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Staff Assignments

Craig Harper
Staff Director

303-866-3481
craig.harper@coleg.gov

Department Assignments: 
Legislature

Connor Alcorn
Legislative Budget and Policy Assistant
Amanda Bickel
Chief Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4960
amanda.bickel@coleg.gov

Department Assignments: 
Education - All Divisions Other than School Finance and Categorical Programs
Higher Education - Financial Aid, College Opportunity Fund, Governing Boards, Local District College Grants, Area Technical Colleges

Justin Brakke
Principal Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4958
justin.brakke@coleg.gov

Department Assignments: 
Community Provider Rate Common Policy
Corrections
Public Safety - Division of Criminal Justice

Mitch Burmeister
Principal Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-3147
mitch.burmeister@coleg.gov

Department Assignments: 
Governor - Colorado Energy Office    
Natural Resources - Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety/ Oil & Gas Conservation Commission/ State Board of Land Commissioners/
         Severance Tax Policy    
Compensation Common Policies (including PERA)
Senate Appropriations Committee 

Phoebe Canagarajah
Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-2149
phoebe.canagarajah@coleg.gov

Department Assignments: 
Agriculture
Department of Labor and Employment

Jon Catlett
Senior Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4386
jon.catlett@coleg.gov

Department Assignments:
Marijuana Tax Policy
Military & Veterans Affairs
Revenue

Gustavo Cortés
Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4955
gustavo.cortes@coleg.gov

Department Assignments:
Public Safety- Exec. Director’s Office/ Colo. State Patrol/ Div. of Fire Prevention & Control/ Colo. Bureau of Investigation/
        School Safety Resource Center (in EDO)/ Div. of Homeland Security & Emergency Mgmt./ Disaster Emergency Fund (lead)
Transportation

Michelle Curry
Legislative Budget and Policy Assistant
Tom Dermody
Principal Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4963
tom.dermody@coleg.gov

Department Assignments: 
Health Care Policy and Financing - Office of Community Living
Human Services - Executive Director's Office, Indirect Costs (lead)/ Administration and Finance/ Office of Economic Security/ 
           Office of Adults, Aging, and Disability Services
Personnel - Executive Director’s Office/ Division of Human Resources/ Constitutionally Ind. Entities (Personnel Board)/ Division of Central Services/
           Division of Accounts & Control/ Admin. Courts/ Division of Capital Assets/ Operating Common Policies  

Emily Hansen
Principal Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4961
emily.hansen@coleg.gov

Department Assignments: 
Health Care Policy & Financing Behavioral Health Community Programs
Human Services - Office of Children, Youth, and Families Administrative Review Unit (in Administration and Finance)/Administration/ 
        Division of Child Welfare/ Division of Youth Services, Behavioral Health Administration, Office of Behavioral Health (Office of the Ombudsman
        for Behavioral Health Access to Care (in EDO))
House Appropriations Committee 

Madison Kaemerer
Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-2062
madison.kaemerer@coleg.gov

Department Assignments:
Local Affairs 
      Federal Mineral Lease Revenues (lead)
Regulatory Agencies

Alfredo Kemm
Chief Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4549
alfredo.kemm@coleg.gov

Department Assignments: 
Judicial Branch and Independent Agencies - Supreme Court and Court of Appeals/ Courts Administration/ Trial Courts/ Probation and Related Services/ Office of State Public Defender
       Correctional Treatment Cash Fund (lead)

Eric Kurtz
Chief Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4952
eric.kurtz@coleg.gov

Department Assignments: 
Health Care Policy & Financing - Executive Director’s Office/ Medical Services Premiums/ Indigent Care Program/ Other Medical Services

Louellen Lowe
Senior Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-2981
louellen.lowe@coleg.gov

Department Assignments:
Early Childhood
Higher Education -  Dept. Admin. Office, CO Commission on Higher Ed. and Special Purpose, Div. of Occupational Ed.
          (except Area Technical Colleges), Auraria Higher Ed. Center, History CO
Treasury
       Unclaimed Property Trust Fund (lead)

Andrew McLeer
Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4959
andrew.mcleer@coleg.gov

Department Assignments:
Public Health & Environment - Admin. & Support/  Air Pollution and Control Division, Water Quality Control Division, Hazardous Materials and Waste Mgmt. Div., Div. of Environmental Health & Sustainability
State

Jessi Neuberg
Administrator IV

303-866-2061
jessi.neuberg@coleg.gov

Assignments: 
Administrative assistance for the Joint Budget Committee and its staff, oversight of Administrative Assistant positions

Kelly Shen
Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-5434
kelly.shen@coleg.gov

Department Assignments:
Natural Resources - Executive Director's Office, Division of Parks & Wildlife, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Division of Water Resources
Public Health & Environment - Health Equity/ Pub. Health Practice, Plan. & Local Partnerships/ Cent. for Health & Environ. Info./ Disease Ctrl & Pub. Health Resp./ HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STI’s/ Preven. Serv. Div./ Health Facilities/EMS
Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement

Scott Thompson
Principal Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4957
scott.thompson@coleg.gov

Department Assignments:
Capital Construction - Information Technology Projects
Governor - Governor’s Office/ Special Purpose/ Office of the Lieutenant Governor/ Office of State Planning and Budgeting/ 
    Office of Information Technology/ Economic Development Programs/ OIT Common Policies
Judicial Branch Independent Agencies - Office of Alternate Defense Counsel/ Office of The Child's Representative/ Office of The Respondent Parents’ Counsel/ Office of The Child Protection Ombudsman/ Independent Ethics
    Commission/ Office of Public Guardianship/ Commission On Judicial Discipline/ Statewide Behavioral Health Court Liaison/ Office of Administrative Services for Independent Agencies/ Office of The Judicial Discipline Ombudsman
Law (Attorney General’s Office)

Andrea Uhl
Principal Legislative Budget & Policy Analyst

303-866-4956
andrea.uhl@coleg.gov

Department Assignments:
Capital Construction - Controlled Maintenance/ Capital Renewal and Recapitalization, and Capital Expansion: State Facilities, Including Higher Education
Education - School District Operations: Public School Finance, Categorical Programs

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