About Great Education Colorado:
Staff
Liane Morrison, Executive Director
Liane is a graduate of Colorado College and has a Master's Degree in economics from George Washington University. Her involvement in the public sector most recently developed new markets for environmental technology in developing economies. As an international economist at the Department of Treasury, Liane served as the country officer for Latin American and Eastern European countries. A mother of two children in the public schools (ages 9 and 12), Liane's concerns about Colorado public education resulted in her co-founding the Great Education Colorado Fund.
Lisa Weil, Director of Policy and Communications
A graduate of Greeley Public Schools, the University of Colorado, and the Yale Law School, Lisa has been a public interest attorney and political consultant. She served as Policy Director and Chief Legal Counsel for former Governor Roy Romer, and as a Legislative Aide to former Senators Timothy Wirth and Bob Kerrey. She managed the first Congressional campaign of Representative Diana DeGette, and has served as a consultant on a wide variety of research and campaign projects. The public school mother of two children (7 and 9), Weil was closely involved in the creation and passage of Amendment 23, and co-founded Great Education Colorado.
Eric Mills, Technical Director
Eric has designed ESL curricula for the University of Wuhan in China, was an adjunct professor of American Culture and Literature in New York, and he has edited manuscripts for MIT press. Eric has a Master's Degree in American Culture and Literary Theory from the Univeristy of Buffalo, and a BA in Continental Philosophy. At Great Education Colorado, Eric builds web sites, codes newsletters, and maintains supporter databases.
Patty Bortz, Metro Outreach/Volunteer Coordinator
A graduate of Littleton Public Schools, the University of Colorado, and the University of Denver Law School, Patty has been an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice. She served as a staff attorney for the Alabama Supreme Court and then became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. She also served as Assistant General Counsel for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and was the director of that agency’s legal training program. She has two children who have been in the public school system for a combined twelve years.
Kady Everard, Outreach/Administrative Coordinator
A Colorado native, graduate of Adams 12 Five Star School District, and the University of Colorado-Boulder, Kady is currently working on her Master’s Degree in Public Administration at the University of Colorado Denver. Her interests in public administration include education policy and non-profit management. She is also involved with researching policy options for public school funding after the expiration of Amendment 23 in 2011 for the Center for Education Policy Analysis (CEPA) as part of her Master’s thesis. Kady was introduced to the non-profit sector while interning at Global Education Fund where she managed the donor database and assisted in coordinating fundraising events.
