I am the Controller at CIF, keeping track of the ins and outs of all of the dollars and cents. We strive to maximize all donation dollars to create the highest impact to meet the ongoing needs in your community.

After living in Denver, Colorado for 15 years, my two elementary aged boys and I moved to Kansas City in 2017 to be closer to family. We love spending time outside, mountain biking, and hanging out with neighbors and friends on hot, humid summer nights.

Katie has over 10 years of experience in Logistics and Supply Chain. From a young age, her love of puzzles and figuring out how things intersect has clearly been a passion and a part of how she’s wired. After taking a brief break to raise her family, she wanted to rejoin the workforce by doing something meaningful and directly impactful to people.

Katie is a Loan Administrator at CIF, helping to process and distribute loans for borrowers as quickly as possible to help meet their immediate needs.

She currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and two children. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, skiing, reading, and spending time with her large, extended family.

Brandon is a servant leader, a connector and an entrepreneur that helped drive the original idea of the Community Impact Fund with his neighborhood friend and founder Judah Musick and returned to serve on the board in 2021. 

Brandon brings enthusiasm and mission focus to the organization and continues to shape the organization’s strategic vision and desire to create lasting impacts on the lives of those it serves.  In his role he actively engages with various stakeholders, from donors to community leaders, sharing the vision and fostering participation and collaboration. 

Beyond his board commitments, Brandon is a well respected businessman with a diverse background but commonly known for his empathy and ability to build meaningful relationships and inspire those around him to be the best version of themselves. 

Brandon, his wife, and two daughters are Colorado natives and very active in their Douglas County community through schools, church and recreation. Their family delights in adventuring and serving together throughout God’s creation ranging from community development in East Africa to pursuing their goal of camping in every US National Park in less than 5 years.

Will has been on the board of Community Impact Fund since January 2021, he has served multifamily and 501c3 organizations in leadership and client relations roles across technology and supplier services over the past decade. He currently works as the Market Director for Denver with Housing Connector in his “day job” to help people in vulnerable situations get access to housing and stabilize over long periods of time. CIF is dear to Will’s heart in providing opportunities to provide a hand up in supporting people’s financial needs and creating opportunities for financial education.

Will and his family live in Littleton, Colorado, south of Denver. They enjoy spending their free time outdoors, taking their 3-year-old to various parks in Denver, hiking year-round, camping, and biking. Even though they have a little more experience with après activities over snow sports, they love enjoying Colorado’s excellent winter.

As SVP, Industry Engagement at the nation’s leading Credit Union Service provider, Merry Pateuk fulfills PSCU’s strategic objective of leveraging the cooperative’s scale to advocate on behalf of the credit union industry. She cultivates relationships between PSCU and local, state and national organizations that support credit unions and works collaboratively with industry partners to ensure there is alignment on key topics and a cohesive voice to ultimately strengthen credit unions’ position in the market. 

‘CIF’s focus on ‘doing good by doing well’ inspires me and is in total alignment with the credit union industry that seeks to balance its business and social missions for the good of the community. Providing a vehicle to help take care of the community is a win for all stakeholders.

Ryan Halley, Ph.D., CFP® is SVP of Financial Wellness at Rivermark Community Credit Union. He holds a doctorate in Personal Financial Planning from Texas Tech University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from The Ohio State University. Ryan has his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification. Dr. Halley is also a Professor of Finance and Financial Planning at George Fox University, where he directs a CFP® Board Registered Program located near Portland, Oregon. His primary interest areas are financial wellness measures, human factors associated with financial wellness, and financial planning services for non-traditional financial planning audiences.