Program - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute

2021/22 SEASON PRESENTING SPONSOR:

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THE 31ST ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. COLORADO HOLIDAY HUMANITARIAN AWARDS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DR. MLK, JR. HOLIDAY COMMISSION SCOTT O’NEIL, conductor PURNELL STEEN AND THE FIVE POINTS AMBASSADORS Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 7:30pm Boettcher Concert Hall

SMITH

Star Spangled Banner

JAMAL Arr. BRIAN LAGUARDIA

Night Mist Blues

SCHLUGER/LEE Arr. BRIAN LAGUARDIA

I Love Being Here With You

OMAR THOMAS

Of Our New Day Begun

TAYLOR Arr. BRIAN LAGUARDIA

I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free

ELLINGTON Arr. SCOTT O’NEIL

Come Sunday

PETERSON Hymn to Freedom Arr. SCOTT O’NEIL TINDLEY Arr. SCOTT O’NEIL

We Shall Overcome

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PROGRAM I

PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES SCOTT O’NEIL, conductor As a conductor, Scott O’Neil recently completed a nine-year tenure as Resident Conductor with the Colorado Symphony in Denver. During his time there he performed with some of the classical world’s elite soloists, such as Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Pinchas Zukerman, Lang Lang, Van Cliburn, Christopher O’Riley, Cameron Carpenter and Sharon Isbin, as well as leaders in the larger musical world, such as Steve Vai, Chris Botti, Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Tracy Silverman, Eileen Ivers, Sarah McLachlan, Ben Folds, Ingrid Michaelson, Amos Lee, Rufus Wainwright, Gregory Alan Isakov, Devotchka, The Lumineers, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Susan Egan and Will Chase.

Mr. O’Neil has also created and developed an extensive series of concerts, entitled Inside the Score, which combine art, entertainment and enlightenment to engage audiences in explorations of a wide variety of music and ideas. Under the umbrella of Inside the Score fall a number of sub-series, including biography (Letters from Mozart, The Best of Beethoven, Brahms: A Life in Music, Rachmaninoff: From Tragedy to Triumph), individual masterpieces (Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony – This I Believe!, Eroica!, Beethoven’s Fifth, Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Debussy’s La mer, the “The Debussy Code”) and a cross-genre concert – Shuffle – which includes everything from Bach, Elgar, and Prokofiev to Metheny, Björk, and Philip Glass, as well as a feature concert with cross-over artist Kip Winger. (Once the front man for the band Winger, he now composes “classical” music reminiscent of Honegger and Messiaen.) In this vein, O’Neil has also presented Masterworks programs with “cross-over” elements, notably featuring Victor Wooten, performing the premiere of his own Bass Whisperer concerto, co-written with Conni Ellisor.

Mr. O’Neil’s engaging manner in addressing audiences has led to extensive speaking engagements, including a TED-talk on music he composed for Arrow Electronics.

As an arranger/orchestrator, Mr. O’Neil has created and orchestrated numerous works for the Colorado Symphony (Arrow: Five Years Out! – an original composition, Pat Metheny’s “The First Circle” as well as Minuano, Björk’s Overture, “107 Steps” and “New World,” a live version of Philip Glass’s Changing Opinions); he has also written orchestrations for Ingrid Michaelson, Eileen Ivers and Bela Fleck.

Scott O’Neil continues to guest conduct and to lead his own ensemble, the Rosetta Music Society, in Denver, creating new, innovative programming and constantly seeking to draw wider audiences to live performances of music from Bach to today’s cutting-edge artists.

PROGRAM II

C O L O R A D O SY M P H O N Y.O R G

PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES PURNELL STEEN, piano Purnell Steen is a Denver native who grew up in the Five Points neighborhood, and was educated in the Denver Public Schools and University of Colorado, Boulder. He began his musical career at the age of 4, studying piano with Mrs. Kathryn Cohron, a noted music teacher in East Denver. He continued his advanced Classical Piano studies with Dr. Antonia Brico, whose most famous student is folk singer Judy Collins. He also studied with Florence Lamont Hinman, founder of the Lamont School of Music, University of Denver.

