Denver Press Club Board of Directors - 2025-2026
Board Officers
Marianne Goodland
Marianne Goodland, president of the Denver Press Club, has been a reporter since 1998, covering the Colorado General Assembly, state agencies, public policy and elections. She's worked for the Silver & Gold Record (1998-2009); The Colorado Statesman (2010 to 2011 and 2013 to 2015); the Colorado Independent (2015 to 2017); ran a legislative reporting service for as many as seven newspapers in northeastern Colorado (since 2010); and since 2017 has been the chief legislative reporter for Colorado Politics. She's also dean of the state Capitol press corps.
Nathan Fernando-Frescas
Vice President Nathan Fernando-Frescas is the Senior Host for All Things Considered on CPR News. Prior to returning to CPR News, Nathan was an editor for NPR's All Things Considered in Washington D.C. - then a manager of a commercial radio station in Glenwood Springs. His work in journalism has been recognized by the Associated Press, the Colorado Broadcasters Association, the Society of Professional Journalists and Public Radio News Directors Incorporated.
Laura Frank
Laura Frank, secretary of the Denver Press Club, is the executive director of COLab, the Colorado News Collaborative, the nonprofit collective of journalists from more than 100 news outlets across Colorado. Laura pioneered collaborative journalism in Colorado as the founder of I-News, the nonprofit investigative news organization that merged with Rocky Mountain Public Media in 2013, the first such merger in the nation. Laura is a Denver native who spent 20 years reporting for newspapers, radio and public television around the country, specializing in investigative reporting and data analysis.
J. Skyler McKinley
A DPC board member since 2018 and treasurer since 2022, Skyler McKinley is an award-winning leader in public, media, and government relations. For eight years, he has led the public affairs teams in three states for one of America’s most trusted brands. He previously served as press secretary to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and as the founding deputy director of the State of Colorado's Office of Marijuana Coordination. A fourth-generation Coloradan, McKinley was born in Grand Junction and raised in Pueblo. He owns, operates and tends bar at the Oak Creek Tavern, a historic saloon in the rural heart of Colorado's Yampa Valley.
Board Members
Joe Boven
Joe Boven is a former journalist for the Colorado Independent, among other publications and media work, and a communications leader for non-profit, government, political, and for- profit organizations. Joe provides communications direction for the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families and for other federal contracts in his role at Child Trends.
Derek Dash
Derek joined the board in April of 2025. Previously, he served as a communications advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s region 8 administrator. In this role, Derek generated earned media coverage of the over $2.8 billion in federal funding the EPA distributed to the region under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. He has worked in communication and operation roles for Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Jared Polis, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, and Gov. John Hickenlooper. Derek holds a B.A. in Political Science and a M.A. in Media and Public Communication.
Marques Haley
Born in Bethesda, Maryland and raised in Springfield, Oregon, Marques Haley moved to Denver in 2012. Graduating with a degree in International Studies from Willamette University, Marques moved to Colorado after spending over 3 years teaching English in Guri-Si, South Korea.
With his teaching background and previous experience working with Medicaid Eligibility in Colorado, Marques currently works as a manager for a local non-profit health insurance company. He also is on the Organization Committee for Denver Health Workers United, spearheading the union’s anti-racism activities. In these roles, he works for better healthcare outcomes for the people of Denver and justice for workers.
Out in cyberspace, Marques is a moderator on the Internet’s oldest (and largest) community for tabletop roleplaying games which has been in the forefront of issues related to gaming and best moderating practices of large online spaces. He will also provide a deep dive on Dungeons and Dragons (and other roleplaying games you never heard of), comic books, science-fiction, fantasy, The Simpsons and anything else generally nerdy.
Matthew Larsen
Matt is an experienced business professional who has worked in strategy, sales operations, and marketing roles, most recently in the medical device industry. Since 2022 Matt has been a lead with YIMBY Denver, and in 2024, Matt was elected to the RTD Board of Directors representing District E, the district that includes parts of Aurora, Denver, Greenwood Village, and Centennial. Matt graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English and in Urban Studies, and received an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
Tim Jackson
Tim Jackson served 30 years in the automotive industry and 35 years in association management. Of those, 18 years overlapped as Tim served as president/CEO of the Colorado Automobile Dealers Association (CADA), the trade association for 400 new car, truck, RV and motorcycle dealers across the state. Tim led the advocacy efforts for the statewide association winning 23 of 23 priority must-pass measures for the association. During his time at CADA, Tim produced the annual Denver Auto Show for 18 years, after New York and Chicago, the third oldest auto show in the country, which dates to 1902. He is the author of “Dude, where’s my flying car?” a book chronicling advancements in personal mobility.
Tori Mason
Tori Mason joined CBS Denver in 2017 after award-winning tenures at WAFB in Baton Rouge and WIBW in Topeka, where her feature reporting was recognized with a first-place win at the 2017 SPJ Kansas Press Club Awards. In Denver, her reporting on the apprehension of the Thornton Walmart shooter earned her a Breaking News Emmy in 2018. In 2020, Mason’s reporting on the prejudicial locking of multicultural hair products in Walmart led the store to change its policy in all 4,700 stores. She's a Florida native and a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, and a former vice president of the Denver Press Club. If you see her, yell “GEAUX TIGERS.“
Lindsey Tursi
Lindsey Tursi is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in club management, real estate and consulting. Her extensive experience includes roles as a former Vice President of Administration, Vice President of Operations and Finance and as a former member of the LPGA's Teaching and Club Professionals. With expertise in accounting for clubs and corporations, Lindsey has a broad skill set in financial management and strategic business planning.
Her education includes a MBA in Strategic Management from Regis University with undergraduate degrees in Business Administration and Accounting.
Club Staff
Jim Bofenkamp
General Manager. Jim is a student at MSU Denver, and wrote and edited at The Metropolitan, the school's student newspaper. He is studying philosophy and picked up journalism as a minor after falling in love with the Metropolitan's newsroom.
Katlyn Howery
Katlyn has been with the Denver Press Club since 2024 in multiple capacities and is now in the role of Director of Development. She oversees much of the communications and branding infrastructure of the Press Club, as well as the event management and fundraising.