Carolyn Reed

Chair

A native of Wellington, Carolyn is a small business owner with deep roots in Larimer County. She has been the proprietor of local favorite Silver Mine Subs for more than a decade. Her diverse skills and experience have led her to serve on the boards for the Wyoming and Colorado restaurant associations, the Teamsters Local 17 and most recently, the Poudre School District board. She has also volunteered with Foster Parent organizations, the United States Air Force Family Services and Larimer County Court Appointed Special Advocates. Her interest in serving on the SummitStone Board stems from a strong desire to make a difference in the community, particularly in behavioral health, which has never garnered as much importance and necessity as now.

Paul Panico

Vice Chair

Paul is a retired healthcare executive and executive coach. He began his healthcare career in 1992 when he was recruited from academia to join the executive team at North Colorado Medical Center (NCMC) in Greeley. Since then, he has held many executive-level positions in several organizations, including roles of chief operating officer/executive vice president and chief executive officer. Prior to healthcare, he held appointments at the University of Colorado (Boulder and Denver campuses) and worked in the private sector developing executive selection and assessment centers.

After 22 years as a healthcare executive, Paul transitioned from his leadership roles to become an executive coach and account leader for Huron Healthcare/Studer Group, an international healthcare consulting organization. In this capacity, he worked with and coached executive leaders and physician executives for several major healthcare systems including Kaiser Permanente of Orange County, University of New Mexico Health Sciences, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, MultiCare, Christus Trinity Mother Frances to name a few. 

During his career, Paul served on several not-for-profit governing boards. After his retirement in 2017, he joined the Board for the Friends of the Gardens on Spring Creek as Treasurer.

Paul earned his PhD in I/O Psychology from Colorado State University in 1986, an MBA from the University of Delaware in 1978, and a BA in Biology in 1975. He is a past fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Nate Budd

Secretary

Nate is an experienced fundraising and business development strategist with several multi-million-dollar successes spanning the start-up, natural resources, infrastructure, non-profit and higher education sectors. Nate brings to the board his experiences from over six years as a philanthropic development professional at a major public University and a decade of navigating the legal, financial and regulatory hurdles of water infrastructure permitting and development in the Western US.

Chris Otto

Treasurer

Chris is a partner in the audit service area of Plante Moran and the office managing partner of the Fort Collins Office. He has been involved in public accounting since 1990. He has extensive experience providing auditing, accounting and business advisory services to closely held businesses and public companies in a variety of industries including real estate, high-tech and software, manufacturing, distribution, construction and professional services. Chris also has extensive experience in forensic accounting and fraud prevention and is a Certified Fraud Examiner. Chris volunteers with many non-profit organizations and he is a certified human capital coach.

Tim Brown

Tim is currently working under contracts with area Law Enforcement to provide clinical supervision to Peer Support Teams and counseling services for employees and family members in area criminal justice agencies. He retired in March, 2020 as an Assistant Chief at the Loveland Police Department. Tim previously served on the SummitStone Board of Directors from 2012-2017 and has returned for a second round of service to SummitStone Health Partners and the greater Larimer County community. Tim was in Law Enforcement service for more than 38 years and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Northwestern University’s School for Police Staff and Command, and the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business Public Safety Leadership Program. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Albuquerque and a Master’s Degree in Agency Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado.

Jeff Vanhook

Jeffrey Vanhook is a Patrol Lieutenant with the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. He has been employed with that agency since 1992. During his career he has held many different positions; Detention Deputy, Patrol Deputy, Narcotics Detective, General Criminal Investigations Detective, Patrol Corporal, Patrol Sergeant, Training Sergeant and Patrol Lieutenant. Jeff has been a Field Training Officer for the agency since 1998 and was the agency Field Training Program (FTP) Coordinator for 12 years. Jeff is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) trainer in the Emergency Vehicle Operation Course (EVOC) program and is the program administrator. Jeff is part of Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Curriculum Committee and previously served on Colorado POST academy committee. Jeff is a Crisis Intervention Team (C.I.T.) member and an Executive Board member of Colorado National Association of Field Training Officer (NAFTO).

