Staff

Executive Director

Hilary Simmons, MPH

Hilary Simmons has over fifteen years of experience as a director for various organizations and small businesses, including six and a half years as the Program Director with A Little Help. She has honed skills in servant leadership, strategic, fiscal, and operational planning, fundraising and investor relations, program development and implementation, community and relationship building, and business analytics consulting. In addition to her professional experience, Hilary founded her own LLC to perform financial analytics services, has served as a board treasurer for several organizations, and has been active in her local, and larger, community.

At A Little Help, Hilary began as the part-time Administrative Assistant and, within a year, earned and built her role as the Program Director. As a growing organization, she and former Executive Director Dr. Paul Ramsey grew A Little Help’s staff from a two- to ten-person team and expanded ALH’s impact from four neighborhoods to ten counties throughout Colorado, while maintaining a hyper-local focus in each community.

Hilary earned her bachelor’s degree from Duke University in Psychology and English and earned her Master of Public Health degree (emphasis: Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, certificate: Global Health) from the University of Pittsburgh. She serves as the Vice President of the national Village to Village Network board, in the Older Adults Special Interest Seat on the Denver Regional Council of Governments' Transportation Advisory Commitee, and as a board member of the Colorado Center for Aging.

Hilary exemplifies a concerted and resolute focus on being better tomorrow than we are today.

Program Director

Tanya Matthias

720-817-4744 | Tanya@alittlehelp.org

Tanya Matthias is a wife and mother of two who has lived in the Denver area since 1999. Tanya worked as the Marketing Director for an international company out of Oxford, England prior to taking a few years off to raise her two children. She spent those four years volunteering and running various fundraising events and participating in a number of boards at her children’s school. Tanya has worn many hats with A Little Help, she first joined us just part-time helping in the office with our member calls then quickly moved to full time and working on events and fundraisers as our Community Outreach Director and then as our Metro Denver Director to her current positon as Program Director for A Little Help. She is thrilled to be part of such an enthusiastic group of people at A Little Help and couldn't ask for a more rewarding job.

Tanya is known for her equal opportunity approach to snarkiness, choice of unusual headwear, and unconditional professionalism.

Northern Colorado Director

Colleen Meyer

970-829-8525 | Colleen@alittlehelp.org

Colleen brings more than 20 years of experience in donor and volunteer relations where she served as the Executive Director of the Alumni Association and Managing Director of Donor Relations for CSU-Fort Collins. Colleen is a Colorado native, born and raised in Pueblo, CO and has lived in Fort Collins for 28 years. She has been an active volunteer with National Charity League, Larimer Humane Society, and other northern Colorado non-profits. For fun, she enjoys spending time in the mountains and on the beaches with her husband, daughter (a CSU Ram), and their dog Buddy.

Colleen is a graduate of Colorado State University with a degree in Speech Communication as well as the Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce Leadership Fort Collins program. She is also a professionally trained leadership coach.

Colleen's excellent reputation around the office comes from her extravagant energy, humor, and contemporary ideas.

Program and Communications Manager

Emma Johnson

720-817-3652 | Emma@alittlehelp.org

Emma joined A Little Help as the Operations Coordinator in July of 2021. She was born and raised in a small town outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and has always been very passionate about helping the older adult population in any possible manner. She graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor’s in Human Sciences and a Minor in Gerontology in the spring of 2021. During her senior year of college, she became an intern at A Little Help, and very quickly fell in love with the mission to connect neighbors across generations to help older adults stay in the comfort of their own homes. Now, Emma is the Program Manager at A Little Help, and she couldn’t be happier working alongside others whose values line up with her own.

Emma brings a steadfast, reassuring intellect and exhilarating (yet comfortable) infatuation with detail to our team.

