He alakaʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hana noʻeau, a me ka ʻenehana me ka ʻike ma ka ʻāpana ʻoihana ʻole a me ka loaʻa kālā, ua paʻa ʻo Gaines i nā kūlana alakaʻi ma ka Sundance Film Festival, ka Hawaiʻi International Film Festival, a me ka American Film Institute. No ʻelima mau makahiki, holo ʻo ia i ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana ma Withoutabox, kahi kahua hoʻouna hoʻolaha kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i loaʻa e IMDb, kahi mahele o Amazon. Ma 2013, ua lilo ʻo Gaines i luna hoʻokele o ArtPrize, kahi hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū honua i mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Grand Rapids, Michigan, kahi i lawelawe ai ʻo ia ma ka Michigan Arts and Culture Council a ma ka papa o DisArt. I Ianuali o 2019, ua hui ʻo Gaines iā Creative West a ua mālama ʻo ia i ka hui ma o ka ulu nui ʻana a i kāna mokuna aʻe ʻo Creative West. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ka papa alakaʻi o ka National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), a ua hoʻomaka koke ʻo ia i kāna lawelawe ma ke ʻano he poʻo o ka US Regional Arts Organizations collective. Makemake nui ʻo Gaines i ka hana ʻana i nā manawa kūpono no nā mea hana kiʻi a me nā mea lawe moʻomeheu, hana i nā wahi hauʻoli, a me nā hui hoʻoikaika e hana i kā lākou hana maikaʻi loa.

Kākoʻo ʻo Kaela Buffum Hogan i ka luna hoʻokō o Creative West, nā hope alakaʻi, a me ka papa o nā kahu a he mea kōkua nui ʻo ia i ka holomua o ka hui alakaʻi a me ka papa i ko lākou alakaʻi ʻana i ka hui i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Loaʻa ʻo Buffum Hogan i kahi BFA i ka hana ʻoihana a ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi mau makahiki o ka ʻike e hana ana i ka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa a me ka ʻai. ʻO ka ʻike hoʻokele noʻeau mua e pili ana i ka hana ʻana ma ke ʻano he kōkua lumi papa ma ka Emerging Leaders Institute Classroom ma ka ʻaha kūkā makahiki o ka Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) a ma ke ʻano he Administrative Assistant and Guest Relations Coordinator no ka Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (Region VII). I kona manawa kūʻokoʻa, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka mahiʻai ʻana, nā mea ʻai meaʻai, ke hele ʻana i nā hale hōʻikeʻike, a me nā mele ola.

Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Christina Villa i nā hana ʻoihana a me nā ʻoihana hoʻolālā e kākoʻo i ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā o Creative West a me nā pahuhopu pōkole, waena, a me ka lōʻihi o CaFE, CVSuite, GO Smart, Public Art Archive, a me ZAPP. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hui kumu alakaʻi alakaʻi o Creative West, hōʻoia ʻo Villa i nā hoʻolālā ʻoihana ʻoihana a me nā papahana e hoʻokō i ka hana holoʻokoʻa o ka hui a me kāna mau kumu alakaʻi. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Creative West, ua hana pū ʻo ia me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Aurora, Colorado's Art in Public Places program, a me Colorado's state art arts agency, Colorado Creative Industries. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ka nūpepa mai Metropolitan State University o Denver a me kahi palapala hoʻomohala alakaʻi mai ka Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation.

Kōkua ʻo Ashley Arias i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo no nā mea hoʻohana o nā polokalamu ZAPP® a me CaFÉ™ e hōʻoia i ka ʻoluʻolu o ka mea kūʻai aku. Ma mua o ka hui ʻana iā Creative West, ua hana ʻo Arias ma ke ʻano he kauka lapaʻau a me ka mea hōʻike COVID. Ma waho o ka hana, hauʻoli ʻo ia e hoʻolimalima manawa me kāna kāne male a me kāna mau keiki a aʻo i nā hana hoʻopunipuni hou i ka lumi kuke.

Michelle Martinez-Monday oversees the various financial aspects of the for-profit programs within Creative West. She is responsible for all financial activity of both of our largest programs, CaFE and ZAPPlication. Martinez-Monday also provides assistance to management with departmental financial budgeting, goals, and understanding of each program’s overall financial outlook through data analysis, reporting, meetings, and discussions with business staff. Additionally, Martinez-Monday’s position is client-facing to arts administrators. She assists administrators with financial issues related to the payouts, financial statements, and billing they receive from both CaFE and Zapplication. Personally, she is working on building her real estate investment portfolio. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Metropolitan State University Denver and is currently working on obtaining her CMA Certification in Accounting. Martinez-Monday has three adult children, one of whom also works at Creative West. During her downtime, she enjoys time with family, traveling, eating delicious food, watching movies, and reading the occasional book when time permits.

Mālama ʻo Mareike Bergen i ka hui hana huahana ZAPP e hōʻoia i ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka mālama ʻana o ka mea kūʻai aku me ka ulu ʻenehana no ka pūnaewele ZAPP. Loaʻa iā Bergen kahi kēkelē laepua ma ka makemakika me kahi keiki ʻepekema kamepiula ʻuʻuku mai ke Kulanui ʻo Bethel a me kahi kūlana i ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku a me ka hoʻolālā hanana. No Kansas, ua neʻe ʻo ia i Denver ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke kulanui. Ma waho o ka hana, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka holo hau, ka hele wāwae, a me ka kuke ʻana.

Kōkua ʻo Drew Chavez i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku no ka papahana ZAPP. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Creative West, ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele kūʻai aku a me ka mea hele wāwae ʻīlio ma ka wahi metropolitan Denver. I kona manawa kaʻawale, hauʻoli ʻo Chavez i ka pāʻani pīpeku a me ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa ma ka hele ʻana i ka hale haʻuki, heluhelu, a me ka hoʻolimalima manawa ma ke ʻano.

