From 1991 to the present, Ms. Wells has served as General Counsel to the Denver Board of Water Commissioners. In that capacity, she is responsible for providing all legal services—including negotiations for and defense of contracts, litigation of torts, attending to legal personnel matters, and conducting legal work pertaining to environmental and water rights issues—for Colorado’s largest water utility. She is also involved at a policy level in many issues, including issues like public lands, endangered species, protection of water rights, intergovernmental relations, and employment law. From 1983 to 1991, Ms. Wells served as the Deputy City Attorney and then City Attorney for the City and County of Denver. She was a staff attorney at the Environmental Defense Fund from 1980 to 1983.
Ms. Wells received her B.S. from Auburn University in 1969, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. She was a member of the Colorado Water Conservation Board from 1995 to 2001, serving as chair from 1997 to 1998. She currently serves as a member and vice-chair of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission.