Complete or Correct Your 2024-25 FAFSA/ CASFA Today!

 
0

COSI Board

Group of 100 COSI stakeholders fill the stairs at the Colorado State Capitol

The Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative Board functions as an advisory board and is responsible for promulgating rules, carrying out the strategic plan and vision of COSI, identifying and supporting growth and expansion of the program, and considering and approving funds. 

 

COSI Advisory Board Role

The COSI “why” focuses on students first, and our board members are ready to bring their unique perspective and have a passion for serving students and making higher education more attainable for all Coloradans.  The board works to promulgate rules, carry out the strategic plan and vision of COSI, identify and support growth and expansion of the program, and consider and approve funds.

The Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative is entering a phase of growth and innovation. Board members play an important role alongside COSI staff to influence and shape the program in this critical time. With $64 million in federal stimulus, COSI is expanding two new programs that target adults with some college, no degree and aims to build a stronger Colorado workforce by focusing on the state’s top job needs.

Board Structure

Fifteen members serve on the COSI Advisory Board, which recently changed structure based on the passage of SB21-179.

Seven members to be appointed by the Executive Director of the Department of Labor designee and the Executive Director of Higher Education or his or her designee. Appointments will include:

  • One person representing a four-year research institution in the state
  • One person representing a four-year postsecondary institution in the state
  • One person representing the community colleges and area technical colleges in the state
  • One person representing workforce centers
  • One person representing economic development corporations
  • One person who is a current or former participant of the initiative for a two-year institution of higher education
  • One person who is a current or former participant of the initiative for a four-year institution of higher education

Four persons from the Colorado Workforce Development Council created in section 24-46.3-101, to be appointed by the Executive Director of the Department of Labor or his or her designee.

Four persons, either Commissioners of Colorado Commission of Higher Education created in section 23-1-102, members of the advisory committee to the Colorado Commission of Higher Education created in section 23-1-103, or any combination thereof, appointed by the Executive Director of the Department of Higher Education or his or her designee.

Meet the COSI Advisory Board

 

Ana Temu Otting

 

 

 

 

Ana Temu-Otting

Board Chair, Colorado Commission on Higher Education

image of Daniel Bala

 

 

Daniel Bala
Former COSI Scholar representing a two-year institution 
Dr. Ryan Barone

Dr. Ryan Barone
Colorado State University

Representing a four-year institution

man with gray hair posing and smilingCommissioner Richard Elsner
Colorado Workforce Development Council
Chancellor Joe Garcia

 

 

Chancellor Joe Garcia
Colorado Community College System

 

Women with long wavy brown hair smiling in a red suit

 

Lisandra Gonzales

Colorado Commission on Higher Education

close up shot of woman with shoulder length blonde hair smiling

 

Tara Hosick

Colorado Workforce Development Council

 

Black man with goatee in a blue collared shirt with tie

 

Nahum Kisner

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Representing a 4-year Institution

 

Dr. Teina McConnell

 

Dr. Teina McConnell
Colorado Workforce Development Council - Area Technical College
Picture of Tanya Muniz
Tanya Muniz
Workforce Center
women with long straight brown hair in red cardigan smiling
Lindsey Sandoval
Former COSI Scholar representing a four-year institution
Black man with grey hear smiling in a grey suit and stripped tie

Dr. Dedrick Sims

Colorado Workforce Development Council

Bald black man smiling in a suit and tie
Dr. Eric Tucker
Colorado Commission on Higher Education
 
women with long blonde hair smiling in white collared shirt with arms crossed

Kim Woodworth


Vice Chair, Economic Development Council of Colorado

Board Meetings & Agendas

The COSI Board is scheduled to meet on the following dates:

2024-2025

  • July 18, 2024 (retreat) 

  • September 20, 2024 

  • December 12, 2024 

  • March 19, 2025 

  • May 14, 2025 

The agenda for each board meeting will be posted in the link below about two weeks prior to the meeting. 

Board Agendas