CoIPL board members serve three year staggered terms with the possibility of two consecutive terms.  All board members contribute financially to CoIPL.  The board meets monthly and considers itself to be a “working board.”

Interested in joining our board?  Please contact Betty Goebel at 303 429 5792 to explore our needs and whether you are a good fit. 

• Donna Aubakirova, originally from Kazakhstan, holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon; worked in financial and marketing services for Fortune 500 organizations; pursuing a business development career with green organizations; resides in Highlands Ranch.
• Rev. Cliff Benzel, Executive Vice-President of Evangelicals for Social Action and Evangelical Environmental Network (Retired), founder, Creation Care journal; sits on several boards outside of Colorado; resides in Denver.
• Rev. Nelson Bock, Co-Director of Wartburg “West” College, Denver, CO; long term interfaith involvement in social ministry, including board of Interfaith Alliance of Colorado, resides in Denver.
• Jay Donohue, principal, Donohue Law Group, LLC; moved to Denver in 2011 from the Washington, DC area; Jay is an experienced attorney with years of working on both complex litigation and transactional work with a focus on environmental law; resides in Denver.
• Joy Jamison, Board President, 2012, National Park Service (Retired), Volunteers around 1000 hours a year for CoIPL.  St. Andrew United Methodist Church, Board Secretary; resides in Lakewood.
• Deacon Jerry Kotas, Board Vice President, 2012, Our Lady of Pines Catholic Church (Conifer), retired environmental scientist with US Department of Energy and Environment Protection Agency, a partner in “Reforest America Credit,” and is on the board of StEPP Foundation and the Association of Energy & Environmental Real Estate Professionals; resides in Evergreen.
• Vicente Roldan, Board Secretary/Treasurer, 2012 Chair of Creation Care group at Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, retired engineer; resides in Denver.
• Rev. Charlotte Shepic, a deacon at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Lakewood, where she is active in their Green Team; member of the Executive Committee of the Front Range Region of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado; resides in Lakewood.

 We thank these board members, who’s terms ended in 2011, for their services:

• Saba Siddiki, Member, Islamic Center of Golden, Research Fellow in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure, University of Colorado at Denver, Ph.D. granted this year, formerly worked with Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education; resides in Golden.  (Term expires in 2011.)
• Rev. Mark Meeks, Pastor, Capitol Heights Presbyterian Church, Denver; long term active member with Sierra Club, Wildness Society, Colorado Renewable Energy Society; Board Vice-President; resides in Bailey.