December 2019 Newsletter

GOVERNMENT
CITY COUNCIL SPOTLIGHT
DISTRICT 3
COUNCILMEMBER DONNA JOHNSTON
Community Service — Donna served on the
Greenwood Village Board of Adjustments and
Appeals since 2017, and as chair of that
committee since 2018. She is Vice President of
the Sundance Hills HOA.
Professional Career — Donna has worked on
city, state and federal public policy issues for
more than 25 years. This included working
for AT&T in public relations and public affairs
in New Jersey and Washington D.C., and as the state affairs
representative for Colorado Rural Electric Association.
Education — Donna has a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Syracuse University.
Personal — Donna has lived in Greenwood Village since
2010. She is married to Jim Johnston, has two adult sons,
Tucker and Matthew, and a beagle. When not focused on
public policy, Donna enjoys Argentine tango, pilates, golf,
reading and spending time with her family.
DISTRICT 4
COUNCILMEMBER TOM DOUGHERTY
Community Service — Tom served on the
Greenwood Village Board of Adjustments and
Appeals for six years, serving as Chairman for
one year, before being elected to City Council
in November 2017.
He previously served on the Sundance Hills
Metropolitan District Board of Directors.
Outside of Greenwood Village, Tom is on the
Board of Governors of the Metro Denver
Economic Development Corporation, and serves as Co-Chair
of the Colorado Energy Coalition. He is also a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Colorado 4-H Foundation.
Professional Career — Tom is a partner in the law firm of
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP where he leads the
firm’s Energy, Utilities, and Infrastructure practice as well as
its Unmanned Aircraft Systems practice. Tom represents a
broad range of commercial, utility, energy, government, and
private clients in litigation, regulatory, legislative, and public
policy matters. Tom is active in numerous bar associations.
Prior to his career as a lawyer, Tom was a consulting engineer
with Columbia, Maryland based General Physics
Corporation where he worked on a variety of projects from
nuclear power plants to the space shuttle. Tom also served for
eight years as an Operations Officer with the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Education — Tom has a Bachelor of Science degree in
Nuclear and Materials Engineering from the University of
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Maryland, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of
Denver.
Personal — Tom and his family have lived in Greenwood
Village since 2000. His wife Traci is Assistant Principal at
Cherry Creek High School, their daughter Clare attends the
University of Michigan, and their son Liam lives and works
in Michigan. When not working, Tom can usually be found
on his sailboat on Cherry Creek Reservoir during the season,
and enjoys travel and being outside with the family’s
Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Otter.
DISTRICT 4
COUNCILMEMBER DR. JUDITH HILTON
Community Service — Dr. Hilton’s
community activity includes Chair of the
education committee for the Colorado
Symphony Orchestra; Trustee for the
Colorado Children’s Chorale, and
volunteer in a host of activities with her
granddaughters. Since her retirement
from the school district, Dr. Hilton was a
visiting professor of education where she
taught pre-service teachers at Metropolitan State University
of Denver, authored and led an alternative principal licensure
program sponsored by the Colorado Department of
Education and she continues her work with the Association
of Supervision and Curriculum Development, an
international consulting group that focuses on learning,
leadership, and service.
Professional Career — Dr. Hilton served as a teacher and
administrator in the Cherry Creek School District for over
30 years. She taught at Creek, became a Dean of Students
from which she moved to a central office position as Director
of Employment. Returning to school administration, she
served as the principal of both Laredo Middle School and
Eaglecrest High School. She was recently inducted into the
prestigious Legacy Hall of Fame.
Education — Dr. Judith Hilton is a native of Colorado with
degrees from both the University of Colorado and the
University of Denver. Her undergraduate degree is in dance,
she holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and a
PhD in educational leadership with cognates in statistics and
higher education.
Personal — Dr. Hilton has lived in Greenwood Village for
43 years. She has two grown children, products of Cherry
Creek Schools. Both hold advanced degrees and are respected
members of their community. Her husband, Dr. James
Hilton is a retired principal from the Denver Public Schools,
who has recently started a Cherry Creek chapter of
Spellbinders, an organization that does oral storytelling with
elementary school children in the district. GV