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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.