Colorado Executive Committee

The Colorado Forward Party has elected a new Executive Committee! There were many incredible candidates for the Executive Committee elections and it was certainly a tough choice!

This fantastic group of leaders will take the Colorado Forward Party into the next phase of party building, focusing on fundraising, identifying/affiliating/running candidates, and finishing the minor party status initiative.

Read about the incredible leaders of the Colorado Forward Party below!

Rich Herrmann - Chair

Rich Herrmann is currently serving as State Chair for the Colorado Forward Party. Rich joined Forward in December 2022 after listening to an Andrew Yang podcast about Forward the previous summer and deciding...

David J Ryan - Vice Chair

Current Colorado Forward Party Vice Chair with corporate and political experience seeks to continue to serve in leadership for the Colorado Forward Party on the newly constituted Executive Committee. Professional experience includes...

Michael Muller - Treasurer

Michael is currently the Treasurer for the Colorado Forward Party. Michael Muller is a results-driven professional with a passion for driving positive change in various aspects of his life. Currently serving as...

Johannes Plambeck - Secretary

Johannes is currently serving as Secretary for the Colorado Forward Party where acts as our local parliamentarian. He is a Geospatial data scientist with a M.sc from Cornell university. Johannes is involved in...

David Gold

I've been involved in the Forward Party for about 10 months now. Serving on the national Forward Leadership Circle and in Colorado participating in the leadership meetings and calls contributing on partnerships...

Jessica Sweeney

Jessica Sweeney loves a challenge; she most recently started an employee-owned small business. Prior to that, she worked as a Government Relations Director, where she was a lobbyist and advocate for paralyzed...

Wendy Petry

Wendy Lives in Grand Junction, CO. She is retired from a career in public safety on the civilian side. Her administrative super-power was setting and focusing on priorities. She prides herself on...

John Lembke

John is an engineer by training. He has worked in several industries including oil and gas, lighting, aerospace, and tech. He is currently a program manager on Seagate's business process management team....

Tiffany Akemi Brigner

Although I was born in Colorado, I grew up in the U.S. Air Force, and spent limited time in Colorado until my senior year of high school. At that time, my father...