InterCorps Council Colorado Senior Advisory Board
The function of the Senior Advisory Board (SAB) is to provide guidance to InterCorps Council Colorado members. The initial tasks of the Senior Advisory Board will be to make committee appointments and to be part of periodic meetings with ICC members.
Meet your InterCorps Council Colorado Senior Advisory Board!
Heather Dirck
Affiliation: National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)
Heather attended the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she received both her Bachelor of Journalism and her Master of Arts in Strategic Communication. Her master’s thesis focused on international and governmental communication, leading her to live short-term in Brussels, Belgium to research the European Union. She tries to professionally link her interest in communication with her ever-optimistic aspirations to "change the world" through good government and non-profit organizations. She began working as the Community Relations Specialist for AmeriCorps NCCC's regional campus in Denver in early 2003. She has loved each year in this role working on media outreach, member recruitment, and special events planning. She also lives vicariously through each class of Corps Members, since she didn’t discover the program herself until she was too old! Heather grew up in Littleton, CO, is married, has a young son, and a middle-aged Golden Retriever.
Heather attended the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she received both her Bachelor of Journalism and her Master of Arts in Strategic Communication. Her master’s thesis focused on international and governmental communication, leading her to live short-term in Brussels, Belgium to research the European Union. She tries to professionally link her interest in communication with her ever-optimistic aspirations to "change the world" through good government and non-profit organizations. She began working as the Community Relations Specialist for AmeriCorps NCCC's regional campus in Denver in early 2003. She has loved each year in this role working on media outreach, member recruitment, and special events planning. She also lives vicariously through each class of Corps Members, since she didn’t discover the program herself until she was too old! Heather grew up in Littleton, CO, is married, has a young son, and a middle-aged Golden Retriever.
Dan Dunlap
Affiliation: Corporation for National and Community Service and AmeriCorps*VISTA Alum
After serving as an AmeriCorps*VISTA Member and AmeriCorps*VISTA Leader in Oklahoma City, Dan was a Learn and Serve America coordinator for the Oklahoma State Department of Education. For the past seven years Dan has worked as a Program Specialist for the Corporation for National and Community Service in the Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado offices. Dan is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.
After serving as an AmeriCorps*VISTA Member and AmeriCorps*VISTA Leader in Oklahoma City, Dan was a Learn and Serve America coordinator for the Oklahoma State Department of Education. For the past seven years Dan has worked as a Program Specialist for the Corporation for National and Community Service in the Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado offices. Dan is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.
Kathryn Gray
Affiliation: Governor's Commission on Community Service, Former AmeriCorps Program Director and AmeriCorps*State Alum
Kathryn Gray is a true Midwestern farm girl who grew up with her hands and feet in the dirt but her head in the mountains. With a B.A. in biology from Augustana College, she relocated to Colorado where she served for two years as a member of the CARENET AmeriCorps*State team. Then, she moved south for a year to work as an experiential educator in the hills of Georgia. She returned to the Rockies to be the program director for CARENET for two years, and now she provides consultant work for various non-profit and AmeriCorps organizations. Kathryn is a Wilderness First Responder who loves black dirt, good thunderstorms, and common sense.
Kathryn Gray is a true Midwestern farm girl who grew up with her hands and feet in the dirt but her head in the mountains. With a B.A. in biology from Augustana College, she relocated to Colorado where she served for two years as a member of the CARENET AmeriCorps*State team. Then, she moved south for a year to work as an experiential educator in the hills of Georgia. She returned to the Rockies to be the program director for CARENET for two years, and now she provides consultant work for various non-profit and AmeriCorps organizations. Kathryn is a Wilderness First Responder who loves black dirt, good thunderstorms, and common sense.
