Don is the veteran of several start-up companies. In 2004, he founded Secondary Interactive(SI) to focus on automating the secondary marketing processes for the mortgage banking
industry. SI eventually become part of Optimal Blue, LLC, which is now part of Black Knight, which provides of a range of services to the mortgage and real estate industries. Optimal Blue remains the leading provider of secondary marketing automation for the mortgage industry. Don left Optimal Blue in 2020 and is now focusing on traveling and investing.

Don is a graduate of Northwestern University, and the University of Colorado School of Law. After law school, Don practiced water, land use and natural resource law for seven years before going into business. Don remains active in the water and natural resource programs at the University of Colorado School of Law and recently joined the advisory board of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and Environment.

Don has served on several boards and commissions in the City of Louisville culminating in his service as a council member from 2000 to 2008. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Louisville in 2019.

Don has been involved numerous non-profits including the YMCA of Northern Colorado,Via Mobility Solutions and the Imagine! Foundation where he served as president for the past two years and helped the organization raise of $800K both years. He is now a member of the governing board for Imagine! Colorado, the provider of services to individuals with intellectual disabilities in Boulder and Broomfield Counties.

Jay is a seasoned executive with broad and diverse global experience in leading organizations. He currently is CEO of Top-Line Xceleration which works with companies to increase their top-line revenue and improve profitability. Jay is also co-founder of Ornavera, a Precision Agriculture company that assists growers to improve crop yield.

Jay’s career includes roles leading global sales and services organizations with private equity owned companies and over 30 years in executive roles with Intel’s IoT Group and Motorola both domestically and internationally. In addition, Jay is an adjunct professor at the University of Northern Colorado teaching undergraduate Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship, Fundamentals of Project Management and Management and Organizational Behavior.

Executive Director of SAGE. SAGE connects teams of experienced advisors with early-stage startups. He has been a member of several startups himself in Fort Collins. He is a Senior Instructor in leadership and organization development programs for Duke’s Corp Ed program.  

He is a board member for a Colorado Utility Company. Previously he served as a Director of R&D at the Hewlett-Packard Company. He also held positions at Hewlett-Packard as Marketing Manager, Business Unit Manager, Field Services District Manager and Systems Engineer. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 22 years as an Aeronautical Researcher, Assistant Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy and an aircraft designer.  

His education includes a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an M.S from Stanford University. He received his MBA from Wright State University in Ohio.  

Benjamin Snow serves as director of economic health and housing for the City of Greeley. He returned to Colorado in 2018 after spending nine years as the president of the Rapid City Economic Development Partnership, a public/private non-profit organization in the Black Hills of
South Dakota. During his previous Colorado service, he was based in Metro Denver and served in several economic development leadership capacities, including executive director for the Parker Economic Development Council, president and CEO of the Parker Chamber of Commerce, and
business development manager for the Denver South Economic Development Partnership.

He has more than 24 years of experience working with leaders in both the public and private sectors. During his career, he has had the opportunity to travel throughout the United States and interface with multiple communities, both large and small, while completing many successful real estate and community development projects.

He received a bachelor’s in Business Administration (Real Estate Emphasis) from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona and is a Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) through the International Economic Development Council. He is also active
with the International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute, Economic Development Council of Colorado, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, Upstate Colorado Economic Development, Greeley Downtown Development Authority, Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce, Greeley ACE (Achieving Community Excellence) Board, and many other educational,
civic and business organizations.

Brandon Barnholt has spent most of his career in the Food Retail and Supply-Chain business and has been at the helm of KeHE since 2008. During his tenure, KeHE has grown ten-fold from a regional specialty distributor with a single warehouse in Romeoville, IL, to a national food distribution leader with operations all over the U.S. and Canada. 

Brandon received his bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from the University of Northern Colorado where he has since served on the Dean’s Counsel at the School of Business and the Board of Directors at the University’s Foundation. 

Brandon serves at several Non-Profit organizations including his current role of Chairman of the CEO Forum and is active throughout the Food Industry including his Board service at Naturally Chicago, FMI, World Finer Foods and several early-stage companies. 

Matt Estrin is owner and operator of 477 Distilling and the Greeley Hatchers House in historic Downtown Greeley.  Matt opened 477 Distilling in June of 2018 sparking a passion for entrepreneurship opening his second business, the Greeley Hatchet House in November, 2020.   The second Hatchet House location along with a craft cocktail bar is set to open in the spring of 2022 in Ft. Morgan Colorado. Matt has also spent the last two years growing the distribution of 477 working with multiple distributors around the state and growing the footprint of his brand. A second 477 tasting room is in the works.  Matt is actively involved in the Greeley Area Chamber of Commerce, serving on the Leads Steering committee and the Greeley Young Professionals board.  Additionally in 2020, Matt was awarded the 40 under 40 award from BizWest.  

On a personal level, Matt has been married since 2005 to his wife Trista and they have two daughters, Samantha and Riley with their Golden Doodle Whiskey.  Matt is also actively involved in Generations church in Greeley.