AURORA, COLORADO – The Community College of Aurora Foundation (CCAF) Board has appointed Fred Brown to its board of directors.

Brown officially retired from The Denver Post in early 2002, but he resumed writing an editorial page column for the newspaper a year later. He also is a principal in the Hartman and Brown media consulting firm, teaches communication ethics at the University of Denver, and does occasional political and legislative analysis for Denver’s 9News. Brown has won a number of awards, including a Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for editorial writing in 1988, and the Wells Key, the Society of Professional Journalist’s highest honor, in 2006. He is an Honor Alumnus of Colorado State University and a member of the Denver Press Club Hall of Fame.

“The Board and I are pleased to welcome Mr. Brown to our organization,” said Diana Whye, CCAF’s executive director. “We will benefit greatly from his expertise, particularly in the area of communications and journalism.”

CCAF provides financial support to CCA and its students through fundraising and serves to build public and business awareness of the college and its benefits to the eastern metro area. Last year, CCAF completed a successful $2.5 million capital campaign and to date has awarded over $1.2 million in scholarships to CCA students and faculty.

For more information, go to http://www.ccaurora.edu/foundation.

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