The Board of Governors of the
Colorado State University System

The Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System (voting members)
L to R, back row: Dorothy Horrell, Don Elliman, Ed Haselden (vice chair), Joseph C. Zimlich (treasurer), Scott C. Johnson. Front row: Patrick McConathy (chair), Mary Lou Makepeace, Dennis E. Flores, Penfield W. Tate, III.

The Board of Governors consists of 13 members, nine of which are appointed by the governor of Colorado to serve four-year terms as voting members. Voting members may be appointed to a maximum of two four-year terms.

The four non-voting members represent Colorado State University and Colorado State University-Pueblo. One tenured faculty member and one student leader are elected from each university through the respective faculty council organizations and student body governments of each campus.

You may contact any board member via email at csus_board@mail.colostate.edu.

Officers of the Board of Governors

Joseph C. Zimlich

Board Chair
Committee Assignment: Executive, Academic Affairs, Evaluation, Finance, Real Estate/Facilities
Term expires: December 31, 2012

Joseph C. Zimlich is the Chief Executive Officer of Bohemian Companies. Joe served previously as a manager in mergers and acquisitions and as a specialist in the not-for-profit and banking industries, both at an international accounting firm.

Joe has held board of director level positions in the following industries: technology, semi-conductors, water filtration, trust, private & commercial banking, food service, and venture-capital funds. He currently serves as a Board member for First Western Trust Bank, Capterra Financial Group and Abound Solar (Board Observer).

Joe graduated from the University of Iowa with a BBA in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Professional in Human Resources (PHR). He is active in his community of Fort Collins, Colorado, notably with his previous involvement with Colorado State University’s Global Leadership Council, EnviroFit International, the Economic Opportunities Advising Committee, Community Development Block Grant Committee, Discovery Center Children’s Science Museum, Human Resources Ordinance Task Force, and Leadership Fort Collins.

Dorothy Horrell

Vice Chair
Committee Assignments: Executive, Evaluation, Academic Affairs; Chair of the CSU-Pueblo Presidential Search Advisory Committee
Term expires: December 31, 2012

Horrell has a distinguished career in higher education spanning nearly three decades, including service as president of the Community Colleges of Colorado and president of Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood. She has led the Bonfils Stanton Foundation as president since 2002.

Horrell is from Holyoke, Colo., and attended Colorado State University, where she received her bachelor’s through Ph.D. She is married to Theodore W. Horrell.

Don Elliman

Treasurer
Committee Assignments: Evaluation, Academic Affairs, Finance, Student Affairs
Term expires: December 31, 2011

Elliman was appointed in 2009 by Ritter to serve as the state’s first chief operating officer.

Prior to that, he served as director of Colorado's Office of Economic Development and International Trade, providing key leadership on the recruitment of numerous new companies to Colorado.

He enjoyed a 32-year career at Time Inc., including as publisher of People magazine and president and publisher of Sports Illustrated. From 2000 to 2004, he served as president and CEO of Ascent Sports, which became Kroenke Sports and Entertainment and owns the Colorado Avalanche, Denver Nuggets and Pepsi Center.

Elliman serves on the boards of The Children’s Hospital in Denver, the Gates Family Foundation and Middlebury College, where he earned his degree in economics.

Ed Haselden

Secretary
Committee Assignments: Executive, Evaluation, Real Estate/Facilities
Term expires: December 31, 2013

Haselden holds degrees in Architectural Engineering and in Business Finance from the University of Colorado.

As President and CEO of Haselden Construction in Denver, Colo., he is responsible for strategic direction, growth, and leadership development and indirectly responsible for the company's business development, preconstruction and financial management functions. He serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for Mile High United Way as well as the Boy Scouts of America Mile High Council and the Douglas County Catholic Schools Corporation Board of Trustees.

He is also a Board Member of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, serves on the Denver Metro Economic Development Corporation Executive Committee and the U.S. Bank of Board Advisors.

 

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Board members in alphabetical order

Dennis E. Flores

Voting Member
Committee Assignments: TBD
Term expires: December 31, 2014

Flores is from Pueblo and is an insurance executive and a member and the current treasurer of the Latino Chamber Development Corporation, where he also served as the past chairman. Flores also is an advisory board member of U.S. Bank-Pueblo and serves on the president’s advisory council for CSU-Pueblo. He also served two (four-year) terms in the Pueblo School District.. Flores graduated from the University of Southern Colorado, which is now Colorado State University-Pueblo.

Scott C. Johnson

Voting Member
Committee Assignment: Evaluation, Audit, Student Affairs
Term expires: December 31, 2013

Scott Johnson is the owner and operator of Flying Diamond Ranch and is from Kit Carson. He is a fourth generation graduate of CSU.

Scott currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Cattlemens Beef Association as well as serving on the Association’s 401K Administration Committee and is a trustee of the National Cattlemens Beef Association Foundation. He also serves as a member of the National Western Stock Show and Colorado Farm Bureau. Scott served as president of the Colorado Livestock Association and was treasurer of the Colorado Cattlemens Association. Scott is a basketball coach for Kit Carson High School and a lifetime member of the Kit Carson Historical Society as well as a trustee of Kit Carson United Methodist Church.

He has a bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University and has conducted master’s course work at the university.

Mary Lou Makepeace

Voting Member
Committee Assignments: Evaluation, Audit, Real Estate/Facilities, Academic Affairs
Term expires: December 31, 2013

Currently the vice president for Colorado programs of the Gay and Lesbian Fund, which is a part of the Gill Foundation.

She was the first female mayor of Colorado Springs and served from 1997-2003.  As mayor, she served as chair of the board of Colorado Springs Utilities.  Mary Lou has served on several state, local and national committees, including the Colorado Space Advisory Committee, the Policy Advisory Council of the American Public Power Association, the Energy Committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Leadership Training Council of the National League of Cities. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Creative Leadership at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Makepeace has a master’s in public affairs from the University of Colorado and a bachelor’s in journalism from the University of North Dakota.

Patrick McConathy

Voting Member
Committee Assignments: Evaluation, Student Affairs
Term expires: December 31, 2011

Patrick McConathy is a rancher from McCoy, Colorado. McConathy has spent most of his career in the oil and gas industry. He began working as a petroleum landman for the Placid Oil Co. in Shreveport, La., before starting McConathy Production Co., which operated wells in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Wyoming. He later purchased additional wells in those states under the name Phoenix Oil and Gas. In 2000, Phoenix Oil and Gas, Yarmony Creek Oil and Gas, and partner Castle Peak Resources began acquiring and operating oil and gas properties in California.

McConathy's numerous community activities in McCoy, and nearby Vail, include serving as member and chairman of the Vail Mountain School Board of Trustees and in the Leadership Circle of U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar. In Louisiana, he served as chairman of United Way for northwest Louisiana and chairman of Congressman Buddy Roemer's successful campaign for governor in 1987. McConathy received a Bachelors in political science from Louisiana State University in 1975.

Penfield W. Tate, III

Voting Member
Committee Assignments: TBD
Term expires: December 31, 2014

Tate is a shareholder of Greenberg Traurig LLP, where he has practiced law since 2007. Tate specializes in public finance, American Indian law, environmental, public-private partnerships, municipal securities, transportation and corporate law. He served as a State Senator and State Representative. As a State Senator, he was a member of the Joint Budget Committee and co-chair of Senate Appropriations. He is a member of the board of directors of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Tate is from Denver and is an alumnus of Colorado State University.

 

 

Non-Voting Members

 

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