M E M B E R S

Don has spent more than thirty years advancing community-rooted solutions to complex social and environmental challenges. He and his wife co-founded a family-run water purification company that brought clean, affordable drinking water to lower-income communities across the American South. The company’s model is decentralized, practical, and grounded in local communities who had long lacked access to safe water. After retiring from the business in 2022, Don has become more involved in social impact investing and philanthropy.

Don currently supports numerous social and environmental causes. His greatest passion is contributing to systemic solutions for building healthy and equitable communities, collaborating with and learning from other community stakeholders. He also supports community-led development initiatives in East Africa where investments in education, healthcare, and women’s empowerment are paired with social enterprises designed to sustain themselves over time…

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As an attorney whose practice spans corporate, commercial, and wine law, Mike works closely with business owners across sectors, helping them raise capital, navigate operational challenges, and resolve disputes. His work ranges from advising solo entrepreneurs to supporting multinational companies through complex transactions, negotiations, and litigation. He views legal practice as fundamentally relational—an ongoing commitment to understanding the people behind the businesses and guiding them over time.

His professional path has shaped a measured philosophy. Years of contract negotiations and courtroom conflict have taught him to seek objectivity, assume every issue holds multiple perspectives, and reserve argument for moments when it is truly necessary. Practicing alongside his father throughout his career has strengthened his instinct for relationship-centered counsel. He approaches others with the belief that “everybody is somebody’s somebody,” meeting each encounter with openness and respect…

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Kat works at the intersection of entrepreneurship, systems design, and principled leadership. As founder of an AI-native financial modeling startup and general partner in an early-stage venture fund, she brings a rare fluency across finance, data, and product. Her career began at Facebook, where she studied how communities scale, providing insights that continue to inform her approach to building lean, high-trust teams.

Guided by first-principles thinking, she has moved beyond conventional startup practices to prioritize clarity, autonomy, and long-term alignment. She hopes to apply this thinking to a future “founder gym”—an intensive model for cultivating entrepreneurial talent through coaching, collaboration, and patient iteration…

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Jules is guided by a commitment to keeping people at the center of progress. As technology advances, she believes our attention to human agency and well-being must grow alongside it. Her creative work reflects a belief in making innovation accessible for anyone with an idea worth communicating. She values interdisciplinary thinking, knowing that durable solutions emerge when diverse perspectives meet.

Her life has been defined by curiosity and reinvention. With a PhD in computer science, Jules began in research before moving to India to support women-led microenterprise development. She later worked in Silicon Valley during the dotcom boom, before shifting into producing film, television, and nonprofit media on campaigns like Stand Up to Cancer. Most recently, she helped build the brand at Andus Labs, a firm that helps companies build extraordinary things with AI. As a co-founder at Spark Rockets, she also supports early-stage entrepreneurs with using AI to develop their startup ideas…

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Sakar builds systems that make work more intelligent, coordinated, and human. Leading an accounting firm shaped by his background in engineering, global development, and technology, he connects skilled local professionals with distributed teams and practical tools. This follows a decade spent founding and running a science education company in the developing world. He thrives in early-stage complexity, where structure is still taking shape.

Sakar prefers to learn by doing. To understand the accounting industry from the inside out, he studied for the CPA exam and apprenticed under a working accountant. In applying AI to his firm, he starts with real processes, then layers in automation. It’s never just about the tool, but how it’s used, and by whom…

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Hannah brings a decade of experience in global finance to her work, where she turns complex challenges into opportunities for growth and innovation in diverse investments. Earlier in her career, she worked in New York investment banking and spent several years in Singapore covering emerging markets, where she navigated business across Southeast Asia and structured first-of-their-kind transactions, an experience that taught her to thrive when everything is new.

She views each transition as a chance to learn and apply prior lessons in fresh ways. In cities, novelty came through cultural life; in Boulder, she is reframing “newness” through the outdoors and discovering how physical challenge can sharpen the mind and create space for reflection. She approaches community in the same spirit: listening first, contributing with care, and leading with generosity. For her, generosity means presence in conversation, attentiveness of thought, and small acts of kindness that carry disproportionate weight…

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Joseph exists in the world of systems, always seeking the most effective design for work to flourish. As the Director of Business Operations at Quiet Capital, he focuses on the operating fabric of a modern investment firm: streamlining processes, introducing automation, and applying AI so that people and structures perform at their best. His earlier path wound through Silicon Valley, where he led teams, helped build a startup, and cultivated deep expertise in data architecture and the evolving frontier of human–computer symbiosis.

An optimist by nature, Joseph works consciously to preserve that stance in today’s climate. He holds that most people thrive when trusted, given space, and placed in environments suited to their gifts. Guided by the discipline of listening before speaking and a reflex to challenge consensus, he resists simplification in favor of nuance…

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Adam’s work begins with a paradox: how can laws written for the past govern technologies that anticipate the future? As counsel at Meta, he focuses on artificial intelligence. His fascination lies in shaping frameworks that let innovation advance while keeping human consequences in view. In dealing with unsettled areas of the law that still have more questions than answers, Adam balances the inevitability of change with the agency to shape its course.

