. We maintain a commitment to our clients and their building goals while being true to our guiding principles — the philosophy of our business operation which is both family and employee-owned. JE Dunn’s purpose is to enrich lives through inspired people and places. www.jedunn.com

Contact: Shelley Hartnett
Phone: 720-698-6650
Email: shelley.hartnett@jedunn.com
Website: www.jedunn.com

Power Motive Corporation

Your Colorado Komatsu dealer, family owned since 1959. PMC is committed to providing our customers excellent long term value through our OEM manufacturers and unmatched product support.

Contact: Jack Ruth
Phone: 303-355-5900
Email: jruth@powermotivecorp.com
Website: www.powermotivecorp.com

CORE Electric Cooperative (formerly IREA)

CORE, formerly known as Intermountain Rural Electric Association (IREA) is a member-owned electric utility cooperative that serves customers in a 5,000-square-mile area in central Colorado. CORE provides reliable and affordable power to more than 375,000 consumers, making it the largest electric distribution cooperative in Colorado, and one of the largest in the U.S. As a member-owned cooperative, CORE operates on a nonprofit basis; earnings exceeding expenses are invested in the facilities used to provide electric service and are booked as member equity. CORE’s headquarters is located in Sedalia, about 20 miles south of Denver, and the cooperative also has district offices in Bennett, Conifer and Woodland Park.

Contact: Angie Bedolla
Phone: 720.733.5739
Email: abedolla@core.coop
Website: www.core.coop

RMMI Digital Document Solutions

RMMI Digital Document Solutions has been working with Colorado counties since 1996 to create document management efficiencies within all kinds of departments. RMMI collaborates with elected officials and department leaders to devise customized solutions that result in enhanced efficiencies.

Through the use of Electronic Document Management software, RMMI can convert paper documents, file folder structures, and multiple forms of media into a streamlined, useable, and easily retrievable environment. Whether RMMI is scanning a county’s documents or training county staff to scan their documents internally, our partnerships are designed to maximize time and energy of county staff.

In recent years, RMMI has developed electronic workflows in numerous counties that has further enhanced efficiencies by moving documents between departments and with county citizenry by electronic means.

Contact: Chuck Hensel (above)
Phone: 303.427.0625
Email: chuck@rmm-i.com
Website: www.rmm-i.com

Signal Behavioral Health Network

For over 20 years, Signal has worked, in partnership with the State Behavioral Health Administration, as a non-profit supporting behavioral health safety net services for 37 counties in Colorado. Signal strives to foster a high-quality network of services for Coloradans in need of behavioral health services.

Contact: Daniel Darting
Phone: 720-263-4858
Email: ddarting@signalbhn.org
Website: https://signalbhn.org

Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric works with public agencies in Colorado to modernize infrastructure, improve facility operations and energy efficiency, create new revenue streams, and promote economic development within the communities it serves. Our partnership with the Colorado Energy Office provides oversight and risk mitigation, ensuring projects are self-funding or generate positive cash flow without taxpayer burden.

Contact: Kate Sipla
Phone: 925-272-5006
Email: kate.sipla@se.com
Website: schneider-electric.us/enable

Steadman Group, LLC

We are a woman-owned public benefit corporation (B Corp) that improves population behavioral health in publicly-funded health care settings. We help counties develop their mental health and substance use treatment and recovery ecosystems, facilitate opioid settlements and health needs assessments, and write and manage grants successfully.

Contact: JK Costello
Phone: 402-659-4247
Email: jkcostello@steadmangroup.com
Website: www.steadmangroup.com

Vanir Construction Management, Inc.

For over 50 years, Vanir Construction Management, Inc. has been a leading provider of program, project and construction management and real estate development throughout the United States. Our reputation and dedication to clients have developed this organization into one of the most respected in the industry, consistently positioned as one of the top construction management firms in the nation by Engineering News-Record. Working on projects across various market segments, we provide quality construction management services designed to meet our clients’ unique needs. As we continue to grow into new areas and markets, our focus is to remain the same: meet the needs of our clients and the communities in which we work.

Contact: Chris Ayotte
Phone: 720.440.0099
Email: chris.ayotte@vanir.com
Website: www.vanir.com

WM

WM is one of the largest residential recyclers and a leading developer, operator and owner of waste-to-energy and landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. In Colorado, WM has been part of our local communities for over 30 years employing over 1,400 Colorado residents annually. We provide collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. Every day, WM is at work in communities across the country, providing essential services to more than 21 million commercial, industrial, municipal, and residential customers.

