Thirty-two current and emerging leaders were recently selected to participate in the 2024-2025 Leadership Fort Collins program. The group is a diverse mix of professions with representatives from education, large and small business, not for profit and government.
Leadership Fort Collins, a program of the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce, educates and motivates leaders who are committed to shaping the future of our community while encouraging inspired and active involvement that contributes to community betterment.
Ann Hutchison, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce President & CEO, announced the class on August 27. “The selection committee had a tremendous task when they were asked to select this year’s class. We had fantastic applications for the program and as a result, have an outstanding class,” she said.
The 2024-2025 class members are:
- Carisa Akrish, SERVPRO of Fort Collins and Loveland
- Brian Allen, UCHealth
- Stephanie Anderson, Town of Wellington
- Karla Baise, Odell Brewing Company/OBC Wine Project
- Josh Beard, Liquor Store Services, Inc
- Kiersten Chuven, Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County
- Amanda Clayton (she/her), TGTHR
- Brooke Corbel, Food Bank for Larimer County
- Holly Coulehan, City of Fort Collins
- Amanda Crose, Virtuous Cycle Coaching
- Laura Culleton, Larimer County
- Kelli Davison, Colorado State University
- Sean Duffy, Impact Financial Strategies
- Gabriel Dunbar, Saunders Construction
- Megan Harvey, Crossroads Safehouse
- Chad Hayes, Professional Engineering Consultants
- Alan Hirsch, Alan Hirsch, LLC
- Michelle Kimble, Hydrate IV Bar
- Sandy Martinez Gurrola, Poudre School District
- Lindsey Miller, Brinkman Construction Inc.
- Paula Ordaz, Fort Collins Rescue Mission
- Jesse Patton, Independent Financial
- Ashley Ray, UCHealth
- Tiffani Sargent, Toll Brothers at Timnath Lakes
- Justin Schwendeman-Curtis, Colorado State University
- Lindsey Singleton, Otter Products LLC
- Danielle Stenger, 3Hopeful Hearts
- Alexandra Valenti, Larimer County Human and Economic Health
- Tricia Vincent, Boys and Girls Clubs of Larimer County
- Joseph Christopher Voss, GHPhipps Constuction Company
- Zach Ware, Cheba Hut
- Joe Wimmer, City of Fort Collins
The Leadership Fort Collins program will begin on September 12 with a day long experience at the CSU Mountain Campus and includes eight program sessions that run from October 2024 to May 2025.
Sessions for the 2024-2025 program are planned by the Leadership Fort Collins Steering Committee, which is made up of graduates from previous leadership programs. Committee members include:
- Paul Baker, 970 Services
- Chad Beane, Clark & Enersen
- Imran Bhimani, LC Real Estate Group
- Laura-Jo Bhimani, The Group Real Estate
- Emily Birdsall, Jolly Events
- Heather Buoniconti, Food Bank for Larimer County
- John Caesar, IMA Select
- Tatum Cochran, Horse & Dragon Brewing Company
- Jen Cooper, Colorado State University
- Mark Culloton, Banner Health
- Laurel Donahue, Colorado State University
- Jess Dyrdahl, Colorado State University
- Chris Fine
- Jerick Flores, Colorado State University
- Jill Foster, The Place Setting Company
- Ariana Friedlander, Rosabella Consulting, LLC
- Gretchen Gramling, City of Fort Collins
- Charles Grant, First National Bank
- Rebekah Harvey, Resident Realty
- Huston Hoffman, Cheba Hut
- Ann Hutchison, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
- Mara Johnson, Habitat for Humanity
- SeonAh Kendall, City of Fort Collins
- Rev. Brad Laurvick, First United Methodist Church
- Carley McAbee, Be Kind
- Jennifer McLain, Alpha Center
- Erika Michalski, Strategically Authentic
- Amanda Miller Nye, The Place Setting Company
- Ali Raza, Colorado State University
- Diana Rogers Jaeger, Love To Appreciate Consulting
- Colan Scheidenhelm, Schure Consulting
- Lauren Smiley, G.H. Phipps
- Nick Smiley, City of Fort Collins
- Gretchen Stanford, City of Fort Collins
- Heidi Stevenson, UCHealth
- Zachary Sumner, Kuka
- Mary Timby
- Abe Theiss, Northwest Monitoring
- Brad Ward, Connexion
- Meghan Willis, UCHealth