Your Instructors & Facilitators

Learn from those who live it

Jana Sanchez
BASE Program Leader
CMLA Facilitator

Jana Sanchez is an entrepreneur, educator, coach, and community leader who is committed to building ecosystems inside and outside of organizations that support high performing teams making a significant impact within their businesses and communities.

CEO Instructors

Our CEO-instructors share their actual experiences founding, growing, and pivoting their companies. These conversations are one of the most highly-rated aspects of the program.

You’ll learn from voices of experience in natural foods, technology, banking, consumer products, and more. Discover strategies for shaping changes in their industries.

Jessica Hartung

Founder of Integrated Work

Darin Atteberry

Market President, Elevations Credit Union

Jennifer Henderson

CEO, TiLT

Kristin Todd

President & CEO

Community Foundation of Northern Colorado

Scott Shrake

Executive Director, Institute for Entrepreneurship

College of Business | Colorado State University

Past CEO Instructors

Susan Graf

Vice President & Regional Business Development at Alpine Bank

Gerry Agnes

President & CEO, Elevations Credit Union

Vicki Einhellig

CEO, Good Day Pharmacy

Jim Parke

CEO, Otter Products LLC

David Barnett

Founder & CEO, PopSockets LLC

Dana Dupuis

CEO & Founder, ECHO Listening Profile

Brooke Eddy

Founder & CEO Bhakti Chai

Adrian Tuck

CEO, Uplight

Eric Meade

Principal at the Whole Mind Strategy Group

Learn to embrace change

Only $3,500. Save $1,000 when you register two people by Feb. 24, 2023!

Jana Sanchez

CMLA Facilitator

Jana Sanchez has been helping companies get results for more than 20 years. She’s an entrepreneur, educator, coach, and community leader, who is committed to building ecosystems inside and outside of organizations that support high performing teams making a significant impact within their businesses and communities.

With her extensive background in organizational management and marketing, she helps companies get clarity around where they need to go, and the confidence to find the right path to get there. She has more than a decade of experience in coaching executives, business owners, and graduate students with an outcome-based philosophy. Jana also teaches a broad suite of corporate training subjects and has facilitated strategic planning with Fortune 500s, small businesses, and nonprofits.

Jana currently runs the Business Accelerator Services of Estes (BASE) Program for the Estes Park EDC. The BASE Program is a 6-month intensive dive into building and growing your business, helping leaders in three core areas - Leadership, Operations, and Innovation.

She is the former Executive Director of LaunchNo.CO, a nonprofit dedicated to helping companies form, grow, and stay in Larimer and Weld counties. Her company, Alchemy with Words, is a bespoke communication firm that provides real world communication skills for leaders and companies who know effective communication increases their reach and revenues.

Jessica Hartung

Founder of Integrated Work

Jessica Goodman Hartung is the founder of Integrated Work, a pioneering Boulder-based leadership development firm. In 2019 she authored of The Conscious Professional: Transform Your Life at Work. With her straightforward and engaging style, Jessica thrives on guiding groups to grow and lead through the challenges and changes of our time with greater conscious awareness and strategic skills. Jessica has published numerous articles on conscious business, workplace learning, and leadership issues for purpose-driven professionals in places such as Conscious Company Magazine, Training Industry, and Leader to Leader Journal. Today, she supports mission driven leaders through writing and facilitating close-knit professional development groups. In collaboration with BizWest, Jessica facilitated the Change Making Leadership Academy in 2019 and 2021.

Darin Atteberry

Market President, Elevations Credit Union

Darin Atteberry is market president for Elevations Credit union. Prior to that, he was the city manager for the city of Fort Collins, a position he assumed in December 2004.

As city manager, Darin led the city government through a time of transformational change, moving the organization from a “trust us” model to one that uses a data-driven, performance based approach. Darin is an advocate for community collaboration and has built strong relationships with both public and private sector partners. He serves as Vice Chair of the Alliance for Innovation and is a member of the Center for Public Safety Excellence Board of Directors. In 2013, Darin was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Colorado State University College of Business. In 2016 he was elected as a Fellow with the National Academy of Public Administration. Recently, Darin received the Colorado Governor’s Citi- zenship medal, recognizing him as a leader who serves the public with innovation, operational excellence and progressive vision.

