OUr Team
Meet Our Leadership Team & Board Members
Leadership Team
Joy
President and CEO
(she/her/hers)
Kelsey
Executive Vice President
& Chief Operating Officer
(she/her/hers)
Lauren
V.P. of Impact and Operations Strategy (she/her/hers)
Ellie
V.P. of Development
(she/her/hers)
Tom
V.P. of Finance and Administration (he/him/his)
Community Impact
Cecilia
Director of Community Impact (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 & Advocacy
(they/them/theirs)
Franz
Senior Marketing Manager
(he/his/him)
Catie
Events & Engagement Manager
(she/her/hers)
Development
Ellyn
Director of Development
(she/her/hers)
Doug
Director of New Corporate Partnerships
(he/his/him)
Kathy
Senior Donor Services Manager
(she/her/hers)
Marianne
Senior Grants Manager
(she/her/hers)
Damon
Development Officer
(he/his/him)
Nina
Development Officer
(she/her/hers)
Mary
Development Officer
(she/her/hers)
Finance and Operations
Rakshya
Director of Finance
(she/her/hers)
Patti
Executive Manager
(she/her/hers)
Kat
Technical Project Manager
(she/her/hers)
Christi
Administrative Services Manager
(she/her/hers)
Executive Board Members
Stephen West, Chair, Senior Wealth Advisor, Mercer Advisors
Barbara Walton, Chair Elect, Retired CPA, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Lee Greene, Secretary, Vice President of Contract Administration, Woodward
Rich Cohan, Treasurer, Retired VP, Compliance, Privacy and Information Security, Providence St. Joseph Health
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
Shaun Belongie, CEO, New Belgium Brewing
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
Kristin Kirkpatrick, Former Vice President of Development, Tribe Development Company
Aaron Guin, Attorney at Law, Johnson Dauster & Thorson
Tyler Jones, Senior Manager of Communications and Encouragement, Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative
Alexis Kennedy, Assistant Professor, Public Policy and Administration, Colorado State University
Yolanda McKnight, Retired, Deputy Court Clerk (Assistant Director), Austin Municipal Court – Austin, Texas
Vinai Misra, North America Sales Leader, Woodward, Inc.
Dawn Paepke, Community Relations Consultant, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
Erik Zavala, Director of Resident Services, CARE Communities
