Advisory Council
The Five States Film Advisory Council is comprised of 26 knowledgeable and influential scholars and community leaders representing areas of significance within each of the Five States regions. The primary role of the Advisory Council is to assure the film’s accuracy, inclusiveness and relevance in telling the story of Colorado’s diverse regions and their relationship to the state, as well as Colorado’s influence on its neighboring states. The Council will provide input on the selection of interview subjects for the film and review drafts of the script. The lead scholar is Dr. Patricia Nelson Limerick, Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West at University of Colorado in Boulder.
Patty Limerick (Five States Film Lead Scholar)
Faculty Director and Chair of the Board, Center of the American West, University of Colorado – Boulder
Thomas Andrews
Social and Environmental History of the Rocky Mountain West, University of Colorado – Boulder
Michael Childers
Environmental History of the American West, Colorado State University
Dawn DiPrince
Chief Operating Officer, History Colorado • Former Director, El Pueblo History Museum
Derek Everett
Geography and Politics of Colorado and Western History, Colorado State University
Russell George
Former State Legislator • Former Executive Director, Colorado Department of Natural Resources and Colorado Department of Transportation
John Hausdoerffer
School of Environment and Sustainability Dean, Western Colorado University
Carrie Besnette Hauser
President, Colorado Mountain College • Member, Aspen Institute’s Society of Fellows • Board Member, American Rivers, Great Outdoors Colorado and Vail Valley Foundation
Allegra “Happy” Haynes
Executive Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Denver • Chair, Colorado Advisory Board of the Trust for Public Land
Ernest House
Senior Policy Director, Keystone Policy Center • Former Executive Director, Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs
Rebecca Hunt
Director of Museum Studies (Emeritus), University of Colorado – Denver
Corinne Koehler
Former Pueblo City Council Member • Board Member, Colorado Humanities and Historic Pueblo
Dawn Thilmany McFadden
Regional Economic Development Institute Co-Director and Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Colorado State University • President, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
Fawn-Amber Montoya
Honors College Associate Dean and Professor of History, James Madison University • Former Director of Chicano Studies and Professor of History, Colorado State University – Pueblo
Jared Orsi
Professor of History, Colorado State University • CSU Representative, Colorado Encyclopedia Governance Board • State Historians Council Member, History Colorado
Cec Ortiz
Project Management Consultant for Public and Non-Profit Workforce Training, Human Resources Management, and Business Development
Candace Payne
Executive Director, East Central Council of Governments • Administrator, Prairie Development Corporation
Curt Penny
Judge and Lawyer, Kit Carson County
William Philpott
Associate Professor of History, University of Denver • Board Member, Colorado Humanities
Nick Saenz
Associate Professor of History, Adams State University • Board President, Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area
Leroy Salazar
Co-Manager, Salazar Farm and Ranch
Jim Schmidt
Mayor, Crested Butte
John Stulp
Owner, Stulp Farms • Former Special Policy Advisor for Water, Colorado Governor’s Office • Chairman, Inter Basin Compact Committee • Former Colorado Agriculture Commissioner
Brian Werner
Former Public Information Officer and Head of the Communications and Records Department, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
Sid Wilson
Owner, A Private Guide • Board Member, VISIT DENVER, Denver Zoo, Aurora Plains Conversancy and Denver Public Library