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Executive Director
Rachel Lee
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 970.728.3886After spending most of her life in Maine, Rachel ventured to Boston to attend Northeastern University where she majored in marketing communications. After graduating, Rachel worked at the Four Seasons Hotel in their management training program. Although she had a love/hate relationship with city life, Rachel yearned for the simplicity of the mountains and small town life and came to Telluride in 1997 for a two-week visit and has been here ever since! Rachel’s love for the Ah Haa School and the inspiration it provides the community lead her to accept the position of Executive Director in 2009. When not at Ah Haa you can find her road biking, hiking, running, enjoying time with her husband and volunteering with other non-profit organizations within Telluride.
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Director of Curriculum Development
Colin Sullivan
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 970.728.3886Colin was born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. He attended St. Lawrence University where he earned a B.A. in Theatre & Writing. From there he went to the acting apprentice program at The Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, before moving to New York City in 2002. Over the next five years, Colin slowly transferred his love of theatre into the classroom and earned a M.A. in teaching from Fordham University. A classroom teacher since 2004, Colin moved to Telluride, Colorado to be closer to his three sisters, his brother and his eight nieces and nephews. Since moving to Telluride in August of 2009, Colin has become a company member and managing director of Telluride’s professional SquidShow Theatre group. He is happy to finally be among the two things he enjoys most in life: mountains and artists.
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Director of Marketing & Exhibitions | Annual Art Auction Contact
Lauren Metzger
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 970.728.3886After graduating from Parsons School of Design in NYC, Lauren moved to Telluride CO to escape mass transit and pursue the life of a small town. She found instead she pursued a career in, gasp, her major, Communication Design. Working for a local design firm, Mkreativ who’s clients included the Conference Center, Telski and several local businesses, Lauren learned the in’s and out’s of Telluride. Thinking she was still a city girl, Lauren moved to Chicago where she spent seven years working as a freelancer for city design firms and custom publishers until she finally realized she was a mountain girl and missing Telluride’s beauty and community. After packing up her car and breathing in the cool, clean mountain air, she is happy to say that she has found her home at the Ah Haa. Working for an organization she believes in that nurtures her creative spirit; helping others nurture theirs.
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Special Events & Operations Coordinator | Annual Art Auction Contact
Kathleen Cole
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 970.728.3886Kathleen was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She attended Colorado State University and holds a B.S. in Natural Resource Recreation & Tourism. She has worked festivals and events for the Telluride Jazz Celebration, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Telluride Mountain Village Sunset Concert Series, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Telluride Blues & Brews Festival for the past eight years. Kathleen enjoys working all events and is excited to be a part of the Ah Haa after assisting with the 17th Annual Ah Haa Art Auction. She moved to Telluride in the summer of 2002 and enjoys attending concerts, festivals, and being outdoors.
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Registrar | Bookkeeper
Laura Acker
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 970.728.3886Laura grew up in Englewood, Colorado where she spent most of high school going to as many punk rock shows as possible. She spent two years snowboarding and attending Fort Lewis College in Durango before transferring to the University of Northern Colorado to be a “serious student.” While earning her B.A. in French and Political Science, she spent six months living in France, eating pastries and traveling all over Europe. After graduating in December of 2008, she moved to Telluride to enjoy the outdoors with her boyfriend and their over-enthusiastic Labrador.
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American Academy of Bookbinding Administrative Director
Judy Kohin
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | 970.728.8649Judy moved to Telluride in 1985. After brief but exciting careers in competitive mountain biking and cross country skiing, she settled in at the Ah Haa School where she was the executive director from 1991-2006. The joy she gets from introducing people to creative expression, of all kinds, has kept her at Ah Haa, and she remains at the School overseeing the American Academy of Bookbinding. She considers herself a ‘dabbler’, and is actively involved in art, music, film, writing, knitting, cooking and making anything by hand. Her other deep love is the great outdoors, and Telluride is a wonderful jumping off point for all sorts of adventures.
