The Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum, commonly known as CHEF, facilitates clinical ethics education and networking statewide.  We host an annual conference where health care providers can learn and enhance skills needed to respond to today’s challenging ethical issues. Our larger goal is to aid individuals whenever they encounter difficult healthcare decisions using a foundation of knowledge, compassion, and openness.

Board Member Commitment

The Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum (CHEF) board meets monthly virtually, and holds one in-person board meeting a year. Board members also attend the annual conference, which is usually held in late spring.

Board terms are three-years in length and can be renewed for two consecutive terms or for a total of six (6) years.  All terms begin October 1, and end September 30. We normally have about 15 directors serving at any one time. The CHEF By-Laws allow up to 17 board members.   

 Current board membership:  nurses, ethicists (one of the ethicists is a professor of ethics at Ft. Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, lawyer/ethicist, nurse educator, advanced nurse practitioner, science/ethics educator, mission director/spiritual care, spiritual care/chaplain. 

Should you decide to make application to serve on the CHEF Board of Directors, here are the next steps:

1.    Submit your CV/resume.

2.    Submit a brief paragraph of why you would like to serve on the CHEF Board and the gifts or skills you would like to bring to the organization.

3.    A virtual interview will be held with the nominating committee.

4.    The nominating committee will make a recommendation to the full Board who will vote on the nominee.

Should you have any questions please don't hesitate to reach out Carl Middleton at carlmiddletonconsulting@gmail.com.