The fourteenth Leadership Northern Colorado (LNC) class will soon complete their six-month program and LNC alumni and the public are invited to celebrate the class accomplishments and to learn more about leadership at a breakfast featuring keynote speaker Chris Chippindale, Ent Credit Union.
The event will be from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. on June 25 at Windsong Event Center, 2901 Saddler Blvd. Sponsored by Elevations Credit Union, Canvas Credit Union, EPS Group | Northern Engineering Services, Inc. and UCHealth, the graduation event provides a great way for Alumni and the community to reconnect to the program and will raise funds to provide scholarships to future class participants. Registration is $20 and available at www.FortCollinsChamber.com. Registration includes breakfast and the keynote presentation by Chippindale.
Leadership Northern Colorado, a joint initiative of the Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland chambers of Commerce, the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado and the Weld Community Foundation, is designed to build human capacity and to identify, define and address the issues facing the Northern Colorado region. The 2024 LNC Program was sponsored by Elevations Credit Union.
The Leadership Northern Colorado program will end June 25 with a final class session and graduation by the 35 participants. The class ran from January through June 2024.
The 2024 Leadership Northern Colorado graduates are:
| Jesse Albertson, The Source Property Manager |
| Andrea Anderson, Clark & Enersen |
| Isaac Bowen, Snelling Staffing & Benchmark Search Group |
| Michael Bussmann, The City of Fort Collins |
| Carmen Cisneros, Kaiser Permanente |
| Brian Classen, FNBO |
| Maj-Lis Delgado , Landmark Homes / Yoga Pod |
| Cristal Garcia Hernandez , Employment Services of Weld County |
| James Hamilton, Community Foundation of Northern Colorado |
| Lisa Hudson, East CO SBDC |
| Kaan Inceoglu, Kaan Inceoglu State Farm Agency |
| Kyle Jackson, Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County |
| Taylor Jordan, College Access Navigators |
| Dr. Alexis Kennedy (she/her), Colorado State University |
| Nicolas Krause, Ent Credit Union |
| Nikki Lucas, The Place Setting Company |
| Scott Magerfleisch, InfoTech Research Group |
| Carley McAbee, Be Kind FoCo |
| Erika Michalski, Strategically Authentic |
| Amanda Myers, NOCO Humane |
| Bret Naber, City of Greeley |
| Meaghan Overton, City of Fort Collins |
| Larry Pakowski, Aims Community College |
| Amanda Poincelot, Northern Engineering |
| Scott Ready, GH Phipps Construction |
| Marc Robson, NAI Affinity |
| Theresa Rulon, Colorado State University |
| Amanda Schroeder, Animal Friends Alliance |
| Greg Soffe, Vantage Point Initiatives |
| Nadine Trujillo-Rogers, Elevations Credit Union |
| Scott Tryggestad, Chevron |
| Cassandra Ungerman, Northern Engineering |
| Meghan Wagner, First Interstate Bank |
| Wendy Woods, Edward Jones |
| Kelly Zeillmann, Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce |
The LNC Class is supported by a steering committee of program alumni and the Chamber CEOs:
| Heather Anderson, Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce |
| Bill Becker, Loveland Chamber |
| Dave Dixon, Boys & Girls Clubs of Weld County |
| Kim Fisher, Vision Catalyst |
| Jaime Henning, Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce |
| Ann Hutchison, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce |
| Todd Karl, Ent Credit Union |
| Elizabeth Mahoney, Complete Professional Development |
| CeCe Majchrowski, Employment Services of Weld County |
| Mindy McCloughan, Loveland Chamber of Commerce |
| Amanda Miller, The Place Setting Company |
| Joy Nyenhuis, Cohere |
| Dawn Paepke, Kaiser Permanente |
| Nancy Patton, Canvas Credit Union |
| Sara Potter, fnbo |
| Ted Ray, First Interstate Bank |
| Jared Reimer, The Craft Broker at Elevations Real Estate |
| Kristy Wygmans, The Place Setting Company |
For more information, visit www.LeadershipNorthernColorado.com.