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Board & Staff Members

The dedicated members behind PAR

Board of Directors

Rick Schwartz, President
Retired news director for Fox Sports Network

Lea Ann Fowler, Vice President
Attorney, Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber & Schreck

Lee Mendel, Treasurer
Partner, Hadley-Mendel Management Company, LLC

Heather Ene, MD
Physician, University of Colorado Neurology Department

Mike Knaisch
President and CEO, Front Porch Digital

John McDonald
District Manager, Medtronic Neuromodulation

Barbara Emery-Mendel
Community Steward

Darrell Miller
Technical Services Manager, Rocky Mountain Metal Container

Mark Mitton
President, Carbon8

Lynn Taussig, MD
Special Advisor to the Provost, University of Denver
President and CEO (Retired), National Jewish Health

David VanSickle, MD
Neurosurgeon, South Denver Neurosurgery


Staff (click on name to email)

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Kari Buchanan, Director of Development

Susan Lanzer, Administrative Assistant

Exercise, Fitness, Dance and Tremble Clef Instructors

Sheila Bellew, Exercise Instructor

Susan Burton, Movin' with Parkinson's Instructor

Susie Fey, Tremble Clefs Instructor

Private Freeman, Rhythm & Grace Instructor

Lori Huett, Rhythm & Grace Instructor

Jennifer Johnson, Rhythm & Grace Instructor

Laura Kathka, Yoga Instructor

Audrey Lyons, Tremble Clefs Instructor

Carolyn Midland, Yoga Instructor

Nikki Reese, Yoga Instructor

Margaret Romero, Tremble Clefs Instructor

Stephen Straub, Movin' with Parkinson's Instructor

Lynn Tran, Yoga Instructor

Sharon Wehner, Rhythm & Grace Instructor

Paul Zeiger, Yoga Instructor

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Yoga and Parkinson's
Paul Zeiger practices yoga with PD