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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stewards of The Foundation Provide Thoughtful Governance

King Harris, Board Chair

King is the chairman of The Foundation's board of directors. In 2004, King retired from his private companies to become the Pastor of Epworth United Methodist Church.  Prior to 2004, he started and led several companies that specialized in retail, construction, and construction management with emphasis on large public sector projects.  He helped to revitalize Curtis Park and City Park West, and also became involved with affordable housing. At Central Park he is the president of the Park Creek Metro District, a political subdivision working on the redevelopment of the former Stapleton International Airport. 

Diane Deeter, Board Vice Chair

Diane is the Community Director at the Central Park Master Community Association (MCA), which hosts more than 50 events each year and also manages Central Park's neighborhood parks and six pools.  She has worked at Central Park for over 15 years, originally serving as the first Community Manager welcoming the initial residents to what was then Stapleton and educating them on The Green Book.   Prior to her role with MCA, Diane worked with a developer as a liaison between developer, builder and buyers, and as a teacher. 

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Board Treasurer:  Doug Elenowitz

Doug is a co-founder and principal of Trailbreak Partners, where his focus is investment in and development of Colorado real estate assets. An expert in urban redevelopment, he has managed the origination, structuring, and execution of urban infill and environmentally complex real estate developments across the United States for nearly two decades. Previously, Doug was Executive Vice President and Director of Development for EnviroFinance Group (EFG), a development company that acquires, remediates and repositions environmentally impaired real estate throughout the United States.  A former member of the ULI Urban and Mixed Use Development Council and the Denver Public Schools Bond, he currently serves on the Mil Levy Oversight Committee and the Board of Denver Language School. Doug is a Real Estate Diversity Initiative (REDI) Mentor and a 2011 graduate of Leadership Denver. He is a resident of Stapleton.

Happy Haynes, Board Secretary

Happy is Manager of Denver Parks and Recreation and former President of the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education.  Prior to these positions, she served as the Director of Community Partnerships for DPS.  Most of Happy’s professional career was with the City and County of Denver, including serving on the Denver City Council for three terms and as its President for one term.  During her 26 years with the City, Happy also served as an aide to the Mayor and in the early days as an aide to a City Councilman.  She was the City Council person who directed their discussions and decisions that led to the development of the Denver International Airport and the redevelopment of Stapleton International Airport.  A founding board member of the Stapleton Redevelopment Foundation and the Stapleton Foundation (now the Foundation for Sustainable Urban Communities), Happy has led and served on many additional boards. 

Rick Humbert, Board Treasurer

(Bio pending) 

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Jim Chrisman

Jim is a Senior Vice President with Brookfield Propeties responsible for office, retail, industrial and multi-family development at Central Park as well as overseeing master planning of the site.  Prior to this role, Jim was a Vice President with Stapleton Development Corp. (SDC) managing the conveyance of the property from the City and County of Denver to the private sector, and the Stapleton Redevelopment Foundation managing the preparation of and publication of the Stapleton Development Plan (“The Green Book”).   During his more than 25 years in real estate development, Jim also has worked with Disney Development Co. and other developers.  He is a resident of Southeast Metro Denver.

Doug Elenowitz

Doug is a co-founder and principal of Trailbreak Partners, where his focus is investment in and development of Colorado real estate assets. An expert in urban redevelopment, he has managed the origination, structuring, and execution of urban infill and environmentally complex real estate developments across the United States for nearly two decades. Previously, Doug was Executive Vice President and Director of Development for EnviroFinance Group (EFG), a development company that acquires, remediates and repositions environmentally impaired real estate throughout the United States.  A former member of the ULI Urban and Mixed Use Development Council and the Denver Public Schools Bond Committee, he currently serves on the Mil Levy Oversight Committee and the Board of Denver Language School. Doug is a Real Estate Diversity Initiative (REDI) Mentor and a 2011 graduate of Leadership Denver.

Keith Montoya

(Bio pending)

Laurel Raines

Laurel is Principal, Partner/Landscape Architect for Dig Studio, which she founded.  She previously was a design principal and landscape architect in Colorado at Hyatt Raines Vitek, EDAW, and AECOM.  Her work includes design direction with multidisciplinary design teams for both public and private sector clients.  Laurel worked on the Stapleton project for over 14 years with Forest City (formerly the primary master developer) and SDC in the design of the built environment for the major parks, neighborhood parks and other smaller projects. She is active on many boards.

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