* Name: Kyle Blakely * Organization: Blakely + Company and Axio * Position: President * Hometown: Manhattan, Kan. * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: 13 years * Education: Kansas State University, bachelor’s degree in marketing * A few words about your company: Blakely + Company is a full-service marketing and public relations [...]

* Name: Tom Osborne * Organization: Colorado Springs Sports Corporation * Position: President & CEO * Hometown: Billings, Mont. * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: 14 months * Education: Bachelor’s degree from Montana State University- Billings * A few words about your company: The Colorado Springs Sports Corp. is a non-profit corporation [...]

* Name: Frank O’Neill Barber * Organization: El Paso County Office of Economic Development & Public Finance * Position: Director * Hometown: Various Army bases; Charleston, S.C., Chapel Hill, N.C., Northfield, Mass. * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: 27 years * Education: Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst * [...]

* Name: Gary J. McDonald * Organization: Care & Share Food Bank * Position: President/CEO * Hometown: Milwaukee * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: Seven-year resident of Manitou Springs * Education: Dual bachelor’s degrees in business administration, and marketing and Finance; master’s degree in counseling * A few words about your company: [...]

* Name: Laura Neumann * Organization: Benchmark Hospitality at Cheyenne Mountain Resort * Position: Vice president and general manager * Hometown: St. Louis, MO * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: Since March 7 * Education: My education is mostly hands-on experience working my way through the ranks. Although I have worked toward [...]

* Name: Judy Cara * Organization: Intel Corp. * Position: Community relations manager * Hometown: Ashtead, Surrey, England * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: Since 1987 * Education: Sutton High School for Girls; Queens College in London. (Will graduate from Regis University in May with a degree in communication.) * A few [...]

* Name: Jose Aponte * Organization: Pikes Peak Library District * Position: Executive director * Hometown: New York, N.Y. * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: A year and a half * Education: Bachelor’s degree in general studies from Bard College; master’s degree in library science from the University of Arizona * A [...]

* Name: Scott Seab * Organization: Adelphia Communications Corp. * Position: Director of Law & Public Policy – Western Region * Hometown: Monroe, La. * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: Nine years, though have visited periodically since I was 9 or 10 years old. * Education: B.A.-Pre-Law, University of Louisiana at Monroe [...]

* Name: Michael Hannigan * Organization: Pikes Peak Community Foundation * Position: Executive director * Hometown: Denver * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: Off and on since 1971 * Education: Bachelor’s degree in geology from Colorado College; master’s degree in Education from the University of Colorado * A few words about your [...]

* Name: Becky Houston * Organization: Barnstorm Visual Communications Inc. * Position: President * Hometown: An Arbor, Mich. * How long have you lived in Colorado Springs: Seven years * Education: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design * A few words about your company: Barnstorm is a high-end graphic design studio. Our uniqueness and strength is [...]