SunFest 2023 Speakers - The Colorado Sun

Sept. 29, 2023
Auraria Campus – Downtown Denver

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SunFest 2023 Speakers:

Jason Blevins: Moderator
Outdoors Reporter,
The Colorado Sun

Keynote: Conor Hall
Director of Outdoor
Recreation Industry Office

Moderator: Tamara Chuang
Business Writer
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Elizabeth Garner
Colorado State Demographer

Moderator: Hugh Carey
Staff Photographer
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Ben Rasmussen
Photographer

Moderator: Michael Booth
Environment Reporter,
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Terry Breheny
Founder, Director
Ωhm On The Range, Ltd.

Speaker: Gracie Cole
Systems Engineer
Sierra Space

Speaker: Carter Chandler
Vice President of Client Delivery
Classic Car Electrification Enthusiast

Speaker: Kevin Spencer
Master Electrician

Speaker: Will Toor
Director – Colorado Energy Office

Speaker: Dan Blankenship
CEO – Roaring Fork
Transportation Authority

Speaker: Debra A. Johnson
General Manager of
Regional Transportation District (RTD)

Moderator: Tracy Ross
Rural Reporter
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Eric Odell
Wolf Conservation Program Manager
Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Speaker: Don Gittleson
Ranch Owner
Gittleson Angus

Moderator: Jesse Paul
Politics Reporter
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Gov. Jared Polis
Colorado Governor

Speaker: Sen. Michael Bennet
U.S. Senator

Speaker: Sen. John Hickenlooper
U.S. Senator

Kevin Simpson — Moderator: Kevin Simpson
Writer, Editor
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Ted Conover
Author

Speaker: Teotenantzin Ruybal
Special Guest

Moderator: Jennifer Brown
Human Services Reporter
The Colorado Sun

Moderator: Tatiana Flowers
Equality Reporter
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Dr. Jamie Rife
Executive Director
Metro Denver Homeless Initiative

Speaker: Milagros Barsallo Rubio
Director of Public Engagement
City of Denver

Speaker: Britta Fisher
President, CEO
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

Moderator: Dana Coffield
Senior Editor
The Colorado Sun

Moderator: Danika Worthington
Presentation Editor
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Christopher Byard
Food Truck Profiler
Denver Westword

Speaker: Ethan Pan
Assistant Food Editor
5280 Magazine

Speaker: Josie Sexton
Freelancer Writer

Moderator: John Ingold
Health Reporter
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Dr. Bob Hancock
Biology Professor
Denver Metropolitan University
Of Denver

Speaker: Michael “Doc” Weissmann
Chief Entomologist
Vector Disease Control International

Moderator: Sandra Fish
Data Journalist
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Patricia Raybon
Author

Speaker: Alan Prendergast
Author

Moderator: Reilly Capps
Editorial Director
HealingMaps

Speaker: Bri Bendixsen
Psychedelic Psychotherapist
Reflective Healing

Speaker: Travis Tyler Fluck
Autognostic Mycologist
Denver Mushroom Cooperative

Moderator: Shannon Mullane
Water Reporter
The Colorado Sun

Speaker: Sen. Dylan Roberts
Colorado State Senator

Speaker: Ron Redd
District Manager
Parker Water & Sanitation District

Speaker: Ted Leighty
CEO
Colorado Association of Home Builders

Speaker: Jennifer Gimbel
Senior Water Policy Advisor
Colorado Water Center
Colorado State University

Speaker: Bill Rock
President of Mountain Division
Vail Resorts

Speaker: Dr. Matthew DeCamp
Associate Bioethics Professor
University of Colorado-Anschutz
Center for Bioethics & Humanities

Speaker: Dr. Casey Greene
Director
University of Colorado-Anschutz
Center for AI Health

Speaker: Dr. CT Lin
Chief Medical Information Officer / Professor
UCHealth / University of Colorado
School of Medicine

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