Julie Wolf
Chair
Joined Wonderbound in 2017
Dr. Julie Wolf is a Senior Partner and a leader in the CEO and Board Advisory practice for RHR International. For two decades, Julie has advised clients across diverse industries in Fortune 50, founder-led, and private companies. She provides advisory services, strategy, coaching and assessment with boards, CEOs, and management teams to unlock and deliver their full potential.
In varied roles Julie has been instrumental in RHR’s evolution, having led the US Operations, the West Region, the assessment practice, and RHR’s Private Equity business. Prior to joining RHR, Julie was a Harvard University Clinical Psychology Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital. She earned master’s and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Julie graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
ANGELA GIUNTO BYRD
Treasurer
Joined Wonderbound in 2017
Angela started dancing at the age of 3 and it has always been a passion in her life. She started dance in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but continued with a local studio when she moved to Denver with her family in 1989. She also enjoyed competing nationally on the Cherry Creek High School Pom Squad. After high school, dance became less of a focus and more of a pastime when time permitted. Angela graduated from the University of Kansas and Syracuse College of Law and returned home to Denver in 2004. Angela is an insurance executive with Aon in Denver. She is honored and thrilled to be a part of the Wonderbound board and looks forward to dance being a constant in her life again. She is married to Matt Byrd and has boy/girl twin toddlers and loves spending time with her family and dogs, Harvey and Ivy.
Suzanne Cain
Secretary
Joined Wonderbound in 2022
Suzanne Cain brings a life-long passion for dance to Wonderbound. As a student growing up in Chicago, she aspired to pursue dance as a profession, training under Maria Tallchief, The RuthPage Foundation and Joffrey School of Ballet in NYC. She has been active working with local dance companies over the years including the River North Dance Company in Chicago and has owned and managed a dance studio in NYC, Abizaid Arts, giving her an understanding how important financial and community support is to the success of a company.
Suzanne received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Analysis from Indiana University intending to complete a graduate degree in Arts Administration but her interest in finance led her to Wall Street, landing a position in the “Liar’s Poker” training class at Salomon Brothers. Suzanne has now over 30 years’ experience in leading businesses in both Europe and the Americas for several prominent Investment Banks and Asset Management firms. This included C-suite and sales leadership positions at Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Blackrock and most recently as Head of Global Distribution, Product and Marketing for Janus Henderson.
A strong advocate for Talent Development and DEI, Suzanne has been instrumental in pioneering many leadership and talent programs over the years. She was a founding member of “Inclusive Economy” in Denver 3 years ago, a C-Suite sponsored movement of intent, design and action promoting a more equitable Denver business economy. Suzanne has featured 3 times in the Financial News “Top 100 “list as one of the most Influential Women in Financial Services.
Suzanne is also an Independent Director of Dasseti, an award winning digital due diligence company in the financial services sector and serves as a Trustee of the Aspen Valley Hosiptial Foundation .
Suzanne is married to a hedge fund manager at JHG and has 1 daughter who was a swimmer (not a dancer!) The family enjoys everything the mountains have to offer.
CHUCK BLOSER
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2023
Chuck has a robust, 35-year tax preparation and financial consulting business, the "second act" that he built concurrently with a long career as Senior Sales & Marketing Manager at AGC Chemicals Americas. Chuck's passion for tax preparation and volunteer work led him to explore his interests in financial management, investments, retirement, and college funding strategies, as well as real estate and investor coaching. He has served as Treasurer on four non-profit boards, including his two current appointments with New Thought Northern Colorado and The Men's Ministry Community.
Chuck earned his BS and MS degrees in Aerospace Engineering and Economics from the University of Michigan. Five months into his engineering career he realized sitting at a desk was not for him and transitioned into technical sales and management. He developed a domestic and international portfolio in excess of $400 million and managed a team of up to 14 sales reps.
Chuck discovered Wonderbound in 2014 together with his wife, Nancy, who passed away in 2022. Together they raised five children, each thriving in their respective professions, and welcomed two granddaughters, who regularly steal his heart. Chuck resides in Windsor, CO, spending his free time tending to Nancy's impressive perennial flower garden, road biking, singing with the Greeley Chamber Choir, cooking for a crowd, and traveling whenever he can!
Kelley Bergmann
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2020
Kelley is Community Concierge at FANUM Entrepreneurship Club and AMG National Trust Bank. His volunteer board service includes Museum of Outdoor Arts (MOA) and Green Up Our Schools. Kelley is a graduate of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and Marketing from the University of Denver.
