M E M B E R S

Jocelyn Levesque was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and grew up backpacking, fishing and skiing with her family. Her formative years were full of exploration and travel, attending university in California and a year abroad in Madrid.

Born and raised in LA, Elisheva lived in Philadelphia, New York, Sydney and Tel Aviv before moving to Boulder three years ago, and claims she has never loved living anywhere as much as she loves living in Boulder.

Yesterday Michael Kosacoff who grew to be a good friend and a City Club Honorary Member passed to the other side of the veil.

Michael was a brilliant guy on many fronts. A psychotherapist by profession, a Sufi and an ordained Rabbi, Michael liked to read, learn, play the piano, and argue. No matter how many points of view we already had at the table, we always knew we could count on Michael to get yet another one.

Roger Linfield was born in the Boston area and moved west in stages, eventually reaching Southern California. He attended graduate school in astronomy at Caltech and worked for 18 years at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Being at JPL made it possible to use telescopes in space, which opened up a new world for Roger.

Ben grew up on an apple orchard in central Washington, where he learned the value of an active imagination. He played rugby in college, where he learned the brain is a magnificent, yet very sensitive organ.

Like many of us, he's lived in several places (Portland, Boston, San Francisco, Perth, Honduras, his van, etc.) which helped him learn that moving often is a great way to pair down the number of things you own.

Stewart grew up in Miami in the 80's and adopted the island spirit by wearing white linen suits and powder blue shirts everywhere he goes. By the end of boarding school in New England, Stewart had enough of Northeast weather, and with some luck ended up at University of Colorado in Boulder.

Born in Germany, Priya has lived in France, India, and for the past fourteen years, America. Priya's life journey includes various roles such as a punk and a French countess, before going to India as a nun to do humanitarian work. While in India, Priya helped build an ashram before having her daughter twelve years ago, and has worked as an international interpreter and translator in the Olympic Winter Games.

Raised in Hinsdale, IL, Catherine graduated early from Mt. Holyoke College to attend chef school, and proceeded to cook and write professionally. Along the way she relocated eleven times, each time fixing or building houses. 

City Club Business Member Matthew Klein is the co-Founder and CEO of Backbone, Boulder's fastest-growing solution provider for product development and design software, paving the way for thousands of successful and emerging designers. With decades of experience in the retail and consumer goods industries, Matthew built an extensive knowledge of getting products to market and tackling the industry’s largest hurdles developing quality consumer products while reducing waste and improving speed-to-market

Hailing from Australia, Alex is one of City Club's (and America’s?!) newest recruits. A happy victim of Chief Niwot’s curse (if you sleep in the shadow of the Flatirons, you will always return), Alex has fallen in love with Boulder, Highland and the wonderful people who call it home.

Ed is VP of Machine Learning at Nurx, a telemedicine startup providing safe and affordable access to healthcare for sensitive health conditions such as reproductive health and HIV prevention.  

Ed came to Boulder fifteen years ago to serve as a professor and department-chair at University of Colorado. After a decade as a faculty member, Ed left CU to build AI and data science practices at Seagate and Sears, and help launch several startups.  

Julie is the Executive Director of the Oreg Foundation, which, amongst many other good deeds, has led the effort of to create the magnificent Boulder Jewish Commons, the campus that includes the JCC at the NE corner of Arapahoe and Cherryvale Roads in Boulder.

Julie feels fortunate to be able to combine her personal passions with her professional work in supporting educational, environmental, Jewish and local community service initiatives. She has been involved in Colorado’s non-profit world as a professional and lay leader for over 25 years, and serves on the Board of Directors of several other non-profit organizations and committees. 

Catherine Walker was born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. She received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina and a Graduate Degree in Wine Studies from the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. Upon graduation from the CIA, she passed levels one and two of The Court of Master Sommeliers Examinations. In addition to six years in the Wine and Beverage Industry as a Sommelier, Manager and Sales Professional, she spent the last two years working as a Stylist and Sales Professional for a concept space that combines contemporary fashion with fine art. We feel fortunate to have Catherine as an integral part of City Club’s new management team.

Scott Peppet is the President of the Chai Trust Company, a family office based in Chicago, and Director of several public and private corporate boards.

Amongst other things, Scott is a Professor of Law (University of Colorado Law School, 2000-2018), teaching contract law, negotiation, counseling family enterprises, the law of non-profits, and legal ethics. Scott is an ordained Zen priest, and a backcountry hiker and skier who uses his substantial knowledge and influence to fight global warming.

After years of contemplating relocation, Howie recently moved to Boulder from Chicago in order to spend less time in a city and more time embracing his passion for the outdoors. He feels fortunate to have the flexibility to work remotely for his Chicago-based boutique investment firm although he maintains a healthy travel schedule. In his role as Director of Emerging Markets, Howie finds himself overseas routinely as well as in NYC and Chicago. 

City Club members since January 2018, Kapta team's Alex, Ben and Lesley are often spotted drinking tea and working on the 3rd floor, or in the gardens during the warmer months.

Leslie Poladsky is a Colorado native without the bumper sticker on her car flouting that fact. Lesley is a student of life and human nature with a passion for coaching people to get out of their own way to reach their full potential. Married to Robert, her high-school- sweetheart-turned-husband-of-13-years, they practice what she preaches. Her love of the outdoors, hiking, photography and travel have taken Leslie and her husband to many places in their RV during an 8-month adventure with their two dogs.