Intention

The community should lead work that focuses on preventing youth violence and promoting youth and family resilience because the community is closest to understanding the challenges and can provide leadership consistency. With this in mind, while the DRC reserves one leadership seat for a representative from the school district, and another for a representative from the city, the remaining seats on the leadership team are reserved for community leaders who represent the demographics of those we serve. Those who wish to play a leadership role in the coalition are encouraged to contact us at leadership@denverresilience.org

Leadership Team Members

Hector Sanchez

Offers a perspective on violence interruption work in the Latinx community. He currently serves as Deputy Director of Life-Line Colorado, a non-profit that assists its local at-risk population in finding love, acceptance and safety. He also brings deep experience from the corporate world in both sales and organizational management.

Aspen Chin

Offers the perspective of youth and the Black community. She is the CEO and Founder of The Lounge which provides academic and life excellence through intentional mentorship to youth ages 10-24.

Xavier Davis

Offers a perspective on violence interruption work in the Black community and opportunities for collaboration between Denver and Aurora. He currently runs Royal Mentoring Group that mentors at-risk youth, working in juvenile facilities, high schools, and middle schools as well as conducting home visits.

June Marcel

Offers a perspective on school system operations, LGBTQ community, and unaccompanied, unhoused youth. She transitioned the youth violence prevention work she previously lead from a seat in the strategy office at Denver Public Schools to the Denver Resilience Coalition, and serves as the coalition’s Program Director. She is also the Founder and CEO of Gluona, a consulting organization that specializes in utilizing technology to close identified gaps between advocacy, policy development, and policy implementation in K-12 education, and the new owner of the Denver, Aurora, Cherry Creek chapter of Apex Leadership.

Preston Adams

Offers the perspective of someone who has walked alongside gang-involved and system-impacted young people for over 15 years, learning from their resilience and witnessing their humanity in the face of systems designed to leave them behind. His work has spanned chaplaincy, mentorship, education, nonprofit leadership, and advocacy, but at its core, it’s always been about building relationships that lead to healing, transformation, and liberation. He holds the leadership seat reserved for the City and County of Denver, where he serves as its Youth Violence Prevention Manager.