A long-time Wonderbound fan, Kelley is thrilled to be serving on the Wonderbound Board of Trustees.
JODI EISEN
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2024
Jodi Eisen clearly expresses her reasons and desire to join the Wonderbound Board. "The guiding statements on the website resonated with me as through dance and music, Wonderbound endeavors to erase boundaries and open our hearts and minds to the unknown, creating magic and open expression."
With a diverse background in both business and community involvement, Jodi spent 15 years in the high-risk commercial insurance industry as both an underwriter and a Product development specialist, where skills in risk management, strategic planning, and collaboration were needed to create, design, and price new products to be used countrywide.
Following a corporate career, Jodi became a full-time mom and volunteer, including her kids' schools, Jewish Family Services Group home, and Kabbalah Experience.
For the past 15 years, Jodi has independently invested and managed real estate rentals.
Her passion for dance started at a young age and continued through high school, where she would participate in adult ballet classes. "Dance was always a happy place where I could feel free to express myself creatively and unwind from the rigors of school."
A Denver native (who grew up in NY), Jodi moved back to Colorado and graduated from Colorado State University with a BS in Finance/Real Estate. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family skiing, hiking, biking, and traveling.
In seeking a board position, Jodi is elated to support the power of dance, music, and storytelling that is Wonderbound.
Meme Callnin
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2023
Meme is a Partner at Mercer and has served as Mercer's Mountain States Growth Leader since January 2020 when she returned ‘home’, as she likes to say. Meme is an accomplished Executive with a proven track record for effectively leading markets and people to deliver on growth strategies. She is passionate about collaboration and inspires an environment of partnership centered around common goals.
Meme is a member of the Denver Chapter of the American Heart Association Go Red Executive Committee and serves in a Board Advisory role for ThrivePass, an organization that provides administrative solutions to employers to help drive engagement and retention.
Dance has been a part of Meme’s life as far back as she can remember. She grew up in Atlanta, GA where she was a member of the Southern Ballet of Atlanta. She continued dancing through college and had the opportunity to do choreography and try out different styles of dance. In 1994, she moved to Colorado and then picked dancing back up when her daughter Stevie was 4 years old. (She will readily admit, it was a form of manipulation to inspire her daughter to want to dance. It worked, as Stevie became a dance major at the Denver School of the Arts!) Meme discovered Wonderbound via Sarah Tallman, who was one of Stevie’s first teachers, and fell in love with the company the first time she saw a performance!
Meme and her husband Sean have raised 5 children in a very lopsided Brady Bunch family. All 5 are working and living in the Denver area and they enjoy orchestrating family gatherings. Since becoming empty nesters, they have become global travelers and have added a new family member, their dog Piper. Meme and Piper enjoy attending dog agility school in Meme’s free time.
Meme served on the Wonderbound Board of Trustees from 2016 - 2021 and is thrilled to be back in the Wonderbound family and re-engage with such an extraordinary organization.
LISA FENTRESS
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2023
After eight years of working in high-tech consulting for Ernst & Young and Oracle, Lisa transitioned to the world of entrepreneurship and started her own rep firm. Working with high-end children’s lines such as Petunia Pickle Bottom, Tea Collection and See Kai Run, Lisa built a clientele of top boutiques across the Mountain States territory and also in New York and New Jersey. Deciding to retire early, Lisa sold her business and was active in supporting her children and fundraising for their schools. In retirement, Lisa has been focused on traveling, cooking and building her pickleball skills.
Lisa is a longtime fan and supporter of Wonderbound and is thrilled to expand her involvement by joining the Board.
CHRISTOPHER FOREMAN
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2024
Christopher is the president of Moonbeam Investment Corporation. Moonbeam Investment Corporation invests in and acquires distressed assets, the underlying security interest of which is real estate. Such assets include commercial and consumer debt, tax liens, large land tracts, and commercial real estate. Christopher graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1988 with a degree in Economics. Christopher is originally from Chicago, relocated to Boulder, Colorado, in 2010, and has two children. He is an intrepid wanderluster, curious, and creative individual.
TRINA FOSTER
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2023
Trina moved to Denver in 2020 after realizing it was time to retire her ‘city mouse’ life and fully embrace ‘mountain mouse’ life. She owned a condo in Breckenridge for many years and knew that, at some point, she would call Colorado home. Trina spent thirty years in Manhattan working for and with several of the world’s most recognized brands and global communications agencies. She specializes in creating corporate stories that raise awareness, influence stakeholder behavior, and grow brands. She currently advises start-up clients on crisis and reputation management, communications, and go-to-market strategies. She currently advises start-up clients on crisis and reputation management communications and go-to-market strategies.