Purnell began his music career at age 7, playing for the Children’s Choir of the historic Zion Baptist Church. He advanced to Youth Choir Accompanist at age 12, after having been featured in a solo Piano, Violin & Organ Recital at Zion. He began his organ studies at age 13, studying with Kathryn Cohron and Jim Bratton, and completed more than 47 years as Pianist/Organist at Zion Baptist Church.

After a tour of duty in Europe and North Africa with the United States Army, and having lived in Germany for another seven-and-a-half years as a civilian, Purnell returned to Denver to resume his musical career. He has been the Musician at Berean Bible Church, Campbell AME Church, and Cure D’Ars Catholic Church. Currently Accompanist at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Park Hill, Purnell loves church music of all genres, and brings a considerable knowledge of sacred music to his work in jazz and blues that, after all, have their roots in Black Gospel and Negro Spiritual music.

Purnell was the Pianist for the National Baptist Convention held in Denver, and also for the National Baptist Convention Congress of Christian Education, as well as for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Services. During the turbulent 1960’s, he played for Dr. King in Birmingham, Alabama, as well as here in Denver. Purnell Steen and LeJazz Machine played as the house band for the Alabama Delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 2008.

For the last thirty-plus years, Purnell has performed jazz and blues “Five Points Style” as leader of Purnell Steen and LeJazz Machine, now known as Purnell Steen and the Five Points Ambassadors.

The band is slated to play in Denver’s Sister City of Brest, France, in late summer 2022.

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PROGRAM III

PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES DEREK BANNACH, trumpet Colorado native Derek Banach has performed trumpet professionally for 30 years in a variety of setting from Jazz to Hip-Hop, Salsa, Classical and Reggae. His roots are firmly set in the Hard-Bop stylings of 60’s period icons such as Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw.

Derek’s quintet album “Tugende” displays his composing talents and personal approach to trumpet playing. He has recorded with Italian producer Nicola Conte, Quintetto X, Paul Mulliken and has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Richie Cole, Joe Bonner and Ron Miles.

RON BLAND, bassist Ron Bland has been a professional musician for over forty years, playing virtually all styles of music in every setting from concert hall to theatre to the recording studio. At home on both the electric and double basses, he has performed with jazz greats including Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Eddie Daniels, Billy Taylor and Doc Severinson.

Ron has appeared with the Colorado Symphony and Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestras as well as in performance with Earth Wind and Fire, Yes, Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Marvin Hamlisch, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney, Billy Crystal and many others. He is often in the pit for touring Broadway shows, including “Legally Blonde,” “A Chorus Line” and “The Color Purple.” In 2003, with the Denver Jazz Quartet, Ron performed as a featured headliner at the Queenstown International Jazz Festival in New Zealand.

As part of the Rocky Mountain Trio & Park Hill Brass Nonet, Ron has performed at the Jazz in the Vercors Festival in Villard de Lans, France several times. He has also been a clinician for the workshop associated with the festival. Ron has performed extensively throughout the United States, including the 2001 Inaugural Ball in Washington D.C. Internationally, he has performed in Canada, Mexico and Europe.

Ron is on the music faculty at Colorado Christian University and the University of Colorado at Denver. He has also been on the faculty at Metropolitan State University of Denver, DIME Denver, and the Colorado School of Mines. He teaches private applied lessons on acoustic and electric bass, ensembles, music theory, ear training and a sightreading and improvisation class.

PROGRAM IV

C O L O R A D O SY M P H O N Y.O R G

PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES CARLOS CHAVEZ, saxophone Denver native and North High School graduate, Carlos started playing saxophone at the age of 12, because it looked interesting and complicated. Carlos went on to study music at the University of Colorado Denver, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He has spent the last 40 years playing with a range of bands throughout the Denver metro area.

Musical influences include Sonny Stitt, Lenny Pickett, and Clarence Clemons, to name just a few. He has performed with Charlie Burrell, Don Was, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Loggins, and plays regularly with Purnell Steen.

