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Cook has served on numerous boards and task forces. She is the immediate past president of the Washington, D.C.-based International Women's Forum - an organization of more than 4,200 women leaders in 21 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America, the Middle East and North America - and a past president of the Colorado Women's Forum. Cook's honors include, among others, leadership awards from the Girl Scouts-Mile Hi Council, the Colorado Women's Leadership Coalition and the Colorado YWCA. She was also named an emerging leader in The Best Companies for Women. |
Cook previously served as Managing Director of the Center for Women's Health Research at the nationally recognized School of Medicine at the University of Colorado Denver-Anschutz Medical Campus. Her extensive background in leadership and management positions includes her roles at Metropolitan State College of Denver as Vice President of Executive Operations and Planning, and Assistant to the President for Urban and Government Affairs. As a top advisor at the college, she was involved in a wide range of policy work that contributed to record enrollment growth, becoming a leader in online distance education and a top ranking in U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges." Cook also has a distinguished career in the newspaper industry that included serving as Managing Editor of The Denver Post's News-Editorial Division and as a member of the company's executive committee.