Mālama ʻo Ken Cho i nā hana kūʻai no CaFÉ a me ZAPP. ʻO ia ke kuleana no nā hana kūʻai kūʻai i loko a i waho e hoʻolaha ana i nā platform SaaS o Creative West (Software As A Service) ʻoiai e hui pū ana me nā keʻena kūloko e pili ana e hana i kahi ʻike lawelawe mea kūʻai aku no nā mea kūʻai aku a pau o Creative West. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Creative West, noho ʻo Cho ma ka East Coast ma Wakinekona, DC, a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea kākoʻo meaʻai kūloko koʻikoʻi no 4P Foods, he hui pōmaikaʻi i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke kōkua ʻana i nā mea mahiʻai liʻiliʻi e holomua i ka ʻoihana meaʻai o kēia mau lā. Loaʻa iā Cho ke kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania mai Elmhurst College. Ma waho o ke keʻena, leʻaleʻa ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi kaʻa kaʻa a me ka holo kaʻa kaʻa maikaʻi e like me ka Tweed Ride (kahi i hui ai ʻo ia me kāna wahine ʻo Laine), a ua hoihoi ʻia e ka paʻi 3D.

Kākoʻo ʻo Kelsey Foster i nā hana GO Smart a me CVSuite ma o ke kākoʻo o ka mea kūʻai aku i kēlā me kēia lā a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻenehana. Kōkua ʻo Foster i nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hana hou ʻana i ka ʻaelike, ka haku ʻana i nā papa hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻokahi me nā mea kūʻai aku, a me ka pane ʻana i nā leka uila a me nā nīnau. Ua ulu ʻo Foster ma Colorado a loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua me ka hanohano ma ke kākau ʻana mai ke Kulanui o Colorado Denver. He lālā haʻaheo ʻo ia no ka Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. I kona manawa kaʻawale, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka heluhelu, ke kākau ʻana, a me ka nānā ʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni.

ʻO Lori Goldstein ka luna nui o Creative West's Public Art Archive. Na Goldstein ke kuleana no ka hoʻolālā lōʻihi o ka ʻōnaehana, ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā huahana, a no ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā hōʻiliʻili kiʻi lehulehu i ka Archive. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Creative West, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he noʻeau lehulehu a me ka luna papahana no ka Arts Council o Lake Oswego, Oregon. Ma mua o ka hana ʻana ma ka ʻAha ʻAiʻoniʻoni, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻaelike no ka Archive i kona mau makahiki hoʻokumu. Ua lawelawe pū ʻo Goldstein ma ke ʻano he kōkua no ka lehulehu ma Braaksma Design, kahi hale kiʻi kiʻi lehulehu me nā papahana i kauoha ʻia ma ka ʻāina. Ua loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ka mōʻaukala mai ke Kulanui o Colorado a me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka mōʻaukala noʻeau me ka manaʻo nui i ka hana kiʻi lehulehu mai ke Kulanui o Colorado Boulder. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Goldstein ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena Papa o ka hale kūʻai ʻo Art Garage ma Denver a ma ka papa o Public Art Dialogue.

ʻO Jessica Gronich ka luna o ka papahana GO Smart a me CVSuite ʻo Creative West. Ma kēlā kūlana, mālama ʻo ia i ka GOSmart™ a me CVSuite Coordinator e hōʻoia i ka ʻoluʻolu a me ka paʻa ʻana o ka mea kūʻai aku. Mālama ʻo ia i ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hui kūʻai a me nā ʻenehana e kōkua i ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o kēia mau papahana. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ka pili aupuni mai ke Kulanui o Texas ma Austin. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Creative West, ua hoʻohana ʻo Gronich i ka hapa nui o kāna ʻoihana e hana ana no nā hui ʻoihana ʻole ma nā wahi o ka pilina honua, nā kulekele, a me ka hoʻonaʻauao.

Hāʻawi ʻo Ayanna Hwang i ke kākoʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku no nā papahana ZAPP a me CaFÉ. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo ia i ke kēkelē hoʻolaha hoʻolaha a me ka noiʻi media ma ke Kulanui o Colorado. A laila e hoʻomau ʻo ia i kāna hoʻonaʻauao ʻana ma ke kula ʻo Denver School of Traditional Chinese Medicine e aʻo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau holoʻokoʻa. Ma mua o kona kūlana ma Creative West, ua hana ʻo Hwang i ke kūʻai aku ʻana no ka mālama ʻana i ka wai a me kahi hui ʻole e hoʻolaha i ka ʻike moʻomeheu. Ma waho o ka hana, leʻaleʻa ʻo ia i ka pena, hele i nā ʻahaʻaina/concert a me nā kiʻi.

Kākoʻo ʻo Amelia Leinbach i nā hana a me nā kaʻina hana ZAPP like ʻole, me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻaelike, ke kamaʻilio o ka mea kūʻai aku, a me ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻenehana. Ua ulu ʻo Leinbach ma Colorado a loaʻa ke kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻepekema mai Colorado State University. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau mele punahele ʻo “O Pescador de Violão” na Marcel Caram. I kona manawa kaʻawale, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka hele wāwae, ke nānā ʻana i ke kīwī, a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka pasta.

Hāʻawi ʻo Erika McCloud i nā ʻoihana ʻoihana a Creative West ma o ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻaelike no CaFÉ a me ZAPP, ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻoili uku, a me ka lawelawe ʻana i ka leka uila. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo McCloud i kahi kekelē ʻoihana. I kona wā leʻaleʻa, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka huakaʻi, ka kuke ʻana, ka pena kiʻi, a me nā manawa aloha me nā mea aloha.

Kōkua ʻo Aliah Ramirez i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku no nā papahana ZAPP a me CaFÉ. Ke hele nei ʻo ia i ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Red Rocks a e neʻe koke ʻo ia i ke Kulanui o Colorado e ʻimi i ke kēkelē laepua ma ke kahu hānai. Ma waho o ka hana, hauʻoli ʻo ia e hoʻolimalima manawa me kāna kāne a me kāna mau keiki a heluhelu.

Kōkua ʻo Jenna Sansonette i nā mea kūʻai aku me nā kaʻina hana ZAPP he nui e hōʻoia i ka holomua ma ka paepae. ʻO kāna manaʻo nui ma luna o nā mea kūʻai aku hou, e paʻa ana i nā hoʻonohonoho hoʻokele hou, a me ke kōkua ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku me nā lawelawe ZAPP hou. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i WESTAF, ʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka Customer Support no kahi hui kālepa kaulike honua, e hana pū ana me nā mea hana lima ma ka pae honua. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i nā papa hoʻomohala mua ma o ke Kulanui o Illinois Springfield a hoʻolālā e hoʻomau i kāna aʻo ʻana ma ka hoʻolālā UX a me ka hoʻomohala pūnaewele.

Hana ʻo Tyler Speller ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono ʻike mea kūʻai aku no ka papahana CaFÉ o Creative West. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua mai Casper College, Wyoming, kahi i hele haʻaheo ai ʻo ia i ke kulanui ma kahi haʻawina holo piha no ka volleyball. Ma waho aʻe o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo o ka mea kūʻai aku no ka papahana, he mea kākoʻo olakino a maikaʻi ʻo Speller a ke hoʻopau nei ʻo ia i ʻelua palapala hōʻoia ma Certified Personal Fitness and Nutritional Coaching. Ma mua o kona kūlana ma Creative West, ua hana ʻo ia ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kākoʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku, a me ka hoʻonaʻauao kamaliʻi. Ma waho o ka hana, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka hoʻoikaika kino, ka waho, a me nā ʻano hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu like ʻole, e like me ka pena, ka hula, a me ke kākau ʻana. A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, aloha ʻo ia i kona ʻohana, ʻoiai ʻo kāna kuleana nui loa ma ka honua nei he makuahine mua no kāna kaikamahine aliʻi!

ʻO Raquel Vasquez ka luna kiʻekiʻe no ka papahana CaFÉ (CallforEntry) ma Creative West a ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka hana hoʻokele holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻōnaehana, e hana ana e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o ka papahana ma ke ʻano he lawelawe lako polokalamu e kākoʻo i ka misionari a Creative West e pōmaikaʻi i nā ʻoihana noʻeau. . Ma kēia kūlana he hana ikaika ʻo ia i ka hana o ka papahana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka polokalamu, a hana pū me ka hui ʻoihana a me nā hana ʻenehana ma ka hoʻolālā, nā kikoʻī, ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, ka hoʻolaha ʻana a me ke kūʻai aku e hōʻoia i nā koi o ka mea hoʻohana hope a me ka holomua o ka papahana he mea nui. Loaʻa ʻo Vaquez i ke kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻoihana maikaʻi mai Metropolitan State University of Denver a me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka waihona puke a me ka ʻepekema ʻike mai ke Kulanui o Denver. He mea loaʻa ʻo ia i ka IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Scholarship a he lālā o Beta Phi Mu.

Kākoʻo ʻo Alison Verplaetse i nā hana o ka papahana Public Art Archive ma o ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻikepili lehulehu a me ke kākoʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Alison i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he hale waihona puke aʻoaʻo a mālama i nā puke a me ka pepa, a ma ia manawa ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kūlana ma ke Kulanui o Colorado Boulder a me ke Kulanui ʻo Harvard. ʻO kāna mau makemake i ka mālama ʻana a me ka hana kiʻi i alakaʻi iā ia i kahi kuleana ma kahi hale hana kiʻi kiʻi lehulehu a me ka hale mālama mālama ʻo Denver, kahi i hana ai ʻo ia i mea hana kiʻi kiʻi no nā makahiki he nui. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Creative West, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolālā hōʻikeʻike a me ka luna hana hana ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o nā Keiki o Denver. Loaʻa iā Alison nā mākelē laepua ma ka ʻepekema waihona puke a me ka mōʻaukala noʻeau mai Indiana University Bloomington a me kahi kēkelē laepua ma ke kula kiʻi mai ke Kulanui o Indianapolis.

Mālama ʻo Natalie Villa i nā kaʻina kamaʻilio a me nā ʻenehana i waena o ka hui ʻenehana kūloko, nā hui papahana, a me nā hui hoʻomohala waho no CaFÉ, CVSuite, GO Smart, Public Art Archive, a me ZAPP. Hoʻokumu a hoʻokele ʻo ia i nā hoʻolālā papahana ʻenehana a me nā ʻoihana, hoʻonohonoho i nā hoʻokuʻu ʻenehana a me nā sprints, kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona pūnaewele hou, kākoʻo i ke alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana, a hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele loea. Ma waho aʻe o kāna hana hoʻokele papahana, he mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni kūʻokoʻa ʻo Villa nāna e hoʻopuka i nā ʻike no Creative West me ka 50th Anniversary documentary series, Creative West Turns 50. Ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana no kāna hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni pilikino pū kekahi, me ka Best Amateur Film and Audience Choice. nā hōʻailona ma ka Ridgway Moonwalk Film Festival a me ka Best Documentary Short Film ma ka Oklahoma Cine Latino Film Festival no kāna kiʻiʻoniʻoni pōkole, Me ka Mana o kahi tausani Lā. Ua loaʻa iā Villa kahi kēkelē laepua ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ke kīwī mai ke Kulanui o Colorado Denver.

He alumna o Creative West's Emerging Leaders of Color program, ʻo Cynthia Chen e hoʻokele i nā kulekele lehulehu a me nā papahana aʻoaʻo a me nā lawelawe a Creative West. Ke alakaʻi nei ka māhele AAP o Creative West i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka hui e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻolaha ʻana no ka hana noʻeau ma nā pae kūloko, mokuʻāina, a me nā pae aupuni; kākoʻo i nā ʻoihana noʻeau mokuʻāina ma nā mokuʻāina he 13 ma ke Komohana; a hoʻohui a hoʻouluulu i kahi pūnaewele komohana o nā mea pena, nā luna hoʻomalu, nā luna aupuni, a me nā mea hoʻoikaika i loko a ma waho o ke kahua hana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻike i nā pilikia pili i ka hana no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā kānāwai a me nā kulekele. He kanaka akamai ʻo ia i ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu me nā ʻike like ʻole ma ka ʻāpana mai ka pae kūloko a i ka pae honua. ʻO Trilingual ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, Palani, a me Mandarin, ua kōkua ʻo Chen i ka hana ʻana i nā papahana moʻomeheu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Palani, Kina, a me Taiwan no nā hui e like me ka Center Pompidou a me Musée d'Orsay. Ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia ma Salt Lake City, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Chen i kāna ʻoihana e hana ana ma ke ʻano he loio no ka Utah Cultural Alliance a ma ka ʻoihana ʻōpio ʻōpio i ʻike ʻole ʻia, Spy Hop Productions. ʻO ka mea hou loa, he ʻāpana ʻo ia o ka hui nāna i hoʻomohala iā Creative Washington: Growing and Strengthening the Creative Economy, kahi hoʻolālā hoʻolālā mokuʻāina no ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Washington State Department of Commerce. Ua puka 'o Chen mai ke Kulanui o Utah kahi i ho'oki'eki'e 'ia ai ma ka hana ohe a me ka 'ike 'epekema politika. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma nā kulekele aupuni me ka ʻokoʻa o ka summa cum laude mai Science Po Paris.

