Gov. Bill Ritter today named 21 Coloradans to a new Venture Capital Investment Advisory Committee to help attract financial support for several targeted and innovative Colorado industries, including aerospace, bioscience, clean energy and information communication technology.
Committee members will serve at the pleasure of the Governor and act as an advisory roundtable at the direction of the Colorado Office of Economic Development. Committee members are:
Travis L. Vallin of Watkins
Burke O. Fort of Golden
Joseph Crimando of Englewood
Richard C. Duke of Denver
Michael Artinger of Boulder
Susan M. Kunz of Boulder
Stephen S. Miller of Denver
Raymond R. Johnson of Denver
John J. LoPorto of Superior
Gregory M. Veltri of Highlands Ranch
Timothy S. Enwall of Boulder
Frank A. Traylor III of Littleton
James C.T. Linfield of Boulder
Dirk W. McDermott of Denver
Timothy H. Connor of Boulder
Victoria K. Hauser of Pueblo
Betty C. Arkell of Denver
David N. Allen of Superior
Timothy R. Reeser of Fort Collins
Paul E. Washington of Boulder
Ronald G. Rossi of Evergreen
Chris Shapard of Denver, Don Marostica of Loveland and Holli Baumunk of Littleton will serve as ex-officio, non-voting members.
“I established this advisory panel to build on our economy’s strengths by assisting the state in attracting venture capital funding for Colorado’s homegrown early-stage companies,” Gov. Ritter said. “Growing the innovative aerospace, bioscience, renewable energy and information communication technology industries will help create jobs today and drive our economy forward for future.”