

Graduates
Leadership Northern Colorado Class of 2026
Thirty-four current and emerging leaders were recently selected to participate in the 2026 Leadership Northern Colorado program. The group is a diverse mix of professions with representatives from education, large and small business, not-for-profit, and government.
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Chrissi Alvarado, Colorado State University
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Jaymi Anderson, Genesis Project of Northern Colorado
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Tricia Anthony, ANB Bank
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Melissa Brewster, UCHealth
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Trish Chapel, High Country Beverage
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Julie Constance, Brinkman Construction
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Jarrett Cosgrove, Double S Group | Keller Williams Realty
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Ruth DeBoer, Weld County Workforce Center
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Joshua Dimond, NoCO Custom Homes
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Leigh Gibson, Platte River Power Authority
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Lucas Gillis, Strategic Retirement Partners
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Claire Havelda, Brownstein Hyatt Farber & Schreck, LLP
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Tim Hendricks, GH Phipps Construction Companies
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Omar Herrera, Town of Windsor
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Teddy Hocum, Harmony Private Wealth
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Tiffany James, Fort Collins Board of REALTORS
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Greg Kushner, Hausmann Construction
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Janine Ledingham, Larrimer County Economic and Workforce Development
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Meredith Logan, Ent Credit Union
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Karen McPherson Jackson, Estes Nonprofit Network
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Stefanie Merrell, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
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Samantha Preston, Hot Corner Concepts
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Jessica Quintana, Poudre Valley REA
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Sarah Roeder, Ignite Career Consultants
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Sosamma Samuel-Burnett, G.L.O.B.A.L. Justice
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Brittany Schmeeckle, Weld Food Bank
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May Soricelli Albrecht, Town of Berthoud
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Alana Stiles, Tribe Development
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Cassidy Stubblefield, Upstate Colorado Economic Development
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Serena Thomas, Homeward Alliance
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Robert Thompson, City of Greeley
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Ernan Torrez, United Way of Larimer County
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Patty Weible, Lone Tree Services, LLC
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Dawit Woldu, CP2 - Coan, Payton & Payne
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Aaron Barrett, Bank of Colorado
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Curt Bear, LoCo Thank Tank
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Niroj Bhattarai, Colorado State University
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Kristie Briles, Respite Care Inc.
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Grant Buchanan, High Country Beverage
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Shawn Charpentier, Double S Group at Keller Williams Realty
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Tim Coons, Weld Community Foundation
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Dave Dixon, Bike Fort Collins
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Keahi Ewa, Sunrise Ranch
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Kamirae Feldman, BitOSunshine Mortgage
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Katie Flint, Handshake
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Hope Hartman, Larimer SBDC - Front Range Community College
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Doug Hay, United Way of Larimer County
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Shannon Hein, City of Fort Collins
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Danaly Howe, Centennial Consulting Group, LLC
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Kelly Jackson, Aims Community College Foundation
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Tim Johnson, GH Phipps Construction Companies
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Taylor Kidd, Larimer County Department of Human Services
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Alex Kloehn, Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains
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Lauren Larsen, NAI Affinity
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Deana Lemos-Garcia, Hensel Phelps/BMS Foundation
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Mariah McCulley, Animal Friend Alliance
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Kim Meyer, Town of Johnstown
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Jesse Patton, Wells Fargo
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Jessica Plummer, Larimer County
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Adam Postovit
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Jerome Rouser, North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization
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Sarah Rupert, Fransen Pittman General Contractors
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Jon Schwartzbauer, Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards
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Kerry Westlund, Ent Credit Union
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Andy Yost, Employment Services of Weld County