Prior to coming to Fort Collins, Darin worked with cities in California, Washington, and Georgia. He attended Harvard University’s Senior Executive Program in State and Local Government. He holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and Master of City Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology. He received a Bachelor of Science in City and Regional Planning from California Polytechnic State University.

Jennifer Henderson

CEO. TILT

Darin Atteberry is market president for Elevations Credit union. Prior to that, he was the city manager for the city of Fort Collins, a position he assumed in December 2004.

Kristin Todd

President & CEO, Community Foundation of Northern Colorado

Kristin Todd is an accomplished foundation executive with 25 years of experience in the philanthropic sector, passionate about maximizing community impact and positive social change through visionary leadership, strategic philanthropy, community partnerships, and a steadfast commitment to honoring donor intent. Her leadership philosophy is "relationships drive results".

She is a strategic and innovative thinker, focused on solving complex community challenges through authentic partnerships. Krisin thrives on being a hands-on, engaged partner working side-by-side with business and community leaders to develop high-impact solutions to community issues. She is motivated by the power of philanthropy to transform ideas into demonstrated social change.

Kristin currently serve as President & CEO of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado.

Scott Shrake

Executive Director, Institute for Entrepreneurship

College of Business | Colorado State University

Dr. Scott Shrake serves as the Executive Director for the Institute for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at Colorado State University. As the Director of the Institute, Dr. Shrake promotes entrepreneurship, innovation, product development, and commercialization for students, faculty, and community members.

He is also the Assistant Vice President for strategy in the Office of the President. Shrake will assist Vice President for Strategy Jenelle Beavers with the successful and timely implementation of CSU’s Courageous Strategic Transformation plan, including assessment, annual recalibration and reporting.

Scott is also an affiliate faculty for the Richardson Design Center, teaching both the introductory and capstone courses in Design Thinking.

Previously, Scott served as an engineering faculty member and the Executive Director of Entrepreneurial Advancement at Arizona State University, a leader in higher education entrepreneurship and innovation. Dr. Shrake’s passion is social impact and launching innovative, cutting edge programming to promote venture creation, and personal development at universities across the globe.

Dr. Shrake was the Co-founder and COO of Vicinity Health Inc., a digital health startup that was selected as a finalist for the TiE 50 Awards Program and recognized as one of the 100 hottest global tech startups in 2014. He has also served as a mentor and advisor to multiple startups in education technology, health care, and sustainability.

Scott received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh’s Sustainability and Green Design Group.

Susan Graf

Vice President & Regional Business Development at Alpine Bank

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Gerry Agnes

President & CEO, Elevations Credit Union

Gerry Agnes joined Elevations Credit Union as its CEO in 2008. He directs the credit union’s strategic objectives, which focus on employee engagement, a loyal membership and superior financial performance. In the midst of the financial crisis of 2008, he led the charge to pursue the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a highly competitive U.S. Presidential award that recognizes organizations for performance excellence. The Baldrige effort rallied the Elevations team to outperform both in-market competitors and credit unions nationwide, and in 2014, Elevations was named a Baldrige Award recipient by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker. Also, Gerry was named the 2015 CUES Outstanding Chief Executive, Mountain West Credit Union Association’s 2016 Credit Union Professional of the Year, and Boulder Chamber’s 2016 Business Person of the Year.

Gerry is a CPA with 34 years of professional experience and held positions as president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer at various community financial institutions in California. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Gerry is a board member and past chair of the Boulder Chamber, and is a board member of Elevations Foundation. Gov. Hickenlooper appointed Gerry to Colorado’s Financial Services Board in August 2015, on which he continues to serve. In 2019, he was appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council, the Credit Union National Association’s CEO Council Executive Committee and the CUES board of directors.

