SPARK SERVICE
AT SPARK, WE FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SPARK CHANGE. SPARK THE GENEROSITY OF TIME AND TALENT. SPARK NEW FRIENDSHIPS OVER SHARED GOALS. AND SPARK HOPE AND TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT WHERE IT IS NEEDED THE MOST. 

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Spark Staff

Patrice Hawkins, MSW
Chief Executive Officer
phawkins@sparkthechangecolorado.org

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Community & Corporate Engagement:

Brooks Bryant
Community & Corporate Director
Statewide
​bbryant@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​​Emily Garrigus
Community & Corporate Manager
​Statewide
egarrigus@sparkthechangecolorado.org

Mike O'Connor
Community & Corporate Event Coordinator
Denver-Metro
moconnor@sparkthechangecolorado.org

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Marketing & Communications:

Madison Taylor
Marketing & Communications Director
Statewide
mtaylor@sparkthechangecolorado.org

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Mental Wellness Program:

​Kelly Groen
Mental Wellness Program Director
Statewide
kgroen@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​Barb Knapp
Spark Health Corps Manager
National Service Program- Statewide
bknapp@sparkthechangecolorado.org

Dena Rodriguez-Leach, BSW, MSW, MPPA, Clinical Specialist
Mental Wellness Supervision Program Manager
​Statewide​
drodriguez@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​Tonya Johnson
Pueblo Program Manager
Pueblo & Colorado Springs
tjohnson@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​Nicole Shannon
Mental Wellness Program Coordinator
Southeast Colorado
nshannon@sparkthechangecolorado.org

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Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP):

​​Juli German
RSVP Program Director
Colorado Statewide
jgerman@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​​John Remillard
National Service Programs Administrator
Statewide
jremillard@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​​Nancy Harris
RSVP Manager
Alamosa County
nharris@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​Maggie Obermann
RSVP Manager
Broomfield County
mobermann@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​​Josie Boynton
RSVP Manager
Huerfano County
jboynton@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​​Leanne Mersmann
RSVP Manager
Jefferson & Park Counties
lmersmann@sparkthechangecolorado.org

Lynn Soukup
RSVP Manager
Montezuma County
lsoukup@sparkthechangecolorado.org

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Senior Companion Program:

​​Laura Kinder
Senior Companion Program Director
Statewide
lkinder@sparkthechangecolorado.org

​​Jasmine Rice
Senior Companion Program Manager
Denver-Metro
jrice@sparkthechangecolorado.org

Terri Patrick
Senior Companion Program Manager
Southern Colorado
tpartick@sparkthechangecolorado.org