Terri Jutzi
Affiliation: Governor's Commission on Community Service and AmeriCorps*State Alum
Terri served as an AmeriCorps*State member from 1997-2000, serving two years as an AmeriCorps member with Catholic Charities and a year as an AmeriCorps*State Leader for the state of Colorado. She was a member of the original Colorado ICC group formed in 1998. Although not a hat person, she has worn many life hats. She has been an Army medical specialist, nanny, childcare worker, teacher, taxi cab driver, grant writer, foster parent, and mother of three girls. She is currently a Program Officer with the Governor's Commission on Community Service with a Bachelor of Science in Nonprofit Management and a Masters Degree in Elementary Education.
Terri served as an AmeriCorps*State member from 1997-2000, serving two years as an AmeriCorps member with Catholic Charities and a year as an AmeriCorps*State Leader for the state of Colorado. She was a member of the original Colorado ICC group formed in 1998. Although not a hat person, she has worn many life hats. She has been an Army medical specialist, nanny, childcare worker, teacher, taxi cab driver, grant writer, foster parent, and mother of three girls. She is currently a Program Officer with the Governor's Commission on Community Service with a Bachelor of Science in Nonprofit Management and a Masters Degree in Elementary Education.
Matt Martinez
Affiliation: Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado and AmeriCorps*NCCC Alum
I am a Colorado native which has fueled my passion for the outdoors. I was able to attend the University of Colorado in Boulder and will always be a Buff. One of the most defining experiences of my life has been working with diverse community based organizations and volunteers as a corps member in AmeriCorps*NCCC. I served in Class VII throughout the western region of the United States with people I will call close friends for the rest of my life. Upon completing my time with NCCC I sought out opportunities to continue service to my community and state which is how I stumbled upon Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado where I am currently a project manager. VOC is an environmental non-profit and our mission is to engage and inspire citizens of Colorado to become lifelong stewards of our natural resources. I have had the privilege to continue my relationship with AmeriCorps through my work at VOC and am excited to work with current corps members through my involvement with the ICC Senior Advisory Board.
I am a Colorado native which has fueled my passion for the outdoors. I was able to attend the University of Colorado in Boulder and will always be a Buff. One of the most defining experiences of my life has been working with diverse community based organizations and volunteers as a corps member in AmeriCorps*NCCC. I served in Class VII throughout the western region of the United States with people I will call close friends for the rest of my life. Upon completing my time with NCCC I sought out opportunities to continue service to my community and state which is how I stumbled upon Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado where I am currently a project manager. VOC is an environmental non-profit and our mission is to engage and inspire citizens of Colorado to become lifelong stewards of our natural resources. I have had the privilege to continue my relationship with AmeriCorps through my work at VOC and am excited to work with current corps members through my involvement with the ICC Senior Advisory Board.
Nancy Schoemann
Affiliation: Colorado Volunteer Center Network and AmeriCorps*National Alum
Bio coming soon..
Bio coming soon..
Erica Severson
Affiliation: HIPPYCorps and AmeriCorps*State Alum
Erica Severson Denniston is the Director of Training and Program Development at the Colorado Parent and Child Foundation. Erica began her career in Chicago in 1999 as an AmeriCorps Member with the Integrated Arts/Integrating Education Program, then as an AmeriCorps Leader and Program Manager with Project YES AmeriCorps, Internship Coordinator for the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Chicago Arts Program, and Program & Training Officer for the OneStar Foundation, Texas' National Service Commission. She is a certified aha! Process Bridges out of Poverty Trainer & Getting Ahead Facilitator and is on the Board of Directors for Centus. Erica holds a B.A. in Art and Theatre from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA.
Erica Severson Denniston is the Director of Training and Program Development at the Colorado Parent and Child Foundation. Erica began her career in Chicago in 1999 as an AmeriCorps Member with the Integrated Arts/Integrating Education Program, then as an AmeriCorps Leader and Program Manager with Project YES AmeriCorps, Internship Coordinator for the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Chicago Arts Program, and Program & Training Officer for the OneStar Foundation, Texas' National Service Commission. She is a certified aha! Process Bridges out of Poverty Trainer & Getting Ahead Facilitator and is on the Board of Directors for Centus. Erica holds a B.A. in Art and Theatre from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA.
