The Board of Directors of the Institute (the "board") is an independent, unincorporated association formed at the request of the Dean of the Medical School to set and implement the mission, goals and policies of the Given Institute as approved by the University of Colorado School of Medicine.  The board has no other affiliation with the University or the Medical School.

The mission of the board is (i) to help make the Institute more relevant to the local Roaring Fork Valley community by advising and assisting in the development, promotion and presentation of the Institute's public lectures and health related programs and (ii) to advise and assist the Institute Director in the promotion and use of the Institute.

Given Institute Board of Directors 2009

Chairman

Bruce C. Paton, MD

Director, Given Institute

Richard Krugman, MD

Vice Chancellor of Health Affairs, School of Medicine, University of Colorado

Henry N. Claman, MD

Professor, Division of Allergy/Clinical Immunology, School of Medicine,
University of Colorado

 J. John Cohen, MD, PhD

Professor, Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado

Elizabeth Dart

Founder and President of the Rodwell Dart Memorial Foundation

Mary Dominick

Vice President of Wilderness Workshop

Christopher M. Filley, MD

Professor, S/M Neurology Department, School of Medicine, University of Colorado

Stanley D. Gertzbein, MD

The Aspen Back Institute; Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Tom Griffiths

President, Vectra Bank

Philip Holstein

Entrepreneur, Developer

Gail King, MD

Aspen Center for Women’s Health

James P. Kelly, MD

Neuroscience Center, School of Medicine, University of Colorado

Madeleine Larson

Officer, Gustave A. Larson Company
Board of Directors, National Jewish Hospital

Steven H. Lewis, MD, FCAP, FACOG

Clinical Professor, School of Medicine, University of Colorado
Chair, Program Committee

Martin Manosevitz, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

Jay Webster

Local Philanthropist

Michael P. Weissberg, MD

Professor/Director, Psychiatry Medical Student Education, School of Medicine,
University of Colorado

Mark Yarborough, PhD

Director /Associate Professor, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Colorado

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Janet Ferrara

Manager, Given Institute

Laura Merino

Development Officer, Given Institute

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