COLORADO
ASSOCIATION FOR
CAREER & TECHNICAL
EDUCATION
CACTE Staff - All Part Time! ​
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As a non-profit professional association, the Colorado Association for Career and Technical Education (CACTE) relies on a few paid staff members and a whole lot of volunteers to make things happen. Meet our hard-working staff! The Executive Director has a contract with the CACTE Executive Committee. The Assistant Director also has a contract. Note that the Assistants are paid a small stipend - it's a glorified volunteer job! :-)
Executive Director
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Debbie Nelson has been a member of CACTE since 1982, during her senior year at Colorado State University. She believes passionately in the power of professional association involvement! Benefits such as networking, leadership development, sharing/learning, and personal growth are myriad. When she’s not doing CACTE work, she likes to swim, hike, scrapbook, travel the globe, read and spend time with her nieces/nephews.
Debbie has been CACTE ED since 2017. You may contact Debbie at cacte@cacte.org.
Summit Assistant
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Janet Brophy is a High School of Business teacher from Idalia High School in Idalia, CO. Janet earned her BA from the University of Wyoming and her MBA from University of Phoenix. Prior to teaching high school, Janet worked in human resources and then support staff for an education consortium before completing the alternative licensure program. Janet has taught in a high school classroom for eight years as well as 10 years as an adjunct professor for a community college. Janet is also the Idalia FBLA Adviser, active CBAM/CACTE member, chairperson of the HSB Teacher Advisory Committee, member of the MBA Research Teacher Advisory Network, a trainer for High School of Business, CBE treasurer, and the membership director for Colorado for M-PBEA.
Janet started as CACTE Summit Assistant in February 2022. You can contact Janet at summit@cacte.org.
Administrative Assistant ​
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Abby Price has been teaching CTE since 2018, specializing in Family and Consumer Sciences at Canon City High School. Alongside teaching, she expanded her qualifications with additional licensure and earned a Master's in Education from the University of Colorado in Denver. When not teaching Abby is fueled by her love for rock climbing and rafting with her family, and exploring all Colorado has to offer.
Abby started as CACTE Membership Assistant in February 2024. You may contact Abby at admin@cacte.org.
Assistant Director
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Sheri Bryant has been a member of CACTE since 2005 and an educator in Colorado since 1998. From subbing in a kindergarten class (#iykyk) to advocating for CTE programming at all levels, she is passionate about career-connected learning, strategic partnerships and strong CACTE member involvement. Sheri’s own first entrepreneurial/WBL experience in fourth grade was selling eggs to her teachers while growing up on her family’s farm. When not doing “all things CTE”, she likes to not only expand her skills in quilting, camping, and photography, but also to explore through world travel and the beautiful landscape of Colorado with her husband, Dave.
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Sheri started as Assistant Director in February 2025.
You may contact Sheri at asstdirector@cacte.org.