Trina started her career as an investment banking analyst at Merrill Lynch. There, she realized that she had an aptitude for simplifying complex concepts for laypeople. After three years, she transitioned to advising organizations on investor relations and financial and corporate communications.
Trina indulges her passion for making nature accessible by volunteering at the Denver Botanic Gardens and as a citizen scientist for the Denver Zoo and the Walking Mountains Science Center in Avon. She loves the theatre and appreciates Denver’s thriving music scene. Trina is thrilled to join the Wonderbound board and have the opportunity to raise awareness of the truly special character of Wonderbound. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a very enthusiastic Badger supporter. She is an avid runner, hiker and, with her two dogs, has become a habitue´ of Denver’s many parks.
Jo Deziel Hutchison
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2022
Jo was born in Detroit, Michigan, and spent part of her childhood living in Guadalajara, Mexico. She graduated with honors from the University of Michigan Law School as well as the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.
Jo is an attorney and founder of the Denver law firm Deziel Timmins LLC, specializing in complex federal and state court litigation. She has been recognized as a top-rated lawyer by her peers in Colorado. She is a member of the Colorado Bar Association and the Florida Bar Association.
Jo has served on numerous boards and committees including on the board of directors of the Denver Athletic Club, the By-Laws and Legal Committee of the Denver Athletic Club, the board of directors of Denver Ballet, and fundraising boards and committees for Regis Jesuit High School and St. Vincent de Paul School.
Jo is married to Blake Hutchison, a Denver native. She has two children, her son Ed and daughter Joan, and two grandsons, Walker and William. She spends her free time running a confectionary business, Walker & William Inc., a Denver based company named after her grandsons.
Kerry Jamison
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2018
Kerry Jamison is happiest when surrounded by art. Believing Wonderbound to be a creative treasure in Denver, she is thrilled to be part of this Board. Kerry works as a Strategic Customer Success Manager for Adobe, managing several top strategic partnerships. For five years Kerry served as an Arts Commissioner for the City of Lone Tree, focusing on affordable, accessible and excellent Children’s Programming. Several of Kerry’s programming ideas have become annual traditions in Lone Tree. Kerry is also a member of the Denver Ballet Guild.
Prior to moving to Denver, Kerry worked at a variety of San Francisco Bay Area software companies. She also worked for a television network, a broadcast syndication company and a comedy club.
FLORENCE LEVY
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2023
Florence is an Executive Vice President of INSUREtrust, a specialty cyber wholesale insurance brokerage firm, focusing on enterprise and Fortune 500 cyber clients and expanding the INSUREtrust distribution network.
Prior to joining INSUREtrust, Florence was a Director in the Cyber Incident Management practice with another global broker where she helped clients address their most pressing cyber needs across the full lifecycle of a cyber incident, from preparation through response and recovery. She has previously served in senior cyber risk roles at other global brokerages primarily advising clients on complex cyber and commercial E&O risk and insurance and driving growth and thought leadership. Throughout her 20+ year insurance brokerage career, she has been a frequent speaker and contributor at industry events, authored content for a variety of trade publications, and has been honored with several awards and recognitions within the national corporate insurance community.
Florence earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver – Sturm College of Law. Florence grew up studying classical ballet, and continued dancing throughout adulthood, including performing with the Aspen Ballet Company and substitute teaching at Colorado Ballet’s adult dance program, until her twin girls arrived in 2006! Florence had been waiting for the right opportunity to rejoin the dance world and is delighted to support the artistry, creativity, and passion that is Wonderbound.
Florence has lived in Denver for over 25 years with her loving husband, Joel, and two children, Hope and Campbell. Florence is an avid yogi, skier, dog mom, and loves to travel.
HOLLY NUECHTERLEIN
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2023
Holly Nuechterlein is the Program Director of The Louis Calder Foundation.
Holly has nearly two decades of leadership experience developing strategic support for charter school growth and entrepreneurial school leaders to increase high-quality educational options for all communities. She has spent her career working to advance equity in education. Holly recently led a strategic planning process to articulate the Foundation’s vision and goals, including a national focus on early literacy and two-generation family programming. She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire.
Holly moved to Denver seven years ago after spending much of her life across the East Coast and is thrilled to be a part of the vibrant Denver community.
