Board members typically serve a 3-year term, and may act as a Director at Large or as Board Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, or Treasurer. Regardless of their role on the Board, all directors attend 10 Board meetings each year, assist the Executive Director with special projects, participate in fundraising and outreach efforts, and respond to Board communications throughout the year.

Interested in volunteering as a Director on ALC’s volunteer governing board? Find more details and our Board Interest Form here.

MEET ALC’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Hannah Guilford, Board Chair

Hannah grew up in Michigan and moved to Colorado in 2016. She lived in Leadville until 2023, when she moved to Salida, and has been lucky enough to be a part of the ALC Board since 2022. Hannah has worked to support domestic violence and sexual assault survivors as well as youth experiencing homelessness, and most recently was the Lead Youth Coalition Facilitator at Lake County Build a Generation. Currently, she’s the Youth Program Coordinator for Family and Youth Initiatives in Salida, where she facilitates Salida and BV youth councils to implement county-wide violence and substance use prevention efforts. When she’s not spending her time on long distance backpacking trips, you can find Hannah with her nose in a book or starting a new baking project.

Breanna Sandoval, Vice Chair

Breanna was born and raised in Leadville and resided there until 2018 before moving to Grand Junction. Breanna is passionate about helping others, beginning with interning at ALC while living in Leadville to now working as a family therapist and providing DV victim treatment, mental health treatment, and family work. Breanna joined the board in 2023 and now holds the vice chair position. When not working, you can find her traveling or spending time with friends and family.

Jennifer Young, Secretary

With a strong background in early childhood education, business management, and customer service, Jennifer excels in systems development and enhancement, reliable data analysis, and coaching.

Jennifer’s experience includes roles such as Assistant Director at Summit Head Start, where she implemented effective data monitoring systems and oversaw grant management, and Manager/Director at Copper Mountain Resort Child Care, where she developed programs and enhanced staff training.

Jennifer’s current role is with Full Circle of Lake County as their Chief Operating Officer (COO). She comes to the ALC Board dedicated to bringing her expertise and diverse skill set to contribute to the continued success of the organization.

Casey Doran, Director at Large

Casey is from and went to school in Madison, Wisconsin, and spent time living in Ireland, New York City, Chicago, Denver, and Boulder before moving to Leadville full time in early 2020. Early in his career, Casey worked on several political campaigns in field operations and volunteer coordination, as well as on police misconduct issues in NYC. Casey was a contributing author on a report on NYPD misconduct released by Public Advocate, Mark Green, leading in part to increased visibility and eventual updates in policing practices. Casey is currently VP of Product at a large technology company focused on building tools to reduce the carbon footprint of organizations using the public cloud at scale.

Casey lives just north of Leadville with his partner, Abby, and dogs Peanut and Cashew. When he’s not working, Casey enjoys cooking, playing guitar, exploring, camping, hiking and mountain biking.

Leigh Foster, Director at Large

Leigh was born in Denver and grew up in Eagle County. Leigh received a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies from Colorado State University. After receiving her degree, Leigh worked with at-risk youth in a residential treatment center before becoming a firefighter in Leadville. Leigh worked for the fire department in 2005, leaving to pursue a higher level of medical education in Denver. She has been a Denver Health paramedic since 2012. Leigh is currently the paramedic manager for the Denver Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) Program.

STAR is an alternative response program that sends a paramedic and social worker to low level police calls instead of the police. STAR is a collaboration between several different entities including the City and County of Denver Public Health and Environment, the Office of Neighborhood Safety, WellPower, Servicio’s de La Raza and Denver Health Paramedics. Leigh became a board member to leverage her experience in first response, advocacy, and collaboration to help support the residents of Lake County. She lives in Leadville.

Andy Hofer, Director at Large

Andy was born in Maryland and went to school in Boston where he received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. As Andy began working as an engineer, it quickly became evident that this was not for him!

Andy had a deep desire to connect with people, leading him to pursue a master’s degree in physical therapy. He moved to Leadville in 2013 and was the physical therapist at St. Vincent Hospital. Andy is now the owner of Andy’s Appliance Repair here in Leadville.

Andy is active in the community. He is a Lake County Middle School alpine ski coach. He also has been a mentor at full circle, where his passion was recruiting and coaching Latino youth to be on the ski team. Andy runs a weekly Kids Ride Day at the motocross track for any and all youth.

Andy became a Board member of the Advocates in June 2024. He brings to the Board a desire to collaborate with like-minded individuals. He hopes to be an asset to members of our community who are in need of connection.

Amanda Rogers, Director at Large

Having grown up between Florida and Indiana, Amanda is captivated by the mountains. She moved to Colorado in 2016 seeking outdoor pursuits and made her way to Leadville in 2021, where she has finally found a place that feels like home.

Amanda is the English Language Development teacher at the Intermediate School, a recent change from her time teaching LCIS’ third-graders. She earned an MA in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Denver in 2018 and has been educating ever since, building positive classroom environments and promoting equity so all students can thrive. She is passionate about language, equity, nature-based learning, and improving outcomes for students throughout their public school experience.

When she’s not staying late after school, Amanda enjoys running, hiking, and skiing with her partner and her dog — or knitting on the couch with the cat in her lap when the weather turns foul.

Kaylee Romero, Director at Large

Kaylee serves as the Community Relationship Manager for the South-Central region of Colorado for Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA). This region encompasses Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties. Kaylee is a proud native of the San Luis Valley, and a current resident of Alamosa. She can trace her family to southern Colorado for six generations.

Before joining CHFA, Kaylee served as the Project Director for the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) at Adams State University and worked in various roles in CAMP and in the Migrant Education program. where she supported migrant seasonal farmworker youth and their families. She is a double alumna from Adams State University receiving her bachelor’s degree in business and marketing and her master’s degree in Higher Education Administration and Leadership. Kaylee currently sits on the boards of directors for La Puente Enterprises, The Young Professional Association of the San Luis Valley, and The San Luis Valley Migrant Seasonal Agricultural Coalition as well as Advocates of Lake County.

Jenelle Stefanic, Director at Large

A native of Colorado, Jenelle fell in love with Leadville while earning her A.A.S. degree in Environmental Technology at Colorado Mountain College. Jenelle later completed her B.S. in Organizational Leadership and has spent her career working to clean up legacy mining impacted groundwater to improve the ecosystem and health of the Upper Arkansas Headwaters. She worked as an intern at the Yak Tunnel water treatment plant, worked in water quality research with USGS, and has been with the Bureau of Reclamation Leadville Mine Drainage treatment plant for 26 years. Jenelle joined the Advocates Board in 2019 and is grateful for the opportunity to support our community in this role. In her free time Jenelle loves hiking, time with her fur babies, and taking care of her historic home.

Interested in volunteering as a Director on ALC’s volunteer governing board? Find more details and our Board Interest Form here.