Annual Report - Center of the American West

New Board Members
2011-2012
Don Bain
Of Counsel
Holme Roberts & Owen LLP
Denver, CO
Jane Butcher
Community Volunteer
Boulder, CO
Jane Butcher
New board member highlight
Jane Butcher is co-chair of the Conference on World Affairs (CWA)—a lifelong passion that started
when she was a student at CU. Her long-term goal is to ensure that CU students have a significant
responsibility for all aspects of the planning and execution of CWA.
Jane graduated from CU in 1966 with a degree in international affairs. After working in the San
Luis Valley on a grant for the poverty program, she moved to the East Coast, where she was a social
worker actively seeking housing for minority families in Boston. Jane and her husband moved
back to Colorado in 1971 to raise their large family in the West.
Jane has worked in many aspects of the community, from education to city boards. At CU, her
primary engagement has been CWA. She is also chair of the Dean’s Advisory Council for Arts
and Sciences, and serves on the Advisory Boards for both the Colorado Initiative in Molecular
Biotechnology and the Global Studies Residential Academic Program.
Jane was founder and then chair of the Women of the West Museum. She served with Tish Winsor
and Patty Limerick to make this a national museum. Eventually WOW merged with the Autry
National Center. Jane served four years as a trustee of the Autry.
Turning Hindsight Into Foresight
New Term Directors
2011-2012
HannaLore Hein
Boulder, CO
Jeffrey Maslow
Denver, CO
Jane was founder and then chair of the Women of the West
Museum. She served with Tish Winsor and Patty Limerick to
make this a national museum.