Linda Shoemaker

In March CU Regent Linda Shoemaker (Jour) was the keynote speaker at the CU Women Succeeding Symposium at CU Colorado Springs. She has spent more than 20 years advocating for public education in Colorado and has worked as a journalist and attorney. Linda is president of the Brett Family Foundation, which invests in organizations working for social justice and advocates for disadvantaged teens. She and husband Steve Brett live in Boulder. The couple has three children and five grandchildren.