Improving educational equity & social mobility

Prior to starting HighView, Nicole helped build two of Denver’s “unicorn” tech companies, most recently as the Vice President of Retail & Mobile Commerce Partnerships at Ibotta. As one of Ibotta’s early employees, she launched the company’s Retail vertical in 2014, diversifying its offering beyond grocery and establishing the company as a leading player in the affiliate space. Prior to joining Ibotta, Nicole led business development for PaySimple (now EverCommerce), where she signed large white-label distribution partnerships for PaySimple’s SaaS-based software. Before joining the tech startup scene in Denver, Nicole was an Associate in the New York office of TCV, a $15 billion Silicon Valley-based private equity firm, and an Analyst at UBS Investment Bank. Nicole graduated with Honors from Princeton University with a major in Economics and Certificates in Finance and French.

Originally from Pittsburgh (and still bleeding Black and Gold), Nicole currently lives in Denver with her son. She has always been passionate about helping children from underserved communities through education, and her experience mentoring an inspirational student from East High School led her to start HighView. Nicole has received the Denver Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” and “Outstanding Woman in Business” awards for her transformational leadership within her industry, career accomplishments and community involvement. She has also received the DEI & Talent Champion of the Year award from the Colorado Technology Association.

Alexis leverages more than a decade of experience in higher education and the nonprofit sector to lead transformative programs that expand access and opportunity. As Vice President of Programs at HighView, she directs the organization’s strategic vision for student development, mentorship, and career advancement—empowering first-generation and low-income students to achieve lasting economic mobility.

Previously, Alexis served as Assistant Director of Development at the University of Pennsylvania, where she advanced initiatives focused on access and affordability for first-generation college students. Before relocating to the Denver Metro area, she was a civically engaged leader in Philadelphia and was named a 2021 Al Día 40 Under Forty nominee in recognition of her impact. Alexis earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a concentration in Latin American & Latine Studies from Bryn Mawr College, where she received the Dr. Haley S. Thomas Prize in Diversity. She completed her master’s in Higher Education from the University of Pennsylvania.

Megan Guest leads HighView’s operations, focusing on building the data, systems, and processes that allow HighView to grow and scale its impact. She is passionate about creating structures that help students, staff, and partners thrive.

Megan brings over 12 years of experience in K–12 education, where she worked with elementary and middle school students in the Seattle area. She holds a Master’s in K–12 Leadership with a focus on equity and accessibility in education, which has shaped her commitment to creating opportunities for all learners.

Before joining HighView, Megan spent 3.5 years at Guild, a Denver-based EdTech startup, where she focused on accessibility in the workplace, employee culture, and community-building initiatives. She supported employee leaves and accommodations, and helped lead employee resource groups, work that deepened her expertise in creating inclusive environments.

Outside of work, Megan loves spending time outdoors with her family. You can often find her skiing in the winter, swimming and hiking in the summer, and soaking up all the Denver sunshine.

Alison Meadows brings a passion for unlocking potential and creating meaningful connections to her role as College Success & Talent Partnerships Lead at HighView. With a distinguished career as a Chief People Officer, Alison has spent years perfecting the art of matching exceptional talent with transformative opportunities—a skill that translates seamlessly to HighView’s mission of connecting high-potential students with the connections and resources they need to thrive.

Throughout her HR leadership journey, Alison discovered that the most rewarding moments came from watching individuals realize their potential and find environments where they could truly flourish. This experience taught her that authentic fit—whether between a candidate and company or a student and opportunity—makes all the difference in long-term success. Now, she’s channeling that expertise into helping HighView students navigate their academic and professional journeys with the same intentionality and care.

When she’s not connecting students with life-changing opportunities, Alison can be found on the sidelines of her sons’ soccer games, running the trails of Louisville, or trying out a new recipe. She’s also pursuing a certificate in Independent Education Consulting, further deepening her expertise in student success and college planning.

Alison is excited to be part of HighView’s innovative approach to student development and looks forward to helping build the workforce of tomorrow, one genuine connection at a time.

Alana Selkowitz is a marketing and partnerships leader with a career spanning technology and social impact. An immigrant from the former Soviet Union, she brings lived experience in equity and access to her work. Previously, Alana was the Senior Director of Partnerships at Games for Change and led the Unity for Humanity Program at Unity Technologies. Before working in the social impact sphere she worked in sales marketing at AdColony, iHeartMedia, and AOL Advertising.

