The Healthy Colorado Youth Alliance seeks to reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, in Colorado youth by ensuring that all young people have access to science-based, comprehensive, medically-accurate, culturally sensitive, and age-appropriate sexuality education, information and resources to make informed decisions about their health and relationships.
Lisa Olcese brings over two decades of nonprofit management experience – as an advocate, trainer, leadership coach and communications specialist – to her role as the Executive Director of The Healthy Colorado Youth Alliance. She previously served as the Education Director with Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN), where she oversaw a K-12 violence prevention program and developed trainings on ethical communication, volunteer development and building multiracial, inclusive organizations. Lisa is a graduate of Smith College and a master practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming.
She can be reached at 303-316-0200 or lolcese@healthycoloradoyouth.org.
In addition to her current work to increase access to quality, comprehensive sexual health education throughout the state, Sandi has worked for years on increasing access to health care, fighting for women’s equality and working as a sexual health educator. Sandi specializes in organizing communities to create a critical mass of support in order to effect change.
She can be reached at 303-316-0201 or slyman@healthycoloradoyouth.org.