Senior Program Manager

Adrienne manages and maintains the progress and development of the Youth Sexual Health work, including all projects and initiatives (WISE, Youth Sexual Health Alliance and Mapping Resource), in addition to being responsive to gaps identified by partners and how to coordinate the work on a statewide level. Prior to joining Trailhead, Adrienne worked as a Health Educator at Denver Health in a School-Based Health Center. She provided direct reproductive health counseling and supported young people to make informed decisions about their sexual health, including how to navigate the services at the School-Based Health Center. She has a Master of Public Health degree. Adrienne enjoys hiking, biking, camping and kayaking in the summer and snowboarding in the winter.

Director of Projects & Partnerships

Ben oversees the Administrative Partnership Program, supporting our various projects’ and programs’ development and operations. Additionally, Ben supports the Colorado Clinical Translational Sciences Institute’s Community Engagement Pilot Grants Program by providing technical assistance and administrative support. Before he joined the Trailhead team, Ben worked at Mile High United Way managing and writing grants for their internal programs. He has a Master of Social Work. In his free time, Ben likes to snowboard, rock climb, solve puzzles, and run.

Director of Community Engagement and Philanthropy

Holly advises on community engagement best practices within programs across the organization and maintains high-level oversight of the Youth Sexual Health Program. Prior to joining Trailhead, Holly served as the Director of Community Programs at Colorado Youth Matter. Holly earned her Masters in Social Work from the University of Denver and a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from James Madison University. She completed a capstone project and a fellowship related to global development and equity in Washington, DC and in Davos, Switzerland. When Holly isn’t overseeing programs at Trailhead, she enjoys cross-country skiing, hiking, and playing tennis.

Finance Manager

Juan joins our Finance team as manager of Trailhead’s finances where he supports program and project budgeting; ensures contract compliance; and manages Accounts Receivable Billings. Prior to joining Trailhead, Juan worked for North Colorado Health Alliance as an accountant where he excelled in collaboratively working with regional, statewide, and national
grantors/partners such as Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Colorado Department of Public Health Environment, and United Way of Weld and Larimer County. The opportunity to work closely on grant revenues and budgets allowed Juan to understand how such funding is utilized to create sustainable programming that leads to increased healthy outcomes and stronger and healthier communities. In his spare time, Juan enjoys watching Star Wars, Marvel, and D.C. movies and spending time with his family and my two dogs.

Director of People & Strategic Initiatives

Lisa supports Trailhead’s mission through coaching, training and maximizing the best assets of Trailhead – its employees and partnerships. She brings nearly 30 years in the nonprofit sector to inform Trailhead’s organizational and leadership development. She has served as the executive director at Colorado Youth Matter and has worked in intimate partner violence prevention. In addition to her work with Trailhead, Lisa is an executive coach, consultant and trainer who supports teams and individuals in creativity, mindfulness and burnout prevention and recovery. She holds an MS in Organizational Leadership and is a Master Practitioner of NLP, an expressive writing instructor and a Co-Active Coach. In her free time, she enjoys City Park, public art, studying astrology, being anywhere in the Rockies, and her tiny bob cat, Pixie Bee.

Bookkeeper

Natalie’s responsibilities include managing all credit card transactions for Trailhead Staff and Administrative Partners, as well as doing Accounts Payable and Receivable, cash receipts and disbursements, and developing training sessions for Finance-related topics for Trailhead staff and Administrative Partners. Prior to joining Trailhead, she worked as an in-house accountant for several small, family-owned businesses. Natalie holds a BS in Accounting. In her free time, she likes to visit beaches, attend jazz concerts, and do volunteer work.

President & Executive Director

As the President and Executive Director of Trailhead Institute, Sarah is a known and trusted health leader across the state of Colorado. Sarah is known to take risks, challenge the status quo, and push the field of public health forward by seeking innovative solutions to common problems. She is a systems thinker who builds, implements, and sustains initiatives that have positively impacted the health of communities spanning public health, health care, and behavioral health.

Prior to serving as the President and Executive Director, Sarah also served as the Chief Operating Officer and Program Director. Before joining Trailhead, she worked as the Program Manager for the Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials where she managed Public Health Services and Systems Research projects and evaluated work of the Public Health Alliance of Colorado.