Carlos loves all types of music, but has a soft spot for jazz, Latin, and funk. He has recently become infatuated with learning string instruments like cello and guitar, and is constantly improving his musical education and adding to his repertoire.

BILL LARSON, drums Bill started life in International Falls, Minnesota, and became enamored with drums at age 9. After many opportunities to perform in school music programs, he began a steady performance career with professional musicians at the age of 16. Upon finishing High School, Bill moved to Los Angeles, California to study at the Musicians Institute, and graduated with honors in 1995. He moved to Denver in 1997, and joined the staff of the Colorado Music Institute in Centennial in 1998, and has been teaching drums there ever since.

Over the years, in addition to his teaching career, Bill has played drums with most of Denver’s finest jazz, blues, and rock bands.

VOHN ERIK REGENSBURGER, guitar A guitarist, composer, arranger and conductor specializing in Brazilian music and orchestral film soundtracks. Performance highlights include: Telluride Jazz Festival, Winter Park Jazz Festival, Estes Park Jazz Fest, City Park Jazz Festival, Durango Jazz Festival, Breckenridge Music Festival, Jazz Aspen, WestCliffe Jazz Festival, Dazzle, Muse, La Cour, Taste of Colorado, The Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver Art Museum “Top of the Week” series, Jazz Works and The Brazilian Hour from Los Angeles.

Vohn has received critical acclaim for his original compositions and recordings including: In a Brazilian Mood, Tropical Breeze, Table For Two, Kaleidoscope and the feature film soundtracks:

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PROGRAM V

PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES Last of the Romantics, A Remarkable Life, the documentary, A Century of Change and the upcoming documentary, The Longest Walk – The Charles Burrell Story.

Vohn directed the feature-length Documentary film about the life of famed bassist Charles Burrell titled, The Longest Walk, scheduled for completion in 2022. Additionally, he has written and directed two award-winning feature films, Last of the Romantics, distributed by Shoreline Entertainment and, A Remarkable Life, distributed by Green Apple Entertainment.

Awards include: New York Int’l Independent Film Festival Winner: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actress; Hollywood HD Film Festival Winner: Best Romance Feature Film, Nominated Best Picture and Best Actor; Park City Film Music Festival Winner: Silver Medal for Artistic Excellence; Long Beach Indie Film Festival Finalist: Best Feature Film; Cinema On The Bayou Finalist: Best Feature Film.

Vohn is the Owner of Magnum Opus Music record company since 1992 and Gymnopedie Films, a film production company since 2003.

ED STEPHEN, guitar Ed Stephen is originally from New York and has been playing professionally since the age of 13. He holds a B.A. in music from Hofstra University, and a Masters in Music from C.W. Post College in New York.

While finishing his graduate studies, he taught the program for guitar at C.W. Post College. He also taught guitar at Nassau Community College, NY, and at the University of Colorado at Denver.

Over the years, Ed has worked with diverse musicians and groups including Pops Concerts with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, which featured artists including Michel Legrand, Oscar Peterson, Carol Lawrence, and Ferrante & Teicher. He has performed at venues and festivals in various parts of the world including Ireland, Argentina, and the Caribbean, and in the US cities of Los Angeles and Sacramento, California, Medford, Oregon, New York City, and Denver, Evergreen, Vail, Snowmass, Greeley in Colorado.

Ed currently works with several bands in the Denver area which include: Joni Janak and Centerpiece (a Vocal Jazz Group); The Five Points Ambassadors with Purnell Steen; Sazon with Norma Tell; Perfect Harmony with Steve Patterson and Shirley Yook; The Denver Jazz Gathering with Vern Baumer; and The Jim West Trio.

PROGRAM VI

C O L O R A D O SY M P H O N Y.O R G

PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES MYRA WARREN, vocals Colorado native Myra Warren, whose career began in the mid-1980’s in Denver’s infamous Five Points, has a stunningly beautiful voice that resonates with a warmth and deep understanding of both lyrics and melody. It has been said of Myra that she doesn’t just sing a song. When she sings, she tells a story!

