About Us

Warren Village is a Colorado nonprofit serving unhoused and unstably housed low-income single-parent families in the Denver area. We provide families with the space and resources to achieve economic mobility and navigate and disrupt systems of poverty. Warren Village utilizes a 2Gen approach to empower both parents and their children through life skills classes, a high-quality Early Learning Center, education and career support, and resource navigation. Warren Village currently serves families at three locations: our main building on Gilpin; Ivy Crossing Apartments, a satellite location in partnership with BLDG that provides resources to residents who live there; and First Step, a residential communal living space for teen mothers and their children attending high school at Florence Crittenton Services. 

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All of Warren Village’s single parent families experience houselessness or housing instability prior to their stay with us.

OurMission
Warren Village exists so low-income, single-parent families can achieve sustainable personal and economic self-sufficiency.
OurVision

Warren Village is the nationally recognized leader for moving people from poverty toward self-sufficiency.

OurCore Values
We hold our staff, volunteers, board, residents and all involved with Warren Village, responsible for their actions. We understand that meeting our individual and collective obligations is fundamental to achieving our mission and upholding our commitments to the public.
We realize success is a product of teamwork and believe in the power of individual commitment to a group effort. We foster partnerships within our own organization and with our broader community.
We help our residents leverage their unique strengths on their journey to reach their full potential. We foster an environment in which staff, board members, volunteers, and donors can make a lasting impact on the organization and community.
We strive for operational excellence.

We are committed to diversity in all its forms and value individual perspectives and contributions. We create an environment of inclusiveness in which all feel valued and heard.

We are consistently transparent, truthful, and ethical in our actions and communications.
OurExecutive Team

Ethan Hemming

President & CEO

Ethan Hemming joined Warren Village as the President and CEO in May of 2016. Under Ethan’s leadership, the organization has identified robust strategic goals and prioritized providing continuously improving services to Warren Village participants. New and expanded corporate and agency partnerships is a keen focus for Warren Village and a part of their strategic growth plans. Warren Village recently launched service partnerships with Ivy Crossing Apartments and Florence Crittenton Services to serve more community members in need. The development of a third campus in southwest Denver in partnership with the Denver Housing Authority is the organization’s next step on its path to grow its service profile in Denver.

Prior to Warren Village, Ethan served for more than four years as Executive Director at the Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI). Under Ethan’s leadership, CSI transformed its business and authorizing practices, grew its portfolio by 50% (from 10,000 to 15,000 students), and maintained a relentless focus on service to at-risk students. Leading up to CSI, Hemming held several leadership positions at Denver Public Schools (DPS). His service within DPS included charter school authorization, demographic planning efforts, and the district’s homeless education program. His volunteer work has included board service at GALS Charter School and Samaritan House Shelter.

Ethan holds a Bachelor’s degree from Colorado College and a Master’s from Colorado State University. In his spare time, Ethan enjoys downhill mountain biking, hiking, and camping with his wife Nicole and their two children.

Karen D. Doyle

Director of Human Resources

Amy J. Fleming

Vice President - Strategy, Finance & Operations

Karen Fox Elwell

Vice President of Supportive Services

Michele Kilen

Director of Development

Kaycie Kimmich

Director of Family Wellness

Elyse Montgomery

Director of Economic Mobility

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Director of Facilities & Housing

Maggie Rittenhouse

Director of the Early Learning Center

OurBoard of Trustees
OFFICERS

Joel Rosenstein

Chair
Principal – Bridge Jumper LLC

Jessica Perrill

Vice Chair

General Counsel – United States Center for SafeSport

jordan Yarmon

Treasurer

Vice President, Practice Finance Business Development Officer – U.S. Bank

Shalyn Kettering

Secretary
Legal Counsel to the Attorney General – Colorado Attorney General’s Office
MEMBERS

ANGELA WILLIAMS

Director of Bank Financial Reporting - CoBank, ACB

Craig Brown

Investment Professional

Sharon butler

Retired, Former Director of Quality Services - Oracle

Kyle Craig

Principal – Outlook Consulting, Inc.

