The Mayor’s Greenprint Council is a leadership group comprised of city and community members with diverse areas of expertise in public policy, land use and development, energy, education, law, and other fields. They serve as a guiding element for the direction and implementation of the plan’s action agenda.

Community Members

Co-Chairs

Benita Duran
People Productions

Elise Jones
Executive Director
Colorado Environmental Coalition

Daniel Yohannes
Chairman
New Resource Bank

Members

Lisa Bardwell
Executive Director
FrontRange Earth Force

Rutt Bridges
Founder
Bighorn Center for Public Policy Research

Luis Colón
President and General Manager
Colón-Collawn

Jill Cooper
Attorney
Faegre & Benson LLP

Susan Daggett
Attorney and Board Member
The Nature Conservancy

Laura Farris
Climate Change Coordinator
Environmental Protection Agency

Catherine Greener
VP Sustainability Consulting
Saatchi & Saatchi S

Senator Gary Hart
Wirth Chair Professor
Graduate School of Public Affairs
University of Colorado, Denver

Happy Haynes
Community Partnerships Director
Denver Public Schools

John Hereford
Partner
Oakleaf Energy Partners

Hod Hutson
Managing Partner
Altenative Housing Group

Kirk Johnson
Vice President
Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Rob Johnston
Senior Client Mechanical Manager
Avatech Solution

Tom Kaesemeyer
Executive Director
Gates Family Foundation

Melissa Knott
Director of Sustainability
Forest City Stapleton

Hunter Lovins
Founder and President
Natural Capitalism Solutions

Rusty Perry
Co-Founder
Revolution Cleaners

John Powers
Board President
Alliance for Sustainable Colorado

David Tryba
Lead Design Principal
David Owen Tryba Architects

Pete West
Managing Director of Local Affairs
Xcel Energy

City of Denver Members

Director

Michele Weingarden
Director
Greenprint Denver

Members

Heather Barry
Neighborhood Liaison
Denver Mayor’s Office

Angela Casias
Management Analyst II
Denver Department of Parks and Recreation

Jack Finlaw
Director
Denver Theatres & Arenas Division

Ellen Ittleson
Planning Program Manager
Denver Department of Community Planning & Development

Peggy Lehmann
District 4 Councilwoman
Denver City Council

Chris Nevitt
District 7 Councilman
Denver City Council

Cec Ortiz
Deputy Director
Denver Office of Economic Development

Peter Park
Manager
Denver Department of Community Planning & Development

Kevin Patterson
Manager
Denver Department of Parks and Recreation

Andre Pettigrew
Executive Director
Denver Office of Economic Development

Nancy Severson
Manager
Denver Department of Environmental Health

Bill Vidal
Manager
Denver Department of Public Works