{"id":870,"date":"2015-02-02T11:38:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T18:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/?page_id=870"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:05:47","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/about\/committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DAB Committees, Committee Chairs and Committee Members<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Community Outreach Committee Chair: Darrell Suer, darrell@partnerspeo.com\"\"                        <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Committee Members: Kris Jensen, Matt Nagy, Joe Zanone <\/strong><\/p>\n

Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Accelerate relationship building among members through shared volunteer events.<\/li>\n
  • Positively impact the community.<\/li>\n
  • Partner with volunteer organizations whose vision, mission, goals and objectives align as closely as possible with those of the DAB.<\/li>\n
  • Organize and facilitate quarterly volunteer events.<\/li>\n
  • Provide \u201cother\u201d opportunities for DAB members to give back to the community throughout the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • 50% member participation goal for all volunteer activities.<\/li>\n
    • Provide opportunities at a wide variety of times, geographic locations and types to encourage all members to at least volunteer one time a year.<\/li>\n
    • Effectively communicate monthly through newsletters, the DAB's website and verbally at each monthly meeting on all upcoming community activities.<\/li>\n
    • Utilize member testimonials in communication plan to raise awareness and increase excitement among DAB membership.<\/li>\n
    • Formalize partnership with Junior Achievement (JA) in an effort to develop a long-term partnership benefiting both organizations.<\/li>\n
    • Occasionally hold networking events after activities to further relationship building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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      Events Committee Chair: Sarah Wilhelms, swilhelms@hdprod.com\"\"<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

      Committee Members: Jim Hall, Dean Miller, Cynthia Wellbrock<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Organize monthly meeting catering and A\/V needs.<\/li>\n
      • Organize annual events and catering for:\n
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        • New Year Kickoff Party.<\/li>\n
        • Golf\/Dinner event.<\/li>\n
        • Fall Social.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Organize Quarterly Happy Hours.<\/li>\n
        • Organize other events such as the ski day, bowling and a bike event.<\/li>\n
        • Continue to promote the events through a variety of communications (verbally at the meetings, in the newsletter, Meetup reminders).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Increase event participation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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            Member Engagement Committee Chair: Lisa Smith, lisa@puzzlehr.com \"\"                   <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

            Committee Members: Lonnalee Anderson, Sarah Andrzejczak, Jeff Aronheim, Paul Heffner, Ron Jensen, Dean Miller, Bryan Schwartz<\/strong><\/p>\n

            Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Assist our members in gaining maximum benefit based on the DAB\u2019s purpose:  \u201cCreating and growing professional friendships resulting in personal & business success.\u201d<\/li>\n
            • Provide a variety of opportunities for members to engage with each other to grow relationships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • Increase response rate in our annual survey that \u201cBeing a DAB member helps my business.\u201d<\/li>\n
              • Increase response rate in our annual survey that \u201cI plan to renew my DAB membership next year.\u201d<\/li>\n
              • Achieve at least 90% retention of members annually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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                New Member Committee Chair: Paul Rizzo, paul.rizzo@moodyins.com    \"\" <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

                Committee Members: Ken Galecki, Ron Jensen, Colin Kresock, Cindy Skerjanec, Linda Montgomery Streeter<\/strong><\/p>\n

                Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                • Continue to expand membership in identified and targeted business sectors.<\/li>\n
                • Maintain optimal membership diversity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                  • Educate members about new electronic nomination and application process.<\/li>\n
                  • Reinvigorate targeted recruitment \u2013 build on progress made in the years prior.<\/li>\n
                  • Ideas to get new members announcement to DAB members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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                    Peer Advisory Groups Committee Chair: Doug Phelps, dougmovesyou@gmail.com\"\" <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

                    Committee Members: Bob Carrothers, Kevin Mackessy, Anne McMichael, Kevin Su<\/strong>llivan, Vince Tinnirello, Bob Zarlengo<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                      • Provide members an opportunity to build member relationships by knowing and understanding other PAG member\u2019s businesses.<\/li>\n
                      • Provide members a venue to receive structured peer-advisory support, insights from other business owners & executives and a forum to receive feedback, ideas, and advice from other members.<\/li>\n
                      • Ensure DAB PAG Facilitators are engaged, trained and committed to their groups.<\/li>\n
                      • Ensure groups work well; have proper structure and accountability.<\/li>\n
                      • Assist facilitators with topic generation upon request.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                        Represent DAB PAG Initiative in front of membership, potential members and the public.<\/p>\n

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                        • Recruit both facilitators and group members.<\/li>\n
                        • Help members leverage each other as \u201ctrusted resources.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                          • Assist facilitators as needed with improving member accountability to their group and their group members.<\/li>\n
                          • 5 PAG groups at capacity and stable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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                            Programs Committee Chair: Brian DeLaet, brian@educyber.com\"\"                        <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

                            Committee Members: Bob Carrothers, Dennis Guse, Tanner Mason
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                            Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                            • Enrich and enhance the DAB member experience.<\/li>\n
                            • Create a positive experience for guests as prospective new members.<\/li>\n
                            • Schedule speakers that can provide valuable, useful and interesting content to members at monthly meetings:\n
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                              • Focus on a diversity of topics such as leadership, growing a business, communication, Colorado business and economy, and inspirational as requested by the membership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                              • Provide knowledge that expands our perspective and awareness on matters connected to our business and professional lives.<\/li>\n
                              • Organize panels and roundtables each year.<\/li>\n
                              • Maintain an alternate networking or event plan in the event of a last minute speaker cancellation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                                • Maintain speaker requirements:\n
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                                  • Good public speaker.<\/li>\n
                                  • Interesting topic.<\/li>\n
                                  • Applicable topic to our business or personal lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
                                  • Have a balance between business, local, national and international issues.<\/li>\n
                                  • Seek input from all DAB members for speakers and topics.<\/li>\n
                                  • Maintain and grow the committee and ensure members are actively involved in the selection and presentation process.<\/li>\n
                                  • Collaborate with the Board to identify a successor to lead the committee after an appropriate period of time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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