Committees

Denver’s Exploratory Committee and subcommittees are tasked with determining whether hosting a future Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games would be good for Denver and Colorado. The committees are composed of civic and community leaders from around the State of Colorado.

Exploratory Committee

Name	Company
Honorary Chair: Michael Hancock	City of Denver
Honorary Chair: John Hickenlooper	State of Colorado
Committee Chair: Robert Cohen	The IMA Financial Group
Committee Members: Jandel Allen-Davis	Kaiser Permanente
Christine Benero	United Way Denver
Carrie Besnette Hauser	Colorado Mountain College
Chauncey Billups	Former Professional Athlete, Philanthropist
Jeremy Bloom	Integrate
Albus Brooks	City Council
Kelly Brough	Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Denise Burgess	Burgess Services
Terrance Carroll	Butler Snow, LLC
Luella Chavez D'Angelo	University of Colorado South Denver
Jerome Davis	Xcel Energy
Navin Dimond	Stonebridge Companies
Tami Door	Downtown Denver Partnership
Don Elliman	CU Anschutz Medical Campus
Mike Ferrufino	Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Cole Finegan	Hogan Lovells
Mike Fries	Liberty Global
Maria Garcia Berry	CRL Associates
Happy Haynes	Denver Department of Parks and Recreation
Bill Hybl	El Pomar Foundation
Mike Imhof	Vail Valley Foundation
Walter Isenberg	Sage Hospitality
Bruce James	Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Chris Jarnot	Vail Resorts
Michelle Lucero	Children's Hospital Colorado
Peyton Manning	Former professional athlete, Businessman, Philanthropist
Steve McConahey	SGM Capital
Ken Schanzer	NBC Sports
Richard Scharf	VISIT DENVER
Janice Sinden	Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Marjorie Sloan	City of Golden
Elaine Torres	CBS4
Bill Vidal	City of Denver
Paul Washington	JLL
Wellington Webb	Webb Group International
Tracy Winchester	Five Points Business District

Subcomittees

The Olympic and Paralympic Exploratory Committee is divided into four subcommittees (Finance/Fundraising, Community/Civic Engagement, Games Concept/Operations, and Guarantees/Legal) that will focus on exploring different facets of the Olympic and Paralympic 2026 bid process.