Previously director of the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency, Sandy Flores Moylan is passionate about cultural education and the arts. Moylan’s career includes creating organizations and programs in San Diego, California that support the indigenous CHamoru diaspora. Moylan was a founding member of the House of Chamorros organization in San Diego, helping to raise more than $500K to build the first permanent physical structure in the United States to represent the Chamorro culture. The house is now part of the International Cottages in Balboa Park, San Diego and the first to represent the Pacific community. The Uno Hit program that Moylan helped to found continues to educate youth in CHamorro language, song and dance in tuition free weekly classes. Moylan joined Creative West in March 2024 as the Pacific Jurisdictions Coordinator, working with the state art agencies of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam to navigate their new integration with Creative West. Moylan has a degree in Anthropology from Northwestern University and a Masters in Peace and Justice from the University of San Diego.

Ua ulu wikiwiki ʻo Cameron Green ma Creative West mai Luna Hoʻokele a i Luna Hoʻokele a i kēia manawa ka Luna Hoʻohui ʻĀina. Mālama ʻo ia i nā papahana e like me ka State Arts Agency Innovation Fund, ka ED Forum and Teleconference, a me ka State Arts Agency Roundtable. I kona manawa i Luna Hoʻokele, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi Hoʻolālā Adaptive me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka framework i hana ʻia e Bridgespan a kākoʻo i ka Creative West Board of Trustees. Ua lawelawe mua ʻo Green ma ke ʻano he Art Show Coordinator ma ka Cheyenne Frontier Days (™) Old West Museum kahi i alakaʻi ai i ka Western Spirit Juried Art Show and Sale a me ka Cheyenne Frontier Days (™) Invitational Western Art Show and Sale e holomua i ka wā COVID-19 Ma'i ahulau. Ua lawe mai ʻo ia i nā loli hou i ka Annual Museum Gala. ʻO ia ka statewide Wyoming History Day Coordinator ma ka American Heritage Center. ʻO Green kahi alumna 2024 o ke Kōmike Pāʻoihana ʻo Colorado no ka papahana alakaʻi alakaʻi no ka Arts. He 2021 Creative West Emerging Leader of Color Alumni (Wyoming) a ua puka ʻo ia me kāna MA ma History me kahi keiki liʻiliʻi ma Gender and Women's Studies mai ke Kulanui o Wyoming i Dekemaba 2018. I kona manawa ma ke Kulanui o Wyoming, ʻo ia ka 2016 Multicultural Affairs Puke Kumu Kokua; he mea loaʻa i ka Sen. Malcolm Wallace Fund for Conversation on Democracy, ka Dick and Lynne Cheney Study Abroad Grant, a me ka UW Dean's Award for Outstanding Graduate Research; ʻo ia ke alakaʻi noiʻi haumāna no ka Cambodian Artifact and Repatriation Team (CAM-ART); a he mea kōkua hoʻonohonoho no ka hōʻike Windows ʻo Sharon Louden ma UWAM. Ua lilo ʻo Green i panelist hāʻawi no Creative Forces (2022), ka GOS a me GPS a ka New Jersey State Arts Council (2024), a me TourWest (2023, 2024).

ʻO Anika Tené (ʻo ia) ka Luna Hoʻokele o Grants, Awards and Programs, kahi āna e alakaʻi ai i nā hana e hoʻoikaika ai i nā mea pena kiʻi, nā hui ʻoihana, a me nā kaiāulu ma o ke kālā kaulike, nā kumuwaiwai, a me nā ʻike aʻo. Hoʻoulu ʻia ʻo ia e kona makemake no ka hoʻopili ʻana me nā ʻupena like ʻole o nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā alakaʻi moʻomeheu a puni ka ʻāina, a haʻaheo nui i ka hana ʻokoʻa o kāna hui, i hōʻike ʻia ma lalo nei. Ua hoʻonui nui ʻo Tené i ka hae o ka hui Nā alakaʻi o ka pūnaewele kala, e hoʻolauna ana i ka Leaders of Color Network Professional Development Fund, ka National Leaders of Color Fellowship Program, a me ka Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) Artist Fund. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻolālā pū ʻo ia i nā papahana ʻāina me ʻelima ʻē aʻe Nā hui noʻeau o ʻAmelika, me ArtsHERE a me Cultural Sustainability, e hoʻokumu ana i nā pahuhopu kaulike i kēlā me kēia hana. Ma mua o kāna kūlana i kēia manawa, ua hoʻokele ʻo Tené i nā papahana aʻo aupuni ma ka John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, kahi āna i manaʻo ai i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke komo kaulike i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana no nā haumāna kula aupuni. ʻO kāna ʻike like ʻole i ka hana noʻeau e pili ana i nā kuleana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi mele a me nā hana noʻeau, luna hoʻokele, mea hana, a me ka hana ma nā hale kiʻi kiʻi a me ke kūʻai inoa inoa. He alakaʻi kaiaulu hoʻolaʻa ʻo Tené, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he noho komisina noʻeau kūloko a me ka noho papa o mua o ka Arts Administrators of Color Network. I kēia manawa, noho ʻo ia ma ka papa no Mason Arts ma George Mason University. He kumu aʻoaʻo ola i hōʻoia ʻia ʻo Tené, loea i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā mea hana. Loaʻa iā ia nā kekelē mai ke Kulanui ʻo Howard, ke Kulanui ʻAmelika, ke Kulanui ʻo George Mason, a me kahi diploma mai ke Kulanui o Stellenbosch ma ʻApelika Hema.

