About
Our Vision
A future where people most impacted by systems hold power in shaping them, and where compassion, understanding, and shared humanity drive equitable, human-centered solutions so all can thrive.
Our Mission
To prevent and solve homelessness by centering the leadership of people with lived experience, cultivating compassion and connection through storytelling, and bringing together cross-sector partners to co-design human-centered solutions that strengthen housing stability and drive systemic change.
Our Guiding Values
• Lived experience as expertise
• Power-sharing and equity
• Collaboration
• Human-centered design
• Dignity and wellbeing for all
Our Work
Building community-driven solutions by cultivating lived expertise through storytelling, human-centered research, collaborative design, innovation, and shared learning.
The Team
Elevated Denver is a collective effort powered by people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to drive our mission forward, from community engagement and event planning to expert facilitation, peer research, and lived expert leadership. Together, they represent the creativity, compassion, and cross-sector collaboration that defines our approach.
Johnna Flood
CEO & Co-Founder
Lisa Betchey
Director of Development & Community Partnerships
Myra Nagy
Lived Expert Leadership Liaison
Noemi Enriquez
Community Resource Specialist (Westwood Hub)
Mindy Sandoval
Community Resource Specialist (Westwood Hub)
Jamie Morgan
Collaboratory & Leadership Facilitator
Kristin Kunz
Graphic Design Contractor
Alaina Green
Marketing & Communications Contractor
Advisory Board
Aaron Duke, Consultant and Product Expert
Aubrey Wilde, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Bill Fulton, The Civic Canopy
Dindi Gaines, Adams County
Elise Matatall, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment
Hamilton Nikoloff, Lived Expert & Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Jennifer Stapleton, Fire & Bliss Creative
John Olander, Lived Expert & Peer Support Specialist, St. Francis
Lindi Sinton, Volunteers of America
Margie Morris, Consultant and Content Expert
Myra Nagy, Lived Expert & Peer Producer for Elevated Denve
Tony Tomassetti, Somatic Development & Wildflower Advisory
Don Burnes, The Burnes Institute for Poverty Research at CCLP & Author [Board Emeritus]
Our work is fueled by partnerships and collaborations with our Champions and Collaboratory Co-Designers.
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