Per SB06-208, appointments were made by five appointing Authorities: Governor Owens, Senate President FitzGerald, Speaker Romanoff, Senate Minority Leader McElhany and House Minority Leader May.

List of Commission Members:

Governor Owens Appointees:

Clarke D. Becker, Executive Director, Colorado Rural Development Council

Carrie A. Besnette, Vice President, The Daniels Fund

R. Allan Jensen, Independent Life Insurance Broker

Joan M. Weber, Benefits Risk Manager, City of Englewood

David F. Rivera, Commissioner of Insurance, State of Colorado

Lisa M. Esgar, Sr. Director, Operations & Finance, Department of Health Care
Policy & Financing, State of Colorado


Speaker Romanoff Appointees:

Eric Ammidown, Director of Employee Benefits, Qwest Communications

Elizabeth Arenales, Director, Colorado Center on Law & Policy

Donna Marshall, Executive Director, Colorado Business Group on Health

Arnold Salazar, Colorado Behavioral Health Care Council

Dr. Mark Wallace, MD, MPH, Founder, Northern Colorado Health Alliance

Barbara Yondorf, Senior Program Officer, Rose Community Foundation


Senate President FitzGerald Appointees:

David A. Downs, Jr. MD, Incoming president, Colorado Medical Society

Julia Greene, SEIU

Grant Jones, Executive Director, Black Church Initiative

Mark Simon, Cross Disability Coalition

Daniel Stenersen, President & CEO, Shalom Park

Steven J. Summer, Executive Director, Colorado Hospital Association


Senate Minority Leader McElhany Appointees:

Steve ErkenBrack,

Bill Lindsay, President, Benefits Group, Lockton Companies of Colorado, Inc.

Ralph Pollock, Chair, Business Committee on Health Care, CACI


House Minority Leader May Appointees:

Christy Blakely, Director, Family Voices

Linda Gorman, Director, Health Policy Center, Independence Institute

Pam Nicholson, Sr. Vice President, Advocacy and Community Partnerships,
Centura Health