We are grateful to our sponsors, who make Strong Sisters possible:
Virginia Blue Sponsor
The BNSF Railway Foundation
Ruth Small Stockton Sponsors
Colorado Office of Film Television & Media • Richard & Margaret Kruizenga • Sylvia & Derek Kruizenga
Arie Taylor Sponsors
Colorado Institute for Leadership Training • Meg Froelich • David & Sue Hoeppner • Laura Hoeppner & Kevin Singel • Rudy & Alice Ramsey Foundation
Helen Ring Robinson Sponsors
Cynda Collins Arsenault • Jana Cytrynbaum • Barbara Lee • Jay Newberg & Mary Beitner • Judi Wagner
Betty Benevidez Sponsors
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield • Deborah Beckman • Colorado Hospital Association • Hoerner Mowry Law Offices • Elizabeth W. Killebrew • Ronald & Sally Kinnamon • Polly Loewy • Lynne & Jon Montague-Clouse • Karen Onderko • Tami Paumier & Glen Warren • Carrie Warren-Gully • Rep. Ruth Wright
Agnes Riddle Sponsors
Anne & Rich Baer • Valerie Berg • Kristi Faith Davis • Educational Media Organization and Scott Kinnamon • Sen. Martha Ezzard • Marge Fisch • Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald • Lori Fox • Beth Ganz • Marcia Goldstein • Commissioner Josie and Sen. Rollie Heath • Jim Hill • Sen. Mary Hodge • Anahita Kemp • Rep. Anne McGihon • Ruth McIntyre • James & Mary Jean Nussbaum • Rep. Angela Pacchione • Joseph Wetzel & Sharon Scott • Amanda Turner • Nancy Ulrich • Women Informed
Elizabeth Pellet Sponsors
Rep. Jeanne Adkins • Sen. Norma Anderson • Brad Barnes • Rep. KC Becker • Mac Boelens • Marta Boelens • Peggy Brown • Mary Buckley •Nancy J. Carr • Karen Chapman • Rep. Margaret Christiansen • Colorado Gaming Association • Janet Cook • Vicki Cowart • CJ Cullinan • Faye & Greg Diamond • Kathryn Anne Egan • Jana Everett • Jane Feldman • Hon. Candace C. Figa • Sandra Lee Foote • Kelli Fritts • Ann Gail • Melissa Garland • Heide & Grant Garrigan • Denise Gibson • Barb Gregg • Jennifer Gremmert • C.L. Harmer • Melissa Faith Hart • Rhondda Hartman • Darrell & Peggy Havener • Cathren Hawk • Bobbie Heisterkamp • William Himmelman • Jared Ingwalson • Inline Media Incorporated • Melissa Johnsen • Anita Joseph-Conkling • Sonia Jotte • Faye Kagan • Martha Karnopp • State Treasurer Cary Kennedy • Rep. Peggy Kerns • Peter Kirchhof • Susan Kraft • Gerry & Alissa Leonard • Rhonda & Neil Lipson • Angela Lutterbach • Former Centennial City Council Member Rebecca & Jim McClellan • Denny McGihon • Lynda McNeive • Kimberly Malek• Cynthia Marquette • Karen Middleton • Michael Mills • Carolyn & Tom Moore • Rebecca Moraja • Kim Morss & Richard Dehnke • Centennial Mayor Cathy & Jim Noon • Novitas Communications LLC • Sheryl Olson • Deb Olszonowicz • Frances Owens • Sen. Pat Pascoe • Martha Fay Plummer • Stephan Papa & Patricia Prevost • Clare Pramuk • Susan Pryor • Greenwood Village Mayor Ronald & Margaret Rakowsky • Rep. Joe Rice • Sarah Roberts • Julie Rogers • Greenwood Village Council Member Denise Rose • Hon. Sue Rosser • Elizabeth Quinn • Suzanne Saunders-Burr • Lt. Gov. Gail Schoettler • Angela Schreffler • Jacqueline Schultz • Sharon Shillereff • Barbara Setterlind • Casey Shpall • Laurie Simonson • Diane Smethills • Liz Smith • Elisa Speranza • Remy Spreeuw • Monique & Jeff Stemper • Sen. Penfield Tate III • Amy & Ryan Taylor • Greenwood Village Council Member Bette Todd • Centennial City Council Member Doris Truhlar • Mel Ulle • Arthur & Marian P. Ulrich • Barbara Ulrich • Hanna Warren • Sara Weissman • Yone A. Wells • Centennial City Council Member CJ Whelan • Thomas & Carolee Whitehill • Caroline Wood • Joan Zenzen • In Memory of Alderman Elsie Kingston McFarlane
Special Thanks to:
The Auraria Higher Education Center • The Colorado Statesman • The Chambers Center for the Advancement of Women, Colorado Women’s College, University of Denver • Frisco Historic Park and Museum • Hogan Lovells • Lake County Public Library, Colorado Mountain History Collection • The McKenna Long & Aldridge Women’s Initiative
CHK Club: (first 50 donors)
The first 50 contributors are members of the CHK Club (named for the first 3 women to serve in any state legislature: Colorado Representatives Cressingham, Holly and Klock). Meg Froelich • Richard & Margaret Kruizenga • Sylvia & Derek Kruizenga • Kevin Singel & Laura Hoeppner • Jared Ingwalson • David & Sue Hoeppner • SSPRD Board Member Sue Rosser • Former Centennial City Clerk Gerry Cummins • Mary Ellen Wolf & Michael Lutz • Jenny McCulloch • Former Centennial City Council Member Rebecca & Jim McClellan • Shelly Ezzard Smith • Stephen & Chris Justino • Heidi Pearlman • William Stokey • Former Centennial City Council Member Andrea Suhaka • Jamie Elkins • Allison Benton Jones • Rep. Ruth Wright • Patricia & Donald Froelich •Jill & Troy Corrente • Thomas & Carolee Whitehill • Wendy & Richard Eckstein • Courtney Claussen • Nancy Lindsey • Kelli Fritts • Katie Reinisch • Sheryl Olson • Elizabeth Horne • Tracy DiBiase • Valerie Berg • Katherine Ziegler • Ruth McIntyre • Eliza Hamrick • Mollie T. Martin • Martha Fay Plummer • Centennial City Council Member Mark & Elizabeth Gotto • Mitch Wright • Joanne Sender • Hannelore Doty • Kristin Daharb • Candace C. Figa • Sonia Jotte • Nancy J. Carr • Carrie Warren-Gully • Kristi Faith Davis • Jana Cytrynbaum • Deborah Beckman • Denny McGihon • Monique & Jeff Stemper