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DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rail District Board Composition

The district is governed by a board of directors composed of:

  • 6 Voting Members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by Senate

  • 10 appointees of transportation planning organizations that have jurisdiction within the territory of the district as follows:

    • 4 appointees from each metropolitan planning organization (MPO) representing more than 1.5 million residents (DRCOG)

    • 4 appointees from each metropolitan planning organization (MPO) representing more than 500,000 residents (PPACG, NFRMPO) 

    • 1 appointee from PACOG 

    • 1 appointee from South Central COG

  • 1 Voting Member appointed by the executive director of CDOT

  • Multiple Non-Voting Members

      The non-voting members are made up of individuals from: ​

  • RTD

  • I-70 mountain corridor coalition, 

  • BNSF Railway

  • Union Pacific Railroad

  • Amtrak

  • Wyoming

  • New Mexico

Meet the Board

Name
Role
Alex Khalfin
Amtrak
Dale Steenbergen
Wyoming
David Harris
New Mexico
Claire Levy
Boulder County
Jose Soto
LiUNA
Josh Laipply
City and County of Denver
Sal Pace
Individual
Randy Wheelock
I-70 Mountain Corridor Coalition
Daneya Esgar
State Legislature
Amber Blake
CDOT
Debra Johnson
RTD
Nathan Anderson
Union Pacific
Jim Tylick
BNSF Railway
Luis Lopez
SCCOG
Dennis Flores
PACOG
Johnny Olson
NFRMPO
Will Karspeck
NFRMPO
John Graham
PPACG
Chris Nevitt
DRCOG
Joan Peck
DRCOG
Julie Duran Mullica
DRCOG
Deborah Mulvey
DRCOG
Jill Gaebler
Vice Chair, PPACG
James Souby
Chair, ColoRail
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