News from Rose Community Foundation

December 22, 2011
News Media Contact: Marci Hladik 303.398.7445

Janet Lopez Named Program Officer at Rose Community Foundation

Denver, CO - Janet Lopez has been named program officer for the Education program area at Rose Community Foundation. In this position, Lopez will direct the Foundation’s efforts to promote effective teaching and systemic changes in education.

Lopez was most recently interim director of the Denver Education Compact and helped launch this effort aimed at improving public education for Denver’s children. For three years prior to that, she was director of the P-20 Education Initiatives at the University of Colorado Denver and was deputy director of Governor Ritter’s P-20 Education Coordinating Council.

Lopez received a Ph.D. in education from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; a master’s degree in educational policy, foundation and practice from the University of Colorado Boulder; and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Southwestern University. She currently serves on several boards including A+ Denver, Colorado Youth for a Change and Denver Urban Gardens.

Rose Community Foundation supports efforts to improve the quality of life throughout the Greater Denver community through its endowed grantmaking programs, and by advising and assisting donors who wish to make thoughtful charitable investments to better the community. The Foundation has granted more than $179 million since it was founded in 1995. For more information, visit rcfdenver.org.