BRITTANY MCKEIGHAN
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2023
Brittany McKeighan Is a Colorado native and graduated from Metro State University with a degree in Hospitality, Tourism, and Events Management. She started her career as a wedding planner before moving into a corporate events role at a tech company. Since then, she has worked for multiple tech startups around Denver and Boulder - one of which was acquired by Adobe, Inc. in 2019. She now leads a team of talented demand generation managers to support Adobe’s digital and live event experiences.
Brittany’s volunteer service includes a long tenure at Safehouse Denver, where she volunteered in a variety of programs across the organization, including the children’s group, emergency hotline, and the steering committee for the annual Sampling for Hope fundraising event. In addition, for the last five years, she has served as the Women@Adobe site lead for the employee resource group focused on highlighting, amplifying, and celebrating women’s voices across the organization.
When she’s not working, you can find Brittany playing outside with her two young boys, ages 4 and 2, on the hunt for delicious gluten-free treats around Denver or designing and baking special occasion cakes.
JEFF POPIEL
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2020
Jeff Popiel is President and CEO of Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc., which designs, manufactures and distributes equipment used to sample, monitor and remediate water, soil and air. Jeff’s team develops new equipment as well as improves existing technology for state-of-the-art products used in environmental engineering applications in over 100 countries for 20,000+ companies. Geotech’s plastics division, Universal Plastics, Inc., is reshoring manufacturing of thermoplastic extrusions and injection molded parts for original equipment manufacturers.
Jeff also leads Leptron Unmanned Aircraft Systems, a division of Geotech Environmental Equipment which designs and manufactures patented unmanned quadcopter and helicopter platforms which are remotely piloted with advanced ground station products in the US. Leptron also trains remote pilots and contracts to fly environmental engineering, search and rescue and law enforcement missions. Leptron is focused on projects where collecting sensor data is necessary to protect people and the environment. Leptron unmanned aircraft use a variety of sensors including – High Def, multispectral, hyperspectral, LIDAR and Thermal IR. Mr. Popiel is both an FAA certified Part 61 private pilot and a Part 107 UAS commercial pilot.
Geotech is renowned for its inclusive and diverse, family-oriented, multi-cultural environment. The company is very technology driven and sustainable because of Jeff’s 25+ years of experience with leadership and team development, corporate management, governance, strategic management and business planning. Jeff has lead more than 17 mergers and acquisitions as well as company operations, product development, process improvements, the streamlining of manufacturing, human resources, sales, marketing and international trade. Through Jeff’s leadership, Geotech received the President’s “E” Award for Exporting from President Obama in May 2013.
Because of the inclusive environment he fosters, Jeff enthusiastically welcomed the opportunity to host the World Trade Center Denver (WTC), Denver Sister Cities International (DSCI), and Manufacturers Edge to increase the collaboration between these entities and other nonprofit groups while the new Rocky Mountain regional World Trade Center Campus expects to open in 2022. Jeff also serves on the boards of Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver and Elyria-Swansea Globeville Business Association.
Julia Rhine
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2017
Julia Rhine is an attorney at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, where she specializes in natural resource, land use and energy law. With notable experience in regulatory and environmental issues in the aggregate, real estate and oil and gas industries, Julia helps private and public companies find solutions to complex problems. She has successfully represented clients in litigation concerning oil and gas preemption, hazardous waste decommissioning, enforcement of oil and gas regulations, pooling, spacing, and zoning and development disputes. She also routinely handles enforcement matters and agency rulemakings. Prior to joining Brownstein, Julia was a federal judicial clerk first to the Honorable John L. Kane and then to the late Honorable Richard P. Matsch.
Julia believes that dance is for everyone and that Wonderbound, through its art and outreach programs, lives that belief. She is thrilled to be a part of Wonderbound and hopes to see you at a show soon. Julia also serves on the board of trustees for Presenting Denver, a dance advocacy organization for dancers and audiences alike.
Dennis Ryerson
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2013
Dennis Ryerson retired in 2012 as editor of The Indianapolis Star and soon thereafter moved to Denver to be near his two adult children and their families. His career includes senior editing positions at The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Denver Post and The San Jose Mercury News.
The Iowa native served for more than six years as editor of The Des Moines Register, during which time he moderated three nationally televised presidential debates and won national awards for service to the First Amendment and for coverage of issues involving children.
Ryerson has a strong record of professional and community involvement. He was a four-time Pulitzer Prize juror and chaired juries three of those four times. He was a founding board member and past president of the Indiana Debate Commission, a non-profit, non-government organization formed to broadcast voter-oriented political debates statewide. He moderated three of those debates involving candidates for governor and U.S. senator.
