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  (On leave from TPC until 2026)

Jenny Macias
Director of Partnerships
Hope House Colorado, Arvada, CO
jenny.macias@hopehousecolorado.org
970.485.1202
Skills: Organizational development, program management, youth development, fundraising, partner engagement

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

Mary Faltynski RN, MPH IMH-E®
GENESIS Program Manager
mfaltynski@bouldercounty.gov
303.678.6155
Skills: Data analysis, health, youth development, advocacy, partner engagement

Jessica Purcell
Director of Programs
Thriving Families – MotherWise, Denver, CO
jessica.purcel@du.edu
843.816.1828
Skills: Program implementation, community outreach, direct services, fundraising, partner engagement

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