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2011-2012 Board of Directors

Board Chair

  • Leslie Hilton, Denver
    President, SuccessPartner, LLC

Board Vice-Chair

  • Tara Tongco-Rojas, Denver
    AVP, Communications Specialist, CoBiz Financial

Board Secretary

  • Brian Astone, Littleton
    Finance Director, Lafarge West U.S. Region

Board Treasurer

  • Dwight Steele, Greeley
    Labor Market Consultant

Directors

  • Trish Cole, Broomfield
    Community Volunteer
  • Barbara Ladon, Denver
    Managing Director, Newpoint Healthcare Advisors

  • Levetta Love, Colorado Springs
    Director, Colorado Works, Colorado Department of Human Services
  • Gail Wilson, Monument
    Early Childhood Consultant and Lewis-Palmer School Board Member

Ex-Officio Members
Program Representative - Parents as Teachers (PAT)

  • Ida Rhodes, Catholic Charities Diocese of Pueblo

Program Representative - Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY)

  • Gwen Welch, Jefferson County Public Schools

Board Members Emeritus

  • Bernice Frieder, Colorado Parent & Child Foundation Founder and Colorado HIPPY Pioneer
  • Tom Fitzgerald, Colorado PAT Pioneer

Executive Director

  • Melissa L. Kelley