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History of Authority Directors

Executive Directors Commencement Date
Ival Goslin April 1982
Uli Kappus June 1985
Dan Law March 1990
Michael Brod February 2010
Keith McLaughlin February 2020
Board of Directors Basin Appointment Date End Term
Bill V. Kopfman Rio Grande 1981 1990
Anthony W. Williams Colorado 1981 1990
Charles T. Porter San Miguel-Dolores-San Juan 1981 1982
Carl Trick North Platte 1981 1991
L. Richard Bratton Gunnison-Uncompahgre 1981 1991
W.D. Farr South Platte 1981 1988
James B. Jr. Kenney City and County of Denver 1981 1984
James D. Phillips Arkansas 1981 1989
Thomas R. Sharp Yampa-White 1981 1989
John T. Porter San Miguel-Dolores-San Juan 1982 1998
Charles Jordan City and County of Denver 1983 1988
Michael Smith South Platte 1988 2000
Malcolm Murray City and County of Denver 1988 1991
John R. Fetcher Yampa-White 1989 1995
Robert A. Jackson Arkansas 1989 1992
Patrick A. Gormley Colorado 1990 1998
Harold L. Ziegler Rio Grande 1990 1998
Ted V. Hermanns Gunnison-Uncompahgre 1991 1999
Robert O. Burr North Platte 1991 1999
Sara Duncan City and County of Denver 1991 2004
Alan C. Hamel Arkansas 1992 1997
Thomas R. Sharp Yampa-White 1995 2005
Ann E. Nichols Arkansas 1997 2013
Richard S. Pryor Colorado 1999 2003
Steven C. Harris San Miguel-Dolores-San Juan 1999 2014
Randall K. Palmgren Rio Grande 1999 2008
Robert Carlstrom North Platte 2000 2007
Jim Hokit Gunnison-Uncompahgre 2000 2007
Louis Rinaldo South Platte 2000 2004
Stephen T. LaBonde Colorado 2003 2014
Gregory J. Higel Rio Grande 2008 2015
Barbara Green City and County of Denver 2005 2008
Clair B. Orr South Platte 2006 2008
Douglas B. Monger Yampa-White 2006 2013
Ty Wattenberg North Platte 2008 2015
Frank Kugel Gunnison-Uncompahgre 2008 2015
Gregory C. Fisher City and County of Denver 2008 2016
Steven Sims South Platte 2008 2009
Don Carlson South Platte 2009 2016
H. Webster Jones Yampa-White 2014 2021
Roy Ellsworth Heald Arkansas 2014 2021
Bob Wolff San Miguel-Dolores-San Juan 2015 2022
Bruce Smith Colorado 2015 2018
Steve Vandiver* Rio Grande 2015 2027
George Corkle North Platte 2016 2024
Mike Berry Gunnison-Uncompahgre 2016 2019
Judy Skram South Platte 2017 2021
Steve Price City and County of Denver 2017 2021
Chris Treese*  Colorado 2018 2030
Mike Fabbre (c)* Gunnison-Uncompahgre 2019 2027
Eric Wilkinson* South Platte 2020 2028
Patricia Wells* City and County of Denver 2020 2028
Lucas Hale Arkansas 2021 2025
Karen Wogsland (vc)* Yampa-White 2021 2029
Bruce Whitehead* San Miguel-Dolores-San Juan 2022 2030
Matt Shuler* North Platte 2023 2027
Roy Ellsworth Heald (tr)* Arkansas 2025 2029

*Current Board Members

(c)Chair
(vc)Vice-Chair
(tr)Secretary/Treasurer