2009 SLDS Grant - Letters of Support

The attached letters were provided as support for the 2009 SLDS project. Letters were provided by both system stakeholders and project oversight sources:

• Bill Ritter - Barbara O'Brien, Governor State of Colorado – Lt. Governor Co-Chair of the Colorado P-20 Council
• Michael T. Bennet, United States Senator
• John Salazar, United States Congress
• Betsy Markey , United States Congress
• Dwight Jones Commissioner Colorado Department of Education
• Debbie Benefield, Colorado House of Representatives
• Rico Munn, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Higher Education
• Michael Locatis, Executive Director, CIO – State of Colorado
• Micheline Casey, Chief Data Officer, Office of Information Technology State of Colorado
• Elliot Asp, Assistant Superintendent for Performance Improvement Cherry Creek Schools
• Lynn K. Rhodes, Dean University of Colorado School of Education & Human Development
• Ken Delay, Executive Director, Colorado Association of School Boards
• John Hefty, Executive Director, Colorado Association of School Executives
• Phil Gonring, Senior Program Officer ROSE Community Foundation
• Barbra Danbom, Senior Vice President, Grants Program Daniels Fund