The Community Foundation Staff

Kara Edwards
Kara Edwards is the Community Foundation's Director of Finance. She brings over 14 years of accounting/finance experience to the Foundation from the commercial and non-profit sectors. Most recently she worked for ARCA biopharma, Inc. in Broomfield as the Manager of Accounting. Her experience extends to the non-profit sector in her work with Devereux Cleo Wallace in Westminster. Her educational degrees include a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a B.S. from Michigan State University in Natural Resources Management and Policy. Kara has lived in various areas throughout the U.S. and Canada and is thrilled to join her family in Colorado. Volunteer activities are an important and integral part of Kara's leisure time and a favorite activity is her involvement with the senior participants of Circle of Care. She lives in Louisville and enjoys cycling, rock climbing and skate skiing.

Telephone Kara at 303-442-0436, ext. 109.
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Barbara Green
Barbara Green serves as associate director of the Boulder County Civic Forum, helping to produce the biennial TRENDS report. She has more than 10 years of professional writing experience, having previously worked as a daily newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and development director. Barbara has volunteered and worked with non-profit organizations in Colorado, New York, New Jersey and Bolivia, including Intercambio: Uniting Communities in Boulder and Mothers on the Move in the South Bronx. She received a B.A. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in Geography from Syracuse University, where her master's thesis focused on issues of indigenous identity and resource governance in the Andes. She and her husband, Michael, live in Boulder, and are University of Colorado men's basketball devotees.

Telephone Barbara at 303-442-0436, ext. 130.
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Margaret Katz
Margaret was the Vice President of Development at the foundation from 1996 until 2005. She rejoined the foundation in 2008 as a Donor Advocate, before taking on the role of Director of Philanthropic Services in July 2012. Prior to 1996, Margaret worked at the Associated Press as a reporter and co-authored a buying guide with her mom. Margaret has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Colorado and a B.A. from Cornell University. She lives in Boulder with her husband and two sons.



Telephone Margaret at 303-442-0436, ext. 103.
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Morgan Rogers McMillan
Morgan Rogers McMillan joined the foundation staff in early 2002 after receiving her BS in Business Administration and Marketing from Georgetown University. She spent three years serving first as Programs Associate and later as Director of Programs. Morgan left Boulder in August of 2004 to pursue her Masters in Public Health from San Diego State University, researching community environmental health and obesity prevention with Latino families along the San Diego/Mexico border. She also worked for the Institute of Public Health, an organization specializing in policy evaluation. While in graduate school Morgan spent two summers in Oaxaca, Mexico learning Spanish and working with indigenous populations on behavioral health risks. Morgan returned to Boulder and The Community Foundation in the spring of 2006 to serve as Director of the Boulder County Civic Forum. In 2012 she joined the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (EFCO) as Executive Director.

Telephone Morgan at 303-442-0436, ext. 115.
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Gretchen Minekime
Gretchen oversees The Community Foundation’s marketing and communication activities, including the Culture of Giving. Prior to joining the foundation in 2002, Gretchen was the People Project Director at The Adopt A School Program and the Youth Prevention Education Coordinator for MESA/Rape Crisis Team. She served as President of Boulder Business Professional Women (BPW) from 2005-2006 and lives in Lafayette with her husband.




Telephone Gretchen at 303-442-0436, ext. 107.
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Elvira Ramos
Elvira, Foundation Program Director, brings to the Community Foundation more than 20 years experience in non-profit management, planning, development, grant making, and community relations and most recently served as Executive Director of the Community Foundation in Brownsville, Texas. Elvira has volunteered for or been on the board of numerous organizations, including the Directors of Volunteers in Agencies, the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council, the Adult Learning Source, SCFD, the Minoru Yasui Community Volunteer Award Committee, the US/Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership, and serves on the Komen for the Cure National Multicultural Advisory Council. She is an experienced trainer and facilitator and has led workshops in board and leadership development, diversity and cultural competency, volunteer management, and strategic planning.

Telephone Elvira at 303-442-0436, ext. 111.
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Bruce Skelton
Bruce joined The Community Foundation in February of 2005 as Database and Operations Manager. From his hometown of Hamilton, NY, he moved to Madison, WI, where he attended the University of Wisconsin, graduating with a degree in Sociology. A thirteen year resident of Boulder County, Bruce chose to move his family here after falling in love with the area. His career includes twenty plus years of varied management experience in the computer/service industry.



Telephone Bruce at 303-442-0436, ext. 112.
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