Julie Birschbach,Chair
Julie has been a resident of East Boulder County for the past 14 years. She will graduate with a Masters Degree in Nonprofit Management from Regis University in spring of 2008. Her interest in youth education was ignited eleven years ago when her first child was born. She has two sons ages eleven and eight and has volunteered in their school classrooms for the past six years. Julie also has extensive IT experience, working in a variety of positions for the past 17 years. Julie joined the board in 2007.
Jennifer Wagner, Secretary
Jennifer graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor's Degree in Modern European Studies. She has worked in financial services since college and has been a Financial Advisor with Edward Jones in Lafayette since 2003. She has volunteered with youth service organizations since 1998. Jennifer is a member of the Lafayette Lions Club, the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, and has been a member of the Project YES board since 2007.
Tim O’Neill Tim was born and raised in New York and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. After graduating, he lived in Austin, Texas working as a freelance writer and editor, and a technical writer for a financial services company before moving to Colorado to attend law school. Since 2006, Tim has been an attorney at Caplan and Earnest LLC. He has long believed that art is critical in engendering compassion and helping people envision a better world. When he learned of Project YES and its efforts to empower kids and get them engaged in their communities through arts and service learning, Tim was happy to join the Board in February 2009. Kristi joined the Board in October of 2010. Bio to follow.
Julie Piller
Julie graduated from Andrews University with a Bachelor's Degree in Media Technology with a photography emphasis. A summer job counseling kids in Massachusetts opened her eyes to her true calling.... youth. After moving to Colorado in 1989 she worked as a counselor for a youth home for adolescent girls that needed long term placement. In 1994 she accepted a job as project coordinator for a non profit in Longmont where she implemented a Service Learning grant from the Colorado Department of Education. Julie experienced how service learning impacted struggling and gifted students alike, and observed the benefits that the community at large gained, she has been an advocate ever since. In 1997 she became a full time Mom and a part time volunteer until returning to employment at the Sister Carmen Community Center in 2008. She is proud of her years of involvement in Project YES and all the opportunities her own three children have learned from Project YES programming and the dedicated staff. Julie is honored to have joined the board in 2009 and is inspired daily by the work of Project YES participants, staff and volunteers. She is committed to working for the continued success of Project YES in Lafayette. Something you may not know is that she is a vegetarian and a-want-to-be vegan.
Kristi Ormsbee, Treasurer
