October 29, 2025
The October 29, 2025 program will feature Dr. Leon Kelly and the theme of the evening will be a masquerade ball as we will be meeting in the historic Broadmoor ballroom. Formal evening attire with a touch of mystery and elegance complete with decorative mask is acceptable for this event.
Dr. Leon Kelly is a board-certified forensic pathologist, former El Paso County Coroner (2018–2024), and lifelong public servant whose career has unfolded at the crossroads of medicine, public health, and storytelling. He led one of Colorado’s busiest coroner’s offices, investigating thousands of deaths and helping drive legislative reforms to modernize the state’s coroner system. Dr. Kelly assisted in the criminal investigation of the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Freemont County where at least 115 bodies were found. His passion for prevention and community well-being has guided much of his work. He co-founded the El Paso County Child Fatality Review Team and the nationally recognized Teen Suicide Prevention Working Group, chaired the Colorado Springs chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for six years—earning an award later renamed in his honor—and served as Emergency Deputy Medical Director during the COVID-19 pandemic. An educator at heart, Dr. Kelly has taught forensic pathology, death investigation, and public health to medical students for more than a decade. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Pathology at Rocky Vista University and operates Neon Forensics, LLC, where he provides consulting, autopsy services, and expert testimony across the western U.S. His forensic expertise has been featured on national true crime programs including Homicide Hunter, Exhumed, and The Killing of JonBenét: The Truth Uncovered. Outside the laboratory, he co-founded the Six Feet Under Horror Film Festival and recently made his executive producing debut on the feature film Devil in the Trunk, blending his love of the macabre with a commitment to authentic storytelling.January 8, 2026
Adam Schrager
Adam Schrager is a member of the teaching faculty at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His career as a broadcast journalist at commercial stations in Denver and Wisconsin, as well as at Wisconsin Public Television, earned him nearly 30 Emmy Awards since the early 1990s. He has written four books and his work has received positive reviews in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and on NPR. His first book, “The Principled Politician,” led to Colorado lawmakers naming the state’s new Justice Center and a state highway after its subject, former Governor Ralph Carr.
Schrager has taught reporting and storytelling at Marquette University, the University of Denver, and most recently at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also conducts media training seminars for state lawmakers and nonprofits around the country.
He holds an undergraduate degree in American history from the University of Michigan and a graduate degree in broadcast journalism from Northwestern University.
Mr. Schrager is co-author of The Blueprint, an analysis about changing politics in Colorado.
February 12, 2026
Debby Huang
Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver
Debby Huang is the Director General of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver, the diplomatic mission of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that functions as a de facto consulate covering the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. In her role, she leads Taiwan’s economic, cultural, and diplomatic engagement across the region, fostering partnerships and cooperation in areas including trade, investment, education, and technology.
She regularly represents Taiwanese interests in meetings with state officials and participates in public diplomacy events—such as panel discussions and visits to research institutions—to strengthen bilateral relations between Taiwan and local U.S. communities.
March 26, 2026
The March 26, 2026 program will feature Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. The theme of the evening will honor Colorado’s rich ranching cattle heritage. As we will be meeting in the historic Broadmoor surrounded by Western art and sculpture, evening western attire is encouraged.
Colin Woodall is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and leads the country’s oldest and largest national trade association for cattle producers in being the trusted voice and definitive leader of the beef industry.
Originally from Big Spring, Texas, Colin graduated from Texas A&M and then worked as a grain elevator manager and merchandiser for Cargill at several locations in western Kansas and the Oklahoma panhandle. After venturing to Washington, Colin took a job with U.S. Senator John Cornyn from Texas. He has been with NCBA since 2004 and served as the association’s Chief Lobbyist in Washington, D.C., for a decade. He is a founding member of the Government Relations Leadership Forum, a life member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, member of the Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association, the Agribusiness Club of Washington, D.C., the Washington Agricultural Roundtable, and is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Agriculture Council of America. He also volunteers as a junior commercial steer show judge at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition.