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Anne Button

Anne Button oversees the University of Colorado Denver Change Makers program as its founding director. Since 2022 she has had the privilege of working with CU Denver faculty and staff, as well as partners in the community, to develop this innovative program for adults in the second half of life to explore possibilities, retool, and renew their purpose. 

This role builds on Anne's 17 years of higher education experience, which includes having served as director of executive communications at both CU Denver and the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Anne headed CU Denver's initiative to become designated as an Age-Friendly University in 2022 and is currently chairing its Age-Friendly University operational committee.

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Perspectives Seminar Series Speakers (partial list)

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Marci Alboher

Vice President, CoGenerate

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Cynthia Barnett

CEO and Founder, Amazing Girls Science

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Greg Burnett

National Operations and Program Director, Co-Generate Encore Fellowships

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Rachel Cohen

Executive Director, LinkAGES Colorado, and CEO, Aging Dynamics

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Samantha Farro

Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatrics, CU School of Medicine

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Kerry Hannon

Senior Columnist, Yahoo Finance

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Steve Leveen

Founder, American the Bilingual project

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Mary Ann McNair

Program Director at StoryCenter

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Patricia Sandler

Ethnomusicologist, Leadership Coach

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Janine Vanderburg

Director and Chief Catalyst, Changing The Narrative

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Avivah Wittenberg-Cox

CEO, 20-First

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