Since retiring, Ryerson has translated his love of the arts into service on the boards of professional dance companies in Indianapolis (Dance Kaleidoscope) and now, Wonderbound. When he is not working as a communications consultant, he enjoys hiking, sailing, photography, travel, exploring Denver and Colorado, and spending time with his three grandchildren.
Cassidy Smirnow
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2017
Cassidy is the Chief Executive Officer at Apryse, a technology company that offers comprehensive document processing tools for developers. She is passionate about empowering high-growth companies to scale and has spent the majority of her career in the software industry, working with startups and Fortune 500 companies across various sectors.
After a brief stint as a geologist, Cass quickly found her calling in the software space. In the early days if her career, she grew a document capture and processing company in the transportation business, which became part of Xerox. Later, she joined Four Winds Interactive (now Poppulo), where she drove transformation through SaaS migration. Most recently, Cass served as CRO and CCO at Vertafore, where she created a customer-first culture, doubling the company's revenue during her tenure.
Recently recognized as one of 2023's Top 25 Women Leaders in PE-Backed Software, Cass is happiest when building great products and empowering and supporting people to do great things. She holds a BS in Geology from James Madison University and is an avid lover of the outdoors, as well as the arts.
Kelli Strother
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2018
Growing up in Texas, Kelli's mother enrolled her in her first ballet class at age three and she was hooked! She studied dance throughout her childhood, spent her summers during college teaching dance camps, and taught dance at Texas A&M University while pursuing her Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology. Following graduate school, she and her husband, Jon, lived in New Mexico and Florida before settling here in Denver. When she first saw Wonderbound perform (then Ballet Nouveau), she knew she wanted to get involved. She joined the Board of Trustees in 2011 and was excited to be a part of the Wonderbound transformation. She also currently serves as Chair of the Board of Advisors for The National Kidney Foundation and is on Colorado Business Committee for the Arts’ Public Policy Committee.
Professionally, Kelli is the West Area Director of Government Affairs at Otsuka Pharmaceuticals. She and Jon are part owners of Guanella Pass Brewery in Georgetown, Colorado, where Jon was the founding brewer for 5 years. He now brews much closer to home at Diebolt Brewing in Denver. Her children, Lucas and Maren, are both graduates of Denver School of the Arts. Lucas recently graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Strategic Communications and Maren is studying Political Science at UCLA.
Kelli feels honored to be involved with such an amazing organization - one that is truly making Dance accessible to all and transforming the Denver art scene.
KAREN SPROLE
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2023
Karen was introduced to Wonderbound by Board Chair Julie Wolf and has been a subscriber ever since! While Karen doesn’t have a coordinated or creative bone in her body, she appreciates those who do.
Karen has lived in Denver since 2008 after leaving Dallas for a bit more topography. She is an attorney and has a law firm specializing in workplace investigations. Before going out on her own in 2014, Karen worked at several large law firms, was in-house counsel at American Airlines, and was General Counsel and Vice President of Human Resources for a medical company. In her 30 years as an attorney, Karen has specialized in employment law and dabbled in commercial litigation. She enjoys diving deep into HR issues, using her corporate experience to provide workable solutions to sticky HR situations.
Karen graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in English Literature and received her Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law. Karen enjoys cycling, reading, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing (after skinning up), and hanging out with her husband of 27 years, Mike (also an attorney), and son Erik, a senior at East High School. She gets to the mountains whenever possible and has fun playing with her pandemic (no-longer) puppy, Sloane.
Eileen Van Scoy
Trustee
Joined Wonderbound in 2018
Eileen Van Scoy joined Great-West Financial / Empower Retirement in December of 2014, as vice president, Recordkeeping Systems. She leads the recordkeeping arm of the organization, which includes: our core recordkeeping system, analytics and reporting, Robotics, Data Warehouse, Call Center and voice response solutions, Workflow and content management, data governance practice, service delivery, and the analysis and on-boarding of new business from system bids through client conversions. She reports to Jeff Knight, our CTO.
Previously, Van Scoy was executive vice president for wealth and retirement administration at SunGard Financial Systems. She has 35 years of leadership experience across broad operational and profit-and-loss disciplines in large financial technology firms. Throughout her career, she has worked with financial institutions and partners worldwide to design, develop, sell and deploy critical solutions to help customers reach their growth and productivity objectives.
Van Scoy earned a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University Law Center, a Juris Doctor from Widener Law School and a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a FINRA Series 99 license.