OUR BOARD
Jasmine Morgan | Board President
Bonaventure Senior Living
Jasmine Morgan is the Marketing and Sales Director at Bonaventure Senior Living of Colorado Springs. She moved to Colorado three years ago after graduating from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Arts in Media Advertising and Communication in May of 2020. She began her career in real estate marketing. Later, she realized her true passion in life was working with seniors after being a caretaker for her grandparents in their later years. Jasmine radiates positivity and believes in giving back to the community. Her main motto in life is “Treat others how you would want to be treated.”.
Regina Ellender
Medicare Resource Center
Regina has been working as a Licensed Sales Agent specializing in Medicare for the last three years. She serves on the Senior Resource Council Board and volunteers on the Henjum Senior Accolades Committee. Regina loves to help others understand their health insurance options and find the best plan(s) to serve their needs.
Erica Carter
Hospice Care Consultant & Student
Erica has lived in Colorado Springs nearly her entire life, graduating from Palmer High school downtown. She’s worked in some capacity of human services her entire adult life, volunteered in many capacities, and engaged civically anytime she can. Erica created her family home here, raised children, and watched our city grow and evolve along the way. Her professional experience ranges through social work and foster care, nearly 25 years working with adults with disabilities, disease intervention and outreach for El Paso County Public Health, as well as Director of Community-Based services for Silver Key Senior services throughout the pandemic. Erica holds a special place in her heart for seniors and has a broad knowledge of the growing population and impending issues while being invested in making Colorado Springs a supportive and thriving age-friendly community.
Currently, Erica is a Hospice Care Consultant for Compassus which has both Hospice and Palliative programs.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication, and is currently seeking a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, with a LPC licensure.
Erica’s passion is serving her community and all the diverse populations that come along with it.
Jaime Wuilliez | Treasurer
The Branch
Jaime Wuilliez is co-owner of a local Marketing Agency, The Branch. With background experiences in marketing, branding, finance and operations, Jaime brings her unique skill set and keen eye for detail and communication.
What she loves about the Senior Resource Council (SRC), is the unique opportunity that SRC has to give back to the community. Helping to bring businesses, education, events and LIFE to seniors in the Colorado Springs Community while also providing networking opportunities to its members. Membership growth and diversifying revenue is a major part of a successful non-profit and ensuring the value is there for members is where longevity exists.
In 2020, COVID caused hurt to so many, especially the senior communities. The news of shutdowns and lockdowns gave Jaime an idea for the Holiday Season. Through her current employer at that time, Orangetheory Fitness, she was able to launch a giveback campaign that is still in place today, “Santa For Seniors.” Each year, this giveback opportunity allows the adoption of a nursing home in need for the Holiday Season. To date, with the support of Orangetheory and its absolutely INCREDIBLE, big-hearted members, we have gifted 4 nursing homes and 400+ seniors, and provided additional needs to those facilities. In addition to this project, we also have gifted teens through Rocky Mountain Kids, pets through the Humane Society and infants/toddlers/children through Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Jaime has a love for seniors, helping others and lives by the idea that you can always do just a little more, especially when it comes to helping others.
Rebecca Melpakam
Abode Hospice
Rebecca grew up on a ranch in North Dakota with her grandparents and entire family. Part of the culture she grew up in was to respect and honor her elders, and she feels that is so important in what we all do to serve our community. Rebecca loves to meet and get to know people that have lived their lives, most often to the fullest, with ups and downs and to hear and see what they have learned and how they see it on the other side. Most often they are not bitter or angry, but have joy for the overall life they have lived.
Rebecca attended college in her home state, studying as an Occupational Therapy Assistant, then moved to Wyoming and eventually Colorado where she has called home since 1995. One of her early jobs was a CNA in her local, small town nursing home. Followed by work as a COTA in skilled nursing facilities and rehab centers for geriatric patients. As well as some time as an Activity Director in long term care facilities. Post COVID, Rebecca decided to move away from therapy and started as a home health and hospice liaison and then, in 2023 was given the opportunity to work for Abode Hospice. So essentially, she has always found great joy in working with the senior population.
For Rebecca, giving is so important, as well as kindness and helping to lift others up. It has been a joy that she can participate in many community events with the SRC and organizing other events as well. Giving the seniors in our community things to look forward to and participate in to increase their quality of life is like no other.
As part of my current job as a community liaison, it is my job to make relationships with those that refer to my company, but I personally feel it is even more important to become part of that community. To be involved with the residents, families, staff, and other venders so together we can make a difference in our community.