As a father of three, Adam seeks to equip his children to meet life’s disorder with resilience, humor, and the confidence to question authority. Their curiosity often reverses the roles, urging him to adopt new tools, rethink old habits, and rediscover the delight of learning…

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Isabelle approaches rheumatology as care for the whole person, addressing not only the joints, lungs, or vessels in distress, but also the emotional and spiritual landscapes in which illness takes root. She sees the patient–doctor relationship as medicine itself, where trust, listening, and presence can be as healing as any procedure. She views illness as a messenger, guiding both medical treatment and personal growth.

Her own stage 4 cancer diagnosis redefined her relationship to life’s hardships as something to befriend rather than resist. In discovering what really matters in her life, she came to prioritize self-love, meaningful relationships, and daily joy over accolades or research prestige. Saying “no” to misaligned commitments has given her space to say “yes” to people, activities, and work that energize her…

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Uli designs financial architectures that move capital at the scale of nations, yet serve communities at heart. As founder of Global Partners Investments, LLC., he structures sovereign-backed transactions and secondary markets to fund infrastructure, sustainability, and development initiatives across the globe, advising and speaking in over 50 countries. He also advises a private fund that channels investment into projects that deliver enduring benefits to humanity rather than mere financial return.

Uli has led economic conferences for the Federal Reserve Bank, the Swiss constitutional reform process, and the Central Bank of Greece, convening policymakers and economists to reimagine the foundations of global finance. He has authored two books that expose the systemic fragility of debt-based economies and advocate a shift toward sovereign money systems, where states issue currency debt-free rather than delegate that power to commercial banks…

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Kiley’s nearness to life’s impermanence has clarified what matters: love, presence, and forgiveness. This understanding draws her to the mother-daughter bond, where those virtues are most deeply tested. As a coach and counselor-in-training, she works alongside her mother to guide women through a structured, compassionate process to evolve from the past and choose a new story. She begins graduate study in family counseling this year to deepen her practice.

Guided by the belief that how we relate matters more than what we face, Kiley draws on the image of the tide beneath the waves, a quiet pull between Earth and moon. She sees depth not as something to reach, but as a return to what lies beneath coping and silence. Her work invites others to reconnect with the deep current of compassion that has always been there, much like the timeless bond between mother and child…

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Luke Hanley strives to reshape the relationship between industry and carbon by building his company, 1089, as a platform to make decarbonization measurable, profitable, and widely adoptable. With little fanfare, he has aligned major players across diverse industries such as oil and gas, renewable energy, agriculture, and finance into a unified system designed for real-world impact. His approach is practical and incentive-driven, focused on making climate action something people can do, not just discuss.

Luke’s clarity comes from a life spent bridging divides. At fifteen, he brought internet to a post-Soviet Russian school; later, he developed solar finance models and led wilderness programs for at-risk youth. After a severe health collapse forced him into retreat, and a family crisis called him back, he re-started with nothing but a vision, cold-calling his way into boardrooms and building from scratch.

Luke is a devoted husband and father of twin daughters and a new baby boy. With his wife’s steady support, he found the strength to begin again. His work now reflects a more profound belief that real change happens when people are met where they are and invited to move forward together…

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Matthew Klein dedicated his career to building and scaling companies like Backbone PLM and Sweater Ventures. Now, he helps founders and families make pivotal financial decisions in his role at J.P. Morgan Private Bank. Having once relied on mentors and networks to grow his own ventures, he now pays it forward, offering guidance with the benefit of experience and perspective.

At this stage of his career, Matthew has shifted from chasing outcomes to showing up, investing time and care into keeping his family connected as each member grows in their own direction. He sees the family as its own ecosystem, requiring the same thoughtful attention he once paid to business. Health and presence have become core priorities…

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At the heart of Jacqueline’s work lies an old, elegant instinct: to gather people in spaces where kindness and imagination may unfold of their own accord. Trained first as a chef in the high-tempo world of Michelin-star kitchens, she carried forward a finely honed intuition for adaptability, care, and grace under pressure into her event destination, Greystone Castle, nestled in the Boulder foothills. There, Jacqueline fosters a culture attuned to the quiet architecture of experience.

Jacqueline believes that most meaningful moments arise not from grand gestures, but from the subtle attentions that help others feel at ease. In her world, conversation always triumphs over transaction, and curiosity over formality. Elegance resides not in extravagance, but in the simple, generous act of making others feel they belong. With this sensibility and confidence in her ability to problem-solve in the face of chaos, Jacqueline cultivates spaces and relationships where authentic connection and creativity can take root.

