Editors

Brian Anderson

Brian Anderson is a Colorado native and graduate of Regis University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He is a graduate student at the University of Colorado Denver working on a Master of Arts in Political Science. His area of study is American Politics with an emphasis in addressing community issues via local government and nonprofit development. He is a Contributing Editor for A Line of Sight.

Bob Beauprez

Bob Beauprez is a former Member of Congress and is currently the editor-in-chief of A Line of Sight, an online policy resource. Prior to serving in Congress, Mr. Beauprez was a dairy farmer and community banker. He and his wife Claudia reside in Lafayette, Colorado.

Sanjai Bhagat

Sanjai Bhagat is Professor of Finance at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has worked previously at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Princeton University, and University of Chicago. He has an MBA from the University of Rochester and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

Mark Hillman

Mark Hillman is a Colorado native, a farmer, "recovering journalist" and a former Majority Leader of the Colorado Senate. He also served as Colorado's acting State Treasurer and was elected to leadership posts for five of his seven years in the Senate.

Bill Moloney

As Colorado Commissioner of Education and Secretary for the Colorado State Board of Education from 1997 to 2007, Dr. Moloney worked with educators, business people, parents, and both Democratic and Republican Governors and legislators while playing a key role in shaping his state's nationally acclaimed program of education reform.

Rich Sokol

Rich currently runs an investment partnership focused on private investments in real estate and operating companies. He started his career on Wall Street with Credit Suisse First Boston. He later worked at Massachusetts Financial Services, the large Boston-based mutual fund company, where he worked as an analyst following a variety of industries and later helped run two of the larger mutual funds. He also has operating experience, having been CFO of two operating companies, including a successful startup.

MG Paul E. Vallely (US Army Ret)

Paul E. Vallely, Major General, US Army (ret) was born in DuBois, Pa. He retired in 1991 from the US Army as Deputy Commanding General, US Army, Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii. General Vallely graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned in the Army in 1961 serving a distinguishing career of 32 years in the Army. He served in many overseas theaters to include Europe and the Pacific Rim Countries as well as two combat tours in Vietnam.

Kelly Victory, M.D.

Kelly Victory, M.D. is a board certified trauma specialist. She currently runs a healthcare consulting practice, and advises a number of both public and private companies. Dr. Victory is on the Leadership Counsel at the Harvard School of Public Health, a member of the Board of Directors of the Steamboat Institute, and is actively involved in the healthcare reform debate in Washington.

Shonda Werry

Shonda Werry is a former staffer at the Senate Republican Conference from 2004 to 2007, and has extensive public policy experience. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago and holds a Master's Degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Richard Westfall

Richard Westfall joined the firm after service as Solicitor General for the State of Colorado. Mr. Westfall’s practice includes appeals and litigation involving state and local government and other areas of the law including public policy, constitutional law, election law, regulatory law, utility law and Medicaid.