Marshall ROC Leadership
Jeri Curry, Executive Director & Interim Board Chair
Jeri has years of experience in media, international development, consulting, government, crisis & humanitarian response, and the nonprofit sector. She has worked in more than 40 countries around the world, and is passionate about the intersection of technology, community, business, and communications. Jeri’s leadership and C-Suite roles include The Washington Post, Northrop Grumman, DoD, Deloitte, Internews, and the Internet Society. Jeri owns Fourth Sector Digital, a strategic communications and management consulting firm, which allowed her the flexibility to support the Marshall Fire recovery efforts as a full-time volunteer before being appointed to Marshall ROC Executive Director in May 2023. Jeri is a Boulder native, graduated from Boulder High School, and is a proud CU Boulder Alumna. Many of Jeri’s friends lost their home in the fire, and she is committed to helping them and others in her hometown community rebuild their lives, and find their way home.
Daryl McCool, Marshall ROC Team Leader
Daryl is a lifelong artist who loves to work within her community, especially on creative projects. She has spent decades in civic engagement, helping to guide the design of local parks and playgrounds. and in 2017 was integral in helping to establish the Superior Cultural Arts Committee. Professionally, Daryl has worn many hats. Most recently she worked for a local IT company doing administrative and marketing, and also worked as an independent design and marketing consultant. She enjoys helping non-profits and start-up businesses with their branding, marketing and social media needs. She is an avid gardener and rabid recycler who grew up in rural Vermont. In every spare moment she is busy working to rebuild the 120 year old historic home she and her husband Bob and their son Jackson lost in the Marshall Fire. Daryl is currently the MROC Team Leader for the Marshall Fire Recovery Center. She will be the onsite manager for the center and will also be assisting with MROC community outreach and event planning efforts.
Ian Anderson, Marshall ROC Board Member
Ian is a US/UK citizen with over 13 years of emergency management experience. Currently working for The Salvation Army (TSA) in Denver, Colorado, Ian is the Director of Emergency Disaster Services and Service Extension, covering CO, UT, WY, and MT. He also serves as the Chair for Colorado Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (COVOAD), a forum where CO NGOs share knowledge and resources throughout the disaster cycle. Ian worked for The Salvation Army in New York City as the Response Coordinator and New York City Regional Manager, as well as serving as the Co-Chair for the Donations and Logistics Committee within NYC Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD) and liaison to the NYCEM Citywide Logistics Committee. Ian works in close collaboration with partner NGOs, for-profits, and government sector partners to maintain vital relationships and plans. Large-scale international disaster response experience includes deployments to Haiti following the earthquakes in 2010 and the earthquake, tsunami, and liquefaction in Indonesia in 2018. Ian’s domestic experience ranges from serving as the Incident Commander for TSA’s Hurricane Harvey response, to taking on the role as the Logistics Chief in New York City and the surrounding region following Hurricane Sandy. Ian has received training in multiple FEMA IS courses, Amateur Radio (KO2IAN), TSA/Mental Health Psychological First Aid, HSI Medic First Aid Train the Trainer, as well as training on the Sphere Project and Standards in International Disaster Response. Ian has earned an Executive Master’s Degree in Emergency and Disaster Management at Georgetown University as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Emergency Management & Business Continuity at Metropolitan College of New York.
Richard Glaab, Marshall ROC Board Member
Richard lived in the town of Superior for 23 years until the Marshall Fire destroyed his house. He and his wife moved out of town to a rental house for a year but are very pleased to be back in a rental house in Superior while their home is being rebuilt. He is currently retired after 38 years as an educator having spent time as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal. 12 years were as an administrator at Monarch K-8 School in Louisville. Losing his own home was devastating but seeing the fire destroyed homes of so many of his past students was unimaginable. He has experience in the schools as an educator but also brings experience of someone who has overseen the building of schools and classrooms. He looks forward to helping our community of Boulder County rebuild.
Lisa Hughes, Marshall ROC Board Member
Lisa is currently a resident of Erie, Co. but prior to losing her house in the Marshall Fire was a Louisville resident for 20 years. She and her husband Dave raised their two young adult daughters in Louisville. Lisa recently worked in volunteer management for a local nonprofit, and now is the Marshall Fire Local Liaison for United Policyholders. She has a BA from the University of Colorado, Boulder and Masters in Social Work from San Jose State University. She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, Zumba, and spending time in the Colorado mountains. She is committed to helping her community rebuild.
Allison James, Marshall ROC Board Member
Allison serves as the Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Manager for the Town of Superior, Colorado. She began working for the Town in 2014 and was promoted to the Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Manager within days of the Marshall Fire. As the lead position in Superior for disaster operations she manages all efforts for disaster recovery and preparedness within the Town and coordinates efforts with other municipal, county, state and federal government agencies as well as assistance organizations. In her previous role with the City of Boulder Allison coordinated evacuations, public assistance, and community development for disaster response and recovery in the 2013 Colorado Flood. She has a BAS from Northwest Florida State College in Project Management and Acquisitions and an MSA from the University of West Florida in Acquisitions and Contract Administration. In addition to disaster relief and response Allison has passion for and experience working in community development programs, reducing homelessness, public assistance and affordable housing.
