GOCO Board

Great Outdoors Colorado Board members are appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Colorado State Senate. The structure of the 17-member board is designed to provide representation to the entire state based on population.

	▪	Two members from each of Colorado’s seven congressional districts serve.
	▪	The executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources and
	▪	A representative from the Colorado Board of Parks and Outdoor Recreation and from
	▪	The wildlife Commission are members.
	▪	No two members from one congressional district can be from the same political party.
	▪	One member of the Board must represent agricultural interests.
	▪	Two members must live west of the Continental Divide.

Congressional District 1 Charles Frederickson (D) Englewood cfrederickson@goco.org	Congressional District 4 State Senator Ken Kester (R) Las Animas kkester@goco.org	Congressional District 7 Norma Anderson (R) Lakewood nanderson@goco.org

James Smith (U) Denver jsmith@goco.org	Peggy Reeves (D) Fort Collins preeves@goco.org	Ruben Valdez (D) Lakewood rvaldez@goco.org

Congressional District 2 Joan Harned (R) Gypsum jharned@goco.org	Congressional District 5 Clarke Becker (R) Woodland Park cbecker@goco.org	State Agency Represenatives Harris Sherman, Denver Colorado Department of Natural Resources hsherman@goco.org

Matt Sugar (D) Winter Park msugar@goco.org	Kae Rader (U) Colorado Springs krader@goco.org	Jeff Crawford, Englewood Colorado Wildlife Commission

Congressional District 3 Len Gregory (D) Pueblo lgregory@goco.org	Congressional District 6 Greg Romberg (D) Evergreen gromberg@goco.org	Tom Glass, Frisco Colorado State Parks Board tglass@goco.org

Karla Shriver (R) Monte Vista kshriver@goco.org	Thomas Swanson (R) Evergreen tswanson@goco.org