Our Staff

Adam Goss

SAFER Operations Manager

Ashley Perales

Partnerships & Development Manager

Brynne Popp

Development Manager, Envision:You
she/her/hers

Courtney Nichols

SAFER Case Manager
David McLaughlin

David McLaughlin

Chief Operating Officer

Em Troughton

Communications Manager
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Erica Montgomery

Executive Assistant

Janei Maynard

Director, Envision:You

Jen Engquist

SAFER Director

Lynn Unger

Competency Diversion Projects Director

Maria Zavaras

SAFER Behavioral Health Technician

Megan Cliff

Program Manager, Envision:You
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Steven Haden

Founder, Envision:You and You:Flourish
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Susan Foster

SAFER Team Member

Taunya Martinez

SAFER Case Manager

Tina Negri

SAFER Overnight Participant Support Advocate

Tracy Gehlert

SAFER Housing Navigator

Vincent Atchity

President & CEO

Wendy Buxton-Andrade

Vice President, Government Affairs

Interns

Arly Kamholtz

Intern, Mental Health Colorado

Bethany Pellerito

Intern, Mental Health Colorado

Joe Baze

Intern, Envision:You
Board of Directors

Venita Currie

  • Founder & CEO, Currie Consulting Group
  • Denver

Raul De Villegas-Decker

  • Chair Elect
  • Founder, Principal Consultant, RDV Executive Consulting Group, LLC
  • Grand Junction

Patrick Fox

  • Medicaid Market President, Elevance Health

Sally Gomez

  • Former Board President, North Range Behavioral Health
  • Former Lieutenant, Weld County Sheriff's Office
  • Greeley

Ben Miller, PsyD

  • Chief Strategy Officer, Well Being Trust
  • Former Director, Farley Health Policy Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Amy Mitchell

  • Secretary
  • Community Leader
  • Denver

Elizabeth Paulsen

  • Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
  • Denver

Shannon Van Deman, MBA

  • Chair & Treasurer
  • CEO, Aspen Ridge Recovery
  • Former Vice President, Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado
  • Denver