Board of Directors

DARRIN FOSTER
BOARD CHAIR

Owner/Founder & COO
Oogie’s Snacks

SHERYL BOLLINGER
TREASURER

CEO, President & General Counsel
AMG National Trust Bank

STEPHEN AGEE
Partner
Husch Blackwell

NATALIE ARTIBEE
Managing Director
Nelnet

SHAWN BARKER
Vice President
Ball Corporation

MATT BETTS
Vice President, Rocky Mountain Business Unit Leader
JE Dunn Construction Company

NAOMI BOYD
Dean
University of Denver, Daniels College of Business

TOTI CADAVID
President & Transformation Strategist
Essencialize

PETER COORS
Manager of Craft Brewing
Molson Coors Brewing Company

BRENNA COPELAND
Chief Financial Officer
Jeffco Public Schools

LORI DAVIS

JEANETTE DERN

MEG DUKE

TIM DUSSEAU
General Manager
Pepsi Beverages Company

JOHN DYER

DEANNA GALENTE
SVP, Middle Market Manager
Columbia Bank

CHRIS GDOWSKI
Superintendent
Adams 12 School District

MICHAEL GREGG
President, IMA Advisors
IMA Financial

TOM HADLEY
Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations
Western Union

JEREMY HELD
Managing Director
Bow River Capital Partners

RYAN HELMER

KATE HIPWELL
Managing Director
Deloitte

BOB HOTTMAN

CURT HOWELL
Peaks Market President
Select Health

STEVEN HUSSAIN
SVP Government Affairs
Prologis

CHRISTIAN HUTTER

KATE IVES

DANIEL KATZ
Managing Principal
Steel Street PWM

ARI KAUFMAN
CEO
TrayIQ

KEVIN KELLEY

STEVE KINSLEY
President
Kinsley Meetings

BREMMER KNEIB
EVP & Corporate Banking Market Leader
PNC Bank

TODD LAMBERT
Superintendent
Littleton Public Schools

JEFFREY LENCHES
SVP Commercial Team Lead
UMB Bank

JOSH LEVY

SHARON LINHART

ERIC MASTROIANNI
Vice President, Denver Southwest District Manager, Colorado/New Mexico Market
U.S. Bank

JILL MINCKS
Vice President, Operational & Strategic Risk Management
Empower

ED NEKRITZ
Strategic Advisor and Executive Coach BarkerGilmore

JEFF NELLIGAN
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley

NICK NIEHAUS
Vice President, Executive Planning Consultant
Fidelity Investments

BRAD OSTENDORF
Partner – International Tax Services
RSM

KEITH PHILLIPS
Chief Financial Officer
Delta Dental of Colorado

JUSTIN PROCHNOW
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig

WADE PURSELL
Executive Vice President & CFO
SM Energy

MEGAN RAY
SVP. Market Manager Private Banking
BOK Financial

SANDY ROTHE
Owner
Turnbuckle Distilling

KEVIN SACHS
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company

JEFF SCHERMERHORN
Audit Partner
Crowe LLP

SLOAN SMITH
Principal, Director
Innovest Portfolio Solutions LLC

TROY STALTER
Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager – Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America

JAMES TAYLOR
Managing Director – Client Service & Support
Charles Schwab

PAUL THOMPSON
Partner
Dorsey & Whitney LLP

JIM VAUGHN

TOM WALLACE
Managing Director
Accenture

TIM WALSH
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management
U.S. Department of Energy

JIM WILSON
Partner
EY

DANNY WINSOR
Assistant Superintendent
Douglas County School District R-1

ERIC WOLF
Co-Founder & Partner
Liftout Capital

SAMUEL YSUSI
Partner
Plante Moran

RENEE ZENTZ
President/CEO
Careers in Construction Colorado

Our Impact

2025/26 School Year

119,317
Students Reached
658
Schools Reached
89
Districts Reached