Directory
STAFF
Hill Grimmett, Executive Director
Cindy Roberts, Office Manager/Member Services
Emma Smaldino, Business Network Coordinator
Rich Gentile, Business Membership
Matt Price, Webmaster & Design By Price
Associates
Ralf Kracke-Berndorff, Filmmaker, Reflexive Films
Dan Bihn, Photographer, New Energy Marketing
Cecily Crout, Search Engine Optimization, CCSEO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Susie Gordon
Senior Environmental Planner with City of Fort Collins Natural Resources Department since 1992, has managed programs designed to meet the community’s adopted goal of diverting half its waste from landfill disposal through actions that include recycling, re-use, composting, and source reduction. Long active in state-wide organizations, Susie received the Colorado Association for Recycling 2008 Volunteer of the Year Award.
Hill Grimmett
Founder, Northern Colorado Food Incubator (see Staff bio)
Paul Jensen
Owner, One Tribe Creative, founded The Jensen Group in 1985, which developed successful branding strategies and campaigns for notable organizations such as the U.S. Olympic Committee, Hewlett Packard, MCI, and Florsheim. With a deep desire to brand and market products and services for socially and environmentally responsible organizations, Paul reorganized as One Tribe Creative in 2001.
Gailmarie Kimmel
Founder, Local Living Economy Project and former Co-Director, Be Local NC, brings overs 35 years of service and experience as a community and environmental educator. A 4th-generation Coloradoan and former Peace Corps Volunteer (Thailand 78-80), she co-authored the 2006 book, 147 Tips for Teaching Sustainability.
Robert Mann
Co-Director of Shadowcliff, an eco-friendly mountain lodge in Grand Lake, CO, calls Fort Collins home the rest of the year. Bob practiced business law in Kansas City for over twenty-five years before founding “Sustainability Series.”
Kathe Mehlbach
Vice President in the Commercial Loan Department of Home State Bank in Fort Collins. Kathe has over 25 years of experience in helping business with their loan and deposit needs. She is a Colorado native and a graduate of CU Boulder.
Kim Szidon
General Manager of Ranch-Way, Inc., managing over 65 employees, has been responsible for overall profitability and strategic planning since 1989. Kim is a Fort Collins native who started as production manager with Ranch-Way Feeds in 1986 and doubled production during his 3-year tenure.
Dawn Thilmany-McFadden
Professor, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, Colorado State University. Also, Farm Foundation Fellow, Rural Community Viability. In 2006-2007, Interim Program Leader, Organics, USDA CSREES, Washington D.C. Dawn has worked and done research in areas of interest including agritourism, economic development and founded Crops to Cuisine, a farm-to-chef distribution program.
Christina Vincent
Redevelopment Program Manager, City with the Fort Collins Urban Renewal Authority since 2007. Worked in redevelopment in both public and private sector for 10 years. Desires to influence the local economy through public/private partnerships and increasing the quality of life where we work, live, play and shop. Past experience includes Executive Director of an Economic Development Corporation in San Diego, CA., working with business improvement districts, and event planning. Recognized for redevelopment efforts in San Diego and both the City and County gave proclamations honoring June 1, 2007 as “Christina Vincent Day”