Dancing with the Denver Stars raises $325,000 Dancing with the Denver Stars was little more than a “wild idea” that Gwen Brewer and the board of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance cooked up nine years ago. It proved to be so popular that today it is the nonprof
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In addition to Hickenlooper and Bronson, the cast of 2018 included Tyrone Gant, senior vice president and director of treasury management for Vectra Bank Colorado; Leslie Eaton, an attorney with Ballard Spahr; Kelli Kelly, director of diversity and inclusion for PCL Construction; and Murphy Robinson, executive director of general services for the city and county of Denver.
Also, Patrick Heck, executive vice president and chief revenue officer for Denver International Airport; Cliff Rigsbee, vice president of merchandising and marketing for Albertsons/safeway; Amy Parsons, executive vice chancellor at Colorado State University; Gloria Neal, CEO of Gloknows Unlimited; Colleen Faddich, a shareholder at Polsinelli; Alice K. Jackson, president of Xcel Energy-colorado; and Joel Hillan, news anchor and reporter at CBS4.
The guests included Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne; state Reps. Rhonda Fields, Janet Buckner and James Coleman; Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and his wife, Mary Louise Lee; Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul; the Rev. Eugene Downing Jr., pastor of New Hope Baptist Church; former state Sen. Gloria Tanner; Vanes- sa Jamison; Donnyale Ambrosine; Susu Vaden, Toi Massey and Schyleen Qualls Brown, a founding member of CPRD and the evening’s mystery dancer.
Proceeds from Dancing with the Denver Stars 2018 will enable CPRD to expand its educational outreach beyond the current 62 schools that it serves in low-income communities.