January 2019 Newsletter

GOVERNMENT
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY
COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
The following citizens were appointed and/or reappointed by the Greenwood Village
City Council to serve on the various Village boards and commissions:
For more information on how to serve on a
Village board or commission, please call the City
Clerk’s Office at 303-486-5752 or email Susan
Ortiz, City Clerk, at sortiz@greenwoodvillage.com.
Catherine Huggins,
District 2
(reappointment)
Arts & Humanities Council
Catherine Huggins is pleased
to serve her third term on
the Arts and Humanities
Council. She is passionate
about the arts, serving on
the Board of Young Voices of
Colorado, raising artists, and serving on
the Denver School of the Arts Vocal
Advisory Committee. How to raise an
artist? Starts right here in GV. Catherine
watched her son grow as a vocal artist at
Young Voices of Colorado. Young Voices
teaches singers teamwork, commitment,
and performance courage, along with
musicality, theory and singing. Singing is a
life skill, and a great way for children to
create and appreciate art. The most
rewarding aspect of serving on the GV Arts
Council is watching the community learn at
Curtis through art classes, gallery talks and
art shows. Catherine has lived around the
world, with her husband Jon (USN retired),
children, Philip, Ellen and Jack. Catherine
works at the National Cattlemen’s Beef
Association in the Federation of Beef
Councils.
Beth Kirke, At-Large
Arts & Humanities Council
Beth, her husband and
family, arrived in Greenwood
Village from Chicago 12
years ago and have loved
every minute of the Colorado
lifestyle. Beth comes to the
Arts and Humanities Council
with professional skills and
experience in marketing communications,
fundraising and leadership and career
coaching. As an active volunteer, she has
served in a variety of school and
community organizations to help raise
money and awareness for important
initiatives to support children and families
in south Denver. A graduate of the
Colorado Business Committee Leadership
Arts training program, Beth has a lifelong
passion for the visual and performing arts
and is eager to lend a hand in promoting
and advancing arts offerings in Greenwood
Village. When not busy with three active
teenagers, being outside in the sunshine,
reading, travel and frequent trips to the
theater top her list of favorite things to do.
Sue Santori, At-Large
Arts & Humanities
Council
Sue lived in Littleton,
Colorado as a child
and young adult. She
moved to Greenwood
Village in 1999. After 38 years of marriage
she is recently widowed. Her two sons and
daughter-in-law live locally. Sue shares her
home with her best friend, Sunny Boy, a
rescued Golden Retriever. Sue spent 35
years in the mortgage banking industry. In
1981 she purchased her company and was
one of the first woman-owned mortgage
brokers in the state. After selling her
mortgage company, she followed her
dream and attended culinary school which
resulted in her opening an Italian Food
Shop, the RAV House in Littleton. She
enjoyed being the head chef until this year
when her husband’s illness forced her to
close the business. Sue is currently
working for a law firm that specializes in
tax advisory for small business and real
estate investors. Sue has always been a
leader, teacher and active in the
community. She was a member of the
Littleton Sunrise Rotary acting as Secretary
and Fund Raiser. She regularly volunteered
for the Shining Stars. She enjoys giving
cooking lessons and has written a
cookbook.
Dr. Terri Tilliss,
District 4
Arts & Humanities
Council
Dr. Terri Tilliss is a
native who has lived
in Denver
throughout her life
except for six
college years at the
University of Iowa. She has lived in the
DTC area for four decades with nearly two
of those decades as a proud resident of
wonderful Greenwood Village. She is a
Professor at the University of Colorado
School of Dental Medicine where she has
served on the faculty for 36 years. Terri is a
dental hygienist; her education includes
master’s degrees in dental hygiene
education and in counseling and a PhD
degree in Health and Behavioral Sciences.
She describes herself as an “art
appreciator” with an “aesthetic eye,” who is
looking forward to helping to provide arts
and humanities opportunities to the
residents of the Village as she joins the
Arts and Humanities Council. Terri and her
husband feel privileged to have Cherry
Creek Reservoir as their back yard in the
Village. Together they have raised five
children; they are fortunate that all but one
currently lives in the area.
David Banks, District 1
Board of Adjustments
and Appeals
David Banks loves
Colorado and hopes to
make an impact close to
home in Greenwood
Village with the Board of
Adjustments and
Appeals. A Colorado
native, David grew up in Lakewood,
graduated from UNC, and has been a
Greenwood Village resident since 2010. He
has a passion for the Village, and wants to
use that passion to help the community
maintain its unique Colorado character.
David is an active outdoorsman — a
runner, hiker, and climber of Colorado’s
“14ers.” He likes solving problems, having
navigated nearly 10,000 daily New York
Times crosswords over three decades. A
longtime communications professional,
David has led Investor Relations for four
separate publicly traded companies. In his
current role as VP-IR for Denver-based
SendGrid (NYSE: SEND), he helped take
the company public in 2017. He and his
wife of 30 years, Jennifer, have lived in four
states and enjoy traveling the world. They
have three grown children, Alexandra, Sam
and Riley, all CU graduates.
Alecia Brown,
District 1
(reappointment)
Board of Adjustments
and Appeals
Alecia Brown is honored
to be re-appointed to the
Board of Adjustments
and Appeals to represent
District 1 for her second
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