Chad Vorthmann

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Session: Combating Climate Change Together

​Everything we do each day has an impact on our environment – from driving cars, growing, and consuming food, building, or remodeling our homes and providing the power to make it all happen. The oil and natural gas industry in Colorado is taking bold, proactive steps toward sustainability and cleaning our air to ensure we have a long and thriving future. We are not alone in this endeavor, with many other like-minded industries in the state showing their leadership and making major changes to lower their emissions and shrink their footprints.  This panel will feature our partners in progress, focusing on our collective efforts to combat climate change and integrate strategies within current regulatory efforts.

Executive Vice President
Colorado Farm Bureau

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About Chad Vortmann

​Chad Vorthmann was born and raised on a fourth-generation row crop and cattle farm in southwest Iowa.  He attended the University of Nebraska, competed on the livestock judging team and studied journalism and diversified agriculture. After college, he worked as a beef nutrition specialist. Two years later, he joined the staff of the Nebraska Cattlemen’s Beef Association and was eventually hired to run the national Beef Quality Assurance program for NCBA.  Wanting to work more closely with grassroots members, Vorthmann went back to the state level, joining Colorado Farm Bureau in 2002 as the Director of Communications.  He was promoted to Vice President of Organization in 2007 and Executive Vice President in 2012.  Chad’s wife, Garin, works for Colorado Legislative Services, who provides contract advocacy services for Colorado Farm Bureau.  The couple has two daughters.  Chad enjoys road cycling as well as hunting elk, deer and black bear on the families’ cattle ranch in Southwest Colorado.

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