Thirty-four current and emerging leaders were recently selected to participate in the 2025-2026 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 29th. “The selection committee had a tremendous task when they were asked to select this year’s class. We had 80 strong applications for the program and as a result, have an outstanding class,” she said.
The 2025 -2026 class members are:
- 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
- Nicole Koehn, City of Fort Collins
- Brittany Langlois, GH Phipps Construction Companies
- Chris Leck, Colorado State University
- Heather Loeb, Chase
- 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
The Leadership Fort Collins program will begin on September 11th with a day long experience at the CSU Mountain Campus and includes eight program sessions that run from October 2025 to May 2026.
Sessions for the 2025-2026 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
- Josh Beard, Liquor Store Services, Inc.
- 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, Colorado State University
- 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, City of Fort Collins
- 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