Contact: Scott “Hutch” Hutchings (above)
Phone: 303.486.6142
Email: shutchin@wm.com
Website: www.wm.com

Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy provides the energy that powers millions of homes and businesses across eight Western and Midwestern states, including Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Our workforce of more than 12,000 is rising to the challenge of a changing industry—one that requires us to be even more customer focused, forward thinking and productive. Together, we remain committed to meeting our customers’ fundamental need for safe, reliable, affordable energy, but those needs are evolving.

We recognize our customers and the communities we serve want more control over how their energy is produced and how they use it. With that in mind, Xcel Energy continues to offer innovative solutions that give customers more options, while helping them manage their energy use and advance their goals.

We are a recognized industry leader in delivering renewable energy and reducing carbon and other emissions, efforts that have put us on a path to a more sustainable energy future. Our business requires that we achieve the right mix in all we do—cultivating the right talent, offering customers the right options, collaborating with communities, investing for the future and protecting the environment.

Contact: Andrew Holder, Director, Community Relations
Phone: 303-425-3725
Email: Andrew.P.Holder@xcelenergy.com
Website: www.xcelenergy.com

Trailblazer Level

Aetna

Our customers come first, so health is front and center. But delivering on that promise isn’t just about products or process. It’s about total integration. Everyone and everything working better, together so you and your employees have the solutions on hand to manage health priorities. For a happier, healthier workforce, and a healthier bottom line.

Contact: Michelle Begemann
Phone: 816-830-7975
Email: begemannm@aetna.com
Website: www.aetna.com

American Petroleum Institute

API Colorado is a division of the American Petroleum Institute. API is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and gas industry. API’s mission is to provide safety across the industry globally and to influence public policy in support of a strong, viable U.S. oil and gas industry.

Contact: Kelly Hensel
Phone: 720.214.7176
Email: henselk@api.org
Website: www.api.org

Butler Snow

Butler Snow LLP is a full-service law firm with nearly 400 attorneys collaborating across a network of more than 25 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Ranked as a leading firm for client relations and one of America’s Top 100 law firms in the BTI Power Rankings, Butler Snow is recognized as one of the nation’s top law firms for client service. The firm’s Public Finance Group has earned a national reputation in representing local governments public finance transactions, public-private partnerships, and economic development matters, including the use of federal tax credits. For more information, visit www.butlersnow.com or follow the firm on Twitter @Butler_Snow.

Contact: Kim Crawford

Phone: 720.330.2354

Email: kim.crawford@butlersnow.com

Website: www.butlersnow.com

Colorado Association of Conservation Districts

The Colorado State Legislature created the Colorado State Soil Conservation Act in 1937 providing Colorado with the infrastructure to conserve the State’s valuable natural resources.
CACD was established in 1945 to represent the Conservation Districts of Colorado. The original conservationists created by Congress in response to the 1930’s Dust Bowl Era. The Conservation Districts are grouped into ten geographical regions, known as watersheds. There are currently (74) conservation districts within the state of Colorado
CACD strongly supports efforts made towards the conservation of Colorado’s natural resources with resource management on a watershed basis that addresses soil health, native plant communities, water quantity and quality issues, and wildlife issues.
Each Conservation District is charged with identifying and caring for the natural resources within their respective District. The Board Members of each district represent their local landowners. The local landowners are most familiar with the natural resource issues on their land and in their region. Conservation Districts work with landowners and partners in identifying the best management practices to address the resource concerns in their respective locations.
CACD works with districts in education, public outreach, youth natural resources education programs, education and speakership funding assistance and also lobbys at the Capitol in the best interests of conservation and natural resources concerning conservation districts and their landowners.

Contact: Bobbi Ketels
Phone: 719-686-0020
Email: bobbi@coloradoacd.org
Website: www.coloradoacd.org

Colorado Barricade CO.

Colorado Barricade is the leading provider of work zone traffic control, pavement marking, road sign manufacturing, product sales and sign installation/manufacturing services throughout Colorado. The company has been in business for 50 years and started with one barricade truck. Today, Colorado Barricade has over 125 employees, 95 trucks and three locations to support their full-scale traffic control, striping and sign installation operations. Colorado Barricade has one of the largest sign shops in the state with 3 digital sign printers and the capability to fabricate any sign including: MUTCD road signs, custom street signs and Class I, II, III overhead highway signs. If you are looking for permanent traffic devices, Colorado Barricade distributes all the top brands and can help you with any of your safety needs for your construction projects or special events.

