Our Staff

Adam Goss

SAFER Operations Manager

Ashley Perales

Development & Operations 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

Erica Montgomery

Executive Assistant

Jen Engquist

SAFER Director

Lynn Unger

Competency Diversion Projects Director

Maria Zavaras

SAFER Behavioral Health Technician

Megan Cliff

Program Manager, Envision:You
she/her/hers

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

  • Secretary
  • 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

Bruce LePage

  • Director of Preconstruction, Mortenson
  • Denver

Elizabeth Paulsen

  • Treasurer
  • Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
  • Denver

Shannon Van Deman, MBA

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