The Community Foundation Staff

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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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Margaret Katz
Margaret rejoined the staff of The Community Foundation as a Donor Advocate in May 2008. She was previously the Vice President of Development at the foundation from 1996 until 2005. Before 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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Gretchen Minekime
Before joining The Community Foundation in September 2002, Gretchen was the People Project Director at The Adopt A School Program and before that the Youth Prevention Education Coordinator for MESA/Rape Crisis Team. She graduated from The University of Colorado and was the 2005-2006 President of BPW--Boulder Business Professional Women. As the Director of Advancement her work includes overseeing the foundation's marketing and communications activities, including the Culture of Giving, and managing relationships with corporate sponsors. Gretchen lives in Lafayette with her husband and their two goofy dogs.

Telephone Gretchen at 303-442-0436, ext. 107.
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Lyn Monica

Lyn Monica is The Community Foundation's Staff Accountant. Lyn will administer grants and provide general accounting support. She earned a B.S. in Accounting from San Francisco State University and has over ten years of accounting and auditing experience. She has also been a paraeducator and literacy tutor in the Boulder Valley School District. Lyn moved from California in 1997 and lives in Lafayette with her husband, daughter and fat cat, Gizmo.





Telephone Lyn at 303-442-0436, ext. 116.
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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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Morgan Rogers
Morgan Rogers 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 and now serves as Director of the Boulder County Civic Forum.

Telephone Morgan at 303-442-0436, ext. 115.
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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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Max Taffet
Max joined The Community Foundation staff as Program Research Associate in June of 2010. He supports research and presentation of The Community Foundation's Boulder County Trends Report and provides programmatic support to the Foundation's Leadership Fellows program and 15 Forever Youth Grant Committee. Born in Boulder, he has a lifelong knowledge and commitment to Boulder County. As a student at Boulder High he served on the City of Boulder's Youth Opportunity Advisory Board and as a university student he interned with Boulder County's Healthy Youth Alliance. In 2009, Max graduated from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, completing a degree in political science and fine arts. While pursuing his degree Max studied Spanish in Guatemala and, after graduating, taught primary and secondary school in Honduras.

Telephone Max at 303-442-0436, ext. 130.
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