Board of Commissioners

Boulder Housing Partners Commissioners

Valerie Soraci, Chair

First Appointed in 2010
Valerie Soraci is the owner of Dragonfly Gardens and specializes in water wise and native plant design. She is a citizen advocate for affordable housing, also serving on the board for Boulder Housing Coalition. Ms Soraci is an active volunteer in the Boulder community.

Dick Harris, Vice-Chair

First Appointed in 2012
Dick Harris has served on Boulder's Planning Board and City Council, many years in environmental organizations, and on the Board of Thistle Communities, a Boulder affordable housing non-profit. He is a retired physicist and manager from NIST.

Pamela Griffin

First Appointed in 2015
Pamela Griffin is the resident representative currently serving as President of the Resident Representative Council.

Karen Klerman

First Appointed in 2009
Karen Klerman is a Vice President and Relationship Manager at Wells Fargo's Commercial Real Estate Banking group. She is currently a member of the Urban Land Institute, and CU Real Estate Council, and recently finished a five year term on Boulder's Downtown Management Commission.

Claire Levy

First Appointed in 2016
Claire is a former legislator in the Colorado House of Representatives, serving seven years before being termed out. Claire was named the Executive Director of the Colorado Center on Law and Policy on November 1, 2013. The Colorado Center on Law and Policy is a Denver-based nonprofit organization working to advance the health, economic security and well-being of low-income Coloradans through research, education, advocacy and litigation.

Nikki McCord

First Appointed in 2014
Nikki McCord is the founder of McCord Consulting Group, a boutique governmental and business consulting firm. Ms. McCord is an advocate for a diverse Boulder and also serves as a board member for the University of Notre Dame Club of Denver and the Community Action Programs Board of Boulder County.

Mark Ruzzin

First Appointed in 2014
Mark Ruzzin is a Senior Policy Analyst for the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners, where he leads a team that provides legislative affairs and intergovernmental relations services for Boulder County. He is a former city councilmember and mayor of Boulder.

Bob Walker

First Appointed in 2017
Bob Walker is a retired affordable housing developer having done projects in Boulder, Lafayette, Longmont, Brighton and Aurora. He served many years on the City of Boulder’s Technical Review Group for Housing and Human Services and is also on the Board for the BHP Foundation.

Bob Yates

First Appointed in 2017
After a career as a real estate lawyer in private practice and as a senior executive of Level 3 Communications, Bob Yates retired in 2011 to serve the Boulder community; he was elected to the Boulder City Council in 2015. Bob is the designated City Council representative on the board.

The Commissioners can be contacted at: bhpboard@boulderhousing.org

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