Core Team - Rocky Mountain Partnership

Leadership and Vision

Our Core Team, led and supported by our CEO, Lisandra Gonzales, is at the forefront of advancing collective impact infrastructure development. They have positioned us as one of the pioneering StriveTogether Networks in the U.S., creating an ambitious plan to contribute to the national goal of helping 4 million more children and young adults up to age 35 achieve crucial cradle to career outcomes by 2030. The Core Team is a strategically assembled group of skilled strategists, data and project managers, and facilitators essential to driving this work forward.

The RMP Core Team is the heartbeat of our organization, providing the critical support and infrastructure needed to implement our strategic plan and achieve our shared vision. Their strength and dedication are the foundation of our success. As we grow this team, we’ll be able to expand our impact even further, driving more significant and widespread change.

Team Members:


Lisandra Gonzales Chief Executive Officer	Jody Nowicki Senior Director of Collaborative Action	Ashley Edinger Senior Director of Institute & Strategic Supports

Kendra Simpson Senior Director of Business Operations	Joe Baker Senior Quantitative Data Analyst	Kate Gitchell Events & Logistics Specialist

	Ben Nash Information Mapping Specialist

“Creating and managing collective impact requires a separate organization and staff with a very specific set of skills to serve as the backbone for the entire initiative. Coordination takes time, and none of the participating organizations has any to spare. The expectation that collaboration can occur without a supporting infrastructure is one of the most frequent reasons why it fails.”

“Collective Impact”, Kania & Kramer (2011)

The Core Team’s Support to Drive the Work Looks Like:

	Bring partners and community together and manage high-impact projects that tackle the core issues.
	Identify the factors that have the most significant impact on the challenges we’re tackling. This will help us clearly pinpoint which root causes should be the primary focus of our projects and move our work forward effectively.
	Find ways to improve policies (at the organizational, local, state, and national level). Share knowledge about policy matters with our partners and the community, and keep an eye on how these policies are making a difference so that partners and community can advance improvements.
	Support getting the necessary funding to start, sustain, and grow our projects and advance the work.
	Serve as a central Knowledge Base for all the essential data, info, and best practices related to our work. Help decision-makers use this knowledge to steer their efforts in the right direction.
	Mobilize an ecosystem of partners as Regional “Know Your Number” Target Champions to establish individual goals aligned to the regional target.