Contact: Allison Travers

Phone: 303.922.7815

Email: info@coloradobarricade.com

Website: www.coloradobarricade.com

Colorado Chapter of the International Code Council

The Colorado Chapter of the International Code Council is dedicated to the improvement of building safety, by promoting and improving the International Codes, educating the building industry, public and our membership, and providing mutual aid to building professionals.

Contact: Dan Weed
Phone: 720-951-0575
Email: dan.weed@shumscoda.com
Website: coloradochaptericc.org

Colorado Oil & Gas Association

Founded in 1984, the Colorado Oil & Gas Association’s mission is to be the unified political and regulatory voice for the oil and natural gas industry in Colorado, and to support our members through advocacy, partnerships, education and stakeholder engagement.

Contact: Christy Woodward
Phone: 303.861.0362
Email: christy.woodward@coga.org
Website: www.coga.org

Colorado Retirement Association

Colorado Retirement Association (CRA), is pleased to deliver best-in-class 401(a) and 457(b) retirement plans and services to employees of Colorado counties, municipalities, and special districts. Our more than 32,000 employee participants are part of a unique retirement plan that offers:

• Stability of more than 55 years of dedicated service to Colorado
• Personalized retirement counseling that is unmatched
• Flexible investing strategies that adjust to your needs and preferences
• Top-notch, institutional-class investment funds that are professionally selected and monitored

Our legacy since 1968 has never wavered in helping Colorado local government employees reach their retirement goals.

Contact: Tim Mullen, Executive Director

Phone: 720-493-6500

Email: contactus@cra-online.org

Website: cra-online.org/about/why-cra

Comcast

Comcast serves more than 1 million customers and employs more than 8,000 people across Colorado. Comcast creates incredible technology and entertainment that connects millions of people to the moments and experiences that matter most. Internet connectivity powers our daily lives. As the nation’s largest provider, we are constantly innovating to give our customers a smarter, faster, more reliable, and secure connectivity experience at home and on the go.

Contact: Kate Sneed
Cell: 303-945-1629
Email: kate_sneed@comcast.com
Website: https://corporate.comcast.com/company

Colorado State University System

Colorado State University System comprises three distinct universities: CSU, a leading public research university and the state’s only land-grant institution, located in Fort Collins; CSU-Pueblo, a regional-serving campus and federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution; and CSU Global, the nation’s first fully accredited online university. The CSU System’s institutions serve nearly 60,000 students annually. Learn more about the CSU System and its institutions, projects, and partnerships at csusystem.edu.

Contact: Kathay Rennels
Phone: 303.534.6290
Email: kathay.rennels@colostate.edu
Website: www.csusystem.edu

Colorado State University Office of Engagement and Extension

Colorado State University is Colorado’s land-grant university. The Office of Engagement and Extension provides educational programs and services in partnership with Coloradoans and beyond in order for individuals to thrive from learning.

Contact: Megan Griffith
Phone: 970-491-6362
Email: megan.griffith@colostate.edu
Website: www.engagement.colostate.edu

CTSI

County Technical Services, Inc. (CTSI) is county-created, county-owned, and county-operated since 1984. Solely owned by counties for 30-plus years, the counties of Colorado have relied on CTSI for high-quality insurance products, cutting-edge loss prevention, superior communications, and outstanding technical and consulting services tailored to meet county needs. CTSI administers risk-sharing, cost-saving insurance pools for health benefits, workers compensation, and property and casualty coverage. CTSI supports counties with training and employee education, human resources assistance, grant-writing, administrative services, and management and regulatory consulting. CTSI’s Board of Directors, as well as each pool’s Board of Directors, is comprised of elected officials and county staff from throughout Colorado. With county board oversight, CTSI is keenly attuned to county activities and moves quickly to help counties address emerging challenges and opportunities. Your county can’t get more local than being a part of this county-owned organization.

Contact: Meredith Burcham, Executive Director
Phone: 303.861.0507
Email:  Meredith Burcham

Website: www.ctsi.org

Developmental Pathways

Developmental Pathways is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency serving individuals with developmental disabilities/delays and their families. We are also one of Colorado’s Community Centered Boards (CCB) connecting people to federal, state, county, and private funding in Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Elbert County and the City of Aurora. We passionately believe inclusion is for everyone and offer services through Home and Community Based Medicaid Waiver programs, locally funded programs, and partnerships with other community organizations.

