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Organization

Collaborative Community Board

Ken Miller, Cornerstone Church and Project Revive, Chairman
Prescott Knock, Buddhist Coalition and Naropa University Rev.
Dr. Stan Adamson, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church

FOCUS Advisory Council
Joshua Dunkle, Probation Office
Peg Rider, Footsteps Program
Elise Flesher, Longmont Police Dept
William Karelis, Shambhala Prison Community
Lisa Michaels, District Attorneys Office
Jennifer Edmiston, FOCUS Staff and Program Graduate
Tracey Goldenberg, M.A., Psychotherapist and NIC Researcher and Trainer

FOCUS Review Board
Sgt.Timothy Oliveira, Boulder County Jail
Debra Stein, Criminal Justice Services
Tanina Davanzo, Psychotherapist
Christopher Randol, MA, Psychotherapist
Polly Mahoney, MA, Psychotherapist
Rosemary Bolen, MSW
Tania Leontov, MNM

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FOCUS  has IRS tax exemption under the (501) (c) (3) of  the Colorado Nonprofit Development Center (CNDC) which provides fiscal oversight. CNDC manages FOCUS’ revenues and provides extensive monthly financials. FOCUS is also included in CNDC’s annual audit. Our Executive Director submits quarterly reports to CNDC on the state of the organization and its activities.

There are several other oversight groups involved in the FOCUS program:

The Board of Directors of The Collaborative Community reviews the activities of the entire organization and serves to keep program activities aligned with the overall mission of developing social capital through collaboration in Boulder County.

The FOCUS Advisory Council membership consists of criminal justice professionals who review the program activities, contribute leading edge information on new reentry initiatives and program directions, help formulate policy decisions, and share practical information and professional experience. The Advisory Board meets quarterly and its members are also available for consultation on an ongoing basis.

The FOCUS Review Board membership consists of additional criminal justice professionals and psychotherapists. It meets bimonthly to review the mentor matches and the issues which arise. All mentors attend these meetings which provide a venue in which mentors can exchange their experiences and questions, then receive insights into their mentoring situations from professionals in the field and from each other. At times a current offender mentee also attends a portion of the meeting with his/her mentor so that we all can share and appreciate the offender’s perspective.

The Mentor Advisors provide a fourth level of oversight. They are private psychotherapists and master social workers who work with individual mentors or small groups of mentors and serve as a resource for addressing emotional or psychological issues that arise in a mentor/mentee match. They contribute to the mentors’ skill set in working with difficult situations.

All these board members and advisors are volunteers. We are grateful for their dedication and generosity. We are continually interested in increasing board, council and advisor membership and fostering greater diversity in our organization’s structure. We are looking for interested and appropriate citizens to serve on these boards and councils to help reduce recidivism, increase community safety and further the successful reintegration of more offenders.

If you are interested in volunteering in any of the capacities described, please complete the form below (PDF or Word document available) and either

FOCUS
3700 Baseline Road
Boulder, CO 80303

FOCUS Council, Board and Advisor Application (download Word document) (download PDF)