He kuleana koʻikoʻi ko Josh Ellis i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā papahana BIPOC a Creative West a me nā hoʻolālā me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hana hāʻawi kālā i hoʻokumu ʻia e hoʻoikaika i ka hopena aupuni. ʻO kāna mau hana ma mua, ʻo ia ka mana o ka orchestra ma nā hui he nui, kahi i mālama ai ʻo ia i nā orchestra ʻōpio me nā haumāna he 500, mālama i nā kumu kula a me nā ʻaelike kiʻi malihini kipa, a hana a hoʻokō i nā papa hana papahana. Ua paʻa pū ʻo ia i nā kūlana ma ka John F. Kennedy Center no ka Performing Arts in Patron Services a ma ka Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts ma ke ʻano he hana hoʻokele hoʻokele opera, kahi āna i hoʻomohala ai i ka ʻike mea pena no ka manawa o ka papahana a alakaʻi i ka noiʻi ʻana i ka mea hana opera. hōʻoluʻolu i ka pūnāwai o 2020. Hōʻike ka hana manawaleʻa a Ellis i kāna kūpaʻa i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me ke kaulike. He lālā ikaika ʻo ia no ka Arlington Commission for the Arts, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻonui kālā kālā no ke kalana a me ka lobbying i ka ʻaha ʻōlelo VA. Eia hou, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ke kālā a me ka hui pū ʻana i nā hanana makana no ka Prince William County Arts Council. ʻO ka mea i hala koke aku nei, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i kahi kūlana ma ke Kōmike Hoʻolālā no ka Hui Hui o nā ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao (APAP) - ʻo ka hui nui o ka honua i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hana hana, hoʻopaʻa ʻana, a me ka ʻoihana huakaʻi. Loaʻa iā Ellis kahi Master of Arts in Arts Management a me kahi Bachelor of Arts in Music mai ke Kulanui ʻo George Mason.

ʻO Ashanti McGee he mea pena kiʻi a me ke kākoʻo noʻeau i kapa ʻia ʻo Las Vegas, Nevada home no nā makahiki he 25. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hana hoʻokele noʻeau e kōkua ana i nā ʻuʻu a me nā mea waiwai ʻole me ka palapala hāʻawi kālā a me ka hoʻokele a hoʻomau i ka hana ma kēia wahi no kahi ʻumi makahiki. Ma 2014, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i ʻelele no Nevada no Creative West's Emerging Leaders of Color program a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he panelist no Creative West's Arts Leadership and Advocacy Seminar. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he ʻelele apana no Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee, e kālele ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana no nā kaiāulu ʻeleʻele, ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, a me LGBTQ+ e pili ana i ka hana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu a me ka ʻāina a me nā ʻāina lehulehu. He makuahine haʻaheo o ʻehā, ua hāʻawi ʻo McGee i kāna hana i ka hana noʻeau a me ka hoʻonaʻauao, me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kūlana hoʻonaʻauao no ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao ʻo Nevada; e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he lālā papa no Cultural Alliance of Nevada, he hui kākoʻo noʻeau mokuʻāina; hoʻokumu pū i ka Las Vegas Womxn of Color Arts Festival, a ma ke ʻano he lālā koʻikoʻi o NUWU Cultural Arts + Activism complex, kahi POC nona a lawelawe ʻia ma Las Vegas e hana ana e hāpai i nā kaiāulu āpau ma o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻike moʻomeheu a me ka ʻike ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka hooikaika ana, a me ka hoonaauao.

He loea loea ʻo Marcelina me kahi ʻano ʻano like ʻole e pili ana i ka hoʻokele hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, a me ke komo ʻana i ke kaiāulu. Me ka ʻike ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻonaʻauao kiʻekiʻe ma ke Kulanui o Colorado, Colorado Springs, lawe ʻo Ramirez i ka ʻike hoʻolālā a me ke alakaʻi alakaʻi kaiāulu i kāna hana. Ma ke ʻano he mea pena kiʻi no Colorado College, ua hana nui ʻo Ramirez i ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻana iā Southern Colorado i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e like me Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) a me ka hopena o ka maʻi maʻi i nā Wahine o ke kala. Hōʻike kāna mau hana i kāna kūpaʻa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kiʻi i mea hana no ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka nohona a me ka hoʻonaʻauao. ʻO Ramirez he lālā kaulana o ka hui Latisha Hardy Dance, e hāʻawi ana i ka vibrancy a me ka ʻokoʻa o ke kaiāulu hula. Ma o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, hoʻoulu ʻo ia i kahi wahi hoʻokipa a hoʻohui ʻia no ka hōʻike moʻomeheu a me ka laulima. I loko o ka honua keaka, ua komo ikaika ʻo Ramirez i nā hana kaulike, ʻokoʻa, a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana (EDI) (ʻo ka mea hou loa ma kahi papa ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka hui keaka PHAMALY no kahi ākea ākea ʻē aʻe) ʻoiai e hoʻokani ana i nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma nā Mauna Pōhaku. He haku mele hoʻi ʻo Ramirez, me ka nānā ʻana i nā kumuhana o ke aloha, ka kilokilo, a me ka ʻohana. Hōʻike kāna kākau ʻana i kona ʻano ʻōiwi Latina a lilo ia i mea ikaika no ka haʻi moʻolelo a me ka pilina.

