Barbara recently retired as the chief community officer at Ent Credit Union. She has been involved as a board member or leader with many organizations including Executive Women International, Discover Goodwill, Silver Key Senior Services, Penrose-St. Francis Hospital, Pikes Peak United Way, and Pikes Peak YMCA. She currently serves on the boards of the Penrose-St. Francis Health Foundation, Discover Goodwill Foundation, CHI Colorado Foundation, BBVA Compass Bank, ComCor, and CLC. Barbara has been an active member of the Chancellor’s Leadership Class board at UCCS for more than 12 years and served on the advisory committee of the new Ent Center for the Arts on the UCCS campus. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University.

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Barbara lives in Manitou Springs, CO with her husband David Carpenter. Their daughter is an alumna of the CU Anchutz Medical Campus with a degree in Nursing and is an R.N. at UCH in Denver. Barbara has also been recognized for her leadership by the Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the Colorado Council of Girl Scouts, Colorado Springs Business Journal, Pikes Peak YMCA,  the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, and Leadership Pikes Peak.