Additional roles: Co-Founder & Board Member

Stephanie is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with a Master’s of Education (M.Ed.), specializing in autism. Stephanie has worked with individuals with autism for 12 years in a variety of settings including home, community, school, and clinical. She has served individuals ranging from 2-25 years old with most of her experience being with school-age children and young adults. Stephanie has significant experience managing and training staff, as well as developing, modifying, and implementing curriculum. She enjoys collaborating with other professionals to provide appropriate, effective, evidence-based treatment, and produce measurable outcomes. REVEL was developed because Stephanie had the desire to create an environment for young adults on the autism spectrum, where they could feel comfortable, accepted for who they are, and allow for the opportunity of self-growth. She wants REVEL's contributions to impact the greater goal of educating and bringing awareness to the community and to promote and support a better quality of life for youth and adults with autism. 

Melanie is originally from Michigan where she started her undergrad classes in Early Elementary Education. She is now enrolled at the University of Colorado Denver campus completing her BS in Psychology and BSN programs, ultimately pursuing an RN certification and working in the Psychiatric Nursing field. Melanie has been working in the behavioral science field for 15 years providing individualized therapy to people with autism. Melanie enjoys sitting in the beautiful Colorado sunshine, hiking, going to the hot springs, and spending time with her family and friends while enjoying all life has to offer! 

Shelby received a degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Science from the University of Colorado. She has worked with individuals with developmental disabilities for 5 years using the Early Start Denver Model and Applied Behavioral Analysis. Shelby is passionate about community integration, adaptive recreation, and promoting social interaction. Outside of work, Shelby enjoys spending time with her family and exploring the great outdoors.

Carly is a Rehabilitation Counselor, who has specialized in helping adults with developmental disabilities achieve their personal, social and career goals through a holistic hands-on counseling approach. Carly has worked with individuals with autism for over a decade in a variety of settings including school, community, home and center-based. Carly has experience as an aide for children and adults with autism dating back to elementary school, and she successfully translated that passion to collegiate positions by serving on the executive board for Best Buddies and co-founding D.A.R.N. (Disability Advocacy Rehabilitation Network). Carly’s vast experience isn’t confined to the United States: she has traveled to Ireland and Haiti to help children and adults with disabilities and expand her scope of disability counseling to international practices. Carly also has experience creating and directing holistic and community based programs for adults on the autism spectrum as well as experience managing and training staff.

Additional roles: Co-Founder and REVEL Consultant

Diane is an occupational therapist, who has specialized in autism intervention for over twenty years. Her approach is grounded in merging principles of applied behavior analysis and a developmental framework to promote social relatedness, self-regulation, communication, independence, play/work, motor development, and problem solving. She works with individuals of all ages and functioning levels in a variety of settings. Beginning her career at the JFK Partners Autism and Developmental Disorders Clinic, Diane worked with Dr. Sally Rogers on early versions of the Denver Model program and is now certified as a trainer in direct delivery in the Early Start Denver Model. She founded and directed the Aspen Center for Autism treatment center providing developmentally-focused, behavioral intervention for children with autism. Diane provides direct intervention, program development, training, supervision and mentoring to families, schools, and outdoor recreation programs. She regularly consults with school districts and other agencies, nationally and internationally, to assist in developing new programs, training staff and collaborative problem solving.

Annie Konegni is an assistant vice president in the office of advancement at the University of Colorado. She oversees the offices of marketing and communications, finance and budget, gift administration and gift planning for the CU system office and supports fundraising and alumni engagement efforts for all four CU campuses: Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs and the Anschutz Medical Campus. As a member of the leadership team, Annie plays a significant role in all personnel and operational decisions. CU raises more than $350 million annually across the CU system to advance the economy, health and culture of the entire state of Colorado.

Annie previously worked at the Colorado School of Mines Foundation where she was an associate director in the donor relations and communications department overseeing all stewardship and gift administration activities. Annie started her career in the finance industry in the Private Fund Group at Credit Suisse, Wall Street’s premier third party marketing organization focused on raising capital for private equity and hedge funds. During her time at Credit Suisee, she helped raise more than $35 billion on behalf of clients worldwide. Before changing career paths to focus on higher education, Annie also worked at Mountain Pacific Partners, a start-up private equity firm where she helped acquire and operate businesses with a significant real estate component.

Chris Sutton has over 30 years of experience with environmental and natural resources matters. His current practice emphasizes environmental litigation; regulatory counseling; insurance coverage; permitting; and enforcement defense on matters including air quality, water quantity and quality, hazardous and solid waste management, regulated storage tanks, chemical manufacturing and distribution, oil and gas regulation, site investigations and remediation projects. Chris provides due diligence and transactional support in mergers and acquisitions and in real property transfers involving environmental contamination. Chris’s practice also includes representation of clients in defense of Occupational and Mining Safety and Health Act (OSHA/MSHA) matters, conducting worker fatality/accident investigations and performing environmental, health and safety compliance audits.