Board of Directors & Staff

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Our board members are all exceptional industry professionals committed to serving our community and its members through promoting education and workforce development.

Norm Holden

CEF Chairman

VP/Territorial General Manager – Great West Region – Baker Concrete Construction, Inc.

Ale Spray

CEF Vice Chairwoman

Community Empowerment Manager - Mortenson

Liz Castro

CEF Treasurer

Assurance Senior Manager - Plante Moran

John Beeble

Founder and President

Beeble Company

Gene Commander

President

Gene Commander, Inc.

Tony Curcio

Vice President

Iron Woman Construction & Environmental Services

John Herrera

Vice President of Field Operations

Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Steve Katich

Consultant

JE Dunn Construction

Greg Krause

Principal

K2 Residential Solutions

Marna Messer

Director, Choice Programming

Jefferson County Public Schools

Amy Schwartz, Ed.D.

Executive Director

BuildStrong Education Foundation

Richard G Tucker

Executive Vice President

Hensel Phelps

MEET THE CEF STAFF

Michael Gifford

President

CEF

Bryan Cook

Executive Director

CEF

Lisa Seaman

Workforce Manager

CEF

Jim Spence

CEF Recruiter

CEF

Karen Espejo

CEF Recruiter

CEF

Lavan Konshak

Program Coordinator

CEF OSHA Training Institute Education Center

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Testimonials

"Be confident and proud to be OSHA 10 and CCN trained. That experience and certification is gold in the workforce."

Elisabeth Ray, BENTA Building Group LLC

"There was a noticeable positive impact from industry involvement. They can listen to me teach, but when industry comes in, it matters!"

Aaron Cooper, Construction Teacher
Bollman Technical Education Center, Adams 12 Five Star Schools

"Steven worked in customer service prior to graduation from CCN and is now a laborer/heavy equipment operator for Fiore & Sons. He's now helping build an apartment complex, doing demo work and is now driving a skid steer, front-end loader and a water truck. He is looking forward to operating a dozer and excavator in the future."

Steven Heinen, Construction Careers Now (CCN) Graduate

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