M E M B E R S

Alex grew up in the foothills of Albuquerque, NM, and was an accomplished swimmer. He then moved to Texas to attend college in the late ’90s where he studied business and economics. After college Alex worked as a commercial real estate developer until starting his first company in 2009. After the sale of his company, Alex formed GerTeck Holdings to make strategic investments in businesses and opportunities that were aligned with his and his partner's purpose of providing enduring value.

Alex was heavily influenced by his Grandparents who left a comfortable life in Chicago in 1970 and moved to Santa Fe to pursue their dreams of having land and horses and being a Judge (Grandfather) and Art Gallery owner (Grandmother). In 2018, Alex moved his family to Boulder to pursue his dreams mostly around the quality of life in a community of enlightened people with shared values in a beautiful mountain setting.

Alex spends Mondays at Highland City Club working on his various business ventures, and the balance of his time he trains and competes at a high level as a triathlete. Alex also enjoys skiing, travel, camping, and helping raise his two boys ages 6 and 9. As a side note, Alex is seeking help in creating an inventory and liquidating over 2000 art pieces, and welcomes guidance and recommendations from members.

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Carla Fredericks is the CEO of The Christensen Fund and a seasoned leader in sustainable economic development, human rights, business, finance, Indigenous Peoples law, and Federal Indian law.

Carla’s career focus has been the realization of Indigenous Peoples human rights. She has served in several capacities, including providing core support to the UN Special Rapporteur on Rights of Indigenous Peoples for the entirety of her two terms, serving as of counsel to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in bringing their opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline to international fora and financial institutions, assisting the Maya peoples of Southern Belize in implementing the affirmation of their land rights, and developing a model for Indigenous-driven consent processes and remedy.

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In 2008, after a three-year work stint in New York, my wife Karal and I decided to move to Colorado, and chose Boulder to plant our roots, and plan our new lives. My career path was managing hotels, restaurants, and conference centers; and her path was owning a hair salon. Since then, we have both thrived independently together.

I have always been passionate about health, diet, and physical fitness as a path to personal growth. My other passions are riding motorcycles in the summer, and snowboarding in the winter, allowing me to enjoy the seasonal cycles, and to ground myself.

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In 2015, faced with the prospect of becoming an empty nester, Lisa made the leap to put her Chicago area home for sale and move directly to Boulder’s foothills. She has not looked back since. At the time, Lisa was a partner at a wealth management firm, and after her move to Colorado, she launched her own registered investment advisory firm—Opus Financial Solutions.

Before moving to Colorado, Lisa worked in securities compliance, investment analysis, institutional portfolio management, and teaching investments and financial planning topics at the undergraduate and graduate levels.These different fields of study methodically converged to shape her final career path. Given her personal experience with divorce with young children, she developed an expertise in divorce financial planning and mediation to help people make more informed financial decisions and make the process of divorce less painful and expensive.

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Michelle is a recovering litigator who was able to rediscover the joy of helping people through work in a variety of countries and personal progress toward spiritual freedom.

Michelle’s early legal career as a litigator was most interesting as it related to matters of the built environment. She then began working on the policy level to help national and local governments determine strategy and enact rules related to construction, spatial planning, informal settlements, urban resilience, and property rights. Through this policy work, she ignited a passion for creating impacts on a large scale.

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I grew up in Europe where I was a travel agent and tour guide leading cultural exchange programs. I have lived in Boulder since my early 20s, and attended Free School classes at Highland during a previous incarnation of the building.

I owned and managed a land surveying and engineering company for many years, and completed projects including Concourse B at DIA, the CU Research Park, Arvada Arts and Humanities Complex, and many others, including the initial survey of Highland when Sina first bought it in 1978.

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City Club member and Scholar in Residence Kevin Townley is an author, teacher, and student of the Western Mysteries and Ageless Wisdom for nearly 40 years. He began his studies in a Carmelite Seminary at the age of 13, and from there was drawn to study the Ageless Wisdom. Kevin completed his decade-long curriculum with the Builders of the Adytum, a comprehensive study in the western Mysteries which includes the Qabalah, Tarot, Tree of Life, Alchemy, and Astrology.

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David Spiro has been a member of the City Club for more than 10 years, and claims his membership is a major factor in making him grow into the person he is today.

David started the City Club movie series, including the Dinner and a Movie special events, showing a movie followed by a wonderful meal that tied in with the theme of the movie. He was also responsible for locating the first piano City Club bought and owns to this date, to encourage community music and singing.

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I have lived in Boulder for over 20 years and raised my family here. We have two boys, Cutter(23) and Charlie(20). Cutter works for Amazon Web Services, and Charlie is a Sophomore at the University of Wisconsin. My wife, Timolyn, and I are approaching our 25th anniversary of marriage.

I started my career at Andersen Consulting, now Accenture, doing Systems Integration work. From there I moved to SignalSoft, which was a Boulder start-up that laid the foundations for location services in the wireless industry.

