Dr. Becky Takeda-Tinker - President & CEO, Colorado State University - Global Campus Dr. Becky Takeda-Tinker blends her passion for education with her experience in nonprofit governance and over 20 years of business leadership as the president of Colorado State University-Global Campus, first and only 100% online, independently accredited, state, nonprofit university. In her role, Dr. Takeda-Tinker champions data-driven and technology-based solutions to facilitate adult student educational success and graduate workplace employment. Opened to students in 2008, CSU-Global currently provides access, affordability, and flexibility to over 17,000 ...

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James F. Wagenlander - Honorary Consul of Mongolia James (Jim) F. Wagenlander has had an extensive engagement with Mongolia since 1989.  He and his Denver law firm, Wagenlander & Heisterkamp, LLC, have the oldest continuous involvement with Mongolia and Mongolian matters of any North American law firm.  He is a long time Vice Chairman of the North-America Mongolia Business Council and since 1999 has been a very active Honorary Consul of Mongolia in Denver, Colorado.  Jim helped start and Chairperson of the Ulaanbaatar Denver Sister Cities Committee.  He is also a Board Member of the Arts Council of Mongolia-U.S. and is an urban development ...

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Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne - State of Colorado Donna Lynne, DrPH, is Colorado’s 49th Lieutenant Governor and Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO, she works closely with the Governor and Cabinet to drive better performance, accountability and transparency throughout state government operations. Prior to assuming her roles in Colorado state government, Dr. Lynne served as the executive vice president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, and as group president responsible for its Colorado, Pacific Northwest and Hawaii regions – overseeing an $8 billion budget, 1.4 million members and 16,000 employees. She ...

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U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (CO -06) Mike Coffman began his distinguished career of serving our nation at a very young age. At age seventeen, after finishing his junior year at Aurora Central High School in 1972, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Through the Army, Coffman was able to earn a high school diploma. In 1974, he left active duty to attend the University of Colorado under the G.I. Bill where he continued his military career by serving in the U.S. Army Reserve. Coffman took a leave of absence from the U.S. Army Reserve and the University of Colorado to attend D.G. Vaishnav College in Chennai, India in 1976 and the University of Veracruz in ...

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Julián Castro - Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Former Mayor of San Antonio, Texas Julián Castro was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He was first elected to public office in 2001, when, at the age of 26, he won election to the San Antonio City Council. In 2009, Castro became Mayor of San Antonio, making him the youngest mayor of a top-50 American city. Castro brought a strong focus to improving educational achievement and making San Antonio a leader in the 21st century global economy. During his tenure, Castro led a voter-approved effort to significantly expand high-quality, full day Pre-K. Castro also brought a sense ...

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John O'Keefe - Former Ambassador of the United States to Kyrgyzstan Former Ambassador John O'Keefe, of Vienna, Virginia, is the Counsel to the Board of Trustees of the Open World Leadership Center. Before assuming his duties as Counsel to the Board of Trustees, he served as Open World’s Executive Director from 2007 to 2017 and had a long and distinguished career with the U.S. Department of State. As U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan from 2000 to 2003, O’Keefe negotiated the treaty allowing Coalition forces to establish a base there in support of operations in Afghanistan. He also set up an investment advisory council headed by the President of ...

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His Excellency Javlon Vakhabov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the United States Javlon Vakhabov is a young diplomat who hopes to emphasize his country’s alleged turn towards openness and reform after the death in September 2016 of dictator Islam Karimov, who had ruled the country with an iron fist for 17 years. Vakhabov presented his credentials to the State Department on October 18, 2017, and to President Donald Trump at the White House on November 29. Born August 7, 1980, in Tashkent, then the capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Javlon Abdujalolovich Vakhabov earned an undergraduate degree at the University of World Economy and ...

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His Excellency Kadyr M. Toktogulov - Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the United States Kadyr M. Toktogulov, born April 28, 1980 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan’s President Almazbek Atambaev on December 31, 2014 appointed him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States of America. Mr. Toktogulov presented the Credentials to the United States President Barack Obama on February 23, 2015. On February 24, 2016, Kadyr Toktogulov was appointed by President Almazbek Atambaev as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kyrgyz Republic to Canada with residence in Washington DC, USA. He presented his ...

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Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana - Ambassador of the Republic of Rwanda to the United States Professor Mathilde Mukantabana is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Rwanda to the United States of America and non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. Prior to her appointment, Ambassador Mathilde Mukantabana was a tenured Professor of History at Cosumnes River College (CRC) in Sacramento, California from 1994 to 2013. She is also co-founder and President of Friends of Rwanda Association (F.O.R.A), a non-profit American relief association created in the wake of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in ...

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The Honorable Michael B. Hancock - Mayor of Denver, Colorado MICHAEL B. HANCOCK is Denver's 45th mayor. During his time in office, Mayor Hancock and his administration have eliminated the city’s budget deficit, fostered a diverse economy and restored much needed services that were lost during the recession. With a drive toward increasing opportunity for every resident, he has prioritized innovative solutions to investing in the city’s children and youth; increasing mobility options, affordable housing and services for the homeless; supporting economic mobility, entrepreneurs and small businesses; and making government work smarter for reside...

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