Staff and Board

Our organization is primarily driven by volunteers. The volunteer Board Members who are responsible for all operations include the following: Erin Laurie, Chair; Amy Livingston, Vice Chair; Lindsey Sylvester, Treasurer & Secretary and Fundraising Coordinator; Sarah Oaks, Board Member; Drew Reding, Board Member; Amy Livingston, Board Member; Paola Alarcon, Board Member; Jamie Fuentes, Board Member; and Angela Croucher, Board Member. Additional information shown below.

Leigh Hanson has been with United Way for three years and is also a 26-year veteran educator. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Art Education. She has taught in public and private schools as well as home educating her own children for many years.

Mrs. Hanson enjoys community outreach and working with both adults and children through United Way’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) Mentoring program, the STEM United Youth Project, as well as through church and ECKAN volunteerism. She is the mother of six children: her oldest child is grown and on his own, four others are students in college, and one attends school at USD 290.  She, her husband Jerad, and children reside at a small farm here in Franklin County.

You may contact Mrs. Hanson by emailing her at united.way.of.franklin.co@gmail.com or calling her cell phone 785-418-2015.

The following volunteers help ensure the annual fundraising campaign is a success.