HEART-Level Leadership Award 2022
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EVENT DETAILS
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Time: 3:30-6:30pm
Location: Club CiviCO
Member Ticket: $0 Nonmember Ticket: $75
Leading in Times of Political Polarization
We are in a time of challenging polarization - or so it seems - in our country.
Civic leaders, business professionals, and citizens alike find it difficult to make progress on initiatives because they are navigating divisive semantics, intense ideologies, and a social fabric in our communities that seems to be tearing.
How can we disagree better and find a way forward together?
Katy Anthes, Ph.D., is the former Commissioner at the Colorado Department of Education, and currently serves as the Director of the FORWARD Initiative at the Public Business & Education Coalition (PEBC). Dr. Anthes recently received the Public and Community Service Medal at our 2024 Colorado Governors Citizenship Medals celebration in January.
Join us for a timely discussion with Dr. Anthes on strategies to increase collaboration and decrease polarization. Keeping our systems in a place of productive, healthy conflict is an important ingredient for progress across all sectors.
About Dr. Katy Anthes., Ph. D.
Colorado Commissioner of Education (May 2016-June 2023)
Named commissioner of education in December 2016, Dr. Katy Anthes is widely respected for her commitment to listen to diverse perspectives and develop solutions that are founded on productive middle ground. Keeping students’ best interests as her top priority, she focuses on providing high quality expertise and support to districts and educators working to enhance student achievement.
Dr. Anthes has been with CDE since 2011, serving as interim commissioner, chief of staff, interim associate commissioner for achievement and strategy and executive director of educator effectiveness. As the executive director of educator effectiveness, she led CDE’s efforts to support and retain highly effective educators in Colorado. In her previous position as a partner with the Third Mile Group, Anthes led and researched major education initiatives for state, district and national organizations on a variety of education issues and projects including; the Colorado School Leadership Academy Board, the Expanded Learning Opportunities Commission and as an evaluator for several district education programs across the state.
Anthes worked with numerous national education organizations at The Third Mile Group, such as the Council for Chief State School Officers, the National Governor’s Association, The National Commission for Teaching and America’s Future, American Institutes for Research, and many more. Prior to founding the Third Mile Group, she had seven years of research, policy work and leadership experience at the Education Commission of the States focusing on school and district leader effectiveness. Anthes holds a Ph.D. in public policy and a master’s degree in public affairs from the University of Colorado Denver. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Oregon.
Anthes lives in Denver and is an avid runner and soccer enthusiast.
Upon being appointed Commissioner of Education, Dr. Katy Anthes became Colorado's first female commissioner in 65 years, preceded by the state's first appointed commissioner Nettie S. Freed in 1950-51.
Get to know our 2022 HEART-Level Leadership Award Winner, Michael Maynes!
We believe that HEART-level leaders are the embodiment of key attributes at the intersection of creating vision and holding space for others. These leaders commit to generous intentional service to others. They create bold strategic pursuits that strengthen their community and are innovators of ideas that bring change.
Fellow Mens’ PDF member and nominator, Ed Schenkein, says of Michael “[he] modestly leads his team, seeks no attention to himself, and develops leaders with honor and dignity.” One-third of Michael’s staff is based in Ukraine. At the onset of crisis, “Michael and his leadership team told their Ukrainian team members to defend their country, protect their family, continued to pay them, developed support resources, and provided travel vouchers…”
The winner of our HEART-Level Leadership Award gets to designate a charity. Community and intentional commitment are two aspects of HEART-level leaders. Michael’s charity, United24, benefits the people of Ukraine. Please read more about United24’s mission below.
Learn more about United24
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of the National Bank of Ukraine and allocated by assigned ministries to cover the most pressing needs.
Check-out CTLF's HEART-level leadership blogs!
2022 NOMINEES
The Five Values at the Heart of all we do
HUMBLE
When we are humble, we move beyond our own egos and approach others with a sense of true humanity. Our self-awareness enables us to continually grow.
ENGAGED
We deeply engage our peers, teams, and employees with intention, approaching each person as an individual— listening, understanding, connecting.
AUTHENTIC
For real. It’s not just a common phrase, it’s how we live. Authenticity becomes the baseline for how we show up and interact with others.
REGENERATIVE
We create abundant and resilient outcomes by designing healthly roles for ourselves and others. Health and well-being are standards for how we achieve success.
TRUE TO SERVICE
Focusing on our shared commitment to service allows us to build a community dedicated to helping others succeed. We serve first.
Questions?
Contact the CTLF Team at engage@ctlf.org.