The 2025-2026 Leadership Fort Collins class will receive their diplomas on May 21 at the Rio Grande Agave Room.
Leadership Fort Collins, a program of the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce, is designed to educate and motivate leaders who are committed to shaping the future of our community while encouraging inspired and active involvement that contributes to the betterment of the community.
“The Chamber is thrilled to be able to produce this important program for our area. The individuals graduating this year are second to none and will be impacting our community in very mighty ways. They are leadership personified.”
— Ann Hutchison, President & CEO, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
About the 2025-2026 Class
Thirty-three current and emerging leaders from throughout the Fort Collins area were selected to participate in the 2025-2026 program, which began in September 2025 and will conclude on May 14.
Participants came together on the second Thursday of each month for a day-long session focused on topics including team building, government and transportation, economy and the environment, education and our community, social capital, state government, health and emergency service providers and our economy.
The graduating class represents a diverse mix of professions, with participants from education, large and small business, not for profit organizations and government.
In addition to attending nine all-day educational sessions, members of the class were challenged to complete a service-learning project in the community. The 2025-2026 Leadership Fort Collins class planned and produced five different class projects benefiting the Fort Collins area.
Graduation Event
The Leadership Fort Collins graduation will include recognition of individual class members and a keynote address by CSU Volleyball Coach Emily Kohan.
The graduation event is sponsored by EPS Group, Hot Corner Concepts, UCHealth and Rebekah Harvey Real Estate.
Graduating Members of the Class
Rachael Z. Ardanuy, RZA Legal
Bill Carpenter, Colorado State University
Cliff Clark, UCHealth
Heather Conradson, Poudre Fire Authority
Lindsey Coyle, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
Stephanie Dohn, Dohn Constructionon
Codi Farrar, NoCo Foundation
Will Flowers, City of Fort Collins Real Estate
Sydney Fulcher, Neighbor to Neighbor
Scott Golembiewski, Austin’s American Grill
Kyle Gruver, MHP Advisory Services LLC
Allison Havelda, Self Employed
Kaylea Hougnon, The SAVA Center
Alli Hutchison, Hutch Design Build
Mallory Ives, City of Fort Collins
Nickole Kalinay, SummitStone Health Partners
Tiana Kennedy, Colorado State University
Brittany Langlois, GH Phipps Construction Companies
Chris Leck, Colorado State University
Heather Loeb, SouthState Bank
Luke Margheim, Horse & Dragon Brewing Company
Damon Nash, United Way of Larimer County
Tanae Peninger, Front Range Community College Foundation
Mark Rivera, Fort Collins Museum of Discovery
Adam Sass, Adolfson & Peterson
Stephanie Shepard, Clark & Enersen
Emily Shore, Seeking Employment
Ryan Smith, Public Good Talent
Sarah Sullivan, ANB Bank
Holly Tarry, Sustainable Runoff Solutions
Nick Tomlinson, FNBO
Debi Triplett, CARE Communities
William Wilsford, Precision Security Team
Program Support
The program was produced by the Fort Collins Area Chamber with assistance from a steering committee and The Place Setting Company.
Paul Baker
Chad Beane, Clark & Enersen
Josh Beard, Larimer County
Imran Bhimani, LC Real Estate Group
Laura-Jo Bhimani, The Group Real Estate
Heather Buoniconti, Food Bank for Larimer County
John Caesar, IMA Select
Kiersten Chuven, Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County
Tatum Cochran, Horse & Dragon Brewing Company
Jen Cooper, CSU Health Network-Counseling
Amanda Crose, Virtuous Cycle Coaching
Heidi Culloton, UCHealth
Mark Culloton, Banner Health
Jess Dyrdahl, Colorado State University
Chris Fine
Jerick Flores, Waypoint Real Estate
Jill Foster, The Place Setting Company
Ariana Friedlander, Rosabella Consulting, LLC
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. Bradley Laurvick, First United Methodist Church
Erika Michalski, Strategically Authentic
Amanda Miller Nye, The Place Setting Company
Paula Ordaz, Fort Collins Rescue Mission
Jesse Patton, SouthState Bank
Ashley Ray, UCHealth
Ali Raza, Colorado State University
Diana Rogers Jaeger, Love To Appreciate Consulting
Tiffani Sargent, Toll Brothers
Lauren Smiley, GH Phipps
Nick Smiley
Gretchen Stanford, City of Fort Collins
Zachary Sumner, Kuka
Mary Timby
Abe Theiss, NWM Risk Management
Joe Voss, GH Phipps
Brad Ward, Connexion
Meghan Willis, UCHealth
Applications Open in July
Applications for the 2026-2027 Leadership Fort Collins program will be available in July.
Anyone interested in learning more about the program or applying should contact Ann Hutchison at (970) 482-3746 or [email protected].
About the Fort Collins Area Chamber
The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce is the trusted business champion, catalyst and convener creating shared economic prosperity for Northern Colorado. Investing in the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce puts members in contact with more than 1,100 business owners and managers in the market.
For more than 100 years, the Fort Collins Area Chamber has helped shape the Fort Collins region. For more information about the Chamber, call (970) 482-3746 or visit FortCollinsChamber.com.