JA-Rocky Mountain and JA of Southern Colorado Consolidation FAQs

JA-Rocky Mountain and JA of Southern Colorado have 146 years’ combined experience helping Colorado students develop skill sets and mindsets that lead to meaningful and opportunity-filled lives.
As the organizations evolved to meet the growing and changing needs of students, teachers, and schools, JA of Southern Colorado and JA-Rocky Mountain recognized that consolidating is essential to furthering the JA mission.
The consolidation of these two JA area offices allows for a more efficient and complete approach to extending JA’s impact. Together, they will leverage their combined expertise and resources to deliver high-quality experiential programs to teachers and students.

After a rigorous due diligence process, JA-Rocky Mountain’s Board of Directors voted to approve the consolidation during a special session on October 15, 2025.
The JA of Southern Colorado Board of Directors voted to approve the consolidation on October 15, 2025.
The official consolidation date is November 3, 2025.
We will work quickly to integrate the organizations.
There are several additional decisions to be addressed in 2025.

The combined organization will operate under the name Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain (JA-Rocky Mountain).

The JA of Southern Colorado’s website URLs will redirect to corresponding pages on www.JARockyMountain.org.
JA of Southern Colorado staff members will have new email addresses; the convention for those addresses is [first initial][last name]@jarockymountain.org.
JA of Southern Colorado’s social media accounts will be deactivated in mid-November.
All the contact information for JA-Rocky Mountain will remain the same.

There will be no changes to existing JA-Rocky Mountain staff positions as a result of the consolidation.
Five JA of Southern Colorado staff members will join the JA-Rocky Mountain team.
We will be hiring a director of development to lead fundraising efforts in the southern portion of the state.
Depending in their role and assigned region, JA-Rocky Mountain team members who serve Southern Colorado will work at the Pueblo office (601 N Main St #221, Pueblo, CO 81003), the Colorado Springs office (611 North Weber Street, Suite 201, Colorado Springs, CO 80903), or remotely.
The JA of Southern Colorado Board of Directors will become one of JA-Rocky Mountain’s Regional Leadership Advisory Councils.

JA-Rocky Mountain programs will continue to be offered at no cost to students and schools.
JA-Rocky Mountain will align programs based on best practices throughout the state to meet the needs of students, schools, and local communities.
JA-Rocky Mountain will learn from JA of Southern Colorado’s experience with pop-up programming to reach rural students across the region.

Volunteer your time
- Share your experience through JA classroom programs
- Volunteer for one of JA’s experiential programs
Participate in a fundraising event
- Invest in our community’s future
- Make an individual contribution
- Become a corporate sponsor of a program or event
- Host an event at the JA Free Enterprise Center
Invite others to engage
- Refer a friend or colleage
- Inform us of network or speaking opportunities
- Introduce JA staff to potential partners
- Inform the educators in your life about the opportunities provided
For more information, contact Kristi Shaffer at KShaffer@JARockyMountain.org.

The organizations will communicate additional information as it becomes available by email and through their website https://www.jarockymountain.org/.