Away from her vocation, Jacqueline cherishes time with her close-knit family and her horse. She channels her penchant for risk-taking into poker games, where the stakes are low but she puts it all on the line. A devotee of the quiet arts, she delights in calligraphy, hand-lettered notes, and the simple pleasures of good food shared among friends…

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Matthew’s life has unfolded in leaps—bold departures from the known into the uncertain. From landing in Los Angeles with $200 and a backpack, to a decade expanding a startup across Europe and Asia, each move was a wager on possibility. In Serbia, a short-term assignment became a long-term life—he met his wife, led international growth, and came to feel “almost Serbian.” His company Olive Tree Ventures continues to actively cultivate new B2B ventures with the same enterprising spirit that brought him halfway around the world.

As founder of Sales Clover, Matthew runs a cross-continental consultancy helping tech firms modernize their go-to-market strategies. What compels him is not scale, but soul: finding overlooked talent, solving tangled problems, and giving good ideas their rightful chance. He’s particularly drawn to models that uplift rural and international workers, reflecting his own winding path from college dropout to global operator.

Matthew believes each person is granted one or two true opportunities in life—quiet, pivotal moments that must be seized fully. Back in Boulder with his wife and two young children, Matthew creates more time for learning, getting outside, spending time with his family, and contributing to his community. He’s exploring new ventures at the intersection of workforce development and global hiring—building pathways for untapped rural and international talent to break into tech…

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Growing up on a Minnesota farm where rest was rare, Sara adopted a forward-leaning mentality: keep moving, keep doing, find purpose in the work.

That drive led her to economics, where math meets psychology, blending structure with insight into human behavior. Opportunistically jumping at the chance to travel the world while simultaneously making an impact, she built a career in emerging markets, drawn to their volatility, cultural richness, and the immediacy of consequence. At Oppenheimer Funds, she led global debt portfolios, managing billions with clarity and care…

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Across four decades as a therapist, Ted has witnessed a stubborn tragedy: most relationships don’t fail for lack of love, but for lack of skill. From this lifelong witnessing emerged his life’s work—the Safe Harbor Method, a deceptively simple structure designed to transform conflict into communion. Its tools? Three rules, a willingness to listen, and a two-minute sand timer.

Ted’s approach is grounded in the belief that being truly heard is more healing than being right. With gentleness and rigor, he teaches that the real work of relationship begins not in problem-solving, but in presence. Across continents and generations—from couples on the brink to kindergarten classrooms—his method restores dignity to difficult conversations.

A widower, father, and now grandfather, Ted carries his wisdom lightly, modeling the very vulnerability he teaches. He lives his legacy each day in ordinary acts—listening, sharing, and inviting others to slow down long enough to hear one another fully. His message, timeless and timely, is simple: every relationship deserves a safe harbor…

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Zoya splits her time as a neurosurgeon between high-stakes trauma care and slow, systems-level reform. In Omaha, she manages emergency spine and cranial injuries, while off-call, she’s building a grassroots program for osteoporosis fracture care—piecing together data, designing pathways, and pushing for change in a system slow to move. Zoya is most energized by practical interventions that make a real difference—especially when no one else is stepping in to solve the problem…

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After a storied career steering media and software ventures—from the New York Times to the helm of private equity-backed firms—Bill retired as Group President of Fortive, a publicly traded industrial conglomerate. His work spanned the boardrooms of corporate America to the intricacies of niche B2B technologies, leaving behind a wake of leaders now helming companies of their own.

As Bill embarks on his “retirement” (for now), he’s giving back. Guided less by ambition than by stewardship, he now devotes his days to mentoring first-time CEOs, serving on the board of The Boulder Reporting Lab, and mapping the civic and entrepreneurial networks of Boulder. His enduring passion for journalism, kindled in his Times years, finds new expression in strengthening The Boulder Reporting Lab’s voice, vigilance, and fundraising.

Between mentorship calls and strategic plans, Bill hikes and skis with the joy of a man no longer tethered to the terminals and time zones of work travel. A grandfather, husband, and civic neighbor, he’s aiming to stay active, stay useful, and maybe take up biking this season…

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Curiosity and adventure drive Amy. Whether researching impact investments, writing poetry, or swimming with whales, she moves through the world with a hunger to explore and create meaning. Raised by a journalist and a non-denominational minister, she inherited a deep belief in living with purpose—a legacy she’s passing on to her two children.

Amy builds trust through action. She volunteers at food pantries, supports nonprofits, invests in start-ups, and helps launch music and arts initiatives that deepen Boulder’s sense of connection. In 2025, she plans to launch a Donor Advised Fund to further align her values with her giving.

Nature is her compass. From hiking Chautauqua to riding horses in Cotopaxi, or diving Raja Ampat’s coral reefs, she finds the call to courage and presence. A recent fall from a cliff in West Papua left her with scars—and deeper gratitude for the world’s beauty.

Each year, she and her husband take on a new challenge. In 2025, it’s Surf Skiing and building a beachfront home in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. They dream of winter months in the jungle, better Spanish, and lifelong learning…

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