Denise Atkinson-Shorey

President & CEO
e-Luminosity

Denise Atkinson-Shorey is an education and telecommunications professional with over 30 years of success at the local, state and national levels. She has served in a variety of leadership roles including running a statewide broadband initiative and managing regional technical organizations. She founded and leads e-Luminosity, which focuses on strategic planning, grant writing, public policy and advocacy. Recent work has focused on the intersection of broadband access and digital literacy, equity and inclusion, which resulted in the award of an NTIA Connecting Minority Communities Grant Program award.

Atkinson-Shorey is a founding member and former board member of Schools, Healthcare and Libraries for Broadband Coalition (SHLB); a former board member of Consortium for School Networking (CoSN); and former advisory board member for Internet2's Community Anchor Program. She currently serves as a board member for Colorado Leaders of Education Technology (CALET) and is a founding member of the Colorado Educational Broadband Coalition (CEBC). 

In her spare time, Atkinson-Shorey trains and shows Irish wolfhounds and enjoys gardening and travel.