2011-2012 Board of Directors

Officers

CHAIR Mary Lee Beauregard (MPA ’83) has served as a trustee of the CU Foundation since 2000 and as a director since 2002. She was director of Public Affairs for CU from 1987-92 and for five years after that worked at the Health Sciences Center as special assistant to the chancellor. One of her primary roles in the position was working on the acquisition from the U.S. Army of Fitzsimons, now the Anschutz Medical Campus. Mary Lee is a former member of the CU Cancer Center’s Board of Directors and currently serves on the School of Public Affairs Dean’s Advisory Board and is a member of its campaign committee. She has also served on numerous search committees for the university. In 1990, Mary Lee received the University of Colorado Denver Alumni Recognition Award and in 2005 was the recipient of a University Medal. Mary Lee and her husband Don live in Denver and support various campus programs.

VICE CHAIR Carl A. Eklund (’67 AS, ’71 JD) is a partner at Ballard Spahr in Denver, specializing in bankruptcy and corporate restructuring. Carl has served on the CU Foundation board since 2005 as a trustee, director and chair of the Membership and Governance committees. Prior to his Foundation work, he was involved at the campus level as a member of the Law School Building steering committee. Carl and Nan Eklund serve as the Creating Futures campaign chairs for the Anschutz Medical Campus. Carl is a recipient of the Law School Alumni Board’s Award for Distinguished Achievement in Private Practice (1995). In 2000, he became a member of The Honorary Order of the Coif. Carl and his wife Nan, who holds a master’s degree in the Child Health Associate Program from UCD, live in Denver.

Committee Chairs

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Board of Trustees – Committee Chairs 2011-2012

• Development Committee
  Betsy A. Mangone
  Karen L. Possehl

Board of Directors – Committee Chairs 2011-2012

• Audit Committee
  Andrew J. Safir
• Compensation Committee
  Jeremy O. May
• Finance/Operations Committee
  Gary R. Anderson
• Governance Committee
  Carl A. Eklund
• Investment Policy Committee
  Earl L. Wright
• Membership Committee
  Barbara B. Grogan

Directors

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Degrees indicated are CU degrees only.
¹ Ex officio, non-voting
² Ex officio, voting