Achieving Community Excellence (ACE) was created by the Greeley City Council in 2012 to support its objective to improve Greeley’s Civic Infrastructure. ACE envisions a community that recognizes and capitalizes on the power that aligned principled relationships have to build and sustain community excellence.
For ACE, relational excellence means that we seek, develop, and multiply for the purpose of bringing people together to address issues bigger than themselves. The ACE vision for relational excellence is explained by the ACE Pyramid.
Mike Trotter is the President of Front Range Roofing Systems, LLC and grew up in Englewood, CO. His wife, Jill, is a Greeley native. Jill and Mike met at the University of Northern Colorado and have been married for 30 years. They have a daughter and son in law, Paige and Jefferson Thomas, and a grandson Charlie. With almost 25 years in the Colorado commercial roofing industry, Mike is responsible for overseeing operations and sales for the company as well as being an active estimator and project manager. He has a demonstrated history of working in the construction industry, in new construction, re-roofing and service department. He is driven by the fact that over 80% of the company’s customers are repeat or referral. Mike currently serves on the board of the Western States Contractors Association, is the Chair the ACE (Achieving Community Excellence) Board for the City of Greeley, and was appointed to the Colorado Workforce Development Board for 2019. Mike has also served on the Colorado Roofing Association and United Way of Weld County Boards. He has strong business development skills having completed management and business training through the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, Illinois, and a degree in Business from the University of Northern Colorado.
When ACE was first introduced, Mike was immediately drawn to the message and the vision of “Achieving Community Excellence.” As an active community member, Mike saw that there were untapped opportunities to better connect the community and leaders. Mike’s experience with United Way of Weld County and the local Jobs of Hope program has showed him what is possible when community stakeholders come together to solve problems. Mike hopes to help ACE forge and maintain strong connections between Business, Government, Education, and other organizations to achieve community excellence.
Steve LaForest is the Branch Manager for New American Funding in Greeley and has been in the mortgage business for 39 years. He serves on The Success Foundation Board, Chair of the Community Council on Education, the Northern Colorado Mortgage Lenders Advisory Committee and the Finance Council at Saint Mary Church. Steve is happily married to his wife Megan. Together they have three grown daughters, Courtney, Sarah and Hannah; two son-in-laws, Travis Kellner and Drew Costinett; and two grandchildren, Luke and Noah.
Sandi Elder, born Sandi Garcia, is a Greeley/Weld County native. She recently served on Greeley City Council for eight years, as well as numerous boards and commissions, such as Employee Health Board, Police Pension Board, Human Relations, Down Town Development Authority, Latino Advisory to Congressman Ken Buck, Greeley-Weld Airport Authority, Weld County Prevention Partners, Jobs of Hope Board of Directors, Community Advisory to the Police Department, LiLi Initiative Commission, Global Refugee Board, Public Safety Oversight, and is a lifelong member Our Lady of Peace Parish in Greeley. She currently works as a medical student doctor coordinator at North Colorado Family Medicine and Rocky Vista University in Parker Colorado. Sandi is a community advocate, a public servant, chair of the Latino Advisory to the Police Chief, and has served on the ACE board since its inception.
Sandi and her husband, Willie, have been married for 37 years. Together they have two adult children that work as public servants and two grandchildren. Sandi recently received a lifesaving kidney transplant. She enjoys gardening in her greenhouse, theology, volunteering coaching youth sports, and watching her husband restore classic cars.
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The G. Town Promise impacts the lives of over 20,000 students in the Greeley Evans area every year. In the ACE spirit of relational excellence, humility, and love, we can accomplish unexpected outcomes together with unity and alignment. You can give money, volunteer time, or share your thoughts to fuel this meaningful community effort.
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