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Partners has been serving youth and families since our organization was founded in 1978. Through the years we have continually sought to best meet the needs of our community, and have expanded our programs, service area, and mission to do so.

Our Community-Based Mentoring Program was established as an intervention strategy for youth entering the juvenile justice system in Larimer County, and has evolved to more of prevention-based approach to serve kids who are facing risk factors at an earlier stage. When it was clear that we should expand to have offices in Estes Park and Greeley, we did so. When we saw there was a need for more adult support in schools, we created our School-Based Mentoring program in conjunction with local school districts. When our community was at-risk of losing important universal prevention education services, we expanded our mission and programming.

"When a mentor believes in you, you can turn around and believe in yourself. And when you believe in yourself, you can do just about anything."

- Partners Board Member

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Fort Collins/Loveland Staff

Heather Vesgaard

Executive Director

Shayna Kefalas

Program Director

Vanessa Lewis

Resource Development Director

Kim Tarka

Operations Director

Nathan Dewey

Responsible Association of Retailers (RAR) Director

Noah Davidson

School-Based Program Manager

Abby Rains

Prevention Education Program Manager

Currently Hiring

Community-Based
Program Manager

Julie Carr

Community-Based Program Coordinator

Sara Hughes

School-Based Program Coordinator

Marilena Francisco

School-Based Program Coordinator

Risha Hoag

School-Based Program Coordinator

Mandy Volz

Prevention education Program Coordinator

Greeley Staff

Christopher Briotte

Greeley Program
Manager

Currently Hiring

School-Based Program Coordinator

Estes Park Staff

Kathy Whitacre

Estes Park Program Coordinator

Board of Directors Executive Committee

Kevin Ward, Incoming Chair
Wick Trautwein

Nicholas Hoogendyk, Past Chair
Acorn Creek Capital

David Finkelstein, Incoming Chair
Bank of Colorado

Eli Kolodny, Treasurer
Odell Brewing

Rachel Bomgaars, Secretary
The Group Real Estate

Teal Gordon, Member-at-Large
Otter Products

Career Opportunities

Community-Based Program Manager — Fort Collins/Northern Colorado

Program Coordinator — Greeley

ID Compliance Checker — Northern Colorado

Ambassadors, Advisory Council, Internships, and Committee Positions

We are currently seeking engaged and committed community members to serve a variety of organizational needs. If you are interested in more information on any of these positions, please contact us.

Committee Positions
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Community Committee Member

Greeley Ambassador

Estes Park Advisory Council Member

Fundraising Events Committee

Internships
School-Based Intern

Youth Advisory Council Members
We are starting a Youth Advisory Council and youth in grades 7-12 are welcome to inquire with us.

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