Alliance Française
de Denver
571 Galapago Street
Denver, CO 80204-5032  USA
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Alliance Française Board of Directors.

Click here to read the Board President's Annual Report 2010-11

	Dick Badler, President Dick Badler and his wife Geri are relatively recent transplants to Denver. Native New Yorkers, Dick's work as a senior corporate communications executive has taken them to Louisville, KY, Lausanne, Switzerland, back to New York, Chicago, IL and, most recently, Philadelphia, PA. He has now set up a corporate communications consulting practice, working with major corporations around the country and the world. Dick joined Alliance Francaise in order to improve his French. His motivation was the fact that his second daughter had spent her junior year abroad in Paris and, after years of correcting her, she was now correcting him. However, his membership gave him an introduction to the full breadth of programs offered by the Alliance Française, and he believed he could make a contribution by serving on the Board.
	Linette Hayat, Immediate Past President Linette is the director of Continental Book Company, whose main focus is on importing language books for schools, pre-k through university level, where she uses her BA in French and Spanish Education. Her family is French but she was raised in the US and has also lived in Egypt and Montreal. Linette has been a member of the Alliance Française board since 1994 to ensure and support the promotion of French language and Francophone cultures in Colorado. Her hobbies include reading, traveling, cooking, attending films and the theater!
	Lacey Donley, Treasurer Lacey is a CPA with Ehrhardt, Keefe, Steiner and Hottman, PC (more commonly known as EKS&H), the largest public accounting firm in Colorado.  In her post as an auditor, Lacey performs attest services, analyzes financial data and provides clients—including a number of local not-for-profits—with information regarding internal control and best business practices.  She attended the Institut Catholique de Paris for a semester during college and graduated from Ft. Lewis College in Durango with a BA in accounting and French.  Lacey and her husband enjoy foreign and independent films, yoga, gardening, travel and cuisine.
	Fritz Bart, Secretary Born in New Jersey of a Swiss father and a Canadian mother, Frederick B. (“Fritz”) Bart moved to Colorado with his family in the 1950’s. After college in New York State (major in Modern Languages—German and French), Fritz returned to Colorado to pursue graduate studies at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he earned degrees in Linguistics. After graduation he joined the Colorado School of Mines faculty, and for 12 years he taught humanities, English, project management, and technical communication. In 1988 he started his own consulting practice in business and technical communication, and since 1999 he has worked as parish administrator at Calvary Church, Golden. A member of the Alliance Française since 1988, Fritz served on the board of directors of the Alliance from 1989 until 2004, as vice president for finance, president, and secretary. Fritz continues the study of French at the Alliance Françase each week.
	Catherine Bédard, Board Member Catherine was born in Béarn and grew up in the Pays Basque, Euskadi. She attended Maurice Ravel High School in St Jean de Luz. After graduate studies in Bordeaux, Paris and Boulder, she settled in Denver, now for the past 25 years. She teaches French for DPS Online H.S. She loves to cook, travel, the arts, dance Modern and Nia. Catherine spends the summers with her family in France.
	Reynald Bodeux, Board Member Reynald was born in northeastern France and has lived in Colorado since the mid-90’s. He has an MBA from Colorado State University and graduate degrees in Economics and Finance from the University of Nancy II in France. Locally, he has worked for the finance departments of large international corporations. He enjoys long-distance bike riding, mountain climbing, and back-country skiing. He and his wife are raising their two young sons bilingually here in Colorado.
	Rebecca Crosby, Board Member Prior to becoming a successful real estate broker with Kentwood City Properties, Rebecca owned Crosby Partners, a pr/marketing company, for 20 years, working with Starbucks, Rock Bottom Restaurants, Stapleton, Lowry, numerous lofts in LoDo, the National Western Stock Show, and many more. She served on the board of the Denver Film Society for eight years and as chairman for two years. Currently, Rebecca serves as a director for the Denver Board of Realtors.Rebecca lived in Paris for three years as a child and has been involved with the Alliance Française de Denver for the last eight years. She is a confirmed Francophile.
	Tom McClure, Board Member Tom has a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and a Master of Arts degree from Ball State University. After retiring in 1999 from a lengthy career as Professor of Psychology at Metropolitan Community Colleges in Kansas City, Missouri, Tom relocated to Denver. His favorite activities include hiking, travel, the cinema and photography. Over the last few years, his photographs have appeared in several expositions in Colorado. He has been traveling annually to Europe since 1993 and over the years has particularly enjoyed experiencing the many differences in cuisine, culture and art that travel can provide the observant individual. He has been a longtime student at the Alliance Française de Denver and enjoys the challenge of working to increase his proficiency in a second language.
	Nancy Greeley, Board Member Nancy is an attorney who, with her husband, Chuck, recently moved to Colorado, her husband's homestate. She joined the Alliance Française to improve her French. She went to France to participate in the Alliance Française's immmersion program and lived with her French family in Rouen. Her hobbies include reading, gardening, skiing and traveling. She attends weekly classes at the Alliance Française.
	Christophe Poulet, Board Member Christophe Poulet works as an environmental health scientist for the Centers for Disease Control in Denver. His primary job is to provide environmental health expertise to communities and local health departments and the EPA on hazardous substances in the environment during environmental remediation. Another responsibility of this position is to provide similar expertise during emergencies. During his spare time he enjoys trail running, skate skiing and biathlon in the Rocky Mountains, and of course, speaking French. Chris Poulet has been on the Board of Directors since September 2007.

