IWD 2012

• (Chair) Sonya Bergeron, Zonta & UNA-USA
• Pam Doane, AAUW
• Su Piercy, AAUW
• Laura Stamp, Zonta
• Debbie Manzanares, Zonta
• Pam Sufak, Zonta
• Marge Zimmerman, AAUW
• Susie Nulty, Zonta

• Alice Borodkin
  • 2001-2009 Colorado State Representative and Zontian
    
• Katie Groke Ellis
  • The White House Project
• Pauleta Terven
  • AAUW Colorado Springs Branch President
    
• Jean Swartzendruber  
  • Chair of the Voter Services Team of the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region

The Honorable Alice Borodkin served in the Colorado House of Representatives for eight years, before being term limited in 2009. Alice is a graduate and Flemming Fellow of the Washington, DC-based Center for Policy Alternatives and a graduate of the Center for Women Policy Studies Foreign Policy Institute and their Women, Peace and Security Program. She is the founder and past editor/publisher of Women’s Business Chronicle, a newspaper for and about business for professional women.  She is currently serving on the Zonta District 12 Legislative Awareness and Advocacy Committee as the Colorado representative.  She is Chair of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado C4 Political board and is a member of Women Impacting Public Policy, a bi-partisan organization of over 500,000 business women, as a Colorado member.

Katie Groke Ellis

Katie Groke Ellis is the Rocky Mountain Regional Director for The White House Project and has a background in running ballot initiative campaigns and grassroots organizing.  A graduate of the University of Wyoming where she played on a soccer scholarship, Katie has worked with the NCAA, Choice USA, Springboard Enterprises and Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains developing and most recently implementing successful field programs to defeat anti-choice ballot initiatives and help elect pro-choice candidates to office.  Katie also has a Masters degree in Public Administration from the University of Colorado.  She also serves on the board of directors at the Colorado Women's Lobby and the Colorado Coalition for Girls.


Pauleta Terven
Pauleta Terven, President of the Colorado Springs Branch of AAUW will be sharing the AAUW Woman-to-Woman Voter Turnout initiative. Pauleta was the Director of Nutrition Services at Memorial Hospital until her retirement in 2001. In addition to AAUW service, her volunteer activites include nine years with the LitSource program of the Pikes Peak Library District working with English Language Learners. She served as a board member and president of Curiosity Unlimited, an organization that funds scholarships for UCCS students and works to connect faculty members with the community. Pauleta served as the coordinator for ten local churches that built six houses in the Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity program from 2006 to 2011. She also serves as newsletter editor for the Pikes Peak United Nations Association. She has a Masters in Public Administration from University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.

 
Jean Swartzendruber
Jean Swartzendruber is the current Chair of the Voter Services Team of the League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region.  A League member since 1971, Jean has served every role in the local League including League President.  She also served four years as Vice President for the state League.  Jean started her working life in Public Relations and Television and also worked at Colorado College in the Career Counseling and Placement Office.  She left that job to spend time traveling the world with her husband. Her involvement in League has continued because of her strong belief in providing people with the information they need to vote and getting them to act on it.
The League of Women Voters encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

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