Meet the Board of Directors
DOVIA Colorado Board of Directors
Want to contact a member of the board? Email doviacolorado@gmail.com and we'll put you in touch! We've also provided you with individual contact information in case you'd like reach out directly. The DOVIA Colorado board is currently recruiting for more leadership--take a look at the benefits and how to join this exciting team today!
Lauren Rolfe
Board Chair & CCOV Co-Chair
Lauren Rolfe is the Volunteer Program and Social Media Coordinator for Denver Animal Shelter. She has been in the volunteer engagement field for over 5 years. She recently joined the board in 2023. Lauren is passionate about setting up successful and meaningful programs. She finds working with volunteers incredibly inspiring and enjoys being someone who can cultivate an impactful volunteer experience for someone giving back to their community.
Lauren has two young kids, two dogs, and a husband who also works in animal welfare.
She enjoys reading, hiking, and planning parties as hobbies in her spare time.
Sunil Satish
Board Treasurer
Sunil Satish has volunteered at numerous nonprofit organizations for several years and became a board member for DOVIA Colorado in the beginning of 2024. Originally from Maryland, he attended college in Indiana, worked in Pennsylvania, and moved to Denver in 2021. He has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and currently serves as a Senior Project Manager for Tyler Technologies. While not directly working in the nonprofit space, he always looks for different ways to give back and make an impact on his community, including volunteering for organizations such as the Volo Kids Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, & the Boulder Climbing Community. Sunil is passionate about continuous learning and always growing, and this has led him to keep developing his skills and find ways to apply his skills and experience. His experience primarily lies in project management, continuous improvement, software features/bugs backlog management, and building relationships. Sunil enjoys spending his free time snowboarding, rock climbing, playing volleyball, and reading.
Abby joined DOVIA as a member in 2018 and enjoyed it so much that she joined the board in the fall of 2019! Since then, she has served on the education and membership committees, and is currently the Membership Committee Chair. Originally from the Kansas City area, Abby attended Kansas State University, earning a degree in Hospitality Management with a minor in Nonprofit Leadership Studies. After graduating in 2017, she moved out to Fort Collins to begin her professional career with Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity as the Volunteer Program Manager. Since then, she has had the joy of working with volunteers across the organization and supporting staff in volunteer engagement. Highlights from her time with Habitat include serving as the Host Site Manager for AmeriCorps members, leading the organization through Service Enterprise and working with an amazing group of people who are passionate about Habitat’s mission. In her free time, Abby enjoys volunteering, hiking, and spending time with friends and family.
Marketing Committee Chair & Board Member
Dr. Jason Machado is a faculty member in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. His research and teaching interests there include nonprofit management, nonprofit board governance and collaborative advocacy. Jason is excited to be a part of DOVIA Colorado because of his passion for fostering the sustainability, advocacy and education of the nonprofit volunteer community. Jason's wife is a midwife, and he is also the proud father of two boys.
Jason and his family live in Centennial, where he enjoys watching 1980s movies,
listening to live music, and spending time with his family in the outdoors.
Marketing Committee Member & Board Member
Karla Grahn is the Volunteer Program Manager at Denver International Airport (DEN). Karla came to DEN in September 2019 with 15 years of experience coordinating volunteers for the City of Lakewood and training mammals for the Denver Downtown Aquarium. Karla is happy DEN provided the opportunity to blend her two passions by managing both the Ambassador and Canine Airport Therapy Squad (CATS) volunteer programs. She is responsible for the recruitment, training, recognition, and volunteer program development at DEN. Karla strives to create volunteer programs that are fun, educational, inclusive, impactful and that support the organizational mission of “Winning the Hearts of our Customers.” In her free time, Karla loves enjoying the Colorado Mountains with her husband, son, and two dogs.
You can catch her hiking and camping in the summer months and snowboarding in the winter.
Brittany Smith
Education Committee & Board Member
Brittany is the Volunteer Engagement Director for Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado. She was offered the chance to dip her toes in the figurative water of volunteer engagement in 2018 and has loved it ever since! Recognizing the need for more peer networking and education for the Southern Colorado region, she formed Volunteer Engagement Professionals networking groups in both Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Brittany joined DOVIA as a board member in 2023, where she hopes to continue to build support for Volunteer Engagement Professionals throughout the
Southern and rural parts of the State.
In her “free” time, Brittany spends as much time as possible with her family and pets.
They love to frequent local parks and businesses, play board games,
hit the bike trails and have family dance parties in the living room.
Brianna Hardy
Marketing Committee & Board Member
Brianna Hardy is the Volunteer Coordinator for United Way of Weld County in Greeley. Brianna has a degree in English Composition (and a minor in Public Relations) from Fort Hays State University. Though she lived in Kansas for college, Brianna is from Colorado and moved back as soon as she graduated. She has worked in non-profit communications, event planning, and volunteer support in Greeley since 2018. Brianna is responsible for both the social media at United Way and all things volunteer-related (recruitment, training, recognition and program development, etc.) The majority of volunteers Brianna works with donate their time to support people experiencing homelessness, babies, young children, parents, and older adults. Brianna loves spending her free time with her family and dog, listening to live music, and relaxing in the mountains.
Lauren Kirwin
Board Member & Education Committee
Lauren Kirwin is the Young Adult Engagement Manager on the Volunteer Engagement Team at Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver. For almost eight years, she has engaged community members through various non-profit organizations and is dedicated to providing inclusive and equitable opportunities for young people to give back to their community and find their passion. Lauren is currently pursuing her Masters Degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management and is excited to be a new member of the DOVIA board. In her free time she loves to read and spend time with her husband and their two dogs, Yara and Boogie.
Committee Volunteer List:
Membership:
Julie Enderby
Abby Krstulic
Vollee Alliance
Jillian Allison
CCOV - Colorado Conference on Volunteerism Planning Committee:
Lauren Rolfe (Co-chair)
Cat Smith (Co-chair)
Emily Dobish
Kristin Richmann
Corryn Zylstra
Kirsten Hoaby
Education:
Britanny Smith (Board Member)
Carly Marquis
Sue Schafer
Amy Threewitt
Meredith Skogland
Patty Jackson
Lauren Kirwin
Marketing:
Jason Machado (Chair)
Karla Grahn (Board Member)
Brianna Hardy
Jessica Rouch (Admin)