Outside of work Sarah thrives in the kitchen and can, at times, be found behind a mic at karaoke night.

Readiness and Response Coordinator, North Central Region Healthcare Coalition

Chelsie facilitates the collaborative work of the North Central Region Healthcare Coalition (NCR HCC) to include regional response efforts through developing, exercising, and evaluating emergency preparedness plans, procedures, and agreements. Prior to joining the NCR HCC, Chelsie was a leader in education, serving as a teacher, coach, and department head for five years. She completed an emergency management internship with Tenet Healthcare and volunteered with emergency response organizations during her summer breaks. Chelsie holds a Bachelor’s in Applied Sociology and Communication and a Master’s in Emergency and Disaster Management. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and exploring new places with her fiancé. When she’s not traveling, you can find Chelsie reading, running, playing volleyball or ice hockey, or just hanging out with her dogs, Skye and Renley.

Policy Director, Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger

Greta is responsible for providing facilitation and support to The Blueprint’s workgroup and project teams focused on increasing enrollment in SNAP and WIC, as well as convening State and Federal Policy workgroups. Greta provides policy and systems analysis in order to support the expressed legislative needs and values of the Blueprint network. Greta came to the Blueprint after 6 years in local public health. Greta moved to Colorado from Northern California to complete her dietetic internship in 2017 and subsequently spent four years working for the WIC program as a Registered Dietitian. In 2021, Greta transitioned to the role of Regional Health Connector where she built and strengthened relationships between public health, community-based organizations, and primary care providers. Greta maintains her credential as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration. In her free time, Greta can be found taking long walks with her dog and partner, working out with friends at her local CrossFit gym, watching bad reality TV, eating sushi, hiking the trails close to home in Boulder, and keeping her houseplants alive.

Community Organizer, Jefferson County Food Policy Council

Javier works to move beyond listening and representing community members, to creating long-term relationships, training leaders, and ensuring space so that policy and advocacy is led by community members. He also co-facilitates and supports Jefferson County Food Policy Council’s ongoing Advocacy Coalition and Workgroups. Javier was incited into political work when he saw folks organized in a church basement, making food for protesters, and opening up their homes to their neighbors whose family members were deported during the 2006 and 2012 ICE raids at Greeley JBS. These examples of community support became core organizing values he still holds today. Since then, Javier has worked on and advocated for social justice issues such as environmental justice at the University of Denver, access to resources for Latine communities and BIPOC women while working at a local radio station, and abortion access, election rights, and building youth power as the Denver Organizing Manager at New Era Colorado. Javier is a film enthusiast and enjoys traveling and cooking.

Executive Assistant/Translator, Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger

Leticia provides administrative support to the entire Blueprint to End Hunger including  organizing logistics and meetings for over 15 different teams. Prior to joining the Blueprint, she worked in Denver Public Schools for 24 years as a school secretary and also as a parent liaison for nearly 15 years. In addition, Leticia serves on the board of directors for Horizons. Leticia is a native Spanish speaker who has lived in Colorado for over 40 years. She is a grandmother and has two amazing children. Her love of her family, her community and her strong ability to build relationships are just a few of the reasons she is so passionate about the work.

Chief Operating Officer and Director of Programs, Colorado Equitable Economic Mobility Initiative

As Chief Operating Officer  and Director of Programs, Perla will play a major role in leading the work of growing the list of Colorado workforce and postsecondary programs backed by strong evidence and project managing CEEMI’s work streams. Perla was born in Chihuahua, Mexico and raised in Denver for nearly all of her life. As a first generation latina in the USA Perla has learned the power of interwinding two beautiful cultures together and their story is stronger because of it. Perla graduated from MSU Denver with a B.S. in Event &  Meeting Management and two years later was awarded the Top 10 MSU Denver Alumni award for using her skills to help the community. Perla has had the opportunity to put on  A-List events all over Colorado and surrounding states. However, she knew that she wanted to make a  difference in the community, and sought out to find something that would fill her heart with joy. That is when she Co-Founded Ednium: The Alumni Collective and ran all the organization’s operations. In her free time, you can find Perla doing DIY design projects, exploring new restaurants with her husband or baking.