Healthy Learning Paths

Management
Board of Directors

	Eric Harris, Chair, brings over thirty-three years as a human resources manager with the City of Boulder. His responsibilities included the management and administration of an eight million dollar fund budget, supervisory and employee counseling/career development coaching, worker's compensation and wellness program management. After retirement, Eric returned to city employment in a different capacity to assist with special projects, program development, implementation, coordination, and administration. Eric is a trained mediator, organizational and employee trainer, and group facilitator. Eric has administrative and management responsibilities in union negotiations, and dispute resolution. Eric’s areas of expertise include work in risk management, workers' compensation, EEOC, Union negotiations including Interest Based Bargaining and traditional negotiations, employment, employee safety, and wellness programs. Eric attended the University of Colorado and received an academic and football scholarship. He graduated with a degree in Business Administration with emphasis in marketing and organizational development. He holds several certifications including SPHR certification. Over the years, Eric has volunteered with a variety of non-profit organizations and committees and currently serves as the Vice President of the Boulder Rural Fire Protection District Board of Directors, and Boulder High School volunteer.

	Gerald R. Hendricks, CPA, Treasurer, brings decades of accounting expertise, as well as nonprofit experience. He is committed to high quality professional performance, and to comply with the membership requirements of the AICPA Division for CPA Firms, Gerald R. Hendricks & Company, P.C. has adopted policies and procedures that implement the quality control standards for the conduct of accounting and auditing engagements established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In addition to his professional duties, Jerry has volunteered on school, church, and other community boards.

	Dr. Joseph Mazzola, DDS, has been a dentist in Broomfield since opening his practice in 1983. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Regis University in 1979. Joe completed his study in the School of Dentistry at Loyal University in Maywood, Illinois. Through the years, Joe has continued to build his education in the areas of occlusion and temporal mandible joint dysfunction, implants, bone grafting and soft tissue management. As a result of his work with implants, Joe is now a director for the Rocky Mountain Implant Study Club.

	Elizabeth Samara-Rubio brings over 13 years of experience in strategy development, brand building, and commercialization of new and innovative solutions. Hewlett-Packard, ZapMe, YY Technologies, Moore Foundation, Just Resolve, Jennings Technology and ARX are all corporations where Elizabeth led business growth. Her work included business plan development, new product launches, industry-altering business and program development, ownership transitions and corporate strategy development. Elizabeth earned an M.B.A. from The McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin where she was honored with a Fellowship from Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. Her Bachelors Degree was earned from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presently, Elizabeth serves as the Vice President of the School Site Council (SSC) at Schallenberger Elementary School, and volunteers at the Schmahl Science Workshop.

	Marian Abboud, MAEd, Secretary, brings 35 years of teaching experience from four states. Marian’s passion to work with special needs children led her to serve on the Child Study Team that helped special needs students. Throughout her career, she served as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and speech and language therapist. Marian served as Executive Director of Diamond Bar Children’s Theatre for seven years. Marian continues to teach students in community math programs and is active in initiating the Rotary Interact Program at Broomfield High School. For the last six years, she has volunteered with CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) as a student educational advocate. Marian graduated from the Univ. of Nebraska with a BS in Elementary Education. She has many graduate hours in Speech Therapy, and a masters in Educational Administration from California State. Marian continued taking graduate classes in Speech and Language until retirement and still considers herself to be a lifelong student.

	Brian Kenyon, DC, MBA BS-Exercise Sc. has been the director of FIT Wellness Center in Broomfield, CO, since 2000. FIT Wellness Center is an integrated wellness center which provides care such as chiropractic, acupuncture, nutrition, and massage therapy for families and local sports teams. Brian provided chiropractic care for the Rocky Mountain Rage hockey and Colorado 14ers basketball professional teams who played in Broomfield, CO from 2006-2009. Brian served on the Broomfield City Council, Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee, Broomfield Open Space & Trails Committee, Broomfield Board of Health, Broomfield Urban Renewal Authority, and various other City and County of Broomfield Boards from 2005-2009. Brian has a BS in Exercise Science from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ where he was an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the varsity athletics. He has a MBA in Entrepreneurship from the University of Colorado at Denver. He also has a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Texas Chiropractic College, Pasadena, TX where he graduated in 1998. Brian believes strongly in natural healthcare education at an early age and believes Healthy Leaning Paths is a great avenue for a lifetime of health and wellness.

	Eric Jonsen, JD, currently works as general counsel to Wiens Capital Management in Broomfield principally in the areas of business and corporate law. Since being admitted to the Colorado bar in1985, he has represented clients in Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, New York, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Eric graduated magna cum laude from Hartwick College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and earned his law degree from the University of Colorado Law School in 1985. He also served as an instructor in Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy at the University of Colorado Law School during 1984-1985 , and gives yearly lectures at the law school legal aid clinic on various legal topics . He has been recognized in Who's Who in American Law. Eric has served as a past President of the Broomfield Crossings Rotary, on the Board of Directors for the Broomfield Blast Soccer Club, and many other volunteer hours supporting children's causes.

	Chris Marchioni, MD, Executive Director, has over twenty years of clinical experience as a family medicine physician who has worked extensively with children of all ages. Throughout her medical career, Dr. Marchioni has developed and taught educational programs for parents, childcare professionals, educators, and students. Dr. Marchioni graduated cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.S. in chemistry and attended the Medical College of Pennsylvania where she received her medical doctorate degree in 1984. She completed a residency in family medicine and remains board certified in this field. Dr. Marchioni’s passion is to support the whole child by connecting wellness and learning for children’s futures.

Board of Advisors

John Abboud, Chair	Jill Montera
Karrie Bach, RD	Gena Rieck
Eric Christiansen, MD	Stacey Schmuck
Kerstin Dickson	Anita Schumann, RN
Mitchell Friedman, DDS	Samar Tehrani
Scott Hardouin	Tracy Villecco, JD
Lisa Herman