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what we do

Improving the quality of life for our entire community

OUR MISSION

To enhance youth success and family stability in the Pikes Peak Region by leading and lifting the most vulnerable in our community with mentorship, life resources and real job opportunities. Our signature programs and partner agencies intently focus on connecting youth and their families to resources at the beginning of their life journey to ensure access to fundamental needs of food, shelter and learning resources for all.

OUR VISION

Through strengthened collaboration, we will achieve measurable improvements in education, income stability and health for the residents of El Paso and Teller counties.

diversity, equity and inclusion

United Way strives to be a model of diversity, equity and inclusion, with our Board of Directors, staff and volunteers reflecting the many faces, cultures and walks of life that make up the communities we serve.

OUR 3 FOCUSES

Youth success

We are working to ensure youth have the tools they need to develop literacy, graduate on time and be prepared for college and the workforce.

Financial stability

Our programs are helping families escape from poverty and homelessness.

Health

We make sure families have access to basic needs including food, housing and healthcare.

OUR STAFF: the team that makes it possible

United Way strives to be a model of diversity, equity and inclusion, with our Board of Directors, staff and volunteers reflecting the many faces, cultures and walks of life that make up the communities we serve.

Cindy Aubrey

President and CEO

Renai Albaugh

Resource Development Director

David Amess

Senior Vice President of Resource Development

Mary Burton

Resource Development Manager

Claudia DeSantiago

Resource Development Manager

Ernest Chamblee

Coordinator of Youth and Family Diversity Initiatives

Miriam Fleisher

Executive Assistant

Bobby Gomez

Community Impact Specialist/ 2-1-1 Navigator

Javier Gonzalez

Senior Staff Accountant

Kim Hoggatt

Director of Finance

Dianne Holloway

VITA Coordinator

Ange-Elie Jean

Director of 2-1-1

Abby Kappel

Marketing Director

Nicola Ludwig

Marketing Coordinator

Joyce Munson

Office Manager

Lori Obermeyer

Director of Strategic Operations

JaiShree Prakash

2-1-1 Navigator

David Prudhomme

IT Coordinator/ 2-1-1 Navigator

Elizabeth Quevedo

Director of Community Impact

Hillary Saba

Events and Volunteer Manager

Cynthia Scriven

Director of Human Resources

Heather
Steinman

Chief Operating Officer

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

We are governed by the Board of Directors, whose responsibilities include: reviewing and guiding organizational direction, ensuring effective management and financial stewardship, representing Pikes Peak United Way in the community, bringing the community’s voice to our decision-making, and maintaining the community’s trust in the organization.

  • Laura Neumann (Board Chair), LN Business Consulting
  • Stephannie Fortune (Vice Chair), Spark and Soar, LLC
  • Aram Benyamin, CEO, Colorado Springs Utilities
  • Randy Bernstein, Former CEO, Ent Credit Union
  • Betsy Brown, Exponential Impact
  • Terrell Brown, Hillside Connection
  • Renee Congdon, Esq., Senior Attorney – Utilities Division, City of Colorado Springs
  • Jeff Detra, Vice President – Business Banking, First National Bank of Monument
  • Jeff Finn, Vice President, Nor’wood Development Group​
  • Jenifer Furda, Director of Partnerships & Governmental Affairs, UCCS
  • Michele Gorr, Vice President of Finance, Native Roots Dispensary
  • Jeff Greene, Chief of Staff, City of Colorado Springs
  • Deborah Hendrix, Executive Director, Parents Challenge
  • Dr. Kenya Lee, CEO and Founder, PureLee Redefined
  • Liz Price, Rocky Mountain Restaurant Group
  • Mike Sullivan (Board Chair Emeritus), Director of HR, City of Colorado Springs

Laura Neumann

Board Chair
Owner, LN Business Consulting

Stephannie Fortune

Vice Chair
Founder, Spark and Soar, LLC

Aram Benyamin

CEO, Colorado Springs Utilities

Randy Bernstein

Former CEO, Ent Credit Union

Betsy Brown

Co-founder and Board Member, Exponential Impact

Terrell Brown

President & CEO, Hillside Connection

Scholarship Director, Sachs Foundation

Jeff Detra

Vice President, Business Banking, First National Bank of Monument

Jeff Finn

Vice President, Nor’wood Development Group​

Jenifer Furda

Director of Partnerships & Governmental Affairs, UCCS

Deborah Hendrix

Executive Director, Parents Challenge

Dr. Kenya Lee

CEO and Founder, PureLee Redefined

Dan Nordberg

Market President, Bank of Colorado

Liz Price

Co-owner, Rocky Mountain Restaurant Group

Mike Sullivan

Board Chair Emeritus
 Director of HR, City of Colorado Springs

WORK AT PIKES PEAK UNITED WAY

At Pikes Peak United Way you’ll work alongside a team of dedicated individuals who care about serving those in need! We are located in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado – the most desirable place to live in the United States, according to U.S. News & World report!

no current open positions

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The Peak Progress (QLI) Report is a community effort to look at and evaluate different components of quality of life in the Pikes Peak Region. This project convenes volunteers, community members, and leaders from across the region (Vision Councils) to gather and evaluate data and create goals (referred to as “priority areas”) in various categories.

This report originated in 2007 after Howard Brooks and Jerry Smith recognized the need for benchmarking information and gathered the necessary community support and resources to publish the first edition. The 2019/2020 report seeks to move the report forward by not only focusing on indicators, but also looking for ways to take these findings and create actionable change and improve the quality of life in the Pikes Peak Region. To do this, we followed the original process of creating benchmarks by comparing the Pikes Peak Region to other regions in order to see how we are doing compared to other places in the United States, as well as looking at data over time.

This report is for anyone from a general citizen to an elected representative. Based on the foundation of community groups, networks, and resources that were assembled to develop it, this highly beneficial tool provides reliable and easy to understand data with the potential and proposed steps for actionable change.