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Bill Long
President
Region Represented: Bent County
Appointed: April 18, 2002
Term Exp: 2026
Professional Background: Owner/Operator Dairy Queen and Former Bent County Commissioner
Professional Affiliations: Bent County Development Foundation, Arkansas River Conservancy District
Ann Nichols
Treasurer
Region Represented: El Paso County
Appointed: April 20, 2006
Term Exp: 2026
Professional Background: Economist
Education: BA Economics, M.S. Economics, Ph.D Economic (Public Finance and Manpower Economics)
Professional Affiliations: El Paso County Water Authority, Friends of Beidleman Environmental Center, Barr Camp Inc., Manitou Springs Historic Preservation Commission, Colorado Water Resources & Power Development, Memorial Hospital Board of Trustee, Fountain Valley Authority
Leann Noga
Asst. Secr/Treas
Region Represented: Executive Director
Appointed: Executive Director
Education: Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Colorado State University-Pueblo. In 2017, she earned a Master of Finance with a specialization in human resource management from Colorado State University. 2017 Water Leader Graduate from Colorado Foundation for Water Education.
Professional Affiliations: Government Finance Officers Association (Member), Colorado Government Finance Officers Association (Member). Member of the National Water Resources Association, Colorado River Water Users Association, Colorado Rural Water Association, Government Finance Officers Association, Colorado Water Congress, Water Education Colorado and Association for Records Management Association.
Tom Goodwin
Region Represented: Fremont County
Appointed: October 20, 2011
Term Exp: 2026
Professional Background: Farmer/Rancher
Education: Major in Accounting & Economics/Master in Public Administration with emphasis in Natural Resource Management
Professional Affiliations: Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District, Fremont County Cattlemen Association
Kevin Karney
Region Represented: At Large
Appointed: April 17, 2008
Term Exp: 2028
Professional Background: Rancher, Former Otero County Commissioner
Professional Affiliations: Arkansas River Basin Roundtable, WaterWorks Committee, Otero County 4-H, Rural Water Providers, Arkansas Valley Conduit Advisory Committee, Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District Formation Committee
Matthew Heimerich
Region Represented: Crowley County
Appointed: April 21, 2022
Term Exp: 2025
Howard "Bub" Miller
Region Represented: Otero County
Appointed: April 21, 2005
Term Exp: 2025
Professional Background: Rancher/Farmer
Education: Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics
Professional Affiliations: Assessment Committee Member Fort Lyon Canal Company, Colorado Cattle Feeders Foundation, Arkansas Valley Co-op, Colorado Cattle Feeders Association, National Cattlemen Association
Alan Hamel
Region Represented: Pueblo
Appointed: July 20, 2017
Term Exp: 2026
Professional Background: Retired Executive Director-Board of Water Works of Pueblo
Education: B.S. in Business Administration Minor in Economics
Professional Affiliations: Rocky Mountian Section American Water Works Association, Colorado Water Congress, National Water Resource Association, Arkansas Valley Ditch Association, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Colorado Foundation for Water Education, Member State Interbasin Compact Committee, Arkansas Basin Roundtable, Member Statewide Water Supply Initative
Curtis Mitchell
Vice President
Region Represented: El Paso
Appointed: 2014
Term Exp: 2026
Professional Background: Registered Professional Engineer State of Colorado; Class A Certified Water and Wastewater Operator State of Colorado
Education: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs B.S. Engineering 1981
Professional Affiliations: Board Member and Past President Fountain Valley Authority and Pikes Peak Regional Water Authority; Board Member Fountain Mutual Metro District; Green Legacies Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska; Advisory Committee Member Pikes Peak Community College Water Quality Management Program
Mark Pifher
Region Represented: El Paso
Appointed: 4/21/2016
Term Exp: 2028
Dallas May
Region Represented: Prowers, Kiowa
Appointed: 4/21/2016
Term Exp: 2028
Seth Clayton
Secretary
Region Represented: Pueblo
Appointed: 2017
Term Exp: 2025
Professional Background: Clayton has worked at Pueblo Water for 13 years, coming up through the ranks in the financial department, until his appointment in 2012 as administrative services director prior to his appointment as executive director in November. He is a member of the Arkansas Basin Roundtable and the Front Range Water Council.
Greg Felt
Region Represented: Chaffee County
Appointed: 2017
Term Exp: 2025
Professional Background: Felt is a co-owner of Ark Anglers, a fly fishing and specialty retail business. He is a member of the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District Board, the Voluntary Flow Management Program advisory board and the Arkansas Basin Roundtable.
Andrew Colosimo
Region Represented: El Paso
Appointed: 01/17/2018
Term Exp: 2025
Justin DiSanti
Region Represented: Pueblo
Appointed: April 2024
Term Exp: 2028
Pat Edelmann
Region Represented: El Paso
Appointed: August 18, 2019
Term Exp: 2028