Food Bank of the Rockies competitors

Brad Meuli was named President/CEO of the Denver Rescue Mission in January 2001. Brad joined the Mission more than 20 years ago as Senior Vice-President after a 17-year career in banking. Previous to his staff position at the Mission, Brad served as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Currently, as President and CEO, Brad oversees the operations of Denver Rescue Mission, the oldest full-service Christian charity in the Rocky Mountain region. The Mission has a yearly budget of more than $33 million, with approximately 200 employees. Founded in 1892, Denver Rescue Mission is a Colorado nonprofit organization that provides food, clothing, shelter, medical care, education, rehabilitation, and transitional housing to the poor and homeless. Brad is a Pastor of Ministry in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church and graduated with a MA in Leadership from Denver Seminary in May of 2006. As a leader, Brad is committed to what he believes God has called the Denver Rescue Mission to do: Change Lives in the Name of Christ. “Our biggest challenge is to help the increasing number of people who come to us for help, who want to seek a life of self-sufficiency, free from the drugs, alcohol, poverty, and lack of education that hold them back.” Brad graduated from Northern Arizona University with a BS in Business and is a graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. He is a former Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. As an active member of the community, Brad is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Denver Seminary and is also adjunct faculty there. He is a past member and has served as Chairman of the Board for the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM), Bonfils Blood Center and City Mission World Association (an international rescue mission organization). He is also an alumnus of Leadership Denver. In 2018, he was appointed by Denver’s Mayor, Michael Hancock, to the Advisory Committee for Housing People Experiencing Homelessness. Additionally, he has served as Chaplain to the Colorado House of Representatives for the last 18 years. The Colorado Rockies honored him in 2016 with the Roberto Clemente Award for Community Service. Colorado Christian University honored Brad with an Honorary Doctorate for his work with the homeless. Brad is married, has five children and five grandchildren.

Her leadership focuses on addressing inactivity, injustice, intolerance and social isolation by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities to be productive citizens in their communities, which leads to a more welcoming and inclusive society for all. Davis started with Special Olympics soon after college as a local program volunteer and coach. Since then she has served in a series of leadership roles, helping create our first-ever Regional games, the 1985 Special Olympics European Games, working to build a powerful national Program as CEO of Special Olympics Ireland, and helping globalize the movement as CEO of the first Special Olympics World Summer Games held outside the US, which were the 2003 Games in Ireland. For eight years she served as President & Managing Director of Europe Eurasia. Davis is married to Julian Davis and has four children: Jonathan, Rebecca, Emma and Patrick.

Kirk Mayes is a Board Member at Heat and Warmth Fund and Chief Executive Officer at Forgotten Harvest and is based in Detroit, Michigan. He has experience at The Skillman Foundation and has worked as program associate at National Community Development Institute, Project Director at Community In Schools of Detroit, and Executive Director at Brightmoor Alliance. Kirk attended Brother Rice High School between 1990 and 1994 and Michigan State University between 1994 and 1999.

As President and Chief Executive Officer, Kristen oversees the operations, programs and initiatives OFS sets forth in the mission of healing hunger and strengthening our community. She is responsible for managing the three pillars of OFS’s work: to meet the immediate need, build nutrition IQ and champion change to address the root causes of hunger.