BOARD & STAFF | COLORADO SPRINGS WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL

Colorado Springs World Affairs Council-
Staff

Karen Burghart
Executive Director

Karen Burghart has been the Executive Director of the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council from 2015 to 2021 and 2022 to present, ...

TERRI BROWNING
International Visitor Program Manager

A University of Georgia graduate, Terri commissioned in the US Army as a Signal Officer in 2001, and did a total of 13 years in, ...

Board of Directors – Officers

CAROL ZANMILLER
Board Chair

Carol Zanmiller has a long career in the space and defense industry. She started her career in engineering, working all aspects of space, from building and launching satellites, working with on-orbit satellites...

STEVE RECCA
Vice Chair

Steve Recca is Executive Director of the Center for Human Security in the University of Colorado Colorado Springs College

CARRIE SECHEL
Treasurer

Throughout Carrie’s 25+ year career, she’s worked with a diverse set of clients, from Fortune 500 companies like JP Morgan, ...

Board Directors

KRISTINE BELL
Director

Kristine Bell is a highly skilled and seasoned researcher with over seven years of experience specializing in topics central to homeland security, to include historical and contemporary ...

MARTIN BURLINGAME
Director

Martin Burlingame is the Division President of One80 Binding at One80 Intermediaries with offices in the US and Canada. He focuses on specialty insurance and is a Lloyds ...

Aaron Esparson
Director

Aaron is an avid advocate for civic engagement, promoting democratic participation and community involvement through public programming, local partnerships, and educational ...

HILARY DUSSING
Director

Hilary Dussing spent over 33 years in the petroleum energy business and held numerous senior and executive level positions with several ...

CHIP FRAZER
Director

Chip Frazer is a 27-year US Army Veteran, having spent time on five continents and in some amazingly interesting countries. He served as an Intelligence and Information

SCHUYLER FOERSTER
Director

Following an Air Force career in which he served as a senior advisor in security and arms control ...

ALPHY JOHNSON
Director

During his career as an international hotelier, Alphy has enjoyed the opportunity to work in the Europe, Asia, Middle East and the Americas, at both the executive

BRIAN MENDIOLA
Director

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JIM RIX
Director

Jim retired from the Air Force after 27 years of service in a wide range of intelligence and information operations roles, deploying for 3 conflicts. He was a Latin America Foreign ...

JOY SCHULZ
Director

Joy Schulz is a Teaching Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Joy holds a Ph.D. in the History of American Foreign Relations from the University of Nebraska ...

Emeritus Directors

KARL SCHNEIDER
Emeritus Director

Karl Schneider has 22 years of experience in the United States Army as a Special Forces Officer (Green Beret), and Foreign Area Officer.  Karl has served all over the world from South Korea, Europe, Turkey, Africa, as well as ...

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