Contact: Kim Tenure
Phone: 303-435-3548
Email:  k.tenure@dpcolo.org
Website: www.dpcolo.org

DJCA LLC

DJCA is a long standing government affairs and lobbyist organization serving the State of Colorado with a focus on local issues. In addition, we work with national companies to help them articulate their messaging to key decision makers throughout the state.

Contact: Chrissy Estes Faraci
Phone: 303-898-7536
Email: cefaraci@hotmail.com
Website: https://www.djcacolorado.com/

Enterprise Fleet Management

Government organizations don’t always have the capital to replace aging fleet vehicles at the optimal time. Enterprise Fleet Management can help you reduce the age of your fleet within your budget by moving you from an owned, buy and hold fleet management approach to a more flexible program with a shortened cycle, meaning you can have newer – and safer – vehicles for the same investment (or less).

Your dedicated local Account Manager will provide a Fleet Cost Analysis showing the financial benefits of replacing vehicles, as well as the sustained average savings once all of your vehicles are newer and more reliable. We’ll also help you navigate county, government and municipality approval.

Contact: Andy Schmidt
Phone: 303-925-8464
Email: Andrew.R.Schmidt@efleets.com
Website: www.efleets.com

Hall & Evans

Established in 1932, Hall & Evans, LLC is a regional law firm with a focus on representing public entities and their employees, complex tort, commercial litigation, regulatory and government affairs, and public policy work on behalf of a multitude of clients. The firm enjoys positive relations with many local, regional, and statewide agencies, including both the state and federal judiciaries. Historically, the firm believes its attorneys have tried more cases to verdict than any other law firm in Colorado.

Contact: Andrew D. Ringel, Member
Phone: 303.628.3453
Email: ringela@hallevans.com
Website: www.hallevans.com

Honnen Equipment

Honnen Equipment is your authorized dealer providing sales, leasing, rentals, parts and service for John Deere Construction heavy and compact equipment, Wirtgen Group road building equipment, to include Hamm rollers, Wirtgen milling machines, Vogele Pavers and Kleemann crushers and so much more. Honnen has locations in Denver, Grand Junction and Durango as well as in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. “With support products such as JDLink, remote diagnostics, Honnen Shield and 24/7 field service we support our governmental customers after the sale to keep their machines up and running,” says Honnen President Mark Honnen.

Contact: Kevin Krausch
Phone: 303.286.4800
Email: kevinkrausch@honnen.com
Website: www.honnen.com

Iconergy

Iconergy is a Colorado-owned company comprised of experienced engineering and technical professionals with a shared commitment to excellence. Our staff has provided consulting, auditing, retrofit, energy performance contracting, and construction services for dozens of existing and newly constructed county facilities across the state. We are here to partner with clients to meet their facility goals, whether trying to reduce operating costs, improve energy efficiency, implement renewable energy, or reduce carbon emissions. Iconergy’s focus goes beyond technical skills and delivery, ensuring gratified clients and exceptional outcomes every step of the way.

Contact: Carl Hurst
Phone: 720.556.6838
Email: churst@iconergyco.com
Website: www.iconergyco.com

Jviation

Jviation is a professional services consultant providing planning, survey, design, architecture and construction management services to the aviation industry.

Contact: Hilary Fletcher
Phone: 435.574.5317
Email: hilary.fletcher@jviation.com
Website: www.jviation.com

Magellan Strategies

Magellan Strategies is a public opinion polling and research firm providing resident surveys, community surveys, ballot measure surveys, and public policy surveys to Colorado Counties since 2007. Our community surveys help Commissioners and staff better understand the county services their residents want and value. Our ballot measure surveys help Commissioners and staff inform voters why new revenue may be needed to fund county services, capital projects, and initiatives. Contact us to discuss your next community survey or ballot measure polling project.

Contact: David Flaherty
Phone: 303-861-8585
Email: dflaherty@magellanstrategies.com
Website: https://magellanstrategies.com

National Cybersecurity Center

The National Cybersecurity Center’s mission is to build a collaborative, operational and interdisciplinary model for cybersecurity and space that transforms our nation’s ability to detect, protect and deter threats. Through this mission we offer low-barrier resources to local jurisdictions across Colorado, such as network monitoring, upskilling and training, as well as cybersecurity assessments.