Nick Christensen

Nick Christensen is Vice President of Real Estate for the Colorado State University Research Foundation where he leads portfolio management and delivery of services. Previously, Nick co-founded Chrisland Real Estate Companies, an affiliation of commercial brokerage, development and related investment entities, and prior to that was an executive with McWhinney. Nick also served in an appointed role as Executive Officer on the command staff of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office. He was subsequently appointed by the Larimer County Commissioners to the Behavioral Health Policy Council and has served in leadership capacities on several non-profit boards.

Heather Buoniconti

Heather is the Chief Development Officer for the Food Bank for Larimer County, a position she’s held since 2005. Prior to joining the Food Bank, Heather served as the Executive/Development Director and National Trainer for the American Cancer Society. She has more than 24 years of nonprofit experience and specializes in financial and budgetary management, fundraising, event planning, community relations, strategic planning, and board development.

Rico Devlin

Rico is a Senior Partner and Broker with LC Real Estate Group. He has built a network of trusted colleagues throughout Northern Colorado collaborating with many brokers, clients, and organizations over the past ten years in commercial sales and leasing brokerage. Rico has served on several non-profit boards including the Loveland Satellite Rotary Club, the Loveland Chamber of Commerce young professionals, and Loveland Planning Commission, and is currently a director with the Northern Colorado Commercial Association of Realtors. He obtained a bachelor’s degree of Business Administration with Honors from Colorado State University. His service experience in the restaurant industry, coupled with his business acumen, has propelled his career at LC Real Estate Group, which fosters a culture of “Mindfully Creating Community.” He hopes to continue this mission while serving on the SummitStone Board of Directors and by sharing his personal experience of recovery.

Steve Tool

Steve Tool is a Colorado native. He grew up in Englewood and graduated from the University of Colorado with a BA degree in Political Science in 1965. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force and served for five years as a B-52 navigator attaining the rank of captain. He flew 160 combat missions in the Viet Nam War and received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the eight Air Medals. In 1970 Steve entered the real estate business in Denver. In 1975 he moved to Fort Collins. He was an active Realtor or real estate appraiser for 33 years. Steve has a history of community leadership. In 1983-84 he was selected Volunteer-of-the-Year by the Colorado Chapter of the American Cancer Society and in 1987 he was selected as Realtor-of-the-Year by the Fort Collins Board of Realtors. Steve served in the Colorado General Assembly from 1995 thru 2000. He was a member of the Health, Environment, Welfare and Institutions Committee; Finance Committee; Judiciary Committee; and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and the Joint Budget Committee. He received numerous legislative awards in the six years he served in the General Assembly. From 2001 to 2005 Steve worked for the Colorado Department of Revenue as its legislative liaison and public information officer and then as the director of the Division of Motor Vehicles. In 2005 Governor Owens appointed Steve to his Cabinet as the executive director of the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing managing the state’s Medicaid program, the Child Health Plan Plus and the Indigent Care Program. Steve and his wife Karen have five adult children and ten grandchildren and make their home in Windsor.

Seth Forwood

Seth Forwood has lived in Fort Collins for over 33 years and has worked alongside those experiencing homelessness and addiction for 19 years. He began his vocation as an intern at Harvest Farm where he lived and worked with the men in the program for three months. After completing his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from CSU he started full-time at Harvest Farm. He worked for ten years in various roles in direct practice and completed his master’s in Social Work at CSU before becoming director. He is now the Vice President of Programs overseeing the Northern Colorado facilities of Fort Collins Rescue Mission and Harvest Farm. In this role he also focuses on community development through building bridges between unlikely sectors of society to discover creative solutions that impact and benefit the entire community. He is currently the Vice Chair of Larimer County Behavioral Health Policy Council and serves on the Fort Collins Police Chief’s Community Advisory Board, CSU’s School of Social Work Community Advisory Board, Northern Colorado Continuum of Care’s Governing Board, and the board of his children’s hybrid school, Paideia Classical Community.