Susan Thornton, Chair
- Founding Board member
- Principal, Susan Thornton Associates, LLC
- Former Littleton Mayor
Deborah Vera Ryan, Vice Chair
- Registered Nurse with dual Master’s degrees in Exercise Physiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Diane Huling, Grants Manager
- Colorado History Museum
- Retired IT Director
Connie Shoemaker, Secretary

- Founding Board member
- Director Emerita, Spring International Language Center
Anya Eagan, Treasurer
- Vice President
- FirstBank, Parker
- Immigrant from Belarus
Shirlaine Castellino
- Director, Spring International Language Center
- Immigrant from the Phillipines
Jennifer Gueddiche
- Former Director, African Community Center
Julia Guzman
- Immigration Lawyer
- Principal, Guzman Law
Mike Harrison
- Former Associate Pastor
- Bethany Evangelical Free Church, Littleton
Gerre Shenkin
- Retired teacher, Spring International Language Center
Carrie Warren-Gully
- Arapahoe County Commissioner, District 1; former Treasurer, Littleton Public Schools’ Board of Education
Courtney Loehfelm
- Executive Director, Arapahoe Community College Foundation
Webmaster
Traci Jones
- Immigrant from United Kingdom
Meet Our Board Members
Connie Shoemaker is co-founder and director emerita of Spring International Language Center. She is the author of four books on international education, Ma’alesh: Verses from Egypt, and a recent memoir The Good Daughter: Secrets, Life Stories and Healing. In progress is Taste the Sweetness Later: Two Muslim Women in America. Connie also facilitates classes on Telling and Writing Your Life Stories for Denver University’s Osher Life Long Learning Institute.
Diane Huling is a native Coloradan, born and raised in Denver. She went to East high school and graduated from D.U. in economics and philosophy. She’s the mother of two daughters. Her career in Colorado government was in Information Technology. Now retired, Diane’s interests include being a gym rat, reading, gardening, working with IPC, knitting and being “back up” for helping her grandchildren.