Who
is Who AT CCRA?
CCRA Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Brad Segal, CCRA Board President
Brad Segal is President of Progressive Urban Management
Associates (P.U.M.A.), a Denver-based consulting firm
providing management, marketing and economic development
services to advance downtown and community development.
The firm has served more than 150 clients in 29 states,
the District of Columbia, Canada, Jamaica and the
Bahamas. Prior to establishing P.U.M.A., Brad served
as the Senior Director of the Downtown Denver Partnership
where he managed its economic development and marketing
programs. A native of Denver, Brad holds an MBA degree
from Columbia University in New York and a BA from
the University of California at Berkeley. He currently
serves on the board of directors of the Colorado Community
Revitalization Association and is a past board member
of the International Downtown Association. He is the
author of many articles and publications, including
ABCs for Creating BIDs and Ten Keys for Creating a
Competitive Downtown.
Jim Lindberg, CCRA Board
Vice-President
Jim Lindberg is the Director of Preservation Initiatives
in the Mountains/Plains Office of the National Trust
for Historic Preservation located in Denver. A native
of Iowa City, Iowa, Mr. Lindberg received his BA degree
in the Growth and Structure of Cities from Haverford
College in 1981 and his M.A. degree in Historic Preservation
from the University of Vermont in 1991. Working at
the National Trust since 1991, Jim has helped establish
statewide Main Street programs in Colorado and Nebraska
and led the National Trust’s advocacy and fundraising
campaign to rehabilitate the historic McGraw Ranch
in Rocky Mountain National Park. He is a current board
member of the Colorado Community Revitalization Association.
Vicki Mattox, CCRA Board
Treasurer
Vicki Mattox is the Managing Director for Stifel Nicolaus.
Previously she served as a senior vice president with
George K. Baum & Company and manager of the firm’s
Colorado Public Finance operation. She has served
as the lead or co-lead banker for more than 400 municipal
bond financings. She previously served as the assistant
director of the Environmental Services Division of
the City and County of Denver and as an administrator
at Aims Community College. Vicki has been involved
with a variety of foundations dealing with women’s
health issues, the environment and economic development.
She holds a master’s degree in public administration
with an emphasis in finance and policy analysis and
a bachelor’s degree in economics, both from the
University of Colorado at Boulder.
Mark
Leese, CCRA Board
Secretary
Mark’s redevelopment planning experience started
with a plan for Old Original Aurora in 1979 and was
followed by downtown plans for Golden and Frisco in
1980. In 1981, he developed a plan for the
redevelopment of the Town of Rangely. While with the
City and County of Denver Planning and Public Works
offices, Mr. Leese worked on, and in most cases
directed, all redevelopment projects in Lower
Downtown and Cherry Creek North. He also provided
the urban design component for the neighborhood
plans for all of Denver’s “close-in” neighborhoods.
He served as a task force member on the staff teams
for the redevelopment of the Lowry Air Force Base
and Stapleton International Airport. Since returning
to the private sector, he has developed
redevelopment plans for Parker, Monument and
Fountain, and the Shattuck Superfund Site in Denver.
He currently is working on the transit-oriented
development plans for bus rapid transit and commuter
rail station areas along US 36 from Denver to
Boulder and Longmont, an urban design/neighborhood
plan for the Euclid Neighborhood in Salt Lake City,
and a redevelopment plan for site of the existing
St. George Municipal Airport, slated to be moved to
another location in 2009.
Jane Jenkins, CCRA
Board Member At-Large
Jane Jenkins is the Executive Director of the Downtown
Boulder Business Improvement District. Under her leadership,
Downtown Boulder has developed and implemented a consistent
brand identity and maintained a 97% retail occupancy
rate in the face of a declining economy and competition
from a new regional center. In cooperation with partners
from the City of Boulder, the Downtown Boulder team
has won three International Downtown Association (IDA)
Awards for Excellence. Prior to her work in Boulder,
Jane served as Director of the Southwest Office of
the National Trust for Historic Preservation and was
the downtown manager for Denton, Texas, a Great American
Main Street Award winning city. She is currently a
Vice-Chair on the IDA board of directors, and has
served as a consultant to many downtowns working through
IDA and the National Main Street Center. She has also
served on R/UDAT teams for the AIA. She holds a Master
of Public Administration from the University of North
Texas in Denton.
Bob Kunkel, CCRA
Board Member At-Large
Bob Kunkel has worked in all three areas of public
education, private business and civil service. After
working as a classroom teacher and administrator for
Denver Public Schools, Bob has spent 30 years in Colorado’s
expanding resort and tourism industry. After 8 years
in numerous management positions at Copper Mountain,
Bob became a Vice President for the next 16 years
at Winter Park and then Vail/Beaver Creek. Bob then
started a tourism consulting business serving clients
in Colorado and in Austria. He then joined a new ownership/management
team as Senior Vice President for Durango Mountain
Resort. His broad range of experience in resort operations,
tourism marketing and community development led him
into his third career with the City of Durango managing
the Central Business District. Bob has served on numerous
Boards at the state and local levels. Bob did his
graduate work at CU Boulder in commercial recreation.