Myra has performed with a host of esteemed Colorado musicians, along with performances at the Five Points Jazz Festival, the City Park Jazz Festival, the Estes Park Jazz Festival, and numerous private functions. She has recorded CDs with The Bobby Greene Trio, produced by Ron Jolly, and with Purnell Steen & LeJazz Machine.

Among her many credits, Myra is featured as the Band Singer in the Netflix movie Our Souls at Night (starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda) which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2017. In a scene filmed at Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel, Myra sings What A Diff’rence A Day Made, the popular song written by Mexican songwriter María Grever.

TAMARA BANKS, host Emmy Award winning journalist Tamara Banks lives her motto: “One Person Can Make a Difference.”

Banks is a freelance TV correspondent/producer, talk show host, and documentary filmmaker, focusing on social justice, and dedicated to creating transformative social change through excellence in journalism.

Her areas of expertise include social justice and political issues across the U.S. and internationally, particularly in South Sudan and Darfur. She also shines light on other parts of the globe where there is little or no news coverage about crimes against humanity and genocide. Her documentary short film, “The Long Journey Home” about former slaves stolen by the Janjaweed during a civil was in Sudan, was featured in the 2009 Hollywood Film Festival, “HollyShorts.”

Banks is currently the host of “From Moment to Movement: with Tamara Banks,” platform for Black voices to be heard, uncensored and unfiltered on PBS12.

Banks has covered some of the biggest stories in recent U.S. history from the Columbine High School and Aurora Movie Theater shootings, to the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver, the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and the war in Iraq.

Most recently, Banks covered the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial in Georgia and she worked on a documentary on how Black women have caused a seismic shift in American politics. She also

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PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES continues to travel to Uganda to interview child soldiers, as well as to Rwanda where she reports on that country’s post-genocide challenges and successes.

She’s also the Executive Producer for independent film, “Runnin’ with My Girls,” which takes a look at the number of women of color running for public office since the 2016 election.

Her work has been featured on numerous news networks including PBS, CNN, ABC News, HDNet’s World Report, BBC, NPR, Al Jazeera America, Al Jazeera, WB 2 News, FOX News, as well on as a number of radio stations and newspapers over the past 20 plus years.

Banks is currently based in Atlanta, GA, where she continues to be on the frontlines of some of the most important stories across the country and around the world.

Website ~ TamaraMBanks.com Email ~ Tbanks@nabj.org; tamarataz@msn.com

THE REVEREND DOCTOR JAMES PETERS HUMANITARIAN AWARD WINNERS JANET R. DAMON, Ed. S, is a Library Services Specialist for Denver Public School (DPS) who provides diversity and equity training for librarians and paraprofessionals within the DPS system.

She is being recognizes for the efforts she continuously makes to promote diversity, equity and cultural awareness through literacy. She is the co-founder of the non-profit organization Afros and Books, three other Black, Biracial, and LGBTQ school librarians. They seek and promote selfliberation through libraries and all group members participate on a volunteer basis. Through this organization, Janet hosts presentations and events that support literacy programs through books and reading. She, and the other volunteers, use these opportunities to expose group participants (children, adolescents, young/teen parents, families with limited financial resources, youth organizations, etc.) to books, written and published by people of color, LGBTQ, and various cultures, that include characters that look like them as well as cultural components that are true representations of their cultural rituals, history, families, communities. Through Afros and Books, Janet coordinates Black to Nature Book Club, Black Dads Storytime, and the Literacy Activists Network of social justice activists, housing and food insecurity disruptors, and mental health providers who add book giveaways and bibliotherapy to their resources for families.

Janet is Literacy Hero and Equity Champion for tomorrows’ leaders of all cultures, ethnicities, gender orientations, and abilities.

