OUr Team
Meet Our Leadership Team & Board Members
Leadership Team
Joy
President and CEO (on sabbatical)
(she/her/hers)
Kelsey
Acting CEO
V.P. of Communications and Engagement
(she/her/hers)
Diane
Chief Financial Officer
(she/her/hers)
Lauren
V.P. of Impact and Operations Strategy
(she/her/hers)
Ellie
V.P. of Development
(she/her/hers)
Community Impact
Cecilia
Director of WomenGive and Impact Initiatives
(she/her/hers)
Ernan
Senior Manager of Community Hubs
(he/his/him)
Dallas
Community Impact Manager
(she/they)
Communications and Engagement
Rorey
Director of Community Engagement and Advocacy
(they/them/theirs)
Franz
Senior Marketing Manager
(he/his/him)
Lexi
Events and Engagement Manager
(she/her/hers)
McCoy
Social Media Intern
(he/his/him)
Development
Doug
Corporate and Planned Giving Director
(he/his/him)
Justin
Individual Giving Director
(he/his/him)
Marianne
Grants Manager
(she/her/hers)
Damon
Development Officer
(he/his/him)
Ellyn
Development Officer
(she/her/hers)
Lauren
Development Intern
(she/her/hers)
Finance and Operations
Kat
Technical Project Manager
(she/her/hers)
Kathy
Donor Services Manager
(she/her/hers)
Tom
Director of Accounting
(he/him/his)
Patti
Executive Manager
(she/her/hers)
Blessing
HR Intern
(she/her/hers)
Rakshya
Finance and Admin Manager
(she/her/hers)
Executive Board Members
Stephen West, Chair, Senior Wealth Advisor, Mercer Advisors
Anne Folk, Past Chair, Vice President Human Resources, Hach
Lee Greene, Secretary, Vice President of Contract Administration, Woodward
Barbara Walton, Treasurer, Retired CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Lori Rasmussen, Resource Development Committee Chair, Retired, Non-profit leadership
Kristin Kirkpatrick, Community Impact Committee Chair, Vice President of Development, Tribe Development Company
Board Members
Richard Alper, Adjunct Professor, University of Northern Colorado and Principal, Confluence Collaboration
Javier Camacho, Senior Manager, External Affairs, Platte River Power Authority
Tegan Camden, Vice President of Clinical Operations, Lucet
Kristen Draper, Manager, Old Town Library, Poudre River Library District
Aaron Guin, Attorney, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe
Alexis Kennedy, Assistant Professor, Public Policy and Administration, Colorado State University
Kelly McBartlett, Principle Agent, MCM Collective at Compass
Yolanda McKnight, Retired, Deputy Court Clerk (Assistant Director), Austin Municipal Court – Austin, Texas
Dawn Paepke, Community Relations Consultant, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Karen Wong Brown, CEO, Unified Workforce
Erik Zavala, Director of Resident Services, CARE Communities