RMAE | Our Board

Board Mission and Vision

Mission Statement

Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen inspires each student to pursue personal and academic excellence through an intellectually challenging Core Knowledge™ curriculum within a nurturing environment.

Vision Statement

Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen envisions a community working together to create a learning environment that encourages growth in character, academic achievement, and the love of learning.

Meet the Board

John Morrill, President
(303) 674-0153
john@jlmorrill.com

John Morrill serves as President of the Governing Board and has served on the Board since 2005. Mr. Morrill is currently Sales Vice President with ING LifeDesign, a sales division of the ING Group. He is responsible for a five state territory and specializes in the Business and Estate Planning markets. Mr. Morrill received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In addition to his Board role at RMAE, John is Cubmaster of the newly formed RMAE Cub Scout Pack 642 and prior Board member of the Lions Club of Denver. In the fall of 2007, all three of his children will be at RMAE: 4th grade, 2nd grade and preschool.

Carrie Quinn, Vice President
(303) 956-6055
carriequinn1@gmail.com

Carrie Quinn serves as Vice-President of the Governing Board and has served on the Board since January 2007. Ms. Quinn has been a stay at home mom for the past 13 years. Ms. Quinn has been involved in both parent participation and Charter schools for over nine years. Her involvement has been both from PTO leadership roles and at the Board level at several different schools. Ms. Quinn also teaches Sunday School at her local church.

Ryan Lucas, Director
(303) 670-1070
rlucas@rmae.org

Ryan Lucas serves as the Director of RMAE and one of two faculty representatives of the Governing Board. He has served on the Board since July 2007. Mr. Lucas taught for six years in the Jeffco School District. He also has served as the Communications Director on two different occasions: the Outdoor Lab Foundation a non profit 501 (c)(3) and Colorado House District 22 campaign (2006). Mr. Lucas received his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Northern Colorado and his Master of Arts degree in Information and Learning Technologies from the University of Colorado, Denver, where he also complete coursework for his Principal's license. Mr. Lucas currently holds a Professional Teacher's license and an Initial Principal's License, both from the State of Colorado.

Tim Cox, Secretary
(303) 670-7984
tcox@evcohs.com

Tim Cox serves as Secretary of the Governing Board and has served on the Board since October 2005. Mr. Cox is a partner in the law firm of Widner & Michow LLP, which specializes in local government law. He was recently appointed to serve as the City Attorney for Lakewood, the fourth largest city in Colorado, and has also served as the Town Attorney for the towns of Lyons and Lochbuie and an Assistant City Attorney for the city of Centennial. Mr. Cox received his Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Boston College, and his Juris Doctor cum laude from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

Shannon Delany, Treasurer
(303) 679-1456
foggycafe@yahoo.com

Shannon Delany serves as treasurer of the Governing Board and has served on the Board since June 2007. Ms. Delany is currently the owner and operator of a children's boutique in downtown Evergreen. Ms. Delany received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities and French from California State University, Chico.

Mike Novick, parent representative
(303) 674-5524
michaelnovick@msn.com

Mike Novick currently serves as a parent representative of the Governing Board and has served on the Board approximately 7 years or 1 year prior to the school opening its doors. Mr. Novick has over 25 years of Finance and Accounting experience in a variety of companies and in a variety of different industries. Mr. Novick is currently the CFO for Alfred Karcher Holdings Inc. Prior to this Mr. Novick has held positions at Coldwell Banker, CSG Systems, Coors Brewing Company, Abbott Laboratories and Ernst & Whinney. Mr. Novick was the Treasurer of the Board for approximately 5 years. Mr. Novick received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Miami University in Oxford, OH. Mr. Novick is also currently the Vice President of the Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department (EVFD) and has served as a volunteer firefighter with EVFD for almost 10 years.

Nancy Fiore
(303) 670-6809
nfiore@worldnet.att.net

Nancy Fiore serves as Parent Representative of the Governing Board and has served on the Board since September, 2005. Ms. Fiore is currently a stay at home Mom. Previously she was employed by Gambro Inc. as Human Resources Manager, and at Ford Motor Company in various Human Resources positions. Ms. Fiore received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Austin College, and her Masters in Business Administration from the University of Michigan.

Doug Kittelsen, parent representative
(720) 339-1430
dkittelsen@yahoo.com

Doug Kittelsen serves as a parent representative of the Governing Board and has served on the Board since 2003. Mr. Kittelsen is currently the Chief Technology Officer of FTEN, Inc., a financial securities technology company. Mr. Kittelsen received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business from University of Binghamton.

Karen Hines, teacher representative
(303) 670-10170
khines@rmae.org

Karen Hines serves as the teacher representative of the Governing Board and has served on the board since July. Ms. Hines is currently teaching second grade for the seventh year at Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen. She enjoys teaching the Core Knowledge curriculum and feels it inspires the love of learning in children. In 2004, she was nominated by the Colorado League of Charter Schools for the Exceptional Teacher Award. In 2004, she wrote a Core Knowledge Unit for second grade and was asked by the Core Knowledge Foundation to present it at the National Core Knowledge Convention in Philadelphia. It was very well received and is available to all teachers on the Core Knowledge Foundation web site. Ms. Hines has a bachelor's degree in elementary education with a minor in piano from Malone College in Canton, Ohio and holds a professional teaching license from the state of Colorado.

Updated January 18, 2008