Contact: Jaime Clintsman
Phone: 214-870-9249
Email: jaime.clintsman@cyber-center.org
Website: www.cyber-center.org

Northland Securities, Inc.

Northland Securities provides municipal advisory, bond underwriting, and investment services to cities, counties, and school districts. Northland has acted as the municipal advisor or underwriter for over 250 Midwest communities and Mountain West. Northland is a public finance firm that provides both advisory and underwriting services, critical to navigating today’s ever-changing capital markets. Northland also delivers a wide range of specialized consulting services for real estate development, tax increment financing, capital improvement and debt management plans, pro forma analysis and service studies.

Contact: Troy Bernberg, Managing Director, Public Finance
Phone: 303-801-3386
Email: tbernberg@northlandsecurities.com
Website: www.northlandsecurities.com

Norton & Smith, P.C.

Norton & Smith, P.C. represents public entities in all matters involving local government law, including but not limited to, matters involving special districts, land use, constitutional issues, personnel issues and public works construction projects.

Contact: Erin Smith, Attorney; Mandi Kirk, Paralegal
Phone: 303-292-6400
Email: esmith@nortonsmithlaw.com / mkirk@nortonsmithlaw.com
Website: nortonsmithlaw.com

Purple Wave Auction

Purple Wave Auction is the largest no-reserve Internet auction firm in the country. Purple Wave is transforming the way sellers reach buyers to turn assets into cash. Established in 2000 and headquartered in Manhattan, Kansas, the company specializes in liquidating equipment and vehicles through public Internet auctions – providing the easiest and most straightforward way to sell used equipment quickly and efficiently.

Contact: John rogers
Phone: 866-608-9283
Email: auction@purplewave.com
Website: www.purplewave.com

Raise the Future

Raise the Future connects youth waiting in foster care with the adults who become stable forces in their lives and supports those relationships so that they last for a lifetime.

Contact: Ann Ayers, CEO
Phone: 303-755-4756 ext. 107
Email: ann.ayers@raisethefuture.org
Website: raisethefuture.org

RSA Security

The AI-powered RSA Unified Identity Platform protects the world’s most secure organizations from today’s and tomorrow’s highest-risk cyberattacks. RSA provides the identity intelligence, authentication, access, governance, and lifecycle capabilities needed to prevent threats, secure access, and enable compliance. More than 9,000 security-first organizations trust RSA to manage more than 60 million identities across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. For more information, go to RSA.com.

Contact: Egan Kealey
Phone: 860-810-7798
Email: egan.kealey@rsa.com
Website: rsa.com

Sewald Hanfling

In 2012, R.D. Sewald and Joshua Hanfling set out to redefine public affairs – to
shape conversations and cultivate relationships amongst decision makers. Leveraging a combined 75 years of government, business and community experience, the Sewald Hanfling team is equipped with the influence, experience and recognition necessary to help clients achieve their goals at the local, state and national level. We offer clients a full suite of public affairs and engagement strategies to help them take on complex issues, all while making a meaningful impact. Our services include lobbying, government affairs, business development, – strategic communications, community engagement and much more. We work with key influencers and stakeholders, to manage crises on all scales in order to build, maintain and protect our clients’ brands and reputations. At Sewald Hanfling we adopt a client-centric way of thinking. From analyzing the public and political landscape to developing a strategic plan, building the right team, and crafting and delivering your message to key demographics, we are engaged at every step. At the end of the day, our top priority is to effectively manage your strategic interests in order to achieve measured, long-term success. We take pride in working only on things that are good for Colorado.

Contact: Joshua Hanfling
Phone: 303.931-5674
Email: josh@sewaldhanfling.com 
Website: www.sewaldhanfling.com

South Central Council of Governments

SCCOG is a comprehensive community non-profit organization that provides care services, area agency on aging, public transportation program, housing rehabilitation and early learning center. Services provided to Huerfano, Las Animas bi-county region.

