Pete Maysmith, Executive Director, began doing organizing work immediately after graduating from Duke University in 1991.  Over the course of the last 18 years Pete has done on-the-ground organizing, run state and national field campaigns, lobbied at the city, state, and national level, done extensive earned media work, directed statewide candidate and ballot campaigns, run a statewide non-profit, and served as senior leadership staff of national organizations.  More recently, Pete was making a difference in key Colorado races as a partner with Confluence Strategies.

Pete brings energy, passion, hard work, and creativity to the non-profit work he does. He moved back to his home state of Colorado in 1996 and lives with his wife and two red-haired daughters in Denver. He completed an evening law degree from the University of Denver in December of 2008, graduating with honors. In whatever spare time he can find he trains for marathons, bikes, reads, and cooks.  Pete’s two favorite Colorado places are Rocky Mountain National Park and the San Juan Mountains.

Ben Gregory, Deputy Director, brings thirteen years of fundraising experience to CCV. His past experience includes fundraising for the Science Museum of Virginia, Averett University and the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center. He holds a B.S. in Business Management from Averett University. A native of rural Virginia, Ben has been proud to call Colorado home for over eight years.  Ben’s two favorite Colorado places are the Pawnee Buttes and Colorado National Monument.

Faith Winter, Program Director, also serves as a Westminster City Councilor. Faith has spent her entire career inspiring people to action whether it is the thousands of women she trained to run for office at The White House Project, the young voters she turned out in 2004 or engaging her constituents on important issues facing Westminster. In 2004 Winter was named one of 30 people under 30 showing political leadership by the Youth Vote Coalition, in 2008 Winter was named one of the top ten most influential women in Denver by the Denver Examiner and in 2010 she was named Woman of the year by Colorado Business and Professional Women, northwest chapter. Winter loves organizing because she believes the best way to create change is by building power through people. She has fun doing it, because a job isn’t worth doing unless you laugh once in a while. Faith’s two favorite places in Colorado are Rocky Mountain National Park and the Roaring Fork Valley.