Board Meetings for the 2011-12 School Year
Semester 1
September 23, 2011, Friday, 4 pm Agenda
October 21, 2011, Friday, 4 pm Agenda
Board Retreat, October 28-29, 2011 Agenda
November 18, 2011, Friday, 4 pm Agenda
December 16, 2011, Friday, 4 pm
Semester 2
January 20, 2012, Friday, 4pm Agenda February 21, 2012, Friday, 4pm Agenda
Board Meetings for the 2010-11 School Year
2010-11 School Year Semester 2 (January - June)
Friday 4 pm unless otherwise noted
January 21 Agenda
February 25 Agenda
March 18
April 29 Agenda
May 20
June 24
2010-11 School Year Semester 1 (August - December)
Tuesday, August 10 5pm at Rudy's Agenda
Mondays at 4 pm unless otherwise noted
August 23 -- Agenda
September 27 -- Agenda
Board Retreat, October 15 -- Agenda
October 18 -- Agenda
November 15 -- Agenda
December 13 -- Agenda
CSEC's Governing Board
Deborah Hendrix - Deborah currently is the President of Colorado Springs Early Colleges and the Harrison School District Board. She is known for her commitment to having all students in the district achieve proficiently at grade level. She also has a major emphasis on every student learning to read. She has supported educational choice; one of her two daughters attends Colorado Springs Early Colleges, and the other James Irwin Charter Schools. She has been an executive with Junior Achievement and currently does training for Dale Carnegie. Deborah has experience working in the area of leadership and career development, diversity management and board development. She has trained thousands of employees in the areas of people management, customer service, customer-focused selling, new employee orientation, meeting and project management and a host of other topics. Deborah is an event planner and has executed week-long staff conferences and regional trainings for over 500 + attendees on a yearly basis. She has managed both people and financial resources.
Deborah Hendrix 720 Bosque Vista Point, Colorado Springs, CO 80916 dhendrix635@msn.com Home: 719-271-2411 Cell: 719-382-8214
Ed Jones – Ed is currently the Treasurer of Colorado Springs Early Colleges. He brings to the Board of Colorado Springs Early Colleges an outstanding career of governmental service. He was elected as an El Paso County Commissioner and served for eight years and was first elected in 1994. It was while he was a Commissioner that he began championing his work for students and those who have been left behind so often in our society. He was elected to the Colorado Senate from District 11 in 2002. He served on the Education, Local Government Labor and Legal Services Committees. Senator Jones also was Vice Chair of the Education Task Force of the American Legislative Exchange Council. He was instrumental in passing several bills that had a positive and specific impact on K-12 education. He graduated from the University of Phoenix in 2002 with a degree in Business Management.
Ed Jones 14 Lawrence Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80909
edjones62@msn.com Home: 719-389-0798 Work: 719-332-0897
Pat Pace – Pat is currently the Vice President of Colorado Springs Early Colleges. She brings a rich background of educational expertise to the Board of Colorado Springs Early Colleges. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Rockmont College located in Lakewood, Colorado and a second Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Western State College in Gunnison Colorado. She obtained her Colorado teaching certificate while attending Western State College and has been active in the home school movement here in Colorado. She has used a variety of educational approaches to home schooling her four children including on-line education. Her experience will be very valuable to Colorado Springs Early Colleges with our Early College Connection program to reach out to those students who would like to attend Colorado Springs Early Colleges part time.
Pat Pace 4465 Delighted Circle South, Colorado Springs, CO 80917
pat.pace@comcast.net Home: 719-550-0246 Cell: 719-659-7345
Laura Calhoun – Laura is currently the Treasurer of Colorado Springs Early Colleges.
She is the Senior Pastor of Restored Life Church. She is also the Founder and President of the Nehemiah Women’s Resource Center which is a community outreach ministry to treat the whole person, spirit, soul and body. She brings an extensive background of involvement in reaching out to the minority community of Colorado Springs. She was born in the Bronx, New York and grew up on Long Island where she graduated from Central Islip Senior High School. She also attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. for 2 years. She is currently attending Colorado State University – Pueblo, where she is majoring in Social Work. During our first year of the school, upon hearing our mission statement, she actively recruited students to our school. Currently, our school bus stops at her church to pick up students. She provides activities before and after school for those students.
Laura Calhoun 4337 Levi Lane, Colorado Springs, CO 80925
pastor@riccos.org Work: 719-392-2863 Cell: 719-229-1881
Michael Mastrodonato – Michael is Vice President and General Council for Humanitarian International Services Group which serves orphans and widows of the World. He joined the law firm of Kaman, Berlove, Marfiioti, Jacobstein & Goldman, LLP in September of 1988. On January 3, 1995, he was named as a partner with the Law Firm of Kaman, Berlove, Marafioti, Jacobstein & Goldman, LLP. Michael’s primary areas of practice include general corporate law, real estate, estate planning and trusts and estates. A 1981 graduate of St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, he received his Juris Doctor Degree from the Santa Clara University School of Law in Santa Clara, California in 1988. His Bar Membership includes New York State, Fourth Judicial Department and United States District Court, Western District of New York. He is active in civic and community affairs serving on numerous boards. His son, Michael, is a graduate of Colorado Springs Early Colleges.
Michael Mastrodonato 1335 Boldmere Court, Monument, Colorado 80132
mmastrodonato@hisg.org Work: 719-481-0332 Cell: 719-352-5217
Robert Abeyta – Robert is Water Leak Search Technician for Colorado Springs Utilities. He has worked for the Utilities Department and City of Colorado Springs for over 20 years. Prior to working at CSU he worked for The Salvation Army as the Activities Leader for seven years. Prior experience includes working as a coal miner he worked in the Allen mine at Trinidad, Colorado who produced ore for the Colorado Fuel and Iron Steel Mill in Pueblo, Colorado. He has a HVAC/Major Appliance Degree from Technical Trades Institute. Rob brings his labor expertise to the Governing Board of Colorado Springs Early College. His expertise is beneficial for those students who want to obtain a career and technical Associate’s Degree. He understands what is necessary to reach the Hispanic community of Colorado Springs with the opportunity that Colorado Springs Early Colleges provides.
Robert L. Abeyta 640 East Boulder Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
robandglori88@msn.com Home: 719-630-7117 Cell: 719-649-0537
Thomas Clark - Tom is currently CEO / CTO of Elk Creek Technology Partners in Colorado Springs, He has worked at Elk Creek Technology Partners for 8 years serving the small business and medical community by building, maintaining, protecting and securing their IT systems and data. Prior to working at Elk Creek Technology Partners Mr. Clark worked as Director of Engineering Support Services at NeoCore Inc. ITXC Inc. and Voxware Inc. which were startup companies in high technology. His job at these companies was to create staff and direct the Quality Assurance, Documentation and Customer Service departments of these companies assisting the development and release of the company’s products. He has also worked as a Software Quality Assurance Manager and Engineer at Symantec and Central Point Software. Previously he spent 10 years at Tektronix Inc. working at a Software QA Engineer, Staff Engineer and Electronics Technician. Thomas started his career serving his country as an Electronic Technician in the US Navy.
Tom Clark 4346 Thornburg Way, Colorado Springs, CO 80922
tclark@elkcreekcomputers.com Work: 719-576-4122 Cell: 719-238-8576
