Kathy Erbacher

Background

Erbacher, Kathy was born in 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Philip Erbacher and Thelma Lillian Erbacher Sammon.

Education

Bachelor of Science in English Theater Education, University Kansas, Lawrence, 1970. Bachelor magna cum laude in Art, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, 1983.

Career

Reporter Kansas City Star (Missouri), 1970-1972. Newswriter, publicist Washington University, St. Louis, 1972-1976. Copy editor Kansas City Star-Times (Missouri), 1976-1979.

Corporation communications manager, editor Petro-Lewis Corporation, Denver, 1979-1982. Associate editor arts and travel editor Denver Magazine, 1984-1986. Owner Arts International, since 1987.

International editor, senior writer Gates Rubber Company, Denver, 1987-1990. Feature writer/editor Rocky Mountain News, 1998-2001. Creative services writer Denver Newspaper Agency, 2001—2002.

President Erbacher Creative, LLC, since 2003.

Achievements

• Kathy Erbacher has been listed as a notable writer, editor, marketing consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Metropolitan State College Alumni Association, 1986-1987, co-chair 1987 Metropolitan State College Alumni Awards Dinner, Denver. Board governors Metropolitan State College Foundation, 1986-1987. Member program committee Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, 1989-1990.

Member public affairs advisory committee Denver Center for Performing Arts, 1989-1998. Active Denver Art Museum Alliance for Contemporary Art, since 1984. Colorado Trade Mission delegate to Japan, 1994.

Member Denver Art Museum, Museo de las Americans, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Denver Botanical Gardens.

Interests

• Visual art, theater, films, travel, Spanish language.

Connections

Father:

Philip Erbacher

Mother:

Thelma Lillian Erbacher Sammon