Dani Baresel-Pavlik at CU Denver Business School
For nearly 30 years, Dani Baresel-Pavlik worked in the IT/IS field as an individual contributor and senior leader. Today, that extensive industry background shapes classrooms at the University of Colorado at Denver’s School of Business, where she has served as an adjunct instructor since 2021.
Her teaching portfolio spans specialized courses in technology, empowering women in business, and risk management. Beyond her work at CU Denver, Baresel-Pavlik expanded her instructional reach in 2022 to the Community College of Aurora and Colorado Community Colleges Online, bringing decades of practical business acumen directly to regional students.
Baresel-Pavlik’s educational journey is deeply rooted in the University of Colorado system. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Management of Information Systems from the University of Colorado at Denver in 2000. She later added an executive M.B.A. from Regis University in 2007 and an M.A. in history from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 2024.
Continuing an active academic path, she is currently enrolled at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in pursuit of her PhD in history, with an anticipated completion year of 2029. Her formal academic credentials also include an Associate of Arts in History from Arapahoe Community College.
Baresel-Pavlik Maintains Active Professional Credentials
In addition to her classroom responsibilities, Baresel-Pavlik maintains active professional credentials. She is PMP and ITIL certified, bringing structured methodologies to her work in project management, financial planning, information technology, hiring/team-building, career advisement, and strategic planning.
Multilingual in native English, intermediate French and Spanish, and limited German, she contributes her expertise to professional and campus organizations. She is a member of the Empowering Women in Business group at the University of Colorado at Denver and participates in the Project Management Institute – MileHi PMI Denver.
