Adam Roberts believes that recognizing the mind and body as two parts of the same system is one of the keys to overall health.
Since May 2019, Roberts has been the president and chief executive officer at Diversus Health, the largest community mental and behavioral health provider in southern Colorado. Itâs also one of the regionâs oldest organizations, founded 145 years ago as a company that distributed coal, lumber and clothing to miners in the Rockies before it shifted its focus.
Roberts wants to bring Diversus further into the future by creating more efficient processes and a brand that speaks clearly to the public.
At 25, Doug Palmer is the deputy director of regional partnership at El Pomar Foundation, which provides grants for arts and culture, civic and community initiatives, education, and health and human services.Â
Palmer started with El Pomar as a fellow in 2018, and stepped into his new role in January 2021. He works with local council members and community leaders across the state to advise El Pomar Foundation trustees.Â
âI am motivated by the opportunity to learn and thatâs what I think is most exciting about my position,â Palmer said. â[I enjoy] the opportunity to meet with community leaders across the state, research focused areas, learn about organizations, problems, and different resources and bring this information together to help decisionmakers make really informed and impactful grants.
Alexandra Poelstra is a jack of all trades, and thatâs been the heart of her business from the start.
When she started All Maven in 2013, Poelstra brought together her background in business, design and management in a full-service digital agency and business consulting organization.
âI realized that people needed more than just someone to produce a product for them here and there,â she recalled. âThatâs when I decided to create All Maven. Itâs called All Maven because Maven means connoisseur. ⦠I began to cover all sorts of things: marketing, design, photography, digital media.âÂ
Six years after launching All Maven, Poelstra moved from San Diego County to Colorado Springs.Â
Adrienne Tuck has always had an eye on the importance of revitalizing cities and building strong downtown spaces.Â
âI grew up in Dallas and my dad was in commercial real estate,â said Tuck, director of business development for W.E. OâNeil Construction Company in Colorado Springs.
âCommercial real estate is kind of a boom-and-bust industry. He taught me a lot about the hard work and grit that are needed to survive in that industry. He instilled in me the importance of having a vibrant, strong downtown core.Â
âGrowing up in Dallas in the â90s, we lived about 10 minutes away from downtown. ⦠It was a really economically depressed area. After 5 oâclock, you would not want to be down there, and you certainly wouldnât want to hang out there nights and weekends.
Local school superintendents are helping each other work through issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
âWeâre all sharing intelligence as best we can,â said Peter Hilts, chief education officer for School District 49. âOne of the great gifts of the pandemic is deeper collaboration district to district and a stronger sense that we really are one community operating in multiple districts, serving one community of students.â
That was the consensus among school district leaders who participated in the 2021 Superintendents Panel on Feb. 25. The virtual event was presented by the
Business Journal, Kaiser Permanente, RTA Architects, GH Phipps Construction Companies, Wember, OfficeScapes Schools, Harrison School District 2 and Careers in Construction Colorado.