Leslie joined Rose Community Foundation in April 2026 as the Office Manager. In her role, Leslie supports daily operations and helps create a welcoming, organized environment for staff, partners and community members. Prior to joining the Foundation, Leslie worked in education for over ten years, most recently with KIPP Colorado Public Schools, where she supported students, families and staff […]
As the grants coordinator at Rose Community Foundation, Chen-Pin Hu supports the Foundation’s community impact grantmaking, grants initiated by its fiscally sponsored projects and funder collaboratives, along with various grants management functions. Prior to joining the Foundation, Hu held various positions in the for-profit sector driving customer success. Most recently, Hu supported the grants team
Mary Haynes has more than three decades of experience in administration, college admission, program development, coaching and facilitation in the educational, nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Haynes spent 21 years at the Daniels Fund where – as the senior scholar relations officer and Boundless Opportunity Scholarship program officer – she managed the college scholarship program for students
Marit Evans joined Rose Community Foundation in July 2021. In her role as information systems manager, Evans supports the Foundation’s broad systems needs, from developing and implementing best practices around technology and data to serving as the administrator for the Foundation’s various technology tools. Prior to joining the Foundation, Evans was the development associate and
Kelly Costello is the director of grants management at Rose Community Foundation, overseeing grant operations strategy, processes, compliance and reporting for all grants made by the Foundation, including those initiated by the Foundation’s fiscally sponsored projects, funding collaboratives, and initiatives. Costello brings over 10 years of experience in grants management. Before joining Rose Community Foundation
Kelli Rojas is the vice president of operations at Rose Community Foundation. In her role, Rojas oversees grantmaking operations, human resources, information technology, risk management and office operations. She is passionate about aligning strategy and operations to organizational values and ensuring practices are efficient, effective, equitable, inclusive, transparent and responsive to best meet community needs.
