Our People
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado Staff
Our professional staff provides day-to-day continuity for operations, responds to the needs of the Board and helps to direct the energies of more than 200 volunteers.
Development Team
Joan Mazak, President & CEO
Marilyn Tillery, Vice President of Operations
Eileen Danahy, Director of Development
Patti Forsythe, Director of Events/Promotions
Becky Schilling, Director of Volunteers/Workplace Giving
Melissa Hawken Morris, Director of Communications
Bridget Fitzpatrick, Development Associate
Linda Turner, Database Manager
Wish Granting Team
We plan the wishes of all medically eligible children in Colorado. In addition, we perform outreach work to the medical community throughout the state as well as serve as a liason between the medical professionals who refer patients for wishes and who determine eligibility. We also assist other Make-A-Wish chapters with the wishes of children who want to visit Colorado, we hold volunteer wish grantor trainings and monthly meetings. We are on-call 24 hours a day and are responsible for all aspects of wish granting.
"We pay special attention to each child's dream, ensuring that it is the most magical and memorable experience for the child and their family."
Jennifer Mace-Walton, Supervising Director of Wish Granting
Lauren Beede, Referral Coordinator
Veronica Rivera, Director of Wish Granting
LuAnn Griffin, Wish Coordinator
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado Board of Directors
A volunteer Board of Directors, elected annually to two-year terms, governs the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado. Our Board is a 100% giving Board, meaning each member makes annual cash contributions to the Foundation. Board members are diverse in their professional backgrounds and experience.
William D. Myers: Chair, Starz Entertainment Group
Beau Stark: Vice-Chair, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Cary Spain: Treasurer, CHAN Healthcare Auditors
Gary Aboussie, The Colorado Group, Inc
Dennis Brown, Holland & Hart, LLP
Scott Esmond, Red Door Interactive
Patricia L. Gruber, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Kelly Maloney, M.D., The Children’s Hospital
William Marsh, M.D., Kaiser Permanente
Bobbee Musgrave, Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP
Suzanne Phillips-Klein, Community Volunteer
John Ramstead, Bernstein Global Wealth Management
YPAC: The Young Professionals Advisory Council of the Colorado Make a Wish Foundation
The Young Professionals Advisory Council of the Colorado Make a Wish Foundation® was formed in 2005 by a group of 15 individuals who are all under 35 years old and share a philanthropic spirit toward children. Under the leadership of the Make-A-Wish® Board of Directors, the group was formed to help raise funds and awareness among their peers and colleagues for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
- Kelly Angelovic
- Nate Baldwin
- Angela Clayton
- Carl Corns
- Nina Currigan
- Ben Focht
- Doug Fulton
- Carolyn Gravit
- Rhiannon Hendrickson
- Emily Holmes
- Matt Maxwell
- Megan McCourt
- Jason Merrihew
- Katie Millard
- Tara Miller
- Kyle Mullica
- Mario Nicolais
- Lisa Marie Patterson
- Lauren Peterson
- Sarah Selvig
- Lauren Shrensky
- Lara Therrien
- Todd Walsh
- Amy Yuratovic
