The Colorado School of Mines Board of Trustees has three new incoming members, as well as one reappointment. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper announced the selection of Charles McNeil and Jesus Salazar and the reappointment of Tim Haddon. Each governor appointee will serve a four-year term. The academic faculty elected Terri Hogue for the faculty seat.
Charles McNeil has broad experience in the coal, oil and gas, mining and power industries. He received his bachelor’s degree from Mines in 1971 and was honored with the Mines Distinguished Achievement Medal in 1998. He has remained actively involved with Mines as a member of the Colorado School of Mines Foundation Board of Governors, Colorado School of MInes Foundation Property Management Corporation, and the President’s Council.
Since 1993, McNeil has been CEO of NexGen Resources Corporation, a natural resources company he founded. Prior to NexGen, he held executive-level positions with Kaiser Steel, Kaiser Oil & Gas, Kaiser Coal, Kaiser Power, Perma Resources and Consol Energy.
Jesus Salazar earned his bachelor’s in 2001 and master’s in 2002 from Mines. He is president and CEO of Prosono, a corporate social innovation services firm based in Denver. Throughout his career, Salazar has led a variety of initiatives for some of the largest organizations in North America.
Salazar is passionate about education and economic development causes for Colorado. In 2009, at the request of Lieutenant Governor Barbara O’Brien, he co-chaired the “Turning Around Struggling Schools” sub-committee for Colorado's Race to the Top application. In addition to the Mines Board of Trustees, he serves on three other boards: A+ Denver, Rocky Mountain PBS and Colorado Succeeds. He also sits on the Business Experiential Learning Commission charged with implementing a systemic solution for integrated work-based education and training to meet the needs of Colorado’s economy.
Timothy Haddon, a 1970 Mines graduate, is president and CEO of International Natural Resource Management Co. He received the Mines Distinguished Achievement Medal in 1993. He was originally appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2012.
Terri Hogue, PhD was elected as the faculty representative to serve on the board for the next two years. Hogue, a civil and environmental engineering professor, has been with Mines since 2012. Her research focuses on the impact of urbanization, wildfires, climate variability and increasing population on western watersheds and regional water supply. She is currently Director of the Hydrologic Science and Engineering graduate program and also Director of the ConocoPhillips Center for a Sustainable WE2ST.
The seven voting members of the Mines Board of Trustees are appointed by the governor for four-year terms. The student member and faculty member are non-voting members. The student member is elected yearly by the Colorado School of Mines student body and the faculty member is elected biennially by the academic faculty.
Contacts
Peter Han, Chief of Staff, President's Office, phan@mines.edu
Ashley Spurgeon, Editorial Assistant, Mines Magazine | 303-273-3959 | aspurgeon@mines.edu
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