Ted is a Senior Program Officer at the Walton Family Foundation, where he leads the Colorado River Basin Program. In this role, Ted advances innovative and collaborative solutions to promote water conservation and to improve management of the Colorado River for the benefit of nature and people. In this role, Ted has helped re-connect the Colorado River to the sea and connect communities to the value of their rivers. Ted is a former Chair of the Water Table, a funder collaborative housed within the Water Foundation, where he has helped grow the field of water philanthropy by hundreds of millions of dollars to take on the most pressing problems related to rivers and water resources.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Ted represented the State of Colorado for more than 2 decades, first at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and then at the Colorado Water Conservation Board. In these roles, Ted represented the Colorado in state, federal, interstate, and international affairs. Ted is recognized for his deep expertise in Colorado River water management issues and the role of philanthropy to drive towards impactful change. Ted has a law degree from the University of Colorado and an undergraduate degree in government from Cornell University.