He also has an MBA and certificate in international
business from CU Denver.
Tim Steinhaus, CCRA
Board Member
At-Large
Timothy C. Steinhaus is the Executive Director for
the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority and the City of
Arvada’s Economic Association. He has over 32
years of experience in economic and community development.
Tim headed the economic and redevelopment activities
for a number of cities in California before coming
to Colorado. He is past-president of the Colorado
Community Revitalization Association and was appointed
by the Governor to serve on the Colorado Private Activity
Bond Advisory Committee. Tim attended college in Fort
Collins and Glenwood Springs Colorado and obtained
a BA degree in Environmental Studies and a MPA from
California State University.
Voting Board Members
Tracy Barnett
Director, Steamboat Springs Main Street Program
Bio not available at this time
Tracy Huggins
Tracy Huggins is Executive Director of the
Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA), a
full-service redevelopment agency engaged in
neighborhood and downtown revitalization, economic
development, home ownership and housing
rehabilitation throughout the City and County of
Denver. Under her leadership, DURA plays a role in
many of the city’s most important redevelopment
efforts and also helps revitalize neighborhoods
through a variety of housing rehabilitation programs
for low and moderate-income homeowners. Tracy, a
certified public accountant, came to DURA in 1992,
serving as Finance Manager before being promoted to
Executive Director in 1999. Previously, she worked
for Strait-Kushinsky, a Denver public accounting
firm. She is on the boards of directors of the
Denver Housing Authority, the Mile High Housing Fund
and the Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation. She
also is a member of the steering committee for the
Downtown Denver Plan, the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, the Colorado Society
of Certified Public Accountants and the Urban Land
Institute. Tracy is a 2001 graduate of the Harvard
University John F. Kennedy School of Government
Program for Senior Executives in State and Local
Government and holds an undergraduate degree from
the University of Montana.
Michael
Hussey
Michael Hussey is the manager of planning and
landscape architecture for the Colorado Springs
office of Nolte Associates, Inc. Michael has over 30
years of experience in a wide variety of urban
design, landscape, planning, environmental
engineering, and architectural projects. He has
worked on urban development and renewal, and
downtown streetscape improvement projects including
Billings, Montana (downtown), Colorado Springs
(Downtown BID), Avon (Town Center), Manitou Avenue
(Manitou Springs downtown), Monte Vista (downtown),
Broomfield (US 287), and Fountain (US 85). Project
responsibilities have included grant opportunity
identification and application, master planning,
urban and site design, and construction observation
and management. Michael has participated in
numerous CCRA workshops and conference programs, and
has served as a CCRA/DOLA team member on several
Community Revitalization Program (CRP) visits.
Michael is also the co-author of “Grow Native,” one
of the earliest Colorado xeriscape landscape guides,
and has worked on a number of award winning projects
– including the Colorado Springs Downtown Business
Improvement District and Manitou Avenue.
Norman “Rick” Kron,
Jr.
Rick Kron, AICP, is a Director of the law firm of
Grimshaw & Harring, P.C. in Denver. He holds a
Bachelor of Urban Planning and a BA in Political Science
from the University of Illinois-Urbana (1975), an
M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison (1977) and a J.D. from the University
of Colorado-Boulder (1987). Rick worked for several
years in community energy research at Argonne National
Laboratory prior to, and during the early part of,
law school. Since joining Grimshaw & Harring,
P.C. in 1987, his practice has concentrated almost
exclusively on special districts, business improvement
districts, intergovernmental authorities and Colorado
election law.
James Shaffer
President and founder of Streetscapes, Inc. – A two
year old company that supplies distinctive street
furniture and site amenities to municipalities,
commercial developers, transit agencies and
commercial property managers. In his role as
President/Founder, James is actively involved with
manufacturers, consultants, Municipal officials,
community organizations and property owner to
design, develop and fund streetscape projects. He
also supports the efforts of consultants and
property owner to create functional and attractive
exterior public spaces and assists in the
development of new identities for commercial
properties. James is an active member of the Urban
Land Institute, Colorado Preservation Inc. and
Colorado Community Revitalization Association.
Before founding Streetscapes, Inc., James was the
national sales manager for a decorative lighting
pole manufacturer. In this position, James was
responsible for the sales of lighting poles,
bollards and other site amenities with an emphasis
on streetscape and community revitalization
projects. As the national sales manager, James was
active in the National Main Street program, the
International Downtown Association, the American
Public Works Association and the American Society of
Landscape Architects. James also has 16 years
experience as a contract furniture manufacturers’
representative where he provided office,
hospitality, lodging and healthcare furniture to
federal agencies.
Robert L (Chip) Steiner
Chip Steiner is currently serving as the executive
director, Fort Collins Downtown Development Authority.