RENEE COUSINS KING, M.D., is a descendant of Charles Cousins and is a third-generation resident of Denver, Colorado. She served, with distinction, as a Pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, and upon inheriting her family’s trust, resigned her position to become the head of the Charles Cousins Trust. Dr. King has exhibited her philanthropic propensities by constantly

PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES advocating for low-income housing for low-income families and individuals. She steadfastly holds her rental properties in the affordable range, while others in the area continue to raise rental fees pricing individuals and families out of the Five Point area and off of the Welton Street Corridor. She is always in the forefront of children’s rights and constantly espouses Affordable Medical Care for the community. She is actively philanthropically engaged with East High School, her alma mater, especially through gifts to their athletic department. Dr. King also gave a six-figure cash gift to the Black American West Museum in order to help sustain its position in the community. This very humble lady has proven her mettle through her constant continued generosity to the East Denver community. She is the past president of the Five Points Business Improvement District, guiding it in its endeavor to properly beautify the Five Points Corridor according to the dictates as established by the City of Denver. There are countless examples of her ongoing contributions to the Five Points and East Denver communities.

CHARTASHIA MILLER, has been making and impact since she was very young. Even before she graduated from high school, she was extremely active in her church, St. Matthew Baptist Church in East St. Louis. As a member of For His Glory Christian Fellowship Church, in Aurora, Colorado, she is active in the Nursing Home Ministry and Women’s Empowerment Ministry. She is also a member, and then officer, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Chartashia has worked tireless to encourage both membership and the general public to register to vote. Further, she reminded and encourages them to actually vote in the in local and national elections. Her driving passion is her work with youth, especially the underserved, in communities of color. She has made it her mission to provide what she didn’t have growing up. She founded Coaching With Results, LLC, in 2017, where she coaches youth ages 12-18 and college students the nuances and value of life skill proficiencies. Her dedication to youth, and her drive to reach back and empower young people to be their best selves, truly aligns with the definition and ideals of humanitarianism.

TRAILBLAZER AWARD FIRSTBANK – MULTICULTURAL BANKING CENTER, (represented by Tony Oum, Executive Vice President). When Tony Oum’s father dreamed of opening a restaurant he came to FirstBank to help him finance his new business. Tony remembers the nervous anticipation of waiting, and then excitement his family felt when they were granted their start up loan. Tony worked alongside his father, started at nine years old, along with his brother and mother. As it grew, it eventually funded Tony’s college education; often the true motivation for most immigrant/ minority owned small businesses. Once he graduated from college, Tony was ready to start his career and applied for a position at FirstBank. In 2015, Tony, and a small circle of bank officers, followed the vision of former FirstBank president, Ken Chee, formed a group to promote banking to the Asian community. In 2020, FirstBank launched Colorado’s first Multicultural Banking Center (MBC), in Lakewood, Colorado. The MBC joined the organization’s Spanish and Asian Banking Center, where customer can receive services with an understanding of their culture, in their preferred language. The center also provides financial literacy classes, community

PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES collaboration opportunities and homeownership tools. The Multicultural Banking Center is just one way FirstBanks brings needed support to the communities of color.

JOYCE MARIE DAVIS YOUTH AWARD TAYLIANNA CHAMBERS LOPEZ is a 15 year old sophomore, and homecoming court nominee, at Rangeview High School where she is an honor student in Chemistry and Math. In addition to being an exceptional student she is also very active in her church and helps her grandmother with her catering business. Taylianna’s grandmother involved her in several community organizations whose members would expose and mentor her in the areas of compassion, servant leadership, nurturing community and leadership models for women. Taylianna serves as the treasurer for Top Teens of America, Mountain West Chapter, and has represented the chapter in the Area Youth Leadership Conferences for the past three years. The chapter members voter her as Aspiring Leader for the Top Teens Chapter for demonstrating and outstanding attitude, responsibility and commitment to her local chapter and community; additionally participated in the service project for Senior Citizen Community Partner. She is a member of the Denver Public Safety Youth Program, which provides young people from diverse social, economic and achievement backgrounds the opportunity to exchange ideas on community wide anti-crime and violence issues that impact them individually and as a group. Taylianna is a compassionate, nurturing community member, self-sufficient, social justice minded leader and role model who, upon graduating from high schools plans to attend college and seek a career in social just or other social service opportunity.

