Overseeing Colorado's share

* Gov. Bill Ritter set up a statewide board Wednesday to assure accountability and oversight of Colorado's anticipated $2 billion-plus share of President Barack Obama's stimulus program.

* Headed by Don Elliman, director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development, the board includes representatives from the public and private sectors. It has set up a Web site at colorado.gov/recovery for citizens to monitor the funds.

* The members are State Treasurer Cary Kennedy; Secretary of State Bernie Buescher; Sen. Moe Keller, D-Wheat Ridge, chairwoman of the Joint Budget Committee; Rep. Don Marostica, R-Loveland, Joint Budget Committee member; Ray Baker, of Gold Crown Cos.; Reeves Brown, executive director of Club 20; Taryn Edwards, president of Associated General Contractors of Colorado; Robert Gibson, deputy director of Colorado WINS; Sandy Gutierrez, president/CEO of the Pueblo Latino Chamber of Commerce; Tony Hernandez, director of the Division of Local Government in the state Department of Local Affairs; Andre Pettigrew, director of the Denver Office of Economic Development; and Richard Truly, former director of NREL and former administrator of NASA.