Advisory Council
More than 30 leading entrepreneurs and business professionals provide the Bard Center with direction and support as members of the Advisory Council. Members share a commitment to Colorado's long-term economic growth and a desire to help guide new business development initiatives.
In addition to mentoring students, members of the Advisory Council do the following:
- Provide financial resources for the Bard Center and identify additional funding sources.
- Advise incubator companies and make investment decisions regarding applications to the Rutt Bridges Venture Capital Fund.
- Participate in classroom speaking engagements.
- Coordinate and host networking opportunities that support student career growth and development.
- Act as ambassadors and advocates for the Bard Center.
- Offer advice on entrepreneurial curricula.
Betty Arkell
Holland and Hart
PartnerPam Bard
Bard & Company
BenefactorRichard H. Bard
Bard & Company
BenefactorAlexander E. "Sandy" Bracken
University of Colorado President Emeritus
Past Executive Director, Bard Center for Entrepreneurship
S. Rutt Bridges
Entrepreneur
Luis Colon
Colón-Collawn, LLC
President and General ManagerRina Delmonico
Ren, Inc.
CEO/FounderCraig W. Fales
UMB Bank Healthcare/Biotechnology
Senior Vice President
Larry Fenster
Entrepreneur
Thomas Franklin
Townsend and Townsend
Attorney-at-LawJ. William Freytag, Ph.D.
Entrepreneur
Kenneth Gooden
The Staubach Company
Vice President, Corporate Services DivisionCraig Harrison
US Capital
Founder and Managing DirectorGary Held
CTEK Capital Technology
Clifford Jack
Jackson National Life
Executive Vice President, Chief Distribution OfficerJerome Kern
Enki Strategic Advisors
Chairman
Steven E. Leatherman
Quest Venture Partners
PresidentSeth Levine
Foundry Group
Managing DirectorJames V. Long
CRESA Partners
PrincipalPeter Mannetti (Chair, Advisory Council)
iSherpa Capital
Managing PartnerDonald Marshall
Wells Fargo
Regional ManagerJohn Mehalchin
Highline Financial Services, Inc.
President & CEODaniel D. Moulton
Coloco, Incorporated
OwnerDave C. O'Brien
Bard Center for Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur in Residence
George Promis
IBM Printing Systems Division
Director, Business and Technology AlliancesJames Pruett
Access Risk Management

President
Dean Salter
Holme, Roberts & Owen
Chair, Executive CommitteeJames Schoedinger
OneStone, LLC
President and CEO
Judy G. Ward
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Retired PartnerSuzanne Arkle Wilson
Zann and Associates, Inc.
PresidentChester Winter
NewWest Mezzanine Fund
General PartnerBusiness School Contacts
Catherine Kunst , Ph.D.
Bard Center for Entrepreneurship
Executive Director- 535 16th Street, Suite 300
- Denver, CO 80202
- Phone: 303-620-4046
- Fax:303-217-8064
John Ruhnka, Ph.D.
Bard Center for Entrepreneurship
Academic Director- 535 16th Street, Suite 300
- Denver, CO 80202
- Phone: 303-556-5842
- Fax:303-556-5899
Sueann Ambron, Ph.D.
Business School at University of Colorado Denver
Dean- P.O. Box 173364, C.B. 165
- Denver, CO 80217-3364
- Phone: 303-556-5805
- Fax: 303-556-5914
Beth Polizzotto
Bard Center for Entrepreneurship
Program Coordinator- 535 16th Street, Suite 300
- Denver, CO 80202
- Phone: 303-620-4050
- Fax:303-620-4045