Member Manager

Beth Berger

720-829-4356 | Beth@alittlehelp.org

Beth joined A Little Help in March of 2020 as our Operations Coordinator. She could not have asked for a more rewarding position to keep her busy during the beginning of the pandemic. She has enjoyed making connections with our members and volunteers and now serves as our Member Manager. Beth has experience in nonprofit operations and programming working with young families, teens, and older adults. She received her bachelor's degree from Binghamton University in Philosophy, Politics, and Law and her master's degree in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University. A mother of 3, she enjoys spending time with her family hiking, biking, and relaxing at home with puzzles and game nights.

Around the office, Beth is known for her discernable and consistent care and visible empathy.

Volunteer Manager

Katherine Osborn

720-242-9032

Katherine is new to Colorado having recently moved from Massachusetts. Her strong love for community and helping others drew her to A Little Help. She received her Bachelor of Science in Public Health with a double minor in Sociology and Psychology from Colby Sawyer College in New Hampshire. Katherine is excited to work with her first nonprofit organization.

In her free time Katherine loves to hike with her partner Rachel and their dogs Kylo and Oreo, as well as rock climb, read, and play rugby for Denver Black Ice.

Katherine is great at her job in so many ways, but her ability to create community is truly incredible. Outside of that, her transatlantic accent is second to none.

Member Coordinator

Carolina Buffaloe

720-242-9032

Carolina graduated from Colorado State University, where she was a student athlete playing collegiate softball. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies and is passionate about building strong relationships within the community. After previously serving as an intern with A Little Help, she is excited to return as a part-time staff member. In her free time, she enjoys coloring, cuddling with her cat Maple, and shopping. Carolina looks forward to connecting with members and volunteers and feels grateful to be part of work that makes a meaningful difference each day

Carolina looks after our members and brings an attention to detail that means every one of our older adults is cared for.

Metro Denver and Public Relations Coordinator

Walker Shumock-Bailey

720-817-4727 | Walker@alittlehelp.org

Walker started as an intern for A Little Help in the Fall of 2021 after creating a communications plan for the organization for a class at the University of Denver. He graduated in March of 2022 from DU with degrees in International Studies and Strategic Communications and a Minor in History and came onboard as a full-time employee in May of 2022. He is excited to continue advancing A Little Help's mission throughout Colorado! He is originally from Auburn, Alabama, and in his free time, he enjoys watching college football (War Eagle) and hockey (Sko' DU), playing soccer, skiing, and cooking.

Walker contributes evident knowledge, a stunning ability to turn “you all” into one word, and a fine sense of humor to our crew.

Northern Colorado Coordinator

Marc Stewart

Marc@alittlehelp.org

Marc comes to A Little Help as the new Northern Colorado Coordinator, following a 30-year career in the government sector, including 20 years’ service in the U.S. Navy. Marc’s focus has shifted from serving his country to serving his local community. A yard sign in Loveland pointed Marc to A Little Help. After learning about our mission, he couldn’t wait to become part of the team

We are so happy to have Marc on the team for many reasons: his commitment to our mission, his hard work, and last, but certainly not least his ability to brighten up any meeting with a witty joke.

Data Manager

Aaron Zimmerlin

Aaron@alittlehelp.org

Though his career started in IT support for numerous major universities, he has been working for the last 7 years as a CRM consultant and Business Analyst, primarily for small business and government clients. He is excited to be focusing his years of experience on the fulfilling mission at A Little Help and hopes that he will be able to shed a unique light on the results and impact that the organization provides its members while streamlining business processes and tasks. Aaron has studied a breadth of topics throughout his life and holds numerous certifications in topics from IT support and development, to project and development management, as well as platform certifications for various CRM products. In his free time, he enjoys woodworking, cooking, board gaming, and spending time with his wife and two dogs.

Aaron contributes an incredible amount of skill and knowledge in keeping our reporting running smoothly. He's not just a numbers guy though; if you're lucky you'll get to try his gluten-free oatmeal raisin cookies or excellently smoked meat.

Bookkeeper

Cristie Martin

Grants

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