Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, Josh started his work with us in 2015. Josh worked as a consultant for The Wilderness Society and as Conservation Fellow at the Colorado Mountain Club before joining our team.

Favorite place in Colorado: A tent under the stars, near a river, and far away from any roads.

Jenny joined Conservation Colorado in 2018 as a field organizer. Previously, she worked for Big City Mountaineers and the Continental Divide Trail Coalition. She believes that the best adventures are the ones that change the world.

Favorite place in Colorado: High in the Sangre de Cristo range

Lilly hails from Michigan and joined our team in 2013. Lilly started her career in the conservation voter movement as an intern at the League of Conservation Voters during graduate school.

Favorite place in Colorado: Crested Butte.

Sara grew up in Glenwood Springs and loves hearing and sharing stories about the diverse communities of her home state. Before joining Conservation Colorado in September 2021, she worked in journalism and affordable housing advocacy.

Favorite place in Colorado: in the Roaring Fork Valley, with a view of Mt. Sopris.

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Renée is from Fort Collins and started here in 2014. Renée previously worked for the Obama Presidential Reelection Campaign as a Campaign Field Organizer for Larimer County. She is also the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Lobby of CO.

Favorite place in Colorado: Pingree Park.

Growing up in Evergreen, Colorado, Ian joined Conservation Colorado in 2018. He has worked in veterinary clinics, on ranches, and for Colorado Parks and Wildlife while always holding the natural world in the highest regard.

Favorite place in Colorado: Flattops Wilderness Area.

Ana joined Conservation Colorado in 2022. She graduated from Colorado Mesa with a degree in Environmental Science and has previously interned with the Forest Service.

Favorite place in Colorado: Grand Mesa National Forest

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Jaz has many years experience in community based grassroots organizing around farmworker rights, indigenous land sovereignty, LGBTQIA2S+ issues, and fighting against pipeline construction among other things. They are very excited to be with Conservation Colorado at the crossroads of people and politics. Prior to this they have worked with League of Conservation Voters, in non-profits, as a wildland firefighter, as a teacher, and as a construction worker. They have helped build several natural buildings including strawbale homes that participated in the Living Building Challenge and implemented the first residential compostable toilets and closed loop black-water systems in Utah.

Favorite place in Colorado: Ceran St Vrain Trail

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Hailing from Los Angeles, California, Patricia joined us in 2015. She previously worked as a Family Aid Coordinator for Mayan Families.

Favorite place in Colorado: Mesa Verde.

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Victor Galvan was born is Chihuahua, Mexico and raised in Denver, Colorado. For the past 15 years Victor has helped shape immigration policy in the state of Colorado that include ASSET, which provides instate tuition for undocumented students in Colorado, the expansion of the Colorado Road and Safety Act, giving more undocumented people access to licenses in Colorado and Virginia’s law which made it illegal for police to utilize ICE warrants to hold immigrants in custody for Immigration. Victor led the walk-outs in 2017 as the Trump administration tried and failed to end the DACA program, championed by thousands of brave undocumented youth from across the country and created through executive order under the Obama administration in 2012. He was recently hired as the Strategic Partnership Manager at Protégéte and will be building a strong networks and coalitions that will foster the development of Latinxs voices to bring diverse solutions to environmental justice and conservation movement.

Favorite place in Colorado: Chitaqua Park in Boulder

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