Sarah Wick, Ed.S.: CEO 

After earning her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Hastings College, Hastings, NE, Sarah began working in schools as an aide to support students with significant academic and physical needs. It was during this time she recognized the direct impact of social emotional health on student’s academic growth and success. She moved to Greeley, CO, to pursue a Master’s Degrees in Community Counseling and School Counseling, and enjoyed 15+ years as a school counselor. However, her Educational Specialist Degree has led her to administration where she works with students regarding behaviors and choices which will best support their future. It has become increasingly evident that social emotional skills need to take priority in order to support the whole child’s development. She established We Matter Learning to incorporate these skills throughout a student’s day, with the hope of making a life-long impact. 

Erin Fink, M.S.; Business and Curriculum Advisor

Erin has been working in the field of higher education both at the four year and community college level for over 25 years. She currently serves as the Director of Corporate Solutions at Front Range Community College (FRCC) where she works with business and industry to customize corporate training and adult learning. She has been an adjunct faculty at FRCC, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, and North Carolina State University.

Christa Baatz

Christa Baatz, a classroom teacher, is not only a talented artist, but also a mother of 4, a wife and a friend. As an artist Christa specializes in watercolor, gouache, color pencils and digital art. She finds inspiration in capturing people’s favorite memories & moments through her art. She specializes in creating portraits of both people and animals (pets). Her work is on display in homes across the United States. Christa strives for her art to be a source of encouragement and joy to others.

Emily Dorr, M.A.

Emily has been an elementary educator for the past 15 years. Her journey began as a transplant from Iowa, coming to Colorado State University as a fashion merchandising major, quickly switching over to Human Development and Family Studies with an Early Childhood Education teaching endorsement. Her Master of Arts degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a Literacy emphasis has allowed her many diverse teaching experiences ranging from preschool through fifth grade. Aside from her teacher role, Emily enjoys time with her husband, two children, and dog; and when not with them, she can be found reading, being outside, organizing or baking.

Kim Pratt, M.A., LPC

Kim has been a Program Director for the Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County since 2020 and has been working in suicide prevention and crisis response since 2013. She has trained over 50,000 adults and adolescents in suicide prevention. Kim spearheaded suicide crisis response programming for Weld County, CO and has led the crisis response for over 30 students across 17 school districts. Prior to her work in suicide prevention, she was a high school teacher in California. Kim received her Bachelors in Education from Bringham Young University, Hawaii in 2007 and Master of Art in Counseling from Chapman University in 2013. She is a part of the Child Fatality Review Board and a certified Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid trainer and Question, Persuade, Review Master trainer. When she is not working, she spends her time with her family backpacking in the great outdoors. 

Cassandra Scott, M.A.

Cassandra's love for kids started when she was in college and became a Preschool Teacher. She knew right away that she wanted to work with kids in some capacity. After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a Bachelors of Psychology, she became a Youth Treatment Counselor in a group home with 17-21 year olds. She then received a Masters of School Counseling (K-12) from the University of Northern Colorado, hoping to have a bigger, more preventative impact on kids at a younger age. She now has 9 years of experience as a school counselor (K-8) with a variety of diverse populations, most from Title I schools. Cassandra has also collaborated with the Colorado Department of Education collecting district/school data to create School Counselor Corps grant positions in elementary, middle, and high schools in St. Vrain Valley Schools (SVVSD). Her passion is providing preventative interventions for elementary students that support their growth and development in childhood; whether that's through individual/group counseling or classroom lessons. She believes it is essential to provide mental health services and social-emotional learning for kids in hopes of creating life-long skills that support the health and happiness of future generations.   

Sara Schultz

Sara has been working with kids since 2015, being involved with ages preschool-high school, both typically developing and with special needs. She is currently getting her masters degree in clinical mental health counseling to pursue her passion in the mental health field. She believes in the importance of understanding and recognizing things about ourselves that make us the way that we are. Sara believes helping kids have a thorough understanding of the things they participate in on the day-to-day will help provide healthy knowledge and developmental patterns benefiting them throughout their lives.

Christina Marino

Christina has her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Bethel University and a Master’s Degree in School Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado. She spent 8 years working as a high school counselor where she witnessed first hand the link between emotional growth and academic progress. As she became a mom to three kids, a passion grew to give not only her own children an emotionally healthy childhood but also to support any effort to grow social emotional learning in schools, homes, and our community. She currently works at a non-profit who sends educators to Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East to make an impact in the lives of students globally. You would be hard pressed to not find her with a cup of coffee in her hand or scheming up the next outdoor adventure with her people.

Peter Marino

Peter earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Colorado State University and a Master’s Degree in School Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado. Since 2013, he has worked as a school counselor, where he has developed a deep commitment to helping students grow in emotional awareness and well-being. He is especially passionate about supporting young boys and men as they learn to understand and express their emotions in healthy, authentic ways. Outside of school, he finds joy in being outdoors and is always planning his next adventure in nature with friends and family.

President - Shelly Wall, Ed. D

Windsor, CO

Shelly is an educational leader with over 15 years of experience in building and district administration. She has had the pleasure of guiding a variety of stakeholders, including students, parents, teachers, support staff, and administration on topics that positively impact the achievement and services for unique student populations.  As an educational administrator, Shelly had the pleasure to lead staff by providing technical assistance, developing trainers of the trainer teams, coordinating state and federal budget expenditures and reporting, and effectively supervising more than 100 staff members who positively impacted student achievement.  She approaches situations from the viewpoint of, will this benefit students, and deeply believes the way to benefit student growth is by growing staff knowledge and skills through targeted professional development and ongoing communication.

Vice President - Molly Prach

5th Grade Elementary Teacher, Windsor, CO

Molly earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communication from the University if Boulder and worked at a mortgage company for 5 years before quickly realizing her passion was working with children. She went back to school and received her Master's Degree from the University of Northern Colorado in education. She has been a teacher for the past 5 years in Windsor and is currently teaching 5th grade. She has a passion for hands on learning, talking about and teaching about mental health, and developing meaningful relationships with students. 

Secretary and Treasurer - Angela Rizzuto

Windsor High School Counselor, Windsor, CO

Angie is a gifted school counselor with 20+ years of expertise providing group and individual counseling to promote success among students. She is a proven leader focused on establishing and maintaining school counseling program objectives in collaboration with administrators, teachers and parents. She is results-oriented when reviewing reports on the effectiveness of the counseling program to determine areas for improvement. However, one of her most influential skills is her ability to be a respectful active listener when counseling students and interacting with parents and administrators.

Tara Fotsch

Deputy Director Parks, Recreation & Culture Town of Windsor, Windsor, CO

Tara earned a Bachelor's Degree in Recreation Therapy from the University of South Dakota and has worked for the Town of Windsor in the Parks, Recreation & Culture Department for the past 23 years. Tara has a strong passion for building and growing her community. Making sure that all people have access to parks, trails and recreation programming is a critical way to increase positive effects on health and quality of life for our community.

Emily Ruggles

Emily earned a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Tulsa. She is now a stay-at-home mom and a volunteer at her sons’ schools and a mentor at her church. She has passion for nurturing environments that cultivate happy, mentally healthy kids.