Ben Cowan

CHAIR

Ben has been politically active for over 20 years, starting with the Howard Dean Presidential campaign in 2003. He began volunteering for the Boulder County Democrats in 2008, just after moving to Colorado. He has continued to be involved since, as a Precinct Organizer and volunteer, in Longmont and then in Boulder. In the 2020 campaign, he volunteered extensively for the Elizabeth Warren campaign, including as Canvass Captain. He stepped up his involvement with BCDP in 2022, joining the Bylaws Team, and soon earned a Team Leader position. In that role, he got to know in detail the work of teams across the party, addressing concerns about how our rules could better serve their needs. Outside of politics, Ben a physicist, specializing in particle accelerators and supercomputing. As Chair of a Physics conference, he led a successful effort to dramatically improve the representation of women. He is also an avid runner, and has competed in races from Boulder to Boston to Berlin. He lives just outside Boulder city limits with his husband and their four cats.

Geoffrey Loss

VICE CHAIR INTERNAL

Prior to becoming Vice Chair Internal, Geoff worked as one of the Field Team Leads for the 2024 election after getting his start volunteering through the Register Renters program. He is particularly proud of being involved with BCDP’s first Knock & Talk canvassing campaign. He is passionate about the importance of voting and is excited to continue the mission of winning elections all over Boulder County. Geoff’s professional background is in computer science and he has extensive experience doing software consulting for labor unions. He moved to Colorado in 2021 from New York, where he competed for the US national fencing team and won two NCAA championships on the Columbia University team. He now lives in central Boulder, where he ruins his knees in new and exciting ways by skiing.

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VICE CHAIR EXTERNAL

Carol Teal

VICE CHAIR CAPACITY

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Jason Sherry

SECRETARY

Jason has been doing IT infrastructure design and management professionally for 22-years, with a focus on communications & collaboration solutions. In this field, he has been a consultant, product manager, and a solutions expert for some of the largest and most complex organizations in the world. He became heavily involved in politics in November 2015, when he became the CO HD11 Captain and Data Captain for the Bernie Sanders campaign. In July 2016 he was a National Delegate for Bernie at the DNC. During this same time, he was the Data Captain for Bob Seay's campaign for US Congress in CO CD4. He has organized teams of volunteers, setup & managed communications channels, done public outreach, managed phone banks and canvassing in CO and in CA. Finally, he has also been a board member, secretary, treasurer, and IT manager for multiple non-profits over the last seven years. Jason has lived in Colorado since 2003 and in Longmont since 2007.

Dalton Valette

TREASURER

Prior to serving as BCDP Treasurer, Dalton served as a BC Supersite Chair and Precinct Organizer. He also served on the BCDP Finance Committee. Prior to his work with BCDP, Dalton worked on multiple campaigns for over a decade across Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York, ranging from gubernatorial races to town council and ballot measures. Dalton also worked as an intern in then Representative Jared Polis’ CD-2 office, having previously been on Polis’s Youth Advisory Council. Dalton ran for the Board of Trustees in his Superior hometown in 2018 and was elected to chair the Home Rule Charter Commission in 2023. He has work experience at the United Nations, C-SPAN, and currently works at the legal and consulting firm Canna Advisors, assisting businesses stay in compliance with state cannabis laws and regulations. Dalton has a master’s degree in law from the University of Colorado and a bachelor’s in political science from Drew University, where he also launched the Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship. Dalton lives in Superior.  

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