The Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce has named nine new membersto its board of directors.
New members include:
Patricia Barela-Rivera, president and owner of PBR Solutions anddirector of community relations for Solera National Bank. She is theformer Colorado district director for the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration.
Damon Barry, vice president of business affairs, assistantgeneral counsel and corporate secretary for CSG SystemsInternational Inc.
Daniel C. Brown, a business technology executive for Xcel Energy.
Kelly Donovan, assistant vice president and community developmentrepresentative for Wells Fargo.
Jake Gilmore, president and CEO of the Gilmore Corp.
Tameka Montgomery, executive director of the Denver Metro SmallBusiness Development Center.
Willie Shepherd, founder and chairman of the Shepherd Law Group.
Marc Smith, executive director of the Western Energy Alliance.
Tracy Williams, founder and president of TradeWindsCommunications.
Robin P. 'Rob' Needham has joined Aleut Management Services asvice president of business development. He most recently worked atRivada Networks where he was the vice president of businessdevelopment.
Mikael Peterson has joined New England Financial of Colorado as afinancial representative. He offers securities, mutual funds,annuities and life insurance products, as well as generalinformation and advice regarding these products. He has completedthe Series 6 and Life and Health licenses.
Patricia Webb has been named senior vice president and chiefhuman resources officer for Catholic Health Initiatives. She hasmore than 25 years of experience in operations and human resources,joins Denver-based CHI from UMass Memorial Health Care, Worcester,Mass., where she is senior vice president and chief human resourcesofficer.
Matt Pulley has been promoted to vice president of sales forIntegra Telecom Colorado, a fiber-based, integrated wholesale andretail telecommunications provider. He has more than 10 years oftelecommunications experience. Before joining Integra Telecom, hewas the area general manager for Cricket Communications.
The Community Health Partnership has named its 2011 board ofdirectors
Members include:
Pam McManus, chair, Peak Vista Community Health Centers
Jason Fahrlander, vice chair, Memorial Health System
Jack Holladay, secretary, Mission Medical Clinic
Kelly Phillips-Henry, treasurer , Aspen Pointe
Kandi Buckland, past chair -- El Paso County Health
Debbie Chandler -- Colorado Springs Health Partners
Robin Johnson, physician
Jeff Martin -- Open Bible Medical Clinic/TLC Pharmacy
Oren Olson -- Rocky Mountain Health Care Services
Jamie Smith -- Penrose-St. Francis Medical Services
Rick Spurlock, MD, Kaiser Permanente
Carol Walker -- El Paso County Medical Society
Joyce Wolf -- Mountain View Medical Group
John J. Postolowski has been named the state's interim insurancecommissioner, taking over for Marcy Morrison whose term ends Dec.1.He is current deputy commissioner of finance and administration atthe division of insurance. He will serve until Gov-elect JohnHickenlooper appoints a commissioner.
Paul Slauter has joined OfficeScapes School Division as aTerritory Manager covering Eastern Kansas and Nebraska. Paul hasbeen in the furniture business for the last ten years in Oklahoma,Nevada and Colorado.
Will Rogers has joined Freedom Financial Services as executivevice president of Loan Production. He has more than 28 years ofexperience in mortgage banking production and operations. During thepast six years, he has consulted with three mortgage company start-ups in Colorado.
