M E M B E R S

Sara is the oldest of three daughters, all born and raised in Boulder within a mile from the historic Highland School building. After graduation from Boulder High, Sara spent 10 nomadic years exploring the world outside the Boulder Bubble. When she graduated from Barnard College at Columbia University in New York City, Sara wasn’t quite ready to settle down; so, she spent six months working at a pub in Galway, Ireland before moving to San Francisco and attending law school at Hastings. After a couple of years doing the big city law firm gig, Sara happily heeded Chief Niwot’s call to return home loving Boulder more than ever for having lived away for a while.

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Charles is a husband and father, a fly fisherman, a former philosophy major and an avid reader.

Passionate about the uniqueness of individuals and striving to help people connect with the work they are made for, Charles loves serving others by building his primary company, Agile Partnering, a back office service and cash funding provider for staffing firms. In addition, he has an on the side project; a software startup called Matchstik.

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Boulder was blessed to have had Joe de Raismes as a citizen for over 50 years. Educated at Yale University and Harvard Law School, Joe served as Boulder's City Attorney for 24 years, counseling many Mayors, and handling multiple ground breaking litigations, three of which he took to the U. S. Supreme Court. During most of my professional career, Joe was The Law.

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Jessie Kennedy is the General Counsel at RoadWarrior, an app company co-owned with her husband, Rick. RoadWarrior headquarters is located on the second floor of Highland | City Club, where Jessie can be found negotiating deals, pondering deep life questions, and/or carefully perusing the H | C lunch menu.

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Pamela originally hails from North Carolina, but she found her way West in the early 1980s and never looked back. A cowgirl at heart, Pam has had the incredibly good fortune and privilege of an abundant life, a mix of great joys and deep sorrows, including the recent loss of her husband Bill.

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Originally from Kansas City, Andy and his wife Katie moved to Boulder in 2012. In February 2013, they launched Boulder Lifestyle Magazine followed by Cherry Creek Lifestyle in 2015. Their newest endeavor, Sweep Balayage Bar, a salon on Pearl St., opened in 2019, and they look forward to launching a second Sweep location in Cherry Creek later this summer.

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An accomplished entrepreneur and senior executive, Kevin is currently President/CEO of SOBRSafe, Inc. with Global Headquarters residing at the Highland | City Club. Come by and say hello!

As of June 8, 2020, SOBRSafe has been approved and is listed on the OTC board with plans on up listing to the NASDAQ in 2021. “We are focusing our efforts on integrating disruptive technologies into detection devices that save lives or improve productivity”, Kevin states. With an extensive background in private business, Kevin is very excited about learning the public side of business and enhancing shareholder value. He is currently an active business and real estate investor through Moore Holdings Incorporated.

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"It is not how much we give but how much love we put into giving."

Mother Theresa's quote speaks to Adriana's passionate drive to give to others. The newest addition to the Highland | City Club team, Adriana will be working at the Concierge Desk with a smile on her face and an eagerness to assist in any way she can. Adriana was born and raised all over the golden state of California while studying acting, playing the violin, and practicing yoga.

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Douglas Gardner grew up in Wellesley Ma. and had the urge to travel from an early age. After graduating from Denison University with a dual degree in Economics and English, he scratched that travel itch by joining the Peace Corps for service in Burkina Faso.

A subsequent masters degree in business, leading to a job in the three-piece suit on Wall Street with the Chase Manhattan Bank did not cut it. Instead, he found his real calling working for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for over 30 years, with assignments around the globe in places like Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Mongolia, Ukraine, as well as New York).

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One one of the newest members of the Highland | City Club team, Addison Smalley will be assisting at the concierge desk, helping with Lunch and Happy Hours, and a myriad of other things to keep the cogs turning.

He grew up in Golden, Colorado and has since made Boulder his new home. You may often find him riding his Trials Bicycle on the CU campus, Dirt Biking in the Colorado Mountains, or even Downhill Skateboarding on the local steep hills.

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Parker Johnson was born to sing. A boy soprano by age 7, Parker joined his first rock band at age 15, and took a gap year at age 18 to travel to 11 European countries and 22 US states to sing with Up With People. Attending college at UNC-Chapel Hill, Parker’s rock band travelled up and down the east coast, playing the fraternity/sorority circuit from the University of Florida to Ohio State.

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Tommi Wolfe was raised in Africa, lived barefoot till she was 12, and learned to be tough and resilient thanks to having a lot of brothers. She started birdwatching at age four, leading to her lifelong passion for nature and conservation of our breathtaking planet.

Widowed young, Tommi learned how fleeting and precious life is. Ever since she has been committed to helping people live their dreams and not take life for granted.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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