Ua ʻoi aku ʻo Sierra Scott ma mua o 20 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka ʻoihana noʻeau a me ka moʻomeheu mai ka hoʻokele waiwai ʻole a hiki i ka hāʻawi kālā ʻana no nā keʻena ʻoihana mokuʻāina a kūloko. ʻO ka mea i hala loa aku nei, ʻo Sierra ka Luna Hoʻonaʻauao a me Culture no Carson City, Nevada kahi āna i mālama ai i ka papahana noʻeau lehulehu a hoʻokō i ka Hoʻolālā Hoʻolālā ʻOihana a me Culture o ke kūlanakauhale. Ma mua o kēia, ua hana ʻo Sierra ma ka pae mokuʻāina me nā hui ʻoihana a me nā mea hana kiʻi ma Nevada ma ke ʻano he Grants and Projects Analyst no ka Nevada Arts Council. He hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻi ʻo Sierra i ka mea hana kiʻi a me ka mea hoʻonaʻauao kiʻi. Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka BFA ma nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni mai ka Conservatory ma ke Kulanui ʻo Webster, ua hoʻokani ʻo Sierra ma ka ʻāina i ka huakaʻi a me nā hana keaka kūloko. Ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Casting Director ma Los Angeles a me New York City a hoʻolei i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me nā papahana kīwī no nā studio me Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Sony, NBC, ABC, a me CBS. ʻO Sierra i kēia manawa ka Hope Luna Nui o ke Komikina o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Reno Arts and Culture Commission, he lālā kumu aʻoaʻo ma ke Kulanui o Nevada, Reno, a lawelawe ʻo ia ma ka papa o The Reno Generator, kahi wahi hana kūloko no nā mea pena. Noho ʻo Scott ma Reno, Nevada.

Hāʻawi ʻo Leah Horn i ke alakaʻi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi hoʻolālā no nā hana kūʻai a me nā kamaʻilio a Creative West. Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo ia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka brand me ka haʻi moʻolelo e kūkulu i nā pilina me kāna mau ʻupena like ʻole a me nā ʻāpana koho. Ke hana pū nei me ka hui alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe ma nā hoʻolālā hoʻolālā o ka hui, alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻolālā no nā hana kamaʻilio āpau, e like me ka pūnaewele, media media, digital and content marketing, advertising, media and public relations, branding and collateral e hoʻonui i ka hopena o Creative West's. nā papahana a me nā lawelawe. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Creative West, ua hoʻokele ʻo Horn i kahi hoʻolaha ʻaha kūkā ma Wisconsin. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma mua ma ke ʻano he luna kānāwai ma Arizona a ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻumi makahiki i ka hoʻokele kūʻai, hana i ka ʻoihana kūʻai ʻike a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā huahana no kahi hale kūʻai lole a me nā mea kūʻai aku o ka honua a laila no kahi hui ʻoihana lole haʻuki koʻikoʻi. Aia kona ʻike ma mua o 20 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka hālāwai a me ka hoʻolālā hanana. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he panelist hāʻawi no Colorado Creative Industries a me ka National Endowment for the Arts a ma ke ʻano he panelist a me ka haʻi'ōlelo ma ka Hui Artist Communities Alliance (ACA). He noho luna ʻo ia o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā Kalana ʻo Denver, ke kino i koho ʻia e ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale e hāʻawi ana i nā kālā Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) Tier III i nā hui moʻomeheu ma Denver, ma ke ʻano he hope noho a me ke kākau ʻōlelo. Ua loaʻa iā Horn nā kēkelē laepua ʻelua ma ka sociology (nā haʻawina kāne) a me ka nūpepa (nā haʻawina media) mai ke Kulanui o Colorado Boulder ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana mai ka papahana mele ma ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Los Angeles. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana mai ke Kulanui o Colorado Denver a he mea hoʻoikaika hanu a me ka Pranayama facilitator. E hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna palapala kumu aʻo yoga (YTT-300) i ka hoʻoilo. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kumu i (a aloha i) ka hana mele a me ke kumumanaʻo a aʻo ʻia i ka ballet maʻamau no 11 mau makahiki. He kanaka hauʻoli ma waho a he mea aloha holoholona, Hoʻohana ʻo Horn i ka hapa nui o kona manawa kaʻawale ma waho me kāna Yorkie, (mini) Cooper.

Brittany Howell lawe mai ma luna o 10 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ke kālepa, kamaʻilio, a me ka hoʻolālā hanana i kāna kuleana ma Creative West. Ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele, mālama ʻo ia i nā ʻāpana āpau o ka hoʻolālā ʻana no nā ʻaha kūkā o Creative West, e hana pū ana me nā keʻena a me nā hui he nui e hoʻomohala, hana, a hoʻokō i nā ʻano hālāwai a me nā hanana. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kahi mea kūʻai liʻiliʻi mai ke Kulanui o Wyoming.

Ma waho o ka hana, hauʻoli ʻo Howell i ka hoʻokolohua ʻana i ka lumi kuke a hoʻolimalima manawa me kāna terrier, ʻo Olive.

Kōkua ʻo Samantha Ortega i ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻolālā kūʻai kūʻai holoʻokoʻa no nā huahana ʻenehana Creative West e alakaʻi i nā alakaʻi, nā manawa kūpono, a me nā kūʻai. Mālama ʻo Ortega i ka ʻike a me ka noho ʻana o ka hui a hoʻonui i ka pili pūnaewele me nā huahana a me nā lawelawe a Creative West ma nā kahua āpau. Hoʻomohala a hoʻokō ʻo ia i nā hoʻolālā media social no nā huahana, nā lawelawe a me nā hālāwai a Creative West a kōkua pū i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā ʻaha kūkā, nā hālāwai, a me nā hanana. Loaʻa iā Ortega ke kēkelē laepua ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana mai ke Kulanui o Texas ma El Paso. Loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻike ma ke kālepa hanana a ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka media no nā hanana e hōʻike ana i nā mea hana e like me Elton John, Guns N' Roses, Cirque du Soleil, a me nā mea hou aku. I kona manawa kaʻawale, leʻaleʻa ʻo ia i ke mele, hoʻolimalima manawa me kāna poʻe aloha, a ma waho.

Hana ʻo Natalie Scherlong e hoʻonui i ka hopena o ka hui ma o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻolālā kamaʻilio kūloko a me waho a hoʻonohonoho a hoʻokō i nā hana i kēlā me kēia lā e kākoʻo ana i nā kamaʻilio o Creative West, nā pilina lehulehu, ka hoʻokele brand, a me nā hoʻolālā hoʻolālā. Loaʻa ʻo Scherlong i kahi ʻike ma ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā kikohoʻe, ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka ʻike, ka media media, a me ka lawelawe mea kūʻai aku. ʻO kāna ʻike ma kēia mau kula e pili ana i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kahi papa ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment a me ka lawelawe ʻana ma ke ʻano he lālā ikaika o Colorado o ka Public Relations Society of America. I kona manawa kaʻawale, leʻaleʻa ʻo ia i ke kiʻi, hoʻolimalima manawa me kāna mau holoholona, hele a heluhelu.

