Board Metting 01/23/2007

• Board Meeting Date: 1/23/2007
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Governor-Elect Ritter's Water Agenda: On Dec 15, the CWCB received a memo from Ciruli
Associates briefly outlining Governor-Elect Ritter's Water Agenda. A Copy of the memo can be found in
the attachments.

Goveror-Elect Ritter Makes New Appointments: As of January 8, here are the Cabinet appointments
that the new Governor has made:
· Agriculture: John Stulp Background: Farmer; former Prowers County commissioner; former
member of state wildlife commission
· Corrections: Ari Zavaras Background: Director of operations for a group that focuses on reducing
criminal recidivism; former manager of public safety for Denver; former Cabinet director; former
Denver police chief
· Health Care Policy and Financing: Joan Henneberry Background: Senior vice president of
government health services for Policy Studies Inc. of Denver; previously handled health policy for the
National Governors Association in Washington, D.C.; Colorado Department of Public Health and
Environment employee from 1984 to 1997
· Higher Education: David Skaggs Background: Former Colorado congressman and state
representative; attorney with the firm Hogan & Hartson; founder and executive director of the Center
for Democracy & Citizenship at the Council for Excellence in Government
Of note: Always kept his home in Boulder; moved back to Colorado last year from the Washington,
D.C.,
· Human Services: Karen Legault Beye Background: Director of health and human services for
Broomfield since 2001; served in the 1990s as director of the former Department of Social Services
under then-Gov. Roy Romer
· Labor and Employment: Don Mares Background: Special counsel with Fleishman & Shapiro;
former Denver auditor; former state lawmaker
· Local Affairs: No appointment yet
· Military Affairs: Maj. Gen. Mason Whitney will stay on until he retires in March
· Natural Resources: Harris Sherman Background: Senior partner with Arnold & Porter, whose
clients have ranged from Indian tribes to the ski industry; Denver Water Board commissioner; served
as chairman of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission and Denver Regional Air Quality
Council In 1975, at the age of33, became director of the same department for Gov. Dick Lamm.
· Personnel and Administration: Rich Gonzales Background: Vice president of various divisions of
the Mile High United Way; former Denver fire chief
· Public Health and Environment: Jim Martin Background: Served as director of Western Resource
Advocates since 2004; previously oversaw Natural Resources Law Center at the University of
Colorado School of Law and was senior attorney and director of the energy program for
Environmental Defense.
· Public Safety: Peter Weir Background: Appointed Jefferson County District Court judge in 2004;
previously served as director of the Colorado District Attorney's Council and as a prosecutor
· Regulatory Agencies: Rico Munn Background: Partner with Baker and Hostetler law firm; adjunct
professor of law at the University of Denver
· Revenue: No appointment yet
· Transportation: No appointment yet

I would like to thank Russ George for his years of service to the State. I will miss his intellectual and
thoughtful contributions to this Board and to the water community, and I will miss his friendship. I know
I speak for all the staff. We look forward to working with the new administration. Harris Sherman and I
have already met several times and I know he will be a great asset to the Department.

Sen. Salazar Hires Veteran Chief of Staff: United States Senator Ken Salazar announced Dec. 14 that
he has hired veteran Capitol Hill Chief of Staff, Jeff Lane. Jeff Lane comes with 20 years of Capitol Hill
experience, most recently serving as Chief of Staff for Senator John Edwards (D-NC). Since leaving
Senator Edwards office in 2002, Jeffhas been working as Counsel for the Government Relations Group at
the law firm, Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice.

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