Jim McGannon joined the Board in May 2018. He is a forestry/arborist consultant. His career includes working as City Arborist in Bismarck, N.D. and most of his career as City Forester in Colorado Springs. His profession includes work as a professional/certified forester and certified/arborist. He works with landowners, land trusts, commercial interests, homeowners, expert witness, and agencies. Jim and his wife, Maria, have lived in the Pinery since 2014 and in the Denver/Colorado Springs area most of their lives. Jim is also active on the Pinery HOA.

Jim has volunteered and serve(s) on many community and regional boards and committees. Prior to being on the Board, Jim served as Chair of the Pinery Water Conservation Task Force. Jim will continue to be a Board liaison to the Task Force. His interests in the outdoors and land stewardship has been a passion for him and a force that drives him to be part of volunteering in the communities that he works and lives in.  He has experience on Boards and task forces that include Municipal Utilities, conservation groups, homeowner associations, Boy Scouts of America (he is an Eagle Scout), Living History Associations, sportsmans groups, land trusts across Colorado, and many others.

Future water planning for this district is something Jim has a keen interest in.

Lisa Neal-Graves is a senior technical executive and thought leader with more than 25 years of experience with multinational, Fortune 50, mid-size growth, and start-up corporations. From architecting WorldNet business internet services to pushing neuromorphic computing research, throughout her career, Lisa has led technology strategy and product innovation for publicly traded, privately held, and early-stage growth companies. Lisa has led companies through IPOs and major M&A transactions.

Lisa is a recognized technology and legal leader on internet/cyber security, artificial intelligence, data science, data privacy, and SaaS/IaaS/PaaS cloud-based architecture and standards. She has extensive European and APAC product development, international go-to-market operations, and global P&L expertise. Lisa also has significant R&D experiences delivering products and services across multiple industries including telecommunications, healthcare, and financial services, as well as federal, state, and local government agencies.

Throughout her career, Lisa has led new product introduction and deployment as well as corporate-wide technology strategic planning, senior leadership new technology education, and policy development. Lisa also has extensive experience driving research strategic planning and partnership management.

Lisa has lived and worked in Europe (Italy and UK) as well as Shanghai, China with responsibility for new product line introduction and business development. She has managed R&D and product management multinational teams across the US, UK, Germany, and major cities within China.

Most recently, Lisa leveraged her expertise and experiences as a leader in government, initially as the former Chief Innovation Officer for the Colorado Attorney General, then as a candidate for public office. Before her work in government, Lisa was the head of the Cloud Strategic Product Group for Zayo Group, where she led the integration of multiple corporate acquisitions to build a global cloud business.

Before joining Zayo Group, Lisa spent 10 years at Intel Corporation, as Corporate Counsel for the CIO, and in various roles of increasing responsibility and impact for the company’s strategic technology and research planning. Lisa has held roles such as VP R&D, CTO, SVP/GM, and CIO with industry frontrunners such as Unisys, Chase, Deloitte, Lucent, and AT&T.

Josh Connors lives in The Pinery with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.

Josh spent four years in the United States Army attaining the rank of Sergeant, serving at Ft. Drum in New York, Camp Casey in South Korea, and Ft. Sill in Oklahoma. After his discharge he started his career helping companies assess, monitor and improve the security, resiliency, and privacy of their technology and industrial control systems, networks, and data. He is currently a Senior Manager, Information Technology Risk and Compliance at ServiceNow.

In his first role out of the Army he was involved in several assessments of industrial control systems and  networks, like those used to control water distribution and treatment systems, for one of the largest investor owned electric and natural gas transmission and distribution companies in the United States. At that time he was selected to attend the Control Systems Cybersecurity Advanced training course provided by the Industrial Control System Computer Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) within the Department of Homeland Security. This course provided extensive training on methods for attacking and defending industrial controls systems.

In his free time he enjoys spending as much time as possible with his family, particularly out in nature, camping and hiking.

Josh has enjoyed and been honored to be involved with the Pinery Water and Wastewater District, first as a member of the Water Efficiency Task Force and now as a member of the Board. He looks forward to continuing to contribute his expertise to the work of maintaining cost-effective, secure and resilient service to the members of the District.