Bixby & Associates, d.b.a. Bixby School, is a non-profit corporation, 501(c)(3), with legal and fiduciary management authority vested in a Board of Trustees and operational management authority vested in the Head of School.
Board President
Trustee since 2020
I was born and raised in Boulder and as a child visited my mom at work when she was teaching reading at Bixby with Pat, Bart, Mark and other early Bixby pioneers. As a young child, I remember the treehouse feeling of the building, the warmth of the community, and a sense of a love of learning among the students. Now as a parent of a Bixby alumni and a current 5th grader, there is no question that the Bixby magic I felt as a child remains today. I run The Center for Authentic Community Engagement where I support organizations and individuals to engage the wisdom of community partners in their work. When not at Bixby or working, I spend my time learning creating nature-infused gifts to share with others, hanging out with my family and friends, and watching our backyard chickens find treats under the soil.
Board Vice President
Trustee since April 2022
My son started at Bixby in August of 2020. We enrolled him at the time largely due to the COVID pandemic. We had no idea we were about to join such an amazing community. Over the course of his first year at the school, we began to understand the extraordinary aspects of a Bixby education. Bixby encompasses the well-being of the whole child, teaching our son how to be a kind and thoughtful human. His teachers have consistently been outstanding. They spark his innate curiosity to explore and learn. The individual attention he receives allows him to be challenged at the right times. He truly loves getting up every day and going to school.
Being a Bixby trustee will allow me to be part of the community that lays this unique foundation for such important learning. I am looking forward to joining the team that contributes to the growth and mission of Bixby. As a pediatrician, children’s mental health and well-being is of particular importance to me. These last few years have certainly highlighted this need in my own patient population. I hope my time as a Bixby trustee will allow me to share and expand upon this knowledge and commitment to children in my community.
In my free time, I enjoy practicing yoga, gardening, hiking, spending time with my family, and finding the beauty in ordinary days.
Trustee Since 2022
I was born and raised in Chicago, but spent the majority of my time off from school exploring the mountains of Colorado with my family. After attending the University of Vermont, I realized I still couldn’t shake those Rocky Mountain formative vacation memories. Jackson Hole came next, and after a few amazing years there, Colorado snuck back into my life. I’ve been here ever since.
In Frisco, I earned my EMT-Paramedic licensure and volunteered with backcountry rescue for both the Summit County Rescue Team in Breckinridge and the West Elk Mountain Rescue in Gunnison.
After meeting my wife in the mountains, we decided to move down to Boulder to raise our family. I went back to school and received my Elementary Education degree from CU Boulder, as I’ve always had a connection and interest in K-5 age children.
Soon after the arrival of our two kids, and with school decisions looming, a colleague of my wife (and longtime past Bixby board member) mentioned a school on Table Mesa that changed her children’s lives forever.
I joined the Bixby board in April of 2022. My children’s Bixby experiences learning in small groups with individualized attention has bolstered their imagination and given them the foundation to become critical thinkers. By joining the board, I have an opportunity to help secure that foundation for future Bixby students.
In my free time (other than skiing a little less now that I have two kids), I enjoy camping all over Colorado with my family.
Trustee since 2024.
After growing up in a small CT town, going to college in an even smaller VT town, and skiing for two years in a town of under 400 year-round residents, I found myself studying creative writing outside of New York City. It was a drastic change from my previous trajectory, and it afforded me opportunities I had only dreamed about.
Upon graduating from Sarah Lawrence, I moved to San Francisco where Jon had been working at a start-up. In that time I held a number of jobs and steadily narrowed my focus on renewable energy and nonprofit work. In the 13 years we spent in San Francisco, we got married, had Callum, and had the opportunity to work remotely so moved to Boulder in January 2020.
We’ve truly never had such amazing timing, and as the world shut down we were able to quietly explore the nature that surrounded us in our new town.
We feel so lucky to call both Boulder and Bixby home. Bixby is such a special community of people, and I could not think of a more meaningful way for me to engage in our community than through the BoT. When asked to join in 2024, I jumped at the chance, and feel fortunate to be a part of such a deeply caring group of humans.
Board Secretary
Trustee since 2023
I was born and raised in Albuquerque (ages 0-18), but I like to say that I grew up in NYC (age 18 on up). I studied Art History at Columbia University and my first career was in NYC photography galleries and museums. Eventually, I found myself more fulfilled from my side gig as a youth diving coach, so I shifted my focus to education. I earned my M.S. Ed in Museum Education with K-6 and early childhood certifications from Bank Street College of Education. While in graduate school and subsequently, I was an administrator and head teacher at the Barnard College Center for Toddler Development, a lab school in the Psychology Department of Barnard College.
I moved from NYC to Boulder with my husband and twins (now in 3rd grade at Bixby) in 2017. I started teaching toddlers and preschoolers at Snow Lion School in 2018, and in 2022 I became Director. (The school is now known as Snow Lion Preschool.)
In addition to teaching in a classroom, I’ve coached springboard diving for ages six to seventy-six for over two decades. In my free time, I enjoy reading the New Yorker, traveling with my family and collecting quirky artwork.
Trustee since 2024
Trustee since June, 2021
Trustee since 2024
