Board of Directors

Christina is the CEO at Urban Peak. Before joining Urban Peak, Christina served as the Vice President of Development at The Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that, she worked as the Director of Development at DSST Public Schools and the Executive Director of the Family & Intercultural Resource Center in Summit County, Colorado. Christina’s professional background includes teaching, child protection case work, and fundraising. She has served on numerous non-profit boards and is currently the Chair of The Civic Canopy. She is passionate about education and creating inclusive equitable learning environments for all children. Christina was named Newsmaker of the Year in 2005 by the Summit Daily for her work surrounding immigrant integration. She holds a B.A. in Art History from Willamette University and an M.S.W. from The University of Denver. Christina spends her free time with her family which includes her children John and Samson.

I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, but growing up I spent my summers on a sandbar in Lake Erie and my winters on a snowboard in Keystone. When I was 9 my family moved to Warsaw, Poland, for 3 years, and the international community left a lasting impact on my love for new experiences and appreciation for perspectives different from my own.

Jason Fritz a native of Vail, CO., lives in Stapleton with his wife Kate and his two sons John and Emmett. John is a second grader at Odyssey. Jason enjoys all things outdoors, especially when spending time as a family. Professionally, Jason is a vice president and relationship manager in Corporate Banking with BBVA Compass Bank. Jason provides financial solution to middle market companies in the Metro Denver market. With over 18 years of working in financial services, Jason has lending experience in a number of industries including education, healthcare, non-profit, manufacturing, and distribution. He started his career working in investment banking with Montgomery Securities in San Francisco, CA. Most recently, he served as vice president and relationship manager in commercial banking at KeyBank in Denver for nine and a half years. Jason graduated Saint Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. with an undergraduate degree in history, and earned his MBA from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

Travis Haley joined the board as an independent community member in 2018 after becoming interested in Odyssey’s mission through a friend, a parent of an Odyssey student. Travis is an investor in small businesses in Colorado and Texas. Travis’ prior experience includes Main Street Capital as a Managing Director and Ernst & Young. He has served in various board capacities for non-profits, including educational institutions with non-traditional curricula, and he is highly supportive of EL. Travis has a Masters in Accounting and a Bachelors in Business and Spanish from Trinity University. Travis resides a few miles from Odyssey with his two children and two dogs, Cooper and Kimmy Gibbler.

I grew up in Kansas and obtained a B.A. in Microbiology from Kansas State University before heading off to Seattle to complete a Ph.D. in Immunology then to Berkeley for postdoctoral studies. I moved to Denver for a faculty position in 2004 and was promoted to the rank of full Professor at University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2015. My day job primarily involves training professional and graduate students and running an externally-funded research lab focused on defining how inflammatory and immune responses are regulated in the context of infections and other diseases.

Outside of work, I enjoy camping, hiking, biking, and pretty much anything else done outdoors or in the company of my wife, Carrie, and our three children. Our family has been a part of the Odyssey community since 2014. The expeditionary learning model and focus on fostering a love of learning and growth of the whole child initially brought us to Odyssey. Our participation in the adventure program and other activities here has enabled us to witness firsthand the empowering of our children and their crew-mates. It has also been inspiring to see the commitment of Odyssey's families and staff towards sustaining this wonderful community and school. As a parent representative on the Board of Directors I have the opportunity to work with other members of the community to help ensure that Odyssey School of Denver continues to excel as an EL institution that educates and grows children to their fullest potential.

I am excited to be joining the Odyssey board this year as a community member. I have spent the last seven years as the Director of Counseling at Annunciation Catholic School, which is also an EL school. I have always admired Odyssey as an inspiration for EL schools around the country. I am eager to support the school's passion for adventure, inclusivity, and character building. I currently have a private psychotherapy practice located in the Stanley Marketplace. I live in Stapleton with my husband and two kids (5 and 3). We are in the process of training our children to be avid skiers and climbers. I have a BA in economics from Colorado College and a MA in counseling psychology from the University of Denver.

Justin joined the Board in the Spring of 2010 as a community member. He is Vice President of Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, a Denver based education policy consulting firm. Justin focuses on school finance issues and helps policy makers at both the state and district level evaluate and solve funding issues.  He lives in Stapleton with his wife Jenn and their two kids, Cooper and Chloe. Justin enjoys skiing, tennis, running, and avoiding injury while playing lacrosse. He is active in his church where he and his family help run the Family Promise initiative which houses homeless families three times a year in the church.  Justin is a Colorado native who attended Heritage High School in Littleton and then went on to study accounting at the University of Colorado in Boulder.