Advisory Committee Members

The CDRC is currently recruiting new advisory committee members. Please check back after Aug. 1, 2010, to get a complete listing of new committee members.

Katherine Delgado, chair

Corey D. Johnson, vice-chair

Katherine Delgado, chair, presiding district court judge, 17th Judicial District Court, Colorado

Kathy Delgado was appointed by Colorado’s Gov. Owens in July 2002, as a district court judge of the 17th Judicial District. Her tenure began in the domestic division and was followed by a term in the criminal division. In July 2006, she rotated to the juvenile division. Judge Delgado took on the role of lead judge for the Model Court Project through the National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges and provides judicial leadership for numerous collaborative initiatives to undergo continuous evaluation and improvements to the juvenile justice system. She was appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. to the Child Welfare Action Committee and was selected to serve on the National Task Force for Minority Overrepresentation in the Child Welfare System through the National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges and Casey Family Programs. In October 2008, she was recognized as the Colorado CASA Judge of the Year.

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Corey D. Johnson, vice-chair, self-evaluation coordinator, data analyst, Community and Support Services, Denver Department of Human Services

Corey Johnson began his career 18 years ago, working with adolescents and children in shelter settings. Mr. Johnson came to the Denver Department of Human Services in 1995 as a social caseworker and specialized in the areas of drug-exposed newborns and child fatalities. He served on the Denver County Child Fatality Review team for several years before becoming a social casework supervisor in 2000. Mr. Johnson supervised the crisis hotline, child intake and adolescent intake units before entering his current position in 2006. He has served as the self-evaluation team chairman for Denver County since 2001 and currently serves as a data analyst for the Child Welfare Division in Denver. Mr. Johnson has presented at several local, state and national conferences on child welfare outcomes and minority over-representation in Denver County. Mr. Johnson received his undergraduate degree in sociology and religion from Hastings College in Hastings, Neb., and his master’s in social sciences from the University of Colorado at Denver.

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