Contact: Jennifer Oliver
Phone: 719.845.1133 Ext. 216
Email: joliver@sccog.net
Website: sccog.colorado.gov

Special District Association of Colorado

Special districts, as units of local government, fill a vital role in providing fire and rescue services; water and wastewater treatment and delivery; park and recreation amenities; hospitals; and libraries in many communities across Colorado. There are currently 2,677 such districts in the state, of which 1,592 are members of the Special District Association of Colorado (SDA). SDA was established in 1975 to provide legislative input, administrative support, and training opportunities for member districts. SDA is an effective lobbying and educational organization that strives to serve the needs of special districts and their locally elected Board members. In addition to district members, SDA also has 256 associate members who provide information and services for the operation and development of special districts. SDA is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors, which is elected by member districts. All SDA Board members must also serve on the Board of a special district. “Collaboration is key to the success of local government,” says Ann Terry, SDA’s Executive Director. “We are pleased to work closely with our county partners to help our members provide the best possible services for the citizens they serve.”

Contact: Ann Terry (above)
Phone: 303.863.1733
Email: ann.terry@sdaco.org
Website: www.sdaco.org

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, was established in 1890 and has grown to become a full-service retail and institutional brokerage and investment banking firm with more than 400 brokerage branches and 2,100 retail and institutional sales representatives. Stifel’s Municipal Securities Group includes one of the largest distribution platforms in the municipal securities industry with 197 fixed income sales professionals and more than 40 offices nationwide covering more than 8,500 accounts.

Stifel’s Public Finance professionals specialize in helping state and local government agencies raise capital to build and maintain essential infrastructure in the communities they serve. From some of the nation’s largest public states, cities, and counties to rural school districts and small towns and nearly everything in between, our municipal banking and underwriting groups work with public agencies to develop and implement financing strategies that allow them to operate and optimize the important work they do.

Contact: Alan T. Matlosz
Phone: 303.291.5333
Email: matlosza@stiefel.com
Website: www.stifel.com

Suncor Energy (USA) Inc.

Colorado’s only local refiner, producing asphalt and fuels for road construction and maintenance, as well as emulsions for tack, chip seals, cold in-place recycling, dust palliative, primes, polymer modified emulsions and polymer modified PG Binders for high volume roads, and many other products.

Contact: Shane Bailey
Phone: 303-898-1018
Email: shabailey@suncor.com
Website: www.suncor.com

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association

Tri-State is a not-for-profit cooperative of 45 members, including 42 utility electric distribution cooperative and public power district members in four states that together deliver reliable, affordable and responsible power to more than a million electricity consumers across nearly 200,000 square miles of the West. What makes us unique among utilities is that cooperatives like Tri-State are member-owned and governed and operate on a not-for-profit basis. Our governing decisions are based on sound financial principles, utility industry best practices and, most importantly, the needs of our members. For more information about Tri-State, visit www.tristate.coop.

Contact: Sarah Carlisle (above)
Phone: 303.263.7056
Email: scarlisle@tristategt.org
Website: www.tristategt.org

Tyler Technologies

Tyler Technologies offers software solutions designed specifically for helping government and schools better serve their communities. Our solutions help government agencies and departments of any size simplify every aspect of regulatory compliance – from workflow and process to licensing and enforcement – with software to handle the unique needs of your organization.

Contact: Ben Young
Phone: 800-772-2260 ext 4940
Email: ben.young@tylertech.com
Website: www.tylertech.com

United Power

United Power is a member-owned, not-for-profit electric cooperative, delivering electricity to homes, farms, and businesses throughout Colorado’s northern front range. The cooperative is one of the fastest-growing electric co-ops in the nation, and in June 2021 joined the elite ranks of cooperatives serving more than 100,000 meters. The 900-square mile service territory extends from the mountains of Coal Creek and Golden Gate Canyon, along the I-25 corridor and Carbon Valley region, to the farmlands of Brighton, Hudson, and Keenesburg. United Power is also a founding member of the NextGen Cooperative Alliance, which is dedicated to expanding the power supply and procurement options available to distribution co-ops and reforming the traditional generation and transmission business model. For more information about United Power, visit www.unitedpower.com or follow the cooperative on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.

Contact: Brian Blehm, Strategic Relationships Director
Phone: 303-637-1221
Email: bblehm@unitedpower.com
Website: www.unitedpower.com

Veregy

Veregy is an award-winning NAESCO-Accredited decarbonization company focusing on accelerating and simplifying the Energy Transition. We provide turnkey engineering and construction services designed to reduce our clients’ energy and operating costs through the implementation of energy efficiency and infrastructure upgrades, smart building technology, fleet EV infrastructure, clean energy generation, and sustainability.

Contact: Oscar Rangel
Phone: 800-460-0995
Email: orangel@veregy.com
Website: www.veregy.com