Denver

Get ready, Denver! Connecting Colorado is coming your way!

Join us for engaging breakout sessions aimed at increasing the capacity of your Nonprofit Organization. We’ll also feature a dedicated track specifically tailored for nonprofit executives.

Connect with fellow nonprofit professionals in your region to exchange ideas, find solutions and celebrate successes through roundtables and panel discussions.

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Event Agenda

Wednesday, October 30, 2024
8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center
6700 N Gaylord Rockies Blvd.
Aurora, CO 80019

Event Schedule

8:00-8:30 AM

8:30-8:50 AM

9:00-10:15 AM

10:15-10:45 AM

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

12:00-1:00 PM

1:15-2:30 PM

2:30-3:00 PM

3:00-4:15 PM

4:15 PM

Registration and Networking

Opening Remarks

Breakout Session 1*

Networking Break

Breakout Session 2*

Lunch

Breakout Session 3*

Networking Break

Breakout Session 4*

Closing Remarks

*Each breakout session will have 4 trainings to choose from. The presentation materials from each breakout session will be sent out following the event.

session descriptions

Colorado Gives Day Office Hours

Early giving for Colorado Gives Day opens November 1st! Get your Colorado Gives Day questions answered during their Office Hours at the Connecting Colorado Denver conference!


Thanks to our friends at the Colorado Gives Foundation, conference attendees will have a chance to get last minute questions answered, pick up a few tips to polish their ColoradoGives.org page, or to just say hello to the friendly folks at the Colorado Gives Foundation!

Want to reserve a time around your conference sessions? Schedule a 15-minute block with Jordan here.  Drop ins are also welcome.

Event Speakers

JAHNAVI BRENNER
CEO & Founder
The Vivid Leader

PAUL COLLIER
Director
Corona Insights

LINDA APPEL LIPSIUS
Executive Director
Denver Urban Gardens (DUG)

CATHERINE ALONZO
Founding Partner
Javelina

YERUWELLE DE ROUSEN
Founder
Intersectional Innovations

JOSHUA ARANDA
CEO and Co-Founder at Mission Matters Group

CAITLYN GRIMME
Senior Audit Manager
CBIZ MHM, LLC

MATT BRUCE
Principal
Corona Insights

Meredith L. Jeffers, Ph.D. Director of University Strategy
MSU Denver

ROBIN CHALECKI
President
Emily Griffith Foundation

JOHN ALBRIGHT
Executive Director
City Year Denver

FRANCE HOANG
 Co-Founder and Co-CEO boodleAI

HUNTER FIELD
Manager, Policy and Advocacy
The National Endowment for Financial Education

LORII RABINOWITZ
CEO
Denver Scholarship Foundation

LAUREN MOON
CEO
Direct Outcomes

James Mejía, M.B.A., M.P.P.
Chief Strategy Officer
MSU Denver

STEFANIE JONES
President & Founder
Feed Media

MARGARET BACHRACHN
CEO
Boulder Voices for Children

BONNIE DAVIS
Speaker, Executive Coach, HUWork

KAYLA GARCIA
President & CEO
Girls Inc. of Metro Denver

NICK LOPEZ
CEO
Latin American Educational Foundation

MANDA DINKLEL
Managing Director and Shareholder
CBIZ MHM, LLC

Road Trip Sponsors

Community Connections Sponsors