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Pamela Tanner Boll is the Founder and CEO of Mystic Artists Film Productions. She directed and produced A Small Good Thing; Who Does She Think She Is? Her current project, To Which We Belong, highlights farmers and ranchers leaving behind conventional practices, and adopting regenerative ones to improve the health of our soil and sea, and saving our planet.

She is the Co-Executive Producer of Academy Award-winning Born into Brothels, and Executive Producer of: Connected; In a Dream; Our Summer in Tehran; Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields; Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors without Border; She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry; Close to the Fire; E-Team; Teen Press; Obit; and Storm Lake.

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Dr. Charles Tawa received his medical degree from the Université Scientifique et Médicale in Grenoble, France, and completed his family practice residency at the University of Massachusetts. His experience includes serving as Chief of the Family Practice and Trauma departments at Kaiser Permanente, and as Staff Physician with Boulder Family Practice

Board-certified in Family Medicine, Dr. Tawa founded Boulder Family Practice in 2005, which merged with Dr. David Tusek’s Cloud Medical Center in 2016.

Dr. Tawa is beloved by his patients, who trust him with their comprehensive family care, including pediatric, adolescent, and adult primary care, women’s wellness care, in-office procedures, and related prevention services. Dr. Tawa is also certified in Acupuncture. He loves the connection with his patients and he plans to keep it alive for as long as he can.

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Karina Costa is the co-Founder and President of Lynq Technologies. Lynq is a NY-based startup connecting people who protect our lives through its instant-on, scalable, and secure networks used by first responders, government agencies, and enterprises for whom reliable communications are critical. Karina has been a successful entrepreneur and leader in innovation for a decade.

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Sarah Lind is a Colorado native who grew up on the Western Slope near Glenwood Springs. After moving to Boulder to study Philosophy and English Literature at University of Colorado, she completely changed paths and enrolled at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy to pursue a career in that field.

After more than ten years working in the hospitality industry and practicing massage, Sarah changed paths yet again and went into the financial industry. It was in her banking career that she was offered the position of Customer Experience Manager at SOBRsafe by a long-time client.

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I am obsessively curious about a few things. One of them is the art of founding, scaling, and running an enduring business. Another is investing in businesses run by incredible founders and teams. And the last is studying great women and men throughout history to try and not throw this life that I've been given.

I'm currently the CEO of Flow — which you can find at getflow.com. I am also an advisor to a handful of investments firms including Stratos Technologies, Notation Capital, Combine, and Designer Fund.
I am an investor in over 100 early-stage companies. Including some fabulous teams at places like Notion, Superhuman, GoodEggs, Alamanac Brewing, Built Robotics, and Bison Trails.

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Rob Gandini, the youngest of three boys, grew up in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. As a child, Rob soaked in his older brothers’ experiences, always trying to adopt their good behavior and learn from their bad ones. Growing up, he played hockey and baseball, two passions that have stayed with him in adulthood, where he enjoys watching and playing sports.

In 2016, Rob moved to Boulder to attend the University of Colorado. During his junior year of college, he was fortunate to meet Kevin Moore, a then retired CEO and 40-year friend of his father Dave, who is the Chairman of SOBRsafe.

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Angad Sodhi grew up in Dubai and has lived in numerous countries throughout his short life. He enjoys learning, other cultures, and loves tasting new foods.

Early in his career Angad decided he wanted a change, so he pursued an MBA in Supply Chain/Operations, which is how he ended up attending the University of Colorado. Upon graduation, Angad struggled to secure a position he liked until he met Dave Gandini and Kevin Moore who had just started SOBRsafe, which is a tenant at Highland.

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Ryan Boykin has been a city Club member since inception, and by now feels like an integral part of the Highland family. Born and raised in Denver, Ryan co-founded Atlas Real Estate Group, which has grown to be one of the most active and fastest-growing real estate companies in Colorado.

Recently selected as a Denver 40-under-40 Gamechanger, Ryan's career is characterized by launching businesses, starting while still attending the University of Denver. Fluent in Spanish, Ryan and his family recently spent a year in Nicaragua to explore other cultures. He loves to love; make love, give love and create love. Tall, goofy, and at times silly, Ryan’s favorite physical characteristic is a smile, and jumping into the freezing lake in his backyard to prove Wim Hof right.

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City Club member Aaron Clark is a multi-faceted technologist working to advance the placement and promotion of underrepresented groups in today's workforce.

Aaron is the Founder & CEO of Equity Solutions, a justice-focused consulting firm that educates tech professionals and empowers leaders and organizations to create a more equitable society. Aaron and his team strive to encourage justice reform, publish data relevant to the equity space, and create innovative products, featuring DEI Today, a first-of-its-kind diversity education platform. Equity Solutions was recently named 2021 Startup of the Year by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce.

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Joslin Berg is City Club’s newest full-time team member. Stationed at the concierge desk alongside Adri, Joslin strives to help members by booking conference rooms, ordering lunch, and whatever else it takes to make members’ lives easier, more productive, and pleasurable.

Hailing from Grand Junction, Colorado, Joslin came to Boulder to obtain her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at the University of Colorado. Smart, sharp, and aiming to please, Joslin is excited to find her place in our City Club community based on service to others.

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