CEO Corner

By Erin Porteous, CEO We are living through a time where the very foundations that support us through the roller coaster moments of our lives – whether they be our families, our jobs, our communities, our schools or our places of worship – have been shaken. We know this is temporary. But it has shifted our world in unimaginable ways. It […]

By Erin Porteous, CEO In February, I was lucky enough to be in the room as 20 of the best and brightest kids in Denver participated in our citywide Youth of the Year competition. And even though it already feels like a world away, I keep going back to that night in my memory. Truthfully,

By Erin Porteous, CEO “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.”   This quote by Jodi Picoult is one that I have been thinking about often over the past week as we collectively reckon with a growing global crisis that has altered our lives and our

By Erin Porteous, CEO In a month that’s filled to the brim with candy, cards and flowers, there is an underlying theme that gets to the essence of what it means to be human: showing those we love how much they mean to us. That simple beauty that comes with recognizing each other can often

By Erin Porteous, CEO As I reflect on the fact that we are already three weeks into the new year, I’ve been thinking about the concept of resolutions. If it takes 21 days to form a habit, then those “work out every day” or “eat more vegetables” or “put my phone away one hour before bed” promises we may have made to ourselves are either