Board of Directors

Jennifer Sullivan | Board President

Jennifer Sullivan is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University and Duke University School of Law. She clerked for the Honorable W. Royal Furgeson, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas before relocating to Colorado. Jennifer became a litigator at the law firm Faegre Baker Daniels, where her pro bono practice included prisoners’ rights and civil rights, familiarizing her with the many barriers people face after incarceration. Now the Senior Assistant Dean for Administration and Program Development at the University of Colorado Law School, Jennifer remains vitally interested in advocacy and social justice. In addition to Focus Reentry, she serves on the Advisory Council to the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. Jennifer lives in Boulder with her husband and their four children.  Jennifer joined the Focus board in 2017 and has previously served as Board Secretary.

Jeanne Segil | Secretary

Jeanne works as an attorney for the Colorado State Public Defender’s Appellate Division. Prior to this position, she worked as a law fellow and a staff attorney with Bryan Stevenson at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. Jeanne graduated from Harvard Law School in 2014 and Pomona College in 2009. At Pomona, Jeanne designed her own major, Social Justice Studies, and has continued to pursue this passion.  Jeanne taught in South Africa on a Fulbright for a year before attending law school. During law school, she served as Executive Director of Harvard’s Prison Legal Assistance Project, participated in the Criminal Justice Institute, and returned to South Africa with the International Human Rights Clinic. She has also interned with the Center on Wrongful Convictions, the Public Defender Service in D.C., and Restorative Response Baltimore. Jeanne joined the FOCUS board in 2019.

Cooper Bohm| Board Treasurer

Cooper is a Boulder Native and our new treasurer. Currently, he serves as a Legislative Aide to Boulder Rep Edie Hooton. His passion for politics led him towards social justice work and then Focus Reentry.

Carlyla Dawson | Board Member

Carlyla has more than a decade of experience in community organizing, program development, management and evaluation in the nonprofit sector both domestically and internationally. With special emphasis on social justice, gender equality and poverty alleviation. She consults for nonprofits both in the US and abroad in the areas of strategic planning, 501 (c) 3 formation, financial resource development and impact monitoring and evaluation. In addition to nonprofit consulting, Carlyla is the Human Resources Manager at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder. 

Kendrick Love | Board Member

Kendrick is a successful mentee who joined the Focus Board to ensure that the client perspective is part of board decisions. Ken works at Hilton Hotels and lives in Denver. He also volunteers with the Denver Rescue Mission. As a board member, Ken is designing a support group for men who are currently in the reentry process.

Carol Peeples | Board Member

Carol is the founder and executive director of Remerg, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing recidivism by connecting justice-involved individuals to the information and resources they need to succeed. Carol was also the project manager and primary author of the first two editions of Getting On After Getting Out: A Reentry Guide for Colorado. Her background as an educator and interest in public policy drive her passion to make a difference in prison re-entry from the perspective of those impacted by incarceration. Carol is also the founder of Colorado Voting Project and Can I Vote?, a statewide voter education project for people disenfranchised by a criminal record.

Before becoming involved in re-entry, Carol managed a bookstore, taught in public and private schools in Alaska, Pakistan, and the Czech Republic, worked as an independent consultant, interned in the Office of the Governor in Colorado, managed a campaign office for a mayoral candidate in Denver, and worked on the transition team for the current mayor of Denver. Carol holds a BA in Antiquities from Missouri State University, a BA in English from Montana State University, a MA in English from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English, and a MPA in Public Administration from the University of Colorado, Denver, School of Public Affairs.

Tanika Vigil | Board Member

Tanika joined the board in 2020. She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2014 and has experience with immigration and criminal matters. She has worked to defend detained immigrants and advised defense attorneys on immigration matters. Tanika also clerked for Justice Richard L. Gabriel at the Colorado Supreme Court. The most notable of Tanika’s accomplishments is that while she attended Harvard Law School she was one of only nine students to complete more than 2000 hours of pro bono legal services. Tanika is a Colorado Native and fluent in Spanish and English.