Board of Advisors

Council of Founders & Friends

ATLAS is fortunate to have a terrific Council of Founders and Friends composed of leaders from academia, industry, non-profit organizations, and the community. These outstanding people have supported the institute over its development and continue to be strong advocates for ATLAS and its ongoing evolution.

  • Susie Armstrong — Senior Vice President of Engineering, Qualcomm
  • Donna Auguste—  Auguste Research Group
  • John K. Bennett – InWorks, University of Colorado Denver
  • Kathie Broyles – Broyles Consulting
  • Richard L. Byyny, M.D. – (ATLAS co-founder); Executive Director, Health Policy Center, University of Colorado Hospital; Former CU-ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Chancellor
  • Alison Derbenwick Miller — Vice President, Oracle for Research
  • Karen Diener – President and CEO, KD Geospatial Solutions LLC
  • Herbert Fenster –  Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP (retired)
  • Gerhard Fischer – Professor of Computer Science CU ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ (emeritus)
  • Donna Flynn, VP global talent, Steelcase
  • Richard Foy – Principal Partner, Communication Arts, Inc.
  • Beth Galetti – Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Amazon
  • Idit Harel – CEO and Founder at Globaloria
  • Mazdak Hashemi - (former) Vice President of Engineering at Twitter
  • Kim Koro – President, Qualcomm Government Technologies
  • Mark Koro – Vice President, Government Affairs, Qualcomm
  • Lindsay Lanning – Vice President, Customers for Life, Salesforce.com
  • Clayton Lewis – Professor of Computer Science, CU-ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ
  • Patricia Limerick – Professor of History, CU-ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ
  • Krista Marks – Co-Founder, CEO, Woot Math; Former Vice President, Disney Online; Former CEO, Co-Founder, Kerpoof
  • Mike Moniz – President and CEO, Circadence Managing director, Paladin Capital Group
  • Ram Narayanswamy — President, Teaq Innovations
  • Natalie Nunez – Graphic Designer at BTI - Bicycle Technologies International
  • Elfred Anthony Pinkard – President, Wilberforce University
  • Jane Prey – former program director, National Science Foundation
  • Doug Price – Chairman and CEO at CSBO Holdings, Inc.
  • Becky Roser – former Board Member
  • Chris Roser – Managing Partner, Roser Ventures, L.L.C.
  • Lucy Sanders – Director, National Center for Women and Information Technology
  • Bobby Schnabel – (ATLAS co-founder);  Executive Director and CEO of the Association for Computing Machinery
  • Nathan Seidle — Founder, SparkFun Electronics
  • Diane Sieber – Associate Professor • Faculty Director, Global Engineering RAP, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ
  • Jill Tietjen – President and CEO, Technically Speaking, Inc.
  • James Williams III – Dean of Libraries (retired), University of Colorado at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ
  • Phil Weiser – Attorney General, State of Colorado
  • John Winsor – General Partner, Winsor Communications
  • Tish Winsor – former Board Member
  • Lauren Jones Young - former Board Chair, Principal, LJYoung Consultants