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Conflict of Interest and Commitment Committee Roster

Committee Members

 Name Committee Role Title Affiliation
Christine Ahearn, JDVoting Member

Director, Conflict of Interest

Office of Regulatory Compliance,
CU Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
Laura Argys, PhD Voting MemberAssociate Dean, ProfessorCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
CU Denver 
David Badesch, MDChair, Voting MemberProfessorDivision of Pulmonary Sciences & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine,  School of Medicine, CU Anschutz Medical Campus
Erika HairstonAlternate Voting MemberCompliance AnalystUCHealth Administrative Services Metro Denver Region/Northern Colorado Region
John Heldens, BA, CIP, CCRP, RACVoting MemberDirector

Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board (COMIRB), CU Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus

Alison Lakin, RN, LLB, LLM, PhDVoting MemberAssociate Vice Chancellor, COI Official

Office of Regulatory Compliance,
CU Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus

Ryan Lowry, MA, CIPAlternate Voting MemberAssistant DirectorColorado Multiple Institutional Review Board (COMIRB), CU Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
Tom Macdonald, JD 

Community/Voting Member

 Otten, Johnson, Robinson, Neff & Ragionetti, PC
Ron Norman, MHA, RN, CHC, CHPC, CFEVoting MemberDirector of ComplianceUCHealth Administrative Services
Metro Denver Region / Northern Colorado Region

Carlyn Parker, MSHA, MBA, MT (ASCP) SBB

Community/Voting Member

Ancillary Faculty

Medical Laboratory Scientist Program, Metro State University 

Kendall Perry, MS, CHRC, CPCOVoting MemberCompliance AnalystCompliance and Business Ethics, Children's Hospital Colorado
Sandra Shumaker, MS, CHRCVoting MemberDirector, Hospital ComplianceEnterprise Compliance and Internal Audit Services, Denver Health
Mary A. Tapolsky, PhDEx-Officio MemberDirector of LicensingCU Innovations, CU Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
Christy Williamson, CCRP, CHRCAlternate Voting MemberAssistant DirectorColorado Multiple Institutional Review Board (COMIRB), CU Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus

 

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