When necessary due to an absence of the Chair, the off-rotation Commissioner shall serve as Vice-Chair during such absence. The Vice-Chair shall have the authority and duties provided in the Chairman-temporary chairman per Section 30-10-307, C.R.S.
Chair
Abe Laydon
Vice-Chair
George Teal
Each January the Board of County Commissioners meets to make certain appointments as provided by State Statute or Board Policy. The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners are appointed to the following for 2022:
18th Judicial District Attorney’s Seizure Board
Lora L. Thomas
Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority, Executive Committee
Abe Laydon
John Sieber
James Huffman
Staff Representative: Maureen Waller
Arapahoe/Douglas Workforce Development Board
Abe Laydon
Lauren Pulver, Alternate
Castle Rock Economic Development Council
George Teal
Lauren Pulver, Alternate
Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable
Abe Laydon
Alison Biggs
Dan Avery, Alternate
Mark Adams, Alternate
Chatfield Basin Watershed Authority
Lora L. Thomas, Vice Chair
Abe Laydon – Alternate
Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Control Authority
Abe Laydon
Jim Dederick, Alternate
Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials/Public Health Transformation Steering Committee
Abe Laydon
Colorado Coroners Standards and Training Board
Lora L. Thomas
Community Services Block Grant Tripartite Board
Abe Laydon
Terence Quinn, Designee
Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG)
George Teal – Board of Directors
Abe Laydon Alternate
Art Griffith and Lauren Pulver, Staff Representatives
Denver Regional Council of Government – Subregional Committee
Abe Laydon, George Teal, and Lora L. Thomas, Members
Denver South Economic Development Partnership Board of Directors
Abe Laydon
Lora L. Thomas, Alternate
Denver South Economic Development Partnership
Abe Laydon, Member
George Teal, Member
Lora L. Thomas, Member
Denver South I-25 Urban Corridor Transportation Management Authority
Abe Laydon
Lora L. Thomas, Alternate
Developmental Pathways Board of Directors
Abe Laydon
Douglas County Community Foundation
Abe Laydon
Douglas County Emergency Telephone (9-1-1) Authority
Lora L. Thomas
Douglas County Housing Partnership
George Teal
Jarrod D. Lassen
Douglas County Mental Health Initiative
Lora L. Thomas
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Forfeiture Board
Lora L. Thomas
Douglas County Youth Initiative Advisory Committee
Abe Laydon
Barbara Drake, Alternate
E-470 Public Highway Authority
George Teal
Lora L. Thomas, Alternate
Highline Canal Conservancy
Lora L. Thomas
Metro Area County Commissioners
Abe Laydon
George Teal
Lora L. Thomas
Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation
Abe Laydon
Lauren Pulver, County Representative
Mile High Flood District
Lora L. Thomas
Abe Laydon, Alternate
National Association of Counties (NaCO/NACoRF)
Abe Laydon -Transportation Policy Steering Committee
Lora L. Thomas – Justice and Public Safety Policy Steering Committee
Other Douglas County Representatives to NACO are:
Dan Makelky – Human Services and Education Steering Committee
Northwest Douglas County Economic Development Corporation
Lora L. Thomas
Lauren Pulver, Alternate
Partnership of Douglas County Governments
Abe Laydon
George Teal
Lora L. Thomas
Southern Shooting Partnership
George Teal
State Emergency Medical & Trauma Services Advisory Committee
Lora L. Thomas
– EMTS Injury and Prevention Subcommittee – Lora L Thomas
Unified Metropolitan Forensic Crime Lab
Lora L. Thomas
Colorado Counties Inc.
Secretary, Board of Directors – Lora L. Thomas
Public Safety Communications Committee – Lora. L. Thomas
Works Allocation Committee – Lora. L. Thoams
Colorado Counties Inc. (CCI) Steering Committees
- Agriculture, Wildlife and Rural Affairs – George Teal
- General Government – Lora L. Thomas
- Health & Human Services – Abe Laydon
- Justice and Public Safety – Lora L. Thomas
- Land Use & Natural Resources – Abe Laydon
- Public Lands – George Teal
- Taxation and Finance – George Teal
- Tourism and Economic Development – Lora L. Thomas
- Transportation & Telecommunications – Abe Laydon