TRENDS is published by Community Foundation Boulder County, with help from the following contributors:
Chris Barge – The Community Foundation’s Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Chris provided editorial and management oversight of this report, wrote the “Executive Summary,” and reported and wrote the chapters on “Our Education” and “Our Civic Participation & Giving.”
Martín Better Longo – An Ecuadorian who immigrated with his family to the United States at age 8, Martín is in the process of becoming a certified court interpreter. He translated the CEO Letter and Executive Summary into Spanish.
Shay Castle – A Boulder-based journalist who has written and designed for newspapers and magazines, Shay reported and wrote the chapters “Who Are We?” and “Our Economy & Housing.” She covers Boulder City Council, at boulderbeat.news.
Jeff Hirota – CEO of the Community Foundation as well as a former documentary filmmaker, Jeff provided editorial guidance and wrote the Letter from the CEO.
Sabine Kortals Stein – A member of the Community Foundation’s communications team, Sabine wrote the stories on the Community Foundation’s impact in this edition.
Gretchen Minekime – The Community Foundation’s Vice President of Communications, Gretchen wrote pieces on the Community Foundation and managed various aspects of the project, including the public roll-out of the magazine and an accompanying video.
Cindy Sutter – A freelance writer who worked as an editor, reporter, writer, wire service aggregator and copy editor during a newspaper career spanning 26 years, Cindy reported and wrote the chapters “Our Health & Human Services,” “Our Environment” and “Our Arts & Culture.”
Maegan Vallejo – A former Community Foundation staff member, Maegan wrote the captions for all the indicators found at TRENDS online.
Julia Vandenoever – A freelance photographer and former photo editor at Skiing, Backpacker and Outside magazines, Julia shot many of the photos for this edition.
6162 Productions – Created a video summarizing top highlights of this 2019 TRENDS Report.
Daily Camera – Our thanks to the Daily Camera for contributing many of the photos in this report, pro bono.
Davis Research – Conducted Community Foundation Boulder County’s survey on civic participation and giving.
Sweet Design – Mary Sweet and Nicole Bizzarro were the lead designers for the printed report.
Vermilion Design + Digital – Designed the online report.
Bolderwomen – Penny Schwind and Ann Dixon were the web developers for the online report.
The Community Foundation 2019 Board of Trustees
Leslie Allen, Chair
Sue Anderson, Vice Chair
Alden Sherman, Treasurer
Rebecca Chávez, Secretary
Jeff Hirota, CEO
Dee Andrews
Joshua Forman
Stanley Garnett
Daniel Hassan
Amy Howard
Chester Kurtz
Cindy Lindsay
Alexis Miles
Jane Caddell Paddison
Kimberly Barr Rutt
Deborah Simmons
Christina Pacheco Sims
TK Smith
Katie Volkmar
Jim Williams
Jeremy Wilson
