Karmen Carter- Board Chair                                                                          
Executive Director, Judi’s House
Karmen has over twenty years experience in non-profit agencies and is currently the Executive Director of Judi's House. Past employment includes serving as Director of Programs for Colorado Nonprofit Development Center and Executive Director of Rape Assistance and Awareness Program. Karmen has an impressive career background in program management, development, community outreach and executive level positions. Her favorite children's book is The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper.

Heather Duncan
Director of Marketing, The Tattered Cover Book Store
Heather began working at the Tattered Cover Book Store in the fall of 1989 as a holiday bookseller. After the holidays she remained at the bookstore, first in the Ordering Department, and then in Outside Corporate Sales. She left the store briefly in 1995 and then returned to the Tattered Cover to fill the position of Director of Marketing and Community Relations. Heather, her husband John and their five-year-old son, Jack, live in Lakewood, Colorado. Her favorite children's book is A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle.

Honey Goldberg
Denver Art Museum docent and Community Volunteer
Honey Goldberg has lived her entire life in Denver. She is married for 48 years to her childhood sweetheart, Chuck, and has three children and four grandchildren. Honey has a B.S. in accounting and a B.A. in education.  She spent 10 years teaching 2nd and 4th grades in Littleton and at Graland Country Day School, a career that was immensely gratifying. As a docent at the Denver Art Museum, she currently spends a great deal of time educating visitors to this wonderful institution.  Honey has served on several boards and enjoys her book clubs, skiing, hiking, cooking and traveling.

Elaine Grossman, M.Ed.                                                                      
Founder and Principal, ERG Consulting
Elaine has 25 years of broad based executive management and development in the nonprofit, corporate, and education sectors. She is currently both founder and principal at ERG Consulting where she provides support to non-profit organizations in program and resource development. Prior to starting ERG Consulting, Ms. Grossman was the Director of Development for Reach Out and Read National Center. Her favorite children's books are the Madeline series by Ludwig Bemelmans and Eloise at the Plaza by Kay Thompson.

Rachel Hutson, MSN, RN, CPNP
Director of Child, Adolescent, and School Health, CO Department of Public Heath & Environment
Rachel Hutson has been with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment since 2001, first as the Director of Early Childhood Initiatives and now as the Director of the Child, Adolescent, and School Health Unit. In her current role, she provides supervision and oversight for Smart Start Colorado, the Coordinated School Health Program, the School-Based Health Center Program, the Child Health Program, Adolescent Health Program, and the Tony Grampsas Youth Services Program. Her favorite children's book is Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman.

Dori Kaplan, Esq.
Community Volunteer
Dori grew up in Massachusetts, and remains obsessed with early American colonial history, the importance of a great education, and the Boston Red Sox. In 1985 Dori, her husband David and their three children returned to Denver where she was invited to clerk for a federal judge.  This one-year appointment to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado became a career of 23 years. Dori loves to play tennis, play the piano, cook, cross-country ski and read.

Peter Konrad, Ph.D., CPA-Vice Chair                                   
Executive Director, JFM Foundation
Peter serves as advisor and consultant to foundations in setting strategic direction, managing operations, developing programs, establishing financial discipline and investing endowments. As Adjunct Professor of Nonprofit Management at Regis University, he received recognition as Teacher of the Year for his excellence in teaching. His favorite children's book is Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown.

Ann Logan, MLS
Co-Founder, Reach Out and Read Colorado
Ann has been active with Reach Out and Read Colorado since its inception in 1997. In partnership with Dr. Steve Vogler, she was a principal organizer in forming Reach Out and Read Colorado. Currently, Ann serves on the Reach Out and Read National Center's Board of Directors. Denver Health Foundation’s Ann M. Logan Lecture on Early Childhood Development is named in her honor.  Her favorite book to read to her children and now her grandchildren is Caps for Sale by by Esphyr Slobodkina.

Jay Markson, MD
General Pediatrician at Children’s Medical Center
Among Dr. Jay Markson’s many credentials, he was President of the Medical Staff at The Children’s Hospital-Denver in both 2008 and 2009.  Dr. Markson has held the title of General Pediatrician at Children’s Medical Center since 1985.  There he pioneered “Jump for Life" -- a program designed to promote regular physical activity in children ages 6-12. Dr. Markson and his lovely wife Martha have two children, Harris and Jack.  In his spare time, he enjoys biking and playing tennis. He is also a hiking enthusiast and an avid reader.

Carolyn Shepherd, MD- Secretary                                             
Medical Director, Clinica Family Health Services
Carolyn completed her residency at Merced Community Medical Center in Merced, CA, and is a board-certified family practitioner. She joined Clinica Family Health Services in 1988 and has served as the organization’s medical director ever since. In addition to running the clinics and managing the staff physicians, she has also served as the president of medical staff at Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, CO.  In recent years, Carolyn has received the American College Physician Executives Scholarship Award and a Daily Camera Pacesetter Award.  She is also on the clinical faculty for the Department of Preventative Medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

Steve Vogler, MD, MPH- ROR CO Medical Director
Pediatrician, Denver Health’s Sandos Westside Family Health Center
Co-Founder, Reach Out and Read Colorado
Steve has served as pediatrician at the Sandos Westside Family Health Center for nearly sixteen years and founded ROR at Denver Health in 1997. As Medical Director of Reach Out and Read at Denver Health and subsequently the Reach Out and Read Colorado Coalition, he has enthusiastically embraced the Reach Out and Read intervention as a critical part of routine child health maintenance. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the Denver Preschool Program. His favorite children's book is How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Janet Yolen and Mark Teague.

Bill Witter, MBA
Investment Manager and Trustee, Dean Witter Foundation
Bill joined the Reach Out and Read Colorado Board of Directors in January of 2010.

Sarah Worth, MPH
Community Volunteer
Sarah learned about Reach Out and Read through her work with Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics as the Director of Development. She was part of the original group that volunteered to set up a Coalition of Reach Out and Read clinics in Colorado and has been involved with the Coalition ever since. Her favorite children's book is Fox in Socks. She says, "One summer when I was a kid, we stayed at a cabin on a lake for a couple of weeks. There was an old and moldy copy of Fox in Socks at the cabin and I made it my mission to be able to read it aloud, quickly with no mistakes. However many years later, I can still do it (much to the delight of my 2 year old)."