Victor Davis

Manager - Fidelity Investments

Peter Dellgren

Managing Director - Dietrich Partners

Stefannie Emerson

System Vice President-Planning and Strategic Development - Intermountain

Gina Carbone Fenton

Public Affairs Professional

Jessica de Gortari

Tax Managing Partner - Deloitte Tax LLP

Diane Padalino

Managing Director – Merrill Private Wealth Management

Sarah Jackson

Sarah Jackson

CPA and Managing Director - CBIZ Seff

Reba Jones

Field Office Project Engineer - Saunders Construction

Tasha L. Jones

CEO & Founder - LV Jones Consulting

Cristen Lawton

Partner - KPMG LLP

Nicole Marquez

Vice President Community Development Relationship Manager – The Huntington National Bank

Gloria Neal

Director, Environmental, Social and Governance – GloKnows Unlimited Consulting

Rachel Nixon

Vice President – IMA

Kate sansing

Director of Marketing, AAA - The Auto Club Group

Laneeta Sowell-Pruitt

Branch Manager – US Bank

John Shellenberger

Vice President and Chief Information Officer – Johns Manville

Kristin Sullivan

Senior Advisor - Foster Graham Milstein & Calisher

Caroline Turner

Principal - DifferenceWORKS, LLC/Former General Counsel – Coors

Mike Walters

Executive Vice President Head of Business Banking – Key Bank

Marcus Divita

Controller, Concord Energy LLC
Honorary Trustees

Rev. Paul J. Kottke

Retired Superintendent – Metro District, Mountain Sky Conference, United Methodist Church

Ila Jean Nye

Community Volunteer

Mark Waddell

Retired Senior Product Manager – Qwest Communications
OurHistory

Located in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, Warren Village was established in 1974 when citizens and business professionals saw an influx in the number of single-parent families struggling to subsist. These community members wanted to build a program that would give these families a chance at economic independence.

One of those community members was Dr. Myron Waddell, a physician who worked in Denver’s inner city during the 1960s. Along with others in the community, he conceived Warren Village after observing an increasing number of single-parent families and accompanying high rates of poverty, family violence and housing instability. An active member of Warren United Methodist Church, Dr. Waddell envisioned an “intentional community” of single-parent families who could live in a safe and decent temporary home while working toward self-sufficiency. Over a period of nearly ten years, Warren Church bought eight plots of land, razed the existing buildings, and donated the land for the creation of an urban village – Warren Village.

Dr. Myron Waddell
Careers & Internships

Warren Village is comprised of passionately committed individuals who work to empower low-income, single-parent families to make the journey from poverty to economic mobility.

We welcome creative, critical thinkers who are not restricted by convention. We welcome candidates who bring ideas to the table, energy to the team, and a sense of humor. We welcome team players who want to change the world, starting at Warren Village.

Warren Village recognizes that our backgrounds are broad and our talents are many, from different lived experiences. We value and leverage our differences to encompass and reflect the communities we serve. We align our policies, practices and resources so that people of all races, cultures, identities and socioeconomic status may feel valued and respected.

Warren Village’s total rewards package is aimed to deliver the value needed to meet staff’s needs beyond base compensation.

Open Positions

Learning Center Director

The Warren Village United Airlines Early Learning Center serves children ages 6 weeks to 11 years old in a comprehensive, high quality early learning environment. The Learning Center is a Colorado Shines 5 Star quality recognized center. Teaching teams provide a supportive and nurturing learning environment that fosters the development of the whole child. There is a strong emphasis on teacher training and application of Conscious Discipline®, an innovative social-emotional learning and classroom management program designed to give teachers the skills they need to address the emotional and social issues of children. The Director leads all Learning Center educational programing and operations. This position is part of the Executive Team.

Early Learning Childhood Teacher

This position will be dedicated to providing a supportive and nurturing learning environment that helps foster the development of the whole child.

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting agencies. Warren Village is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy or related medical conditions), national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or other protected category. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at careers@warrenvillage.org.

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