University of Colorado Foundation Elects Twelve to Board of Directors and Board of Trustees
Contact: Gigi Reynolds, 303-541-1219, gigi.reynolds@cufund.org
BOULDER, Colo. (Sept. 26, 2007)– The University of Colorado Foundation board of
trustees and board of directors announced the election of five new board members and the
re-election of seven returning board members. Elected and re-elected members will serve
a three year term beginning fall of 2007.
Richard E. Engebretson has been elected to the board of directors. He will join Mary Lee
Beauregard, Richard M. Burridge, Sr., and Andrea C. Dikeou, who have been re-elected
to both the board of directors and the board of trustees.
Fredrick J. Bradford, Larry F. Frey, Peter A. Mannetti, Karen L. Possehl, and Alan B.
Steiner have been elected as new members to the board of trustees. Re-elected trustees
include John B. “Jack” Kemp III, Laurie Vargas, and Steven A. Walsh.
Members of the board of directors have fiduciary responsibilities overseeing the business
and financial operations of the Foundation, while members of the board of trustees
oversee and participate in fundraising, strategic planning, and advising and assisting the
board of directors.
Founded in 1967, the CU Foundation is the non-profit partner of the University of
Colorado whose mission is to raise, manage and invest private support for the benefit of
the University of Colorado. Our donors enable CU to reach its full potential to transform
lives through education, research, clinical care and community service. For more
information, visit www.cufund.org.
The University of Colorado is a three-university system with campuses in Boulder and
Colorado Springs, and a Denver and Health Sciences Center campus located in
downtown Denver and at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. CU is a premier
teaching and research university, ranked sixth among public institutions in federal
research expenditures by the National Science Foundation. Academic prestige is marked
by CU’s four Nobel laureates, seven MacArthur “genius” Fellows, 18 alumni astronauts,
19 Rhodes Scholars and CU-Boulder’s ranking of 11th best public university and 34th best
overall university in the world by the Institute for Higher Education.
