Kevin joined Colorado UpLift in 2002, first as a teacher-mentor working with the youth of Southwest Denver. His passion for helping kids lead him to develop the Adventure program, where students use the outdoor classroom to build resiliency. He later served as Director of Staff Operation, utilizing his experience building high-functioning teams to bring the staff together in collaboration. Kevin now serves as CEO of Elevate USA where he helps ensure that we build a national culture of “best practice” innovation and mission alignment with the affiliates we serve. Kevin has a Bachelor of Science degree from Huntington University.

Adam Roybal has 20 years of experience working in the world of positive youth development as a mentor, advocate and role model. He worked for Colorado UpLift for nine years as Director of Post-Secondary, preparing students for college and career options while increasing student enrollment and college retention/graduation rate. Prior to UpLift, Adam worked for Mi Casa Resource Center where he managed after school programs with a focus on academic, social, arts, behavioral, athletic and leadership activities. Adam was appointed to a six-year term to the Mayor’s Youth Commission for the City and County of Denver and became a Kellogg Fellow on a national initiative which focused on Leadership for Community Change. Adam has been a trainer on Search Institute’s 40 Development Assets framework and helped coordinate the Youth Leadership Institute for the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition and La Raza Youth Leadership Conferences for many years, all of which earned him the Swanee Hunt Youth Leadership Award. He was also a recipient of the Heavy Lifters Award from the Mayor’s Office.

Krista’s desire to equip and educate children led her to launch an international Christian school in the Dominican Republic and serve as both Executive Director and Headmaster of the Doulos Discovery School. Doulos was the first international school to implement the innovative teaching methods of Expeditionary Learning. Prior to that, she helped launch Pico Escondido, a Young Life camp in the DR. She has also served in leadership roles in schools and nonprofits. Krista holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Outdoor Education from Texas A&M University, a Master’s in Education Degree from Framingham State University, and a Certificate in Educational Leadership from SUNY Buffalo.

Jim Pocock comes to Elevate USA as the next step in his distinguished career in relationship development. As the President and Co-Founder of Elevate New England, Jim has firsthand experience seeing the impact Elevate can make in a community, which has inspired him to help bring Elevate to new cities. Throughout his career, Jim’s work has been helping professional executives develop personally and join together to work toward redeeming their communities. Most recently, Jim served as a major gift officer for a private liberal arts college. He has also served as a senior pastor in Connecticut, California and Massachusetts. Jim has degrees from Bucknell University and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and lives in America’s oldest fishing port, Gloucester, MA.

Dr. Rhonda Richmond specializes in creating an inclusive and diverse work environment, overseeing the operations of programs and services, and evaluating program quality and effectiveness. She served as Special Education Program Director at Fullbloom, LD Teacher and Principal-in-Training at Cherry Creek School District, and ESS Department Chair and Special Education Teacher at Aurora Public Schools.

Rhonda is a gifted educator who was recently recognized as Educator of the Year at Aurora Public Schools and received the University of Denver Robin Morgan Outstanding Woman Award that recognizes women staff, faculty, students, and alumna who have gone to exceptional lengths to promote and support an empowering environment for women at DU.

Glenn Moeckelmann brings over 20 years of entrepreneurial business and IT experience to Elevate USA. He has worked with international business delegates in conjunction with Fortune 500 companies certifying them to expand globally via the recognized prestigious ISO-9000 Certification process of benchmarking. Since the mid-90s, Glenn has worked with several hundred startup companies, helping many ventures expand globally. He serves on several post-secondary advisory boards and is currently heading up an innovation team that reaches 145 countries and over 100 million people a year. Glenn’s current Ed Tech company is used at major universities. He has also pastored and church-planted with his wife and four kids. Glenn holds an undergraduate degree in computers and a graduate degree from Dallas Theological Seminary.