Vicki Einhellig

CEO, Good Day Pharmacy

Vicki Einhellig found her home in Colorado following her pharmacy degree and ASHP Residency at the University of Iowa. Her career began with strong ambitions in a hospital pharmacy setting. After relocating to Colorado, she realized the most meaningful pharmacy practice was in the community. She and her cousin have built Good Day Pharmacy, an independent ten pharmacy chain that focuses on providing niche patient care services for communities and a stimulating, rewarding environment for their team.

She has been fortunate to participate as a board member with the Colorado State Board of Pharmacy, RxPlus Pharmacies, and Independent Pharmacy Cooperative. Vicki is inspired by pharmacists and business operators that are forward thinking and engaged. Colorado has provided Vicki a wonderful backdrop to practice pharmacy, influence community health, raise her two daughters, and enjoy some skiing and cycling in between.

Jim Parke

CEO, Otter Products LLC

As CEO of Otter Products, Jim Parke drives strategic development for a global mobile accessory leader. Parke brings to this role a deep understanding of corporate structure and finance as well as experience developing and mentoring start-up and early stage companies.

Parke also serves as the president and CEO for Blue Ocean Enterprises Inc. where he manages all operations for the company, including the real estate and professional services functions of the company. He’s held this role for more than three years and has overseen the formation and acquisition of new business ventures ranging from start-up companies to multinational corporations. Prior to this role, Parke served as the Chief Legal Officer for both Blue Ocean Enterprises Inc. and Otter Products, LLC.

Parke received a juris doctor degree from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science and Spanish from Weber State University in Ogden, Utah.

David Barnett

Founder & CEO, PopSockets LLC

David Barnett is the founder and CEO of PopSockets LLC. He was a philosophy major at Emory University, a physics major at the University of Colorado Boulder, received his PhD in philosophy from New York University, and from 2005-2015 was a philosophy professor at CU-Boulder. His research specialized in philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, before he reached enlightenment, stopped doing philosophy and became an entrepreneur. In 2010, Barnett was looking for a way to stop his earbud cord from getting tangled, and he achieved this by gluing two buttons to the back of his phone and wrapping the earbud cord around the buttons. As ugly as the buttons were, they worked. In the course of improving on the idea, he developed about 60 different prototypes, making the buttons expand and collapse via an accordion mechanism, so that they could function as both a stand and a grip. In 2012, Barnett launched a Kickstarter campaign for an iPhone case that would have two PopSockets grips integrated into the case. In addition to getting successfully funded, the KickStarter campaign enabled Barnett to show the world his dancing prowess. Two years later, in 2014, Barnett launched the business out of his garage in Boulder, and has subsequently sold over 110 million PopSockets grips around the world.

Dana Dupuis

CEO & Founder, ECHO Listening Profile

With more than 20 years of experience in management consulting, leadership development and building healthy corporate cultures, Dana Dupuis knows the importance of good communication. Dana is the co-creator of a proprietary listening assessment called the ECHO Listening Profile (ECHO = Effective Communication for Healthy Organizations), which has been instrumental in reshaping communication with executive teams, within teams and across full company cultures. By understanding that each individual listens “to” and “for” different kinds of information, companies can greatly enhance their ability to communicate and collaborate effectively. It is upon this concept that Dana’s work is based.

Brooke Eddy

Founder & CEO, Bhakti Chai

Brook Eddy traveled to India in 2002 and fell in love with two things. The first was “Bhakti” – the idea that no matter your station in life, you have a responsibility to contribute to your community and create lasting impact in ways large and small.

The second was the discovery of the spicy taste and unforgettable aroma of a cup of homemade chai tea. She found that in sharing a cup of spicy chai with families she met, they were also sharing their zest for life and their dedication to the ritual of taking time during the day to drink in the moment.

Brook returned home to Colorado and began experimenting with brewing her own chai, layering fragrant spices and including fresh-pressed ginger for that extra bold zing she had experienced in India. Her friends and neighbors became her first “customers.” They quickly became fervent fans and followers of her incredible Chai and the social action principles of Bhakti. Their enthusiasm let her know this was the bold, spicy path her life should take.

