About Boulder Housing Network
BHN aims to get more people involved where and when it matters most: in the early stages of the City of Boulder’s planning processes.
Affordable housing is an essential element of an inclusive and equitable community, but the vast majority of housing in Boulder is beyond the reach of low and middle income earners. Public hearings on new developments that will provide additional housing are attended by well-organized, wealthy neighbors who do not want denser or more affordable housing near them. Their voices are loud and insistent. The City needs to be reminded that there are many other residents who support ethical, attainable housing.
BHN is managed by a small group of volunteers.
Mark Bloomfield
Editor - Mark has extensive experience in, and passion for, the built environment. Starting with 12 years as a sustainable building consultant, Mark also has been on the board of Better Boulder, and is a Planning Commissioner for Boulder County. In daily life, Mark is an AI consultant, helping small and medium-sized businesses implement AI tools to help them better focus on their passion.
Chuck Brock
Editor - Chuck is an advocate for fair and inclusive housing, transportation, and environmental policies. An air quality and climate scientist at NOAA, Chuck has been a member and Chair of Boulder's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and is currently on Community Cycles' Advocacy Committee and the board of the PLAY Boulder Foundation. He is most interested in the interface between climate, housing, and transportation, and the need to expand Boulder's middle-income housing stock through zoning and other land use reforms.
Yong Cho
Editor - With over a quarter century of experience, Yong Cho is a visionary archiect and planner whose designs are celebrated for their elegant simplicity and economic sensibility. Yong has established himself as a leader in mixed-use, mixed-income and mixed-construction planning and design. His tenure as educator at esteemed institutions such as Yale University and the University of Colorado Denver, has inspired future generations of architects to embrace his philosophy of creating spaces that enrich the human experience.
Macon Cowles
Founder and Managing Editor - Macon is a Boulder lawyer with a keen interest in sustainability—which includes places for people to live. He served on the Boulder Planning Board, the Boulder City Council and on the Denver Regional Council of Governments Board of Directors. A recipient of the Colorado American Planning Association President’s Award, he advocates for housing because so many young people and people of color are locked out of housing in high opportunity areas like Boulder.
Dorothy ("Dorie") Glover
Editor - Dorie is a research psychologist, writer and educator. Since early childhood, Dorie has been drawn to the creation of shelter. Pulling blankets across chairs or using palm fronds outside in tepee style, these “homes” were affordable, but not permanent. Her work with Boulder Housing Network serves as a platform for revisiting her passion to ensure that everyone has a home.
Jill Grano
Editor - Jill is a third-generation Real Estate Agent, serving as a Boulder Housing Commissioner and a research assistant for CU Boulder's Affordable Housing Research Initiative. She is also on the CU Center for Leadership Board and the Sierra Club Political Committee.
Elected to Boulder’s City Council in 2017, Jill championed small businesses, attainable workforce housing, and introduced Boulder's Assault Weapons ban. She later became Director of Community Affairs for Congressman Neguse before returning to graduate school to focus on housing affordability.
Jill is a strong advocate for attainable housing, working with mobile home communities, the Boulder Homeless Shelter, and on Boulder's Board of Zoning Adjustment. She has served on the boards of Thistle, New Era Colorado, the Boulder Museum of Modern Art, and the Downtown Boulder Public Policy Committee. Jill's awards include BizWest's 40 Under 40 and the Better Boulder Achievement Award.
Brian Keegan
Editor - Brian Keegan, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of information science at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a computational social scientist who uses computer and data science methods to understand social behavior. His research explores high-tempo online collaborations on social platforms like Wikipedia, public interest and human-centered data science for understanding political behavior, and the role of demography in contemporary extremist groups. He has previously lived in Fort Collins, CO, Henderson, NV, Boston, MA, and Evanston, IL. He is also on the board of Boulder Progressives and a member of the UCW-CWA 7799 chapter representing CU workers.
Shawn Rupp
Editor - Shawn Rupp is an advocate for equitable access to housing, walkable communities, and energy efficiency. In 2018, Shawn earned his master’s degree in Architectural Engineering from CU Boulder with a concentration in Building Systems. He is currently working as a consultant in the electric utility industry, where he helps utilities think through how to add more renewable energy and eventually transition to 100% carbon-free generation.
In 2020 and 2021, Shawn volunteered with Bedrooms are for People, a group dedicated to making Boulder more inclusive by increasing occupancy limits in the city. He continues to be passionate about affordable housing and tenants’ rights and is committed to making Boulder more accessible.
Caitlin Ryan
Editor - Caitlin Ryan, PhD, is a geographer, educator, writer and researcher. She teaches courses on international development, global public health, and global economic change in CU-Boulder’s department of Geography. Her research in Central Asia investigated urban transformation and its intersection with process of ethnic and class-based segregation. Previously, Caitlin worked with Transparency International and the Eurasia Foundation in the South Caucasus, where she led advocacy-based research programs that tracked flows of international aid to refugees and IDPs, as well as good governance reforms. Caitlin views affordable housing as fundamental to advancing social and environmental justice.
Paul Saporito
Editor - Paul studied architecture at Cornell University and, after graduation, worked in the office of Bauhaus master Marcel Breuer. He established his own practice in 1984, engaged primarily with housing and urban infill. Paul taught architecture and urban design at the University of Colorado and, with Kim Saporito, established a program in Rome. They also taught at the Royal Danish Academy. Paul was a consultant on the North Boulder community plan, and on a plan for Adirondack hamlets. He has also served on the Boulder Design Advisory Board. In 2016, Paul was invited to participate in the Cornell Rome planning studio. Most recently, he produced a plan for the redevelopment of the Boulder Community Hospital site as a mixed use neighborhood. Since college, Paul has also worked as a professional musician, and though modestly accomplished , wisely chooses to keep his day job.
Lisa Snow
Editor - Lisa's passion for sustainable transportation sparked her interest in housing as she began to understand their interconnected nature. Witnessing friends leave the city due to affordability further fueled her dedication. She served on the city's Pedestrian Advisory Committee and volunteered with Boulder Progressives and Bedrooms are for People, striving to effect positive change. A resident of Boulder since 2014, she lives downtown with her partner and daughter while pursuing her career as a software engineer in east Boulder.