WILMA J. WEBB FOUNDERS AWARD THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA ELLA ABERNETHY-FELICIANNA is receiving this award posthumously for her legendary advocacy in the pursuit if justice for tenant legal rights. She co-founded the Abernethy Law Office, with her father, a retired judge. It was a private firm that specialized in landlord tenant dispute resolutions, family and probate law. Often referred to as the “Eviction Defense Goddess” spent over 20 years fighting for the tenant rights of the disadvantaged and marginalized populations, before becoming a judge. Her philosophy was that “if you want to do something about homelessness in our community, first start by helping tenants from becoming wrongfully evicted from their existing homes.” She worked to ‘balance the scales of justice’ for hundreds of single-mothers, senior citizens, people with mental and physical disabilities, poor college student’s miles from home, brown people, black people, immigrants, refugees and members from the GLBTQ communities, at affordable legal services.

For several enjoyable years she worked for little or no compensation with Community Housing Services of Denver providing landlord/tenant rights and housing resource referral information to callers that sough immediate assistance. Over the years, attorney Abernethy’s efforts for tenant rights advocacy, education and outreach lead to awards from the Denver Bar Association and

PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERT BIOGRAPHIES the Better Business Bureau. In 1991 the Colorado Bar Association presented her with the 10th annual Donald W. Hoagland Award “in appreciation of her outstanding and dedicated leadership in the development of legal services to the poor”. Justice Abernethy helped invisible population be seen, respected and treated fairly.

THE HONORABLE MENOLA UPSHAW LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CLEMENTINE WASHINGTON PIGFORD, MA, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Nu Omega Chapter, a master researcher, storyteller, and historian of Denver’s African American Community, is posthumously receiving this award for her community service and role of documenting the history of Zion Baptist Church and the chapter history of Epsilon Nu Omega. She retired from Denver Public Schools in November 1998 and was the first full-time, African American female classroom instructor at Red Rocks Community College, from 19691985. An outstanding historian and writer, Ms. Pigford decided to document the history of Zion Baptist Church, from 1863-1999; it became a nine volume, 4000-page, book series, They Came to Colorado With the Dust of Slavery On Their Backs. The book has been placed in the Denver Public Library, the Colorado History Library and the Black American West Museum. Ms. Pigford was a member of Zion for 70 years, from the age of seven on, serving various positions, including photographer, and on numerous committees; she took 85% of the photographs in her book. As an avid historian, and after all of the research she had done on the church, Ms. Pigford wrote for a Colorado Historical Society grant, resulting in over $400,000, to restore Zion’s exterior. With a desire to inspire her community to research and document history, she founded Imagine Scribe Services, Inc. The non-profit provided low-cost writing, photography and research services to persons and agencies with limited resources.

MARILYN CHIPMAN, PhD, a recognized Educational Sociologist, has spent 45 years developing learning guidance, educational policies to shape and improve public education. She has pursued increasingly responsible positions that have focused on improving educational systems by sitting at the tables where policy design and development occur. She has been a social worker, public school teacher, tenured college professor, and university administrator. she has also served as Area Coordinator for the Early Childhood Education program, Assistant to the Director for the Teachers for Colorado Program, Diversity Coordinator of the Rocky Mountain Teacher Education Collaborative, Co-Chair for the Colorado Commission on Higher Education Statewide Faculty-to-Faculty Articulation Conference, and Representative to the Governor’s Initiative on Families and Children. Dr, Chipman has written and published three Christian books, God’s Wedding Gift to the Bride Is Her Husband, Parenting: The Pain, the Privilege and the Power, and Nature Demands, as resources for raising children, family, etc., and has over 40 years of service in leadership and ministry in the church. Dr. Chipman an actively involved member of the International Interdenominational Ministers Wives and Minister’s Widows, speaking all over the world on a multitude of topics based on her vast knowledge in education and ministry leadership for women.

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