executive committee
CMP is governed by an Executive Committee representing foundations that have provided significant multi-year financial and/or in-kind support to advance CMP’s mission, vision, and activities.
Sarah Kurz is Chief Impact Officer at Rose Community Foundation, where she oversees discretionary grantmaking and policy and advocacy work for the Denver-based institution. Previously, Kurz has served as vice president of operations and strategy for LiveWell Colorado, director of strategic marketing for the City and County of Denver, and as a principal at SE2, providing communications consulting and public policy guidance to a diverse group of nonprofit, foundation, government and private-sector clients. She was a member of the Denver Metro Chamber’s Leadership Denver class of 2020 and the 2008 Impact Denver class. She served as a board member for the New America School for six years and was a mayoral-appointed member of the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs for nine years. She is a Denver native and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Duke University.
Johanna Ulloa Girón is the Building and Bridging Power Program Manager at The Colorado Trust. She is a psychologist and social worker from Bogota, Colombia. She has more than 20 years of experience working with communities in Central, South and North America in a range of roles, including as former director of community initiatives at the Tennyson Center for Children in Denver, and as a social worker with the Larimer County Department of Human Services in the Child Protection Department. Mrs. Ulloa Girón serves as an adjunct professor at Colorado State University, where she is a subject expert on social and racial justice through culturally competent clinical practice, diversity and equity. In 2019 she was awarded the Human Relations Award for her outstanding contributions to marginalized and disadvantaged citizens in Fort Collins. Mrs. Ulloa Girón holds a master’s degree in social work from Colorado State University.
Teresa Gorman is Associate Director for the Public Square program at Democracy Fund, an independent and nonpartisan, private foundation that envision an open and just democracy that is resilient in the face of change and worthy of the American people’s trust. The Public Square Program works to ensure that all people have access to the news and information they need to engage in civic life and use their voices without fear of being harassed, silenced or ignored. This includes the foundation’s efforts to support resilient and sustainable local news ecosystems, more equitable newsrooms, press freedom, and digital spaces that advance democracy, not hate. Teresa manages press freedom and local ecosystem news funding portfolios, which support local news ecosystems in North Carolina, New Jersey, Chicago, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Colorado. She serves on the advisory boards of the NC Local News Lab Fund, Colorado Media Project, and NJ Local News Lab Fund, and on the board of the American Journalism Project.
Jaclyn Lensen is senior communications officer for The Colorado Health Foundation. Over the past 15 years, she has worked in many areas of communications, from publicity to media relations to corporate communications. At the Foundation since 2011, Jaclyn has worked with staff in various departments and with partners across the state to lead communication efforts that highlight and discuss important issues that the Foundation and its partners are striving to address. She enjoys traveling internationally and across Colorado, from the Western Slope to the Eastern Plains. She holds a BA Communications and Marketing from the University of Colorado at Denver and an MA in Communications and Conflict Resolution from Regis University.