	Jeffrey Richards, Honorary Consul of France Jeff is the Honorary Consul for France in Colorado. A supporter and member of the Alliance Française de Denver since the 1980s, he is a former President of the Board of Directors. He has studied and worked in Paris and traveled widely throughout France. Other foreign residences include Switzerland, Germany, and Greece. A lawyer by training, he began his law career in Washington, D.C., where he moved from to join the firm of Anstine, Hill, Richards and Simpson and where he is currently a partner. A former practitioner of many exotic and interesting hobbies, these have mostly been postponed and instead he is regaling in the raising of his two spirited daughters, Laetitia and Nathalie. Jeff’s wife, Carolyn, is a former Board member, Vice President of Theater and Editor of “Le Canard”.
	Karolynn St-Pierre, Board Member Karolynn Humberd St-Pierre is a human resource professional, small business owner, author and professional speaker.  Her company, Symmetry Consulting, LLC, concentrates on providing human resource guidance to small businesses.   As a 5th generation native of Colorado, she has spent her life traveling and exploring the world.  Karolynn is the mother of two very active sons and is married to her soul mate, Daniel, a native French speaker.  Her interest in learning French and becoming an active member of the Alliance Française de Denver stems from the desire to learn to communicate with her in-laws as they do not speak any English.   Her hobbies include spending time with her family, watercolor painting and reading a good book.
	Roger Louis Torres, Board Member Roger Louis Torres is a geotechnical Engineer and has a Master of Science degree from Colorado School of Mines. He works for the Bureau of Reclamation whose main task is to take care of the dams west of the Mississippi leading to irrigation, water for domestic use, recreation facilities and electricity for cities. He has lived in Denver since 1980 and has been a member of the Alliance Française since 2002. His teenage years were heavily influenced by French writers and philosophers, mainly Victor Hugo and Voltaire. His objective on the Board is to support the propagation of the French culture keeping in mind what Hugo once wrote: "Cette nation sera grande. Ce qui ne l'empêchera pas d'être libre.... Elle sera pudique et indignée devant les barbaries."
	John Wicburg, Board Member John was born and raised throughout western Colorado and moved to Denver to attend the University of Denver.  He has a Bachelor's of Science in Business Administration.  John now works for FirstBank - Tech Center where he focuses on bank management and consumer and commercial lending.  His hobbies include travel, reading, hiking, and learning new things.
	Jon Yamamoto, Board Member Jon A. Yamamoto has been a professional photographer for over 33 years.  He has worked in the Advertising & Public Relations, Editorial, Motion Picture & Television, Sports, and Travel industries to name a few. In 2005, he made his first trip to Paris and he immediately fell in love with the people, architecture, food and culture of France.  Since that time, Jon endeavors to return to France at least once a year.  In order to further understand the French culture and language Jon started taking classes at the Alliance.  His involvement with the Alliance Française started as a staff photographer for events, conducting some workshops, and having multiple exhibits in the gallery.  The Alliance Française is a superb local resource for people looking to explore the French language and culture.
	Glenn Berwyn, Board Member In Memoriam - March 28, 1967 - December 29, 2011