Bhakti Chai blends fresh and sustainably sourced (fair trade, non-GMO, organic) with triple-bottom-line and B Corp business practices. Iced Bhakti Chai bottles are available in six varieties: Original, Decaf, Coffee Blend, Semi-Sweet, Almond Blend, and Toasted Coconut Almond Blend. Concentrate products are available in quarts, half gallons, and gallons in Whole Foods, Costco, and cafes across the country.

Adrian Tuck

CEO, Uplight

Adrian Tuck is an award-winning entrepreneur and industry visionary. He has more than 20 years of executive management and leadership experience in a variety of high-tech fields. As CEO at Uplight — formed from the merger of Tendril and Simple Energy and the acquisitions of EEme, EnergySavvy and FirstFuel — Adrian is responsible for driving strategic direction. He has built a solid, forward-thinking customer base, world-class internal team, and strong set of partnerships and investors. Adrian has long been regarded as a visionary and innovator in the technology industry. During his seven years as CEO of Tendril, Adrian built the company’s open platform based on the guiding principle that “the ecosystems you can build with open standards drive huge engines of innovation that surpass closed standards.” Adrian has received numerous industry accolades, including the 2011 GridWeek Award for Outstanding Leadership in Advancing the Smart Grid; inclusion on The Networked Grid 100: Movers and Shakers of the Smart Grid; Entrepreneur of the Year alongside Tendril co-founder and CIO Tim Enwall at the ESPRIT Entrepreneur 2011 Awards; the 2011 Colorado Cleantech Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association; and the 2011 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award. In 2012, he led Tendril to receive the New Energy Pioneer Award, given by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Adrian sits on the board for the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder. He currently serves as an adjunct professor teaching entrepreneurial courses for undergraduate students at UC Boulder. Adrian received his education at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the British Army’s prestigious officer training academy.

Your Instructors & Facilitators

Learn from those who live it

Jana Sanchez BASE Program Leader CMLA Facilitator

CEO Instructors

Jessica Hartung

Founder of Integrated Work

Darin Atteberry

Market President, Elevations Credit Union

Jennifer Henderson

CEO, TiLT

Kristin Todd

President & CEO

Community Foundation of Northern Colorado

Scott Shrake

Executive Director, Institute for Entrepreneurship

College of Business | Colorado State University

Past CEO Instructors

Susan Graf

Vice President & Regional Business Development at Alpine Bank

Gerry Agnes

President & CEO, Elevations Credit Union

Vicki Einhellig

CEO, Good Day Pharmacy

Jim Parke

CEO, Otter Products LLC

David Barnett

Founder & CEO, PopSockets LLC

Dana Dupuis

CEO & Founder, ECHO Listening Profile

Brooke Eddy

Founder & CEO Bhakti Chai

Adrian Tuck

CEO, Uplight

Eric Meade

Principal at the Whole Mind Strategy Group

Learn to embrace change

Only $3,500. Save $1,000 when you register two people by Feb. 24, 2023!

Jana Sanchez

CMLA Facilitator

Jessica Hartung

Founder of Integrated Work

Darin Atteberry

Market President, Elevations Credit Union

Jennifer Henderson

CEO. TILT

Kristin Todd

President & CEO, Community Foundation of Northern Colorado

Scott Shrake

Executive Director, Institute for Entrepreneurship

College of Business | Colorado State University

Susan Graf

Vice President & Regional Business Development at Alpine Bank

Gerry Agnes

President & CEO, Elevations Credit Union

Vicki Einhellig

CEO, Good Day Pharmacy

Jim Parke

CEO, Otter Products LLC

David Barnett

Founder & CEO, PopSockets LLC

Dana Dupuis

CEO & Founder, ECHO Listening Profile

Brooke Eddy

Founder & CEO, Bhakti Chai

Adrian Tuck

CEO, Uplight

Eric Meade

Principal at Whole Mind Strategy Group

Jana Sanchez
BASE Program Leader
CMLA Facilitator