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August 21, 2025

Jeff Edoff: 2025 JA Volunteer of the Year

Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA) is proud to recognize Jeff Edoff as the 2025 Volunteer of the Year. Jeff’s first JA volunteer experience was in 2009, teaching JA Our Community to 2nd graders at Fremont Elementary […]

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Caitlin Turner: 2025 JA Shooting Star of the Year

Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain is excited to announce Caitlin Turner as the 2025 JA Shooting Star of the Year. Caitlin began her tenure with Collegiate Peaks Bank five years ago as a consultant. While community engagement […]

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Lisa Hollingsworth: 2025 JA Educator of the Year

Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain is honored to recognize Lisa Hollingsworth as the 2025 JA Educator of the Year. Lisa has implemented JA programming into her curriculum since 2015, impacting more than 570 of her high school […]

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Liz Stapp: 2025 JA Advocate of the Year

Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA) is happy to announce Liz Stapp as the 2025 JA Advocate of the Year. Two years ago, following a career as an attorney and university professor teaching Business Law, Ethics, and […]

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August 1, 2025

Hilary Wimmer: “I would not be the teacher I am today without JA”

Teaching was a second career for me. I got into teaching through an alternative track, so I had to learn to “build the plane while it was already flying.” JA was there to save the […]

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July 28, 2025

Josh Ferge: “The skills I developed through JA proved invaluable”

As a high schooler, I participated in the JA Stock Market Challenge and JA’s summer programming. These experiences were transformative, teaching me essential skills in teamwork, presentation, and professional communication while igniting my passion for […]

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July 16, 2025

Stephanie Murphy: “I continue to work for JA because it fills my heart”

In 2002, I was working at Citigroup in the credit card division, Diners Club. Every month, our office hosted information sessions about community involvement opportunities. One month, I attended a Junior Achievement (JA) session to […]

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July 15, 2025

Meg Chapman: “JA does so much more than provide curriculum or a field trip”

I have the coolest job in the world. My Junior Achievement journey began 12 years ago when my dad called because his contact at JA-Rocky Mountain had left. I was working in Corporate Social Responsibility, […]

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July 10, 2025

A Loop Full of Lessons That Will Last a Lifetime

In partnership with the Colorado Golf Association (CGA), more than 90 high school students from the Solich Caddie and Leadership Academy put down the golf bags, stepped away from the course, and traveled from across […]

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