Melissa Mascareñas, Marshall ROC Board Member
As Associate Director, Melissa develops new and relevant programming to meet community needs in Boulder County. She also helps to oversee current, ongoing programs and services. Melissa began her work at JFS in 2012 as an intern in the Disability Services department to complete her bachelor’s degree in social work from Metropolitan State University. She continued her journey, taking on different roles within the department with her last position as the QA/worksite program manager. In April 2022, Melissa transitioned to be the Boulder programs manager then in March 2023 stepped into the role of JFS Boulder Associate Director.
Grant McCurry, Marshall ROC Board Member
Grant is a retired Boulder Valley Schools special education teacher. He is a member of Ascent Community Church in Louisville and is their liaison for Marshall ROC. Ascent is an integral member of Marshall ROC and they are eager to contribute to many of the organization’s needs. Grant is a Colorado native and went to junior high and high school in Boulder. He currently lives in Old Town Superior with his lovely wife, Denise. Although lacking in practical disaster recovery experience, Grant is deeply Invested in the healing process of his devastated community. He is committed to staying involved in the rebuilding process until its completion.
Mike Moore, Marshall ROC Board Treasurer
Michael is currently the Disaster Response Coordinator for the Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church. Michael served as the Flood Recovery Director for UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) during the recovery efforts following the 2013 floods. In this role he took leadership roles in the LTRG’s in all three impacted counties. His team provided case management, volunteer coordination and project management services. Prior to his disaster experience, he spent over 30 years in the technology industry with several companies (Telex, Inacom, PAR Technologies) in a variety of executive positions. A graduate of Western Michigan University, he and his wife Christine are 22-year residents of Superior and have two daughters.
Lisa Rice, Marshall ROC Board Member
Lisa is a Realtor with WK Real Estate and serves all along the front range. For six years she served on the Board of Directors for BARA, Boulder Area Realtor Association until its merger with the Longmont Association of Realtors, now BOLO in 2021. In 2013, she worked with Boulder County chairing the donations area of the FEMA Disaster Assistance Center in Boulder. Also, she and her husband have built several homes over the past 30 years so are comfortable with the rebuild process. Lisa is a graduate of University of Washington with a degree in Sociology and Psychology. Prior to Real Estate she worked in Special Events/Sports Marketing and Fundraising for United Cerebral Palsy, as well as, several school and community related fundraising events. She and her husband, Dan have three daughters and two sons-in-law all grown and in college.
Aaron Titus, Marshall ROC Board Member
Aaron serves as the co-chair of BoCo VOAD. A resident of Longmont, Aaron is the Executive Director for Crisis Cleanup, a disaster relief collaboration platform that has documented $1.2 billion of volunteer service by 2,200 organizations after nearly 200 disasters, in 48 states and 7 countries. He is the author of How to Prepare for Everything, an empowering method to prepare individuals and families for, well, everything. Aaron is the president of Mountain West VOAD, a 12-state coalition of relief organizations. He received his J.D. from the George Washington School of Law, and his undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Utah. Aaron and his wife Jennifer are the proud parents of eleven children, so he has plenty of disaster response experience—even at home.
Past Board Members
Thanks to these dedicated board members who worked tirelessly to open Marshall ROC.
Bal Patterson, Marshall ROC Board Member
Bal represented two member organizations in the Marshall ROC. For the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado, he was the liaison for the Office of the Bishop to 26 churches in the Front Range Region, including 5 parishes whose members were impacted by the fire. He was also a Generalist Consultant for the Boulder Small Business Development Center, and he and his colleagues assisted affected homeowners and small businesses at the Disaster Assistance Center with SBA loan guidance. He is a Boulder native who was part of his family’s business, The Printed Page, on the Pearl Street Mall, and he and his wife Elisabeth then operated Page Two in Gunbarrel for 25 years. They have two adult daughters. He has numerous friends whose worlds were upended by the fire and wants to help recover the lives of all those displaced by this unprecedented event.
Ben Edelstein, Former Marshall ROC Board Co-Chair
Ben has spent the past 30 years in technology organizations building processes and structures to enable successful product development and drive corporate-wide strategic agendas. He was most recently the VP, Executive Staff Operations for Certain, Inc. and has previously served in senior program management roles at Sun Microsystems and Oracle. Formerly a Superior resident, Ben and his family waited anxiously when the Marshall Fires occurred, joined by friends who had been evacuated. The scale of the destruction was a clear call for Ben to apply his skills to aid in the recovery effort. He helped form Superior Rising, a nonprofit focused on recovery efforts for the Superior community. Ben joined the Marshall ROC Long Term Recovery Group to help coordinate efforts across all the participating organizations and affected communities. Ben previoulsy served as a Marshall ROC Board of Directors Co-Chair.
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