Mālama ʻo Amy Hollrah i nā ʻano āpau o ka hana kālā a Creative West, nā kumuwaiwai kanaka, ka hoʻokele keʻena, a me ka loiloi kānāwai me kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o ʻehā mau limahana. Makemake ʻo Hollrah i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kaʻina hana a me nā kulekele hou a ua hauʻoli nui ʻo ia i kāna noho ʻana ma Creative West, i hoʻomaka i ka makahiki 2012. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Creative West, ua hana ʻo Hollrah no ka Colorado Environmental Coalition ma Denver a ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i 10 mau makahiki ma San Diego e hana ana i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni kūloko ma ke ʻano he nui. luna ma San Diego Repertory Theatre a ma ke ʻano he luna nui hui ma La Jolla Playhouse. ʻO kāna alakaʻi mua o ke kūlana kālā me Volunteer San Diego. Ma mua o kēlā, ua hana ʻo ia ma Guthrie and State Theatres ma Minneapolis a me Great Barrington Stage Company ma Great Barrington, MA. Loaʻa ʻo Hollrah i ke kēkelē laepua ma ka hoʻokele ʻoihana mai ke Kulanui o Wisconsin-Stevens Point. He kanaka holo kukini ʻo ia a neʻe koke aku i Evergreen, CO kahi i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā lāʻau paina.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Rebecca Dominguez i kāna ʻoihana ma Creative West ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono ʻike mea kūʻai aku a neʻe koke i ka ʻoihana kālā ma ke ʻano he hoa kālā, ma mua o ka lilo ʻana i luna HR a me ke keʻena. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i Creative West, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna mau lawelawe lawelawe mea kūʻai aku e hana ana no ka Colorado Department of Revenue a no ka Credit Union o Colorado. Loaʻa iā Dominguez kahi kēkelē Pelekania me ka ʻike palapala a me ka palapala hoʻokele waiwai kanaka. I kona manawa kūʻokoʻa, hauʻoli ʻo Dominguez i ka heluhelu, ka huakaʻi, a me ka hoʻolimalima manawa me kona ʻohana.

Ua komo ʻo Jessica Martinez i ka hui kālā ʻo Creative West ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono kālā hapa manawa i ka mahina ʻo Kepakemapa 2019. Ma kēia kūlana, kākoʻo ʻo Martinez i nā hana paʻakikī kālā a me nā waiwai kanaka o ka ʻoihana kālā a me ka hoʻokele me nā mākau hoʻonohonoho, ka nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī, a me ke kūlike. Ke hana nei ʻo ia i ka hapa manawa ʻoiai e hele ana i ke Kulanui Kaiāulu ʻo Aurora e loaʻa kāna palapala hōʻoia ma Human Resources. Leʻaleʻa ʻo ia i ka hoʻolimalima manawa me ka ʻohana, ka huakaʻi, a me ka hele wāwae.

Ua alakaʻi ʻia ʻo Michelle Reilly i ka ʻike maka ʻole mai Bosetona a i Denver, kahi i hoʻohanohano ʻia ai ʻo ia i loaʻa kahi wahi e kōkua ai i nā hui ʻoihana ʻole e hoʻoikaika e hana i kekahi mea waiwai no nā kaiāulu a lākou e lawelawe nei. Ua hana ʻo ia no nā ʻoihana ʻepekema a me ka moʻomeheu mua loa, e like me: Swallow Hill Music, RedLine Contemporary Art, Denver Botanic Gardens, a me MCA Denver. Hoʻoulu ʻia ʻo Reilly mai nā wahi he nui a hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka ʻōlelo noʻonoʻo, nā mea e ulu ana, nā hoʻoikaika hui e hoʻokūkū i ka hierarchy, nā hana aloha, ka lapuwale maoli, a me ka mahalo i nā mea ola āpau. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ka mōʻaukala noʻeau mai ke Kulanui ʻo Boston a me kahi palapala mālama puke mai ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Red Rocks. ʻO Reilly kekahi i hōʻoia ʻia ʻo CNAP (Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional). Ke noho ʻole nei ʻo Reilly i ka ʻāina o nā ledgers, makemake ʻo Reilly e hele i waho e leʻaleʻa i ka holo ʻana ma nā mauna, e ʻimi i kahi hōʻikeʻike hou a i ʻole nā hana a puni ke kūlanakauhale, e pāʻani i ka manawa me kāna mau holoholona, a i ʻole e ʻai a ʻakaʻaka me nā hoaaloha.

Mālama ʻo Lauren Wilson i ka ʻike a me waho o nā kālā kālā a Creative West. Hana ʻo ia ma ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana, ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻikepili, ka nānā ʻana i ka ʻikepili, a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i kā mākou ʻōnaehana helu helu. Ke hana nei ʻo ia ma kēlā me kēia keʻena, hoʻopololei ʻo ia i nā hana a hoʻoikaika e hoʻomaopopo a hoihoi i ka hoʻokele kālā no nā luna papahana a me nā mea kuleana. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana iā Creative West, ua hana ʻo Wilson i ka ikehu lā kaiāulu. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia ma ka Belvedere Museum, Mint Museum, a me RedLine Contemporary Art Center ma ke ʻano he mea kākau moʻolelo. Ua puka 'o Wilson me ke kēkelē ma ka mō'aukala no'eau me ka ho'oikaika 'ana i nā ha'awina wahine a me ka moekolohe. Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo ia i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kona ola i ka hana noʻeau ma o nā hui e like me Tilt West a ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kāna mau pena kiʻi ponoʻī a me nā hana media hui ʻia i kona manawa manawaleʻa.

Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Paul Nguyen i ka hoʻolālā ʻenehana no nā lawelawe pūnaewele o Creative West, ka ʻike ʻoihana, ka palekana, ka hoʻokō a me ka hoʻokō ʻana, nā hāmeʻa kūʻai kikohoʻe, ka hoʻolālā ʻikepili, a me nā mea hou aku. Loaʻa iā ia kahi mōʻaukala kūleʻa o ke alakaʻi ʻana i nā huahana SaaS o Creative West, ua lawelawe ʻo ia i nā hana ʻenehana like ʻole mai 2007-2019 a, i kēia mau lā, ke aʻo ʻana i ka papa luna o Creative West. Ma mua o kona hoʻi ʻana i Creative West i kāna hana i kēia manawa, he luna huahana ʻo Nguyen ma JumpCloud, kahi i hoʻomohala ai ʻo ia i ka hoʻolālā ʻikepili kūloko a me waho a lawe mai i ka mākeke i kekahi mau huahana data B2B hou a me API no nā limahana IT a me nā ʻoihana palekana. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i kona ʻike a me kona ʻike i ka ʻikepili a me ka ʻenehana e holomua i nā hana a Creative West ma ka hana noʻeau, kulekele, a me ka pono kaulike. Loaʻa ʻo Nguyen i ke kēkelē laepua ma ke kula kiʻi mai Parsons School of Design a me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻepekema data mai ke Kulanui ʻo Regis. Ma waho o ka hana, hauʻoli ʻo ia e hoʻolimalima manawa me kona ʻohana, mahiʻai, a me ka ʻimi ʻana iā Colorado.

ʻO Ajitha Kanapala kahi ʻoihana hōʻoia koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi me ka ʻoi aku o 10 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka ʻoihana IT, loea i ka hoʻāʻo polokalamu. I loko o kāna ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa, ua hana ʻo Kanapala ma ke ʻano he loiloi hōʻoia maikaʻi a alakaʻi hoʻāʻo ma nā wahi like ʻole, e like me ka waihona kālā, ʻinikua, mokulele, kelepona, moraki a me ka mālama ola kino. Loaʻa iā ia ka ʻike nui i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hoʻolālā hoʻāʻo no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka mobile, manual a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, e hoʻohana ana i nā mea hana alakaʻi ʻoihana a me nā ʻano hana e hoʻopuka ai i nā polokalamu kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻokumu ka ʻike o Kanapala i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pono a me ka hilinaʻi i loko o ke ola o ka hoʻomohala polokalamu. Ua loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻenehana uila a me ka ʻenehana kamaʻilio mai ke Kulanui ʻo Nagarjuna i ka makahiki 2011. Ma waho o ka hana, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka hoʻolimalima manawa me kona ʻohana, ka kuke ʻana me kāna keiki mua, a kaʻana like i kā lākou hana ma YouTube. He meaʻai makemake nui, hauʻoli nō hoʻi ʻo ia i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hale ʻaina hou a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻike ʻaina kūʻokoʻa.

Hana pū ʻo Jonathan Cantwell me nā mea hoʻonohonoho papahana a me ke koena o nā limahana ʻenehana e mālama a hoʻonui i ka mana o Creative West e hāʻawi i nā lako polokalamu i nā mea pena a me nā hui. Hāʻawi lākou i ko lākou akamai i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi hui o nā ʻenekini polokalamu ma Synacor, ka lawelawe ʻana i nā pono o ka mea kūʻai aku, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā puka pūnaewele keʻokeʻo a me nā huahana polokalamu ʻē aʻe no nā ISP nui, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kumu code kahiko ʻoiai e mālama ana i nā hana pono. Loaʻa iā lākou ka hoihoi i ke ola a pau i ka ʻike mea hoʻohana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pūnaewele, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka hoʻomohala pūnaewele ma ke ʻano he leʻaleʻa e kākoʻo a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka puka pūnaewele o kahi kaiāulu moʻokalaleo hui pū a lākou i ulu ai. Ua loaʻa iā Cantwell ko lākou kēkelē laepua ma ka ʻepekema kamepiula mai SUNY Buffalo ma 2009, a he semi-finalist no ka Microsoft Imagine Cup i ko lākou makahiki kiʻekiʻe no kahi papahana kahi i kūkulu ai lākou a me kā lākou hui i ka ʻenehana kōkua no nā neurodivergent a me nā haumāna kīnā a me kā lākou kumu. kahu malama.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Ben Casalino e hana ma Creative West i ka hopena o ka makahiki 2018. Ua noho ke ola holoʻokoʻa o Casalino ma ke ala o ke kiʻi / hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, i hōʻike ʻia ma kāna hana a me kāna ʻike i hala. Ua aʻo ʻo Casalino i ka hoʻolālā kiʻi ma Arizona State University ma mua o ka noho ʻana ma Portland, Oregon no ʻelima mau makahiki. I loko o ia manawa, ua hoʻonui ʻo ia i kona ʻike loea i ka wā e hana ana no WACOM Americas, kahi hui honua e hana ana i nā papa pākaukau / stylus hōʻike no nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā mea animator. Ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana i Colorado ma 2016, ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻomohala pūnaewele no kahi ʻoihana kūʻai kikohoʻe ʻo Boulder a no Vail Resorts Inc. Ua lanakila ʻo Casalino i nā hoʻokūkū kiʻi he nui i hōʻike ʻia i kāna mau hoʻolālā ma ka uhi papahana pāʻani Phoenix Suns. He puka puka ʻo Casalino no Galvanize's Web Development Immersive program, he kula hoʻolālā piha piha ma Denver.

He kanaka aloha ʻo Brett O'Connor a aʻo i nā kamepiula a me ka ʻenehana. Lawe ʻo ia me ia i mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka ʻoihana ʻenehana, kahi āna i paʻa ai i nā ʻano hana like ʻole mai ka luna hoʻomalu pūnaewele a i kahi CTO hoʻomaka. Ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka hapa hope loa o kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā pilikino e lawelawe ana i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi a me nā hui like ʻole o Denver, ua hui pū ʻo Brett iā Creative West a me ka honua nonprofit, me ka makemake e loaʻa i kāna mau akamai i ka hopena maikaʻi. ʻO Brett ka mea kākau, heluhelu, a aloha mele. Inā ʻaʻole ma kāna kamepiula, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e hele wāwae ana i kāna ʻīlio a puni nā mauna o Colorado.