Angie Conway
Premier Senior Care Coordination
Angie started her career in Senior Care as a Social Services Director, and this is where her passion to advocate for seniors really bloomed. She has learned that seniors tend to lose their voice in making decisions for themselves. Thus, the ability to help seniors have a role in their own care became very important to me. This became Angie’s life-work.
Angie’s mission is to provide education, advocacy, and guidance to her clients regarding their long-term care, wherever that may be.
Angie looks forward to many more years of working with the incredible seniors in our community to ensure they are living their best lives possible.
Chad Spencer
EPIC Law Group
As an Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney with the EPIC Law Group, Chad Spencer’s purpose is educating people on how they can painlessly preserve and protect what they hold most dear. In conjunction with the educational process, Chad is dedicated to learning the specific needs, concerns and wishes of each individual client family so their estate plan truly meets their needs, addresses their concerns, and fulfills their wishes. An estate plan, like life, is ever evolving and Chad looks forward to working with each of his clients as their lives evolve ensuring that their legacy remains intact.
Boasting 25+ years of varied experience, including 10 years in estate planning and 18 as a Colorado attorney, Chad brings a holistic approach to his practice.
Originally from the Midwest, Mr. Spencer came to Colorado, like many others, drawn by the mountains but stayed because of the vibrancy and diversity of the community. After a short career as a middle school math and science teacher in the Denver Public Schools, he went back to the classroom as a student and earned his J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and was admitted to the Colorado Bar in May of 2006.
Away from the office, Chad enjoys as much family time as he can get with his gorgeous wife, beautifully intelligent daughters, and handsome caring son (and the occasional round of golf, if they let him).
Jody Barker | Advisory Board Member
Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging
Jody Barker is the Director of the Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging, which serves three counties, El Paso, Park and Teller. He has served in many roles in his 23+ years in senior service organizations in Colorado. Among those have been Editor of the Life After 50 newspaper, Director of Operations for a home care agency, Central Colorado Regional Director of the Alzheimer’s Association and as Director of the Colorado Springs Senior Center. Jody’s greatest joy is matching services with seniors and their families or enabling staff and services to do so. Jody has served on various boards and commissions over the years, including many with the Senior Resource Council, a member since 1998. He is also currently is on the Colorado Commission on Aging, appointed by Governor Hickenlooper.
Kathy Miller | Advisory Board Member
Gentle Shepherd Home Care
Throughout her career, Kathy has served in many leadership roles and been an innovative organizational leader with expertise in transforming and building results driven teams.
She began her career as a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a degree in Accounting/Finance. After earning her degree, she worked in the Banking/Mortgage Industry as CPA, Sales and Marketing within the staffing industry and finished her corporate career as a Vice President with Adecco, a Global Fortune 500 Staffing company. Kathy founded Gentle Shepherd Home Care in 2016 because she is “that family” with elderly parents and in-laws. Like many families, her search to find qualified, compassionate and qualified caregivers for her loved ones proved to be a huge challenge. She has a passion and dedication for Seniors and their families and has a strong desire to help them find qualified and loving care for their elderly or chronically ill family members.
Stacy Osborne | Advisory Board Member
Beneficent
Stacy is a Bio-Graduate of Texas A&M with a Bachelor of Science Degree undergrad, and the University of Texas with an MBA. She is one of 5 Certified Medicaid Planners in the State of Colorado, as listed on the CMP Board website. She is the owner of Beneficent and has doubled the number of families served in the past 12 months since she purchased the business. Prior to Beneficent, she has owned several large service companies and a consulting business where she had clients who needed expertise in growing their business to either become an absentee owner, pass the business generationally or sell their business. She owned a tax practice, an Oil and Gas Drilling company, and a Mold Abatement company working with homeowners insurance companies. Her business background extends to areas outside the healthcare field, which gives her some diversity in the ability to see various points of view when problem solving!
Carrie Elwell | Advistory Board Member
Creekside Payroll and Business Services
Carrie is a Pikes Peak Region native who started Creekside Payroll and Business Services in 2015, specializing in non-profit bookkeeping and payroll. She has always had a heart for helping others beginning with working for a stellar local group of attorneys as a paralegal. She has enjoyed volunteering for many different organizations in Colorado Springs and Woodland Park. However, Carrie developed a strong sense of passion for the non-profit sector while working as a financial director/CFO at a residential treatment center nearly 16 years ago. This experience gave her insight on how non-profit organizations operate and gave her an appreciation of how she can make a difference and improve the lives of so many in our community. She cherishes spending time with her husband and children as well as her two pug mix pups. She enjoys going to baseball games, hockey games and concerts in her free time.