Bell Public Policy Fellows
Senior Fellows
John Creighton, Senior Fellow, Policy and Research
John Creighton is founder of Conocer, a public leadership consulting firm based in Longmont. Conocer supports clients through public opinion research, strategy and professional development. John is a principal author or researcher on more than 30 public opinion studies. Before founding Conocer, John was vice president of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovations, where he now serves as a senior fellow. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas and earned a master’s of public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
E-mail: jcreighton@publicleader.org
Andy Hartman, Senior Fellow, Policy and Research
Andy Hartman was the Director of Policy and Research at the Bell from 2001 through 2004. Prior to joining the Bell, Andy served as executive director of the National Institute for Literacy in Washington, D.C., a position he held for eight years. Prior to that, he served as GOP staff director for the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor.
Andy has a B.A. in psychology from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana; an M.A. in psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo; and a Ph.D. in child development from the University of Illinois at Champaign -Urbana. Andy also is the recipient of the national 2001 Literacy Leadership Award, a prestigious honor received in the past by former First Lady Barbara Bush and former U.S. Senator Paul Simon. He currently teaches in the Denver Public Schools.
E-mail: hartmanandy@yahoo.com
Public Policy Fellows
Calleigh Durr, Regis University, 2012-13
Sarah Lipscomb, University of Denver MSW, 2012-13
Kathleen Hallgren, Colorado College Public Interest Fellow, 2012-13
Courtney Green, Colorado College Summer Public Interest Fellow, 2012
Alec Arellano, Colorado College Public Interest Fellow, 2011-12
Elizabeth Stephan, Colorado College Public Interest Fellow, 2011-12
Melody Maitland, University of Denver MSW, 2011-12
Emily Conway, Colorado College Summer Public Interest Fellow, 2011
Sam Bailey, Regis University, 2011
Elena Fairley, Colorado College Public Interest Fellow, 2010-11
Patrick Moreno-Covington, Colorado College Summer Public Interest Fellow, 2010
Debra Judy, University of Denver MSW, 2009-10
Rebecca Kurz, University of Denver MSW, 2009-10
Suchi Smita Mahato, Colorado College Summer Public Interest Fellow, 2009
Christen Lara, Colorado College Public Interest Fellow, 2008-09
Shane Mueller, University of Denver MSW, 2008-09
Joel Minor, Colorado College Summer Public Interest Fellow, 2008
Othman Ouenes, Stanford University Public Interest Fellow, 2008
Elizabeth Maushart, The Fellows Initiative, C.S. Lewis Institute, 2007-08
Marija Weeden, University of Denver MSW, 2007-08
Isabel Nicholson, Colorado College Public Interest Fellow, 2007-08
Richard D. Eveleigh, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver, 2007
Will Holley, Yale University Summer Fellow, 2007
Lauren Bogard, Colorado College Summer Public Interest Fellow, 2007
Blair Woodbury, Colorado College Public Policy Public Interest Fellow, 2006-2007
Ashlee Elliott, University of Denver Public Policy Fellow, 2006-2007
Daniel Spivey, Colorado College Public Interest Fellow, 2005-06
Rachel Colorosa, Colorado College Summer Public Interest Fellow, 2006
Curtis Lee Garcia, Yale University Summer Fellow, 2006
Evan Enarson-Hering, Colorado College Public Interest Fellow, 2004-05
Ari Stiller-Shulman, Colorado College Summer Public Interest Fellow, 2005
Samantha Abate, University of Denver Institute for Public Policy Studies, 2005
Angela Frye, University of Colorado, Denver, 2005
Emily White, University of Denver, 2005
Sarah Rich, 2004
Greg Piesco-Putman, Colorado College, 2004
Lorien Nettleton, Metro State College, 2004
Jennifer Sharp-Silverstein, University of Colorado, 2003-04
Spiros Protopsaltis, University of Colorado, 2003-04
Emma Vangenderen, Yale University, 2003 and 2004
Caroline Gonzales, Columbia University, 2003
Lauren Fingeret, University of Denver, 2002-03
Robin Baker, University of Denver, 2002-03