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Leadership

 

 

James Ogsbury

Executive Director

 

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Jim joined WGA in 2012. Born and raised in Arizona, he has extensive experience with the issues that are important to the region. Prior to joining WGA, Jim served as legislative director for the League of Arizona Cities and Towns.  A graduate of Harvard College and Arizona State University College of Law, Jim also has served as the clerk and staff director for the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development.

 

Holly Propst

Policy Director -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

 720 897-4534

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Holly Propst is a veteran public policy professional, having served in senior staff positions in the U.S. Congress, as a Colorado State Land Board Commissioner, and as Manager of Public Policy for Xcel Energy.Most recently, Holly served as the executive director and general counsel of the Western Business Roundtable.

A Colorado native, Holly earned a B.A. degree from the University of Denver and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. 

 

Joe Rassenfoss

Communications Director -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

720 897-4555

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Joe is a 25-year veteran of newspapers (Kansas City Star, Rocky Mountain News) and web publishing (Microsoft) who moved into media relations in 2009 with the opening of R&R Media, a public relations company that specialized in social media. Clients included Andre Agassi, Swany Performance Gloves, and American Humane Association farm animal program. A graduate of the Journalism School at the University of Missouri, Joe lives in Denver with his wife and three children.

 

Chris McKinnon

Operations Director & Senior Policy Advisor -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

720 897-4552 

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Chris has worked at WGA for thirty three years serving in almost every position --intern, research analyst, project manager, program manager, senior policy advisor and interim executive director. In addition Chris manages the office IT infrastructure.  Chris has worked at WGA so long his only prior jobs were as a newspaper delivery boy and a bus boy at a Holiday Inn. 

He received his Bachelor of Arts from San Diego State University in 1978, majoring in political science, business management and economics.  He earned his MPA with an emphasis on public policy from the University of Colorado in 1984.

 

Policy

 

 

Carlee Brown

Policy Manager for Water and Wildlife - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

720 897-4547

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Carlee joined WGA in 2011 and works on research, writing, and general support for WGA's Water and Wildlife initiatives. She graduated from Stanford University with a BA in American Studies and a MS in Earth Systems, both with a concentration on agricultural policy. Her interests center around natural resources management, particularly in relation to agriculture and water.

 

Linda Davis

Financial Manager/Policy Manager -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

720 897-4537

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Linda joined WGA in 2003 after leaving the telecommunications industry as a financial analyst.  She has served in many industries as a financial analyst while in Denver, including Oil and Gas and Agribusiness.  Linda moved to Denver after completing graduate school at American University and working for the U.S. Agency International Development.  In addition to her job as WGA's Financial Manager, Linda is overseeing aspects of WGA's Regional Transmission Expansion Project

 

Ann Walker

Policy Manager for Forest Health, biomass -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

720 897-4539

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Ann joined WGA in 2008 and is the Program Director for Forest and Rangeland Health. In that capacity she works to encourage the use of small diameter wood to improve forest management and restoration. She has served on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Wildland Fire and represented the Oregon Governor's office on WGA's Forest Health Advisory Committee from 2005-2008.  Ann has more than 30 years of experience in fire prevention and suppression, policy development, and coordination of community and forestry programs.  Over her career, she worked for the Oregon Department of Forestry, Oregon Office of the Attorney General, the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.  

Administration

   

Deborah Kinsley

Administrative Assistant -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

303 623-9378

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 A South Dakota native,Deb manages all of WGA's meetings and travel, among many other responsibilities.   

Toni McCammon

Executive Assistant - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

303 623-9378

 Toni-web  A Colorado native, Toni is the Executive Assistant to James Ogsbury and manages all office correspondence, among her many other duties.  She has been with WGA since its inception in 1984.  
Sara Lang Grants Administrator -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   720 897-4543

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Sara manages federal and private grants, and helps out with WGA meeting logistics. Originally a school teacher in the Washington, D.C., area, she got her bachelor’s degree at Ohio State University and master’s degree from George Mason.

 

 

Heidi Fuller

WGA's Sponsor Liaison -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

301 675-2600

 

 

 

Denver Office

1600 Broadway

Suite 1700

Denver, CO 80202

303 623-9378

303 534-7309

Washington, D.C. Office

400 N. Capitol St., N.W.

Suite 376

Washington, D.C. 20001

202 624-5402

202 624-7707