Disability Funding Committee Mission Statement
To maximize support for new and innovative programs benefiting Colorado's disability community by raising and distributing funds as authorized by the Laura Hershey Disability Support Act.
Committee Bylaws
The committee's current bylaws can be viewed at this link.
Membership
The Disability Funding Committee was created in 24-30-2201, C.R.S. (effective August 11, 2016) pursuant to HB 16-1362. This bill consolidated the work of two previous committees: the Disability-Benefit Support Committee and the License Plate Auction Group.
The committee consists of thirteen members appointed by the governor. Of the thirteen members, at least seven members must be either a person with a disability, a care giver of a person with a disability, or a person who lives in a household with a person with a disability and is meaningfully involved in the care of a person with a disability. In making the appointments, the governor shall ensure that the committee has members with experience in or knowledge of business and business management, ‚ nonprofit entities and managing nonprofit entities, advocacy for persons with disabilities, the practice of medicine, and the practice of law with experience working with persons with disabilities.
DISABILITY FUNDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
for terms expiring August 12, 2025:
Jacob Pellinen, MD of Centennial, Colorado, to serve as a person in the practice of medicine, appointed,
Martha Mason of Hesperus, Colorado to serve as a person with a disability, and as a person with experience in or knowledge of nonprofit entities and managing nonprofit entities, appointed,
Craig Simon of Denver, Colorado to serve as a person with a disability, and as a person with experience in or knowledge of nonprofit entities and managing nonprofit entities, appointed,
Staci Nichols of Craig, Colorado to serve as a disabled person and an expert in non-profit management, occasioned by a resignation, appointed;
for terms expiring August 12, 2026:
Kenneth Maestas of Lamar, Colorado, to serve as a person with a disability, appointed,
Brenda Mosby of Denver, Colorado, to serve as a person with a disability, and as a person with experience in or knowledge of business and business management, appointed,
Hanni Raley of Westminster, Colorado, to serve as a person with experience in or knowledge of nonprofit entities and managing nonprofit entities, appointed,
Alvina Vasquez of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, to serve as a person with experience in or knowledge of business and business management, appointed,
Michael Stone of Boulder, Colorado, to serve as a representative of persons with disabilities, appointed;
for terms expiring August 12, 2027:
Oren Von Limbaugh of Aurora, Colorado, to serve as someone in the practice of law with experience working with persons with disabilities and a person who lives in a household with a person with a disability and is meaningfully involved in the care of a person with a disability, re-appointed,
Josef Scarantino of Denver, Colorado to serve as a representative of business, appointed,
MacKenzie Xavier Tarbert of Parker, Colorado to serve as a representative of business and super car aficionados, appointed,
Samuel Taylor of Broomfield, Colorado, to serve as an individual with knowledge of business and business management, re-appointed;