The TPC is currently fiscally sponsored by Florence Crittenton. The Leadership Team provides oversight to all TPC activities, in the same way that a formal board of directors would for a 501c3 organization. The Leadership Team is actively recruiting new members to join the TPC and take on leadership roles. Email us at teenparentcollaborative@gmail.com for more information. Current Leadership Team members include:
Desta Taye-Channell
President & CEO
Florence Crittenton Services, Denver, CO
dtayechannell@flocritco.org
720.423.8915
Skills: Leadership, education, student & family supports
Lisa Steven
Founder & Executive Director
Hope House Colorado, Arvada, CO
lisa@hopehouseofcolorado.org
303.429.1012 ext.227
Skills: Organizational development, youth development, fundraising, lived experience
Steven Bartholomew
Executive Director
New Legacy Charter High School, Aurora, CO
sbartholomew@newlegacycharter.net
303-340-7882
Skills: Grant writing, leadership, education, career pathways, youth development
Katy Waskey
Director and Parent Educator
Jefferson County Adolescent Pregnant & Parenting Program, Lakewood, CO
katy.waskey@jeffco.k12.co.us
303.982.7461
skills: Parent education, service navigation, program development, public policy
Brace Gibson, JD
Policy Advocate
Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC), Denver, CO
bgibson@cpcqc.org
812.470.0368
Skills: Public policy, youth leadership, law, advocacy, lived experience
Jessica Purcell
Director of Programs
Thriving Families – MotherWise, Denver, CO
jessica.purcel@du.edu
843-816-1828
Skills: Program implementation, community outreach, direct services
Michelle Garcia, MA
Coordinator
H.B. 1451/Collaborative Management Program, Pueblo, CO
Michelle.GarciaCC@pueblo60.org
719-549-7155
Skills: Nursing, adolescence mental health, knowledge of state mental health system, child advocacy, and judicial system, lived experience
Ray Washington
President/CEO of Building Lives Matter, LLC, and the Executive Director of Family Support Services
raywashingtonllc@gmail.com
720-569-7164
Skills: Nationally-recognized fatherhood provider and educator, mediation, fatherhood curriculum development & provision of wrap-around services