丹佛大都会州立大学 校董会 本学期欢迎三位新成员. Also, three existing board members have been reappointed to serve second terms, including 克里斯汀Hultquist who was elected by the board to replace Russell Noles as chair. 
“We are proud to welcome innovative leaders to our 校董会 who are committed to advancing our students 和 Colorado’s economy,主席珍妮·戴维森说, Ph.D. “We are grateful to Russell Noles for his leadership as board chair 和 continued board service, 和 we’re looking forward to what Trustees Hultquist 和 (Jerry) Glick will bring in their new roles as chair 和 vice chair, 分别.”
新董事会成员任命
政府. 贾里德·波利斯获任命 瑞安·弗雷泽, 劳拉Pinnie 和 瑞秋Kaygi 加入密歇根州立大学丹佛分校董事会. They will become full voting members after confirmation from the state legislature.
弗雷泽
弗雷泽, who was appointed to complete the term of Michael Kopp (which ends Dec. 31), for more than a decade has been managing partner 和 CEO of 弗雷泽 Global, an international management-consulting 和 sustainable-finance firm. He brings more than 25 years of experience in the private sector 和 has served as an Aurora city councilman. He is also the business expert on 9新闻, where he hosts the weekly Business Brief.
弗雷泽 is excited to contribute to pathways that foster workforce development 和 financial accessibility.
Pinnie和 Kaygi 被任命担任董事会空缺席位, 任期到2027年底.
Pinnie
Pinnie has spent her career at the intersection of finance 和 social impact, investing in companies 和 initiatives that aim to improve our educational, 卫生保健和金融系统. She currently is a director of investment at ZOMA Capital, where she leads workforce-related efforts focused on strengthening the partnership between education 和 employers to improve career pathways 和 pipelines.
She also serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, a role in which she champions the best interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect.
Kaygi
Kaygi is the managing director of a network of political consulting firms, specializing in research 和 donor advisement. She previously served on the executive committee of Polis’ inaugural 和 was appointed to the governor’s task force for developing guidelines for reentry to K-12 schools during the p和emic.
“Colorado has a shortage of skilled workforce talent 和 an academic equity gap, 大流行加剧了这两项挑战,凯吉说。. “给n that more graduates from 密歇根州立大学丹佛 stay in Colorado 和 join the workforce (percentagewise) than other colleges in the state, MSU is critical in building the pipeline of skilled talent.”
Kaygi is passionate about the importance of connecting K-12 to higher education 和 workforce development as a result of navigating the school choice system in 丹佛 Public Schools for her family.
胡尔特奎斯特将领导九人董事会
A Pell Grant recipient 和 the first college graduate in her family, Hultquist earned her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo 和 a master’s degree in Public Policy from Georgetown University. Her belief in the transformative power of higher education is a direct result of her experience.
Hultquist is CEO 和 founding partner of HCM Strategists, a public-policy 和 advocacy consulting firm founded in 2008. She is an expert in higher-education policy 和 strategy development at the state 和 federal levels across the firm’s higher-education clients.
Newly elected Vice Chair Glick is a 丹佛 native with a Business degree from the University of Southern California. Glick brings decades of experience in managing 和 developing real estate.
“I hope to use my real-estate background to help the University take on the dual challenges of cost of living 和 housing affordability,格利克说. “The 校董会 underst和s how these issues affect students, faculty 和 staff.”
Noles, the previous board chair, remains on the 校董会. He was the first alumnus 和 first African American to chair the board. Noles is using his professional background in financial services to chair the Finance Subcommittee.
波利斯还重新任命了受托人 奥利维亚·门多萨和艾米丽·伦维克·加内特， 还有胡尔特奎斯特， to additional terms on the board, expiring at the end of 2027.
The 校董会 at 密歇根州立大学丹佛 is responsible for the governance of the University 和 has authority over 和 control of its assets 和 resources.