Administrative support for the Colorado Public Defender’s System is provided by the State Office located at 1300 Broadway, in downtown Denver. This office manages all central business administrative functions needed for the efficient operation of the Regional Trial and Appellate offices.

State Administrative Office Senior Staff

• Megan A. Ring, Colorado State Public Defender
• Karen N. Taylor, First Assistant State Public Defender
• Lucienne Ohanian, Chief Deputy
• Joyce Akhahenda, Chief Deputy
• Zak Brown, Chief Deputy
• Stephen Ettinger, Chief Financial Officer
• Kyle Hughes, Chief Information Officer
• Veronica Graves, Chief Human Resources Officer
• James Karbach, Director of Legislative Policy and External Communications
• Maureen Cain, Policy Liaison
• Joseph Archambault, Chief Trial Deputy
• Kimberly Chalmers, Chief Trial Deputy
• Jennifer Ahnstedt, Lead Training Director
• Effie Seibold, Training Director
• Laurie Kepros, Director of Sexual Litigation
• Teresa Villalobos, Director of Criminal Investigation
• Tim McArthur, Social Work Program Director
• Sher Koslosky, Paralegal Program Director
• Lorie Kerr, Regional Program Administrator