He has also been the President of The Robert Steiner
Company since January, 1994. Prior to starting The
Robert Steiner Company, Chip served with the Fort
Collins Downtown Development Authority for 13 years,
nine years as its executive director. Chip has twenty
years of experience in the field of downtown development
and redevelopment including consulting services with:
Larimer County, Paragon Development, Global Spectrum,
City of Loveland, City of Laramie, WY, City of Greeley,
Windsor, The Everitt Companies, Mount Crested Butte
(through CCRA), Steamboat Springs (through CCRA),
Hensel Phelps Construction Company, Aller Lingle Architects,
City of Fort Collins, and Goodale and Company Real
Estate. Chip is a licensed Colorado Real Estate Broker.
He has also served on the following boards: Legacy
land Trust, Poudre River Trust, Chamber of Commerce,
Local Legislative Affairs Committee, Fort Collins
Museum of Contemporary Art, Arts Alive, Inc., Colorado
Preservation Inc., Historic Fort Collins Development
Corporation, Colorado Community Revitalization Association,
and the Fort Collins Housing Authority, Housing Corporation,
Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Downtown Business
Association. Chip is a graduate of Harvard Law School
Negotiation Workshop, completed graduate studies in
Political Science, Colorado State University, and
received his Masters in Popular Culture, Bowling Green
State University.
Mike
Tedesco
Mike Tedesco
is the Executive Director for the Urban Renewal
Authority of Pueblo. Mike works closely with the
City of Pueblo and private real estate developers to
direct investment to targeted areas of the
community. Mike’s expertise is in real estate
finance, community revitalization methods, and urban
design. Energetic in the Pueblo community, Mike sits
on the Board of Directors for the Pueblo Performing
Arts Guilds, and is active in the Pueblo Downtown
Association.
Don Van Wormer:
Don Van Wormer is currently the Monte Vista City Manager.
Prior to this position, he worked as the Kremmling
Town Manager, Hinsdale County Manager, was an Analyst
for Mesa County. Don is an avid fly fisherman, who
believes working in the public sector is preparing
him for the challenges of owning a fishing charter
in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico or a guiding service in
Idaho/Montana. Or if that doesn’t work out he
will be the grumpy old-man who goes to city council
meetings and constantly complains about how things
are done. Don holda a BA from Mesa State College,
and a MPA from University of Colorado at Denver.
CCRA Ex-Officio Board Members
Jon Schler
CO Center for Com Development UCD
Bio not available at this time
Mark Wolfe
State Historical Fund Currently serving as Colorado’s
Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer and Director
of the State Historical Fund grants program, Mark
is a member of the Board of Directors of CCRA, Colorado
Preservation, Inc. and the Society for Commercial
Archeology. He also has a keen personal interest in
roadside architecture.Mark Wolfe holds a Masters Degree
in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont
and a law degree from the University of Oregon.
CCRA Program Partners
Lee Merkel
Lee Merkel joined the Colorado Department of Local
Affairs in 2002, serving the southeast region from
the Pueblo field office. Lee has twenty five years
of experience with local government project planning,
financial and budget administration, public works,
water and sewer utility issues, community development,
and intergovernmental relations. Lee graduated from
Wittenberg University with a B.A. in Political Science.
He then went on to attend the University of Colorado,
where he earned an MPA with an emphasis in Urban Administration
in 1977. He has served as a local government administrator
for Rifle, Garfield County, Basalt, Granby, Englewood,
Dillon, and Ouray. He Lee enjoys camping, hiking,
skiing, running, music, movies, and traveling.
Charles Unseld
Charlie Unseld is Deputy Director of the Division
of Local Government, Colorado Department of Local
Affairs, where he has worked for 22 years. For many
years, he headed DOLA's technical assistance efforts
in land use planning and growth management. He was
Project Director of Gov. Romer's Smart Growth and
Development Initiative, and was the first Director
of Gov. Owens' Office of Smart Growth. As a member
of CCRA's Board, he helped to develop the Community
Revitalization Partnership, a joint effort of DOLA
and CCRA.
CCRA Staff
Katherine Correll, Executive Director
Katherine Correll has experience spanning the fields
of education, not-for-profit administration, project
development and management, local government planning,
marketing, financial and economic development services,
and community outreach to advance downtown and community
development. Born and raised in Colorado, Katherine
has worked with development initiatives in Denver,
New York, Chicago, and the Former Soviet Union. Prior
to joining CCRA, Katherine served as the American
Councils for International Education Country Director
for the Republic of Moldova, where she managed the
national American Councils' portfolio focusing on
building civil society initiatives, education, and
public administration reforms. She was also responsible
for management and growth of the American Language
Center, language and professional training school.
Katherine received her Master's Degree in Pubic Administration
from Rutgers University and her Bachelor's Degree
in Politics with a Minor in Urban Studies from New
York University.
Michelle Alcott
Michelle Alcott
is the Owner of Alcott Administrative Services which
provides Office Management Services to CCRA on a
contract basis. With 20 years’ experience working in
both the public and private sectors, Michelle has
served in positions ranging from Dispatcher to
Economic Development Assistant; Michelle started her
own company offering contractual administrative work
to different entities throughout the state Colorado.
In this position she is responsible for CCRA’s
bookkeeping, working with staff on day to day
operations, personnel management, and assisting with
special projects.
