2025 Colorado - Region 8 Community Action Conference, Jul 15th

2025 Colorado - Region 8 Community Action Conference

The conference will be held at the Embassy Suites in Loveland, Colorado and remotely to virtual attendees July 15-18, 2025. We anticipate over 300 individuals gathering from Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming both in-person and online to attend this unique conference. The 2025 Colorado - Region 8 Community Action Conference is a privately and publicly funded event that engages CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY policy makers, government employees, social service agencies, nonprofits, volunteers, and constituents in intensive learning, training and planning around accountable agencies, family self-sufficiency and economic opportunity. This year’s theme is “Stronger Together: Advancing Community Action”.

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The 2025 Colorado - Region 8 Community Action Conference is a privately and publicly funded event that engages CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY policy makers, government employees, social service agencies, nonprofits, volunteers, and constituents in intensive learning, training and planning around accountable agencies, family self-sufficiency and economic opportunity. This year’s theme is “Stronger Together: Advancing Community Action”.

Days

Speakers/Presenters/Panelists

Sessions

Speakers/Presenters/Panelists

Savanna Arral, esq.

Staff Attorney Community Action Program Legal Services, Inc. (CAPLAW)

Eric Bergman

Director of Division of Local Government CO Department of Local Affairs

David Bradley

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder National Community Action Foundation

Ariel Cisneros

Senior Advisor Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City -- Denver Branch

Rand Clark, CCAP, NCRT

Assistant Director Douglas County Department of Community Services

Dr. Genevieve Cox

Senior Researcher JG Research and Evaluation

Heather Cross

Grant Specialist - CSBG El Paso County

Tayla Daniel

Project Director, Practice Transformation National Community Action Partnership

Dr. PJ Davis

Owner/CEO PJ Davis and Associates

Steven Dodrill

Community Programs Administrator Douglas County Department of Community Services

Mark Donovan

Founder and Executive Director Denver Basic Income Project

Ben Faul

CSBG Program Administrator State of North Dakota

Heather Garland

HUD Certified Housing Counselor and CEAC Program Administrator Housing Solutions for the Southwest

Evelyn Gorsline-Flamm

Programs Director Housing Solutions for the Southwest

Angela Howell

COO/Consultant SA Howell LLC

Shawn Howell

CEO SA Howell LLC

Mayor William Karspeck

Mayor Town of Berthoud

Commissioner John Kefalas

County Commissioner Larimer County Board of County Commissioners

Senator Cathy Kipp

Colorado Senate for Senate District 14 Colorado Senate

Josiah Masingale, CCAP, NCRT

Chief Executive Officer Colorado Community Action Association

Dr. Joanne McLain

Deputy Director Financial Health Institute

Dr. Katie McLain

Executive Director Montana Community Action Network

Dr. Barbara Mooney

Director Association of Nationally Certified ROMA Trainers and Implementers (ANCRT)

Andrea Olson, CCAP

Executive Director & Conference Emcee Community Action Partnership of North Dakota

Leah Pauletti, CCAP, NCRA

Project Director, Credentialing and Assessment National Community Action Partnership

Holly Papineau, CCAP

Program Director Community Action Partnership of North Dakota

Demetrius “D” Parker

Founder The Leadership Collective

Joshua Revious

Executive Director District 4 Human Resources Development Center

Ben Richmond

Center for Applied Management Practices

Frederick Richmond

President Center for Applied Management Practices

Heather Ross

Community Services Program Manager Wyoming Department of Health

Becky Saad

CSBG Program Manager / VFP Program Manager State of Colorado Department of Local Affairs

Elizabeth Salkind

Executive Director Housing Solutions for the Southwest

Councilor Andrea Samson

City Councilor, Ward II Loveland City Council

Commissioner Jody Shadduck-McNally

County Commissioner Larimer County Board of County Commissioners

Tiffiny Whisenhunt

Operations and Solutions Director Center for Applied Management Practices

Erin White

Director Manna Resource Center

Cheryl Williams, CCAP

Executive Director NASCSP

Shawn Young

Founder Financial Health Institute

Tiffany Jarvis

Director of Research National Association for State Community Services Programs

Julianna Campbell

Community Services Section Supervisor Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services