OUR ORGANIZATION
Board of Directors
board chair
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Jefferson Wells

Vice Chair
Lani Kessler
Kessler Personal Development Coaching

Treasurer
Keith Smith
InBank
Board Members

Kristen Deevy
Pensionmark Financial Group

John DellaSalle
Tennison Group

Laura Fitch
Centura Health–Porter Adventist Hospital

William Foy
Spearhead Mortgage Company

Al Hirshberg
VOR Advisors, Inc.

Dan May
Quitman Consulting

Peter Meyers
Black Creek Capital Markets

Melissa Morrow
FirstBank

Brian Sward
Jackson National Life Distributors

Noel Wickwar
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
President & CEO Chris Nelson
Chris comes to FSD from Boulder-based nonprofit organization TGTHR, where he has served as CEO since 2018. During his 14 years at TGTHR, Chris’s expertise in financial, operational, and program planning and management was instrumental in the success of the organization’s mission to end youth homelessness. His background in leadership, mission-oriented growth, development, facilities expansion, and donor cultivation make him uniquely qualified to lead FSD into the future.
“I am incredibly excited to be joining an organization that is truly passionate about their mission. I am inspired by the mission of FSD because I have spent my entire adult life contributing to the improvement of circumstances for people in their daily lives. I know my life will be enriched by helping to fulfill FSD’s mission through working with an amazing group of people and dogs."
To contact Chris, email [email protected] or call 303-922-6231.
leadership team
Karen Aalund, Director of Philanthropy
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Erin Conley, Director of Communications
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Laura Rogers, Director of Finance and Administration
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Stephanie Guild, Director of Operations
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Jenny Reichert, Associate Director of Client Services & Dog Training
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Allison Peltier, Deputy Director of Operations
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Nadine Pace, Deputy Director of Philanthropic Partnerships
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