Across roles, Alana has built strong networks, cultivated lasting partnerships, and connected diverse stakeholders around shared goals. She is known for her ability to deepen donor and partner relationships, create pathways for collaboration, and drive initiatives that expand opportunity and foster meaningful impact.

Leslie brings extensive experience in education, college access, and program development with a strong focus on supporting first-generation, low-income, and historically underrepresented students. She has led initiatives across Princeton University, Villanova University, Bryn Mawr College, and most recently Haverford College, where she served as Associate Director of the Chesick Scholars Program. At Haverford, she launched the Chesick Launch program, advancing career and professional development for juniors and seniors. Throughout her career, Leslie has built alumni programs, shaped student retention policies, and advocated for first-generation and low-income students, all while centering equity, access, and student success.

Chris is currently a Managing Director for Class VI Partners, which provides investment banking and financial advisory services to middle-market businesses and entrepreneurs in Colorado and across the United States. Previously, Chris served as Chief Operating Officer for DHI Group and ASI Government, and CEO of Universal Service Administrative Co. (USAC). Chris also served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Interior, and Chief Operating Officer of the City and County of Denver. Chris was also a Managing Director at Vestar Capital Partners for nearly 13 years. 

Tiffany Shumate currently oversees University Partnerships for NVIDIA. She was previously Executive Director for Hack the Hood and Assistant Director of Admission, Access & Equity for Bryn Mawr College. Tiffany holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Bryn Mawr College (where she was a Mellon Mays Fellow and Truman Scholar) and an MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.

Tiffany was named to the 40 Under 40 Class of 2021 by the San Francisco Business Times.

John has spent most of his career in technology/SaaS and currently serves as a Customer Success Team Lead at Alteryx, an analytics and automation company. John served as a mentor from the very first HighView student cohort, and still enjoys keeping in touch with his outstanding mentee, Fernanda Andrade, as she excels at Barnard College in NYC.  Beyond his professional career, John is an avid tennis player, fan, and aviation enthusiast.

Alex originally joined HighView as a mentor for rockstar college student, Urjii Kalil, helping her secure three prestigious scholarships and a full ride to the University of St. Thomas to pursue her Computer Science degree.

Alex is a Product Manager with extensive experience scaling startups in various industries. She is currently a Product Manager at Ibotta, and previously a Product Management Coach and Consultant and Sr. Product Manager at Homebound and Guild. Alex also spends her time within the community volunteering – supporting causes that combat food insecurity and hunger, as well as causes that empower people with disabilities.

Alex’s dedication to community and experience in scaling companies has enabled her to make a significant impact within the organizations she has been a part of. Her skills in strategic planning, process improvement, partnerships, public speaking, networking, and event planning are all assets she plans to employ as an Associate Board Member for HighView.

Aimara Rodriguez is a first-generation Honduran-American business strategist based in Denver, Colorado. She has a diverse background working at the intersection of startups, tech, and products. Her expertise lies in operations management, partnership development, and product strategy. She has been featured in the Denver Business Journal, Rocky Mountain PBS, Good Morning America, Forbes, Nasdaq, and Entrepreneur Magazine and has mentored for organizations such as Access Mode, Social Venture Partners Denver, Techstars, Google for Startups,  and Built by Girls Ventures. 

Aimara is also the co-founder of Function f(x) Wellness, a wellness brand that was started by Aimara alongside her brother Carlos, a fitness advocate and personal trainer with over a decade of experience. As brown people who enjoy climbing mountains and training for functionality, they were motivated by a shared mission of creating more access to the outdoors for communities of color and decreasing the knowledge gap about health and wellness in these communities. Their digital store is now open and a portion of all proceeds from gear purchased will go to the non-profit arm of Function f(x) to support their efforts in helping local youth from under-served communities in Denver get access to recreational activities such as weightlifting, mountaineering, and biking.

Nick J. Tabor is an Investment Operations Analyst at JFG Family Office. In his role, Nick is part of the operations team and is responsible for trading, subscription documents, data entry, and cash movement related to private capital investments and client reporting. Nick is a member of JFG’s Philanthropy Committee, and is actively involved in various charitable organizations including St. Joseph’s Institute for the Deaf, HighView, and the Denver Dream Center.

Nick received a Finance and Economics degree from Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri. While at Rockhurst, he was a member of the Men’s Lacrosse Team. Prior to joining JFG, Nick worked at Stifel Financial as an Operations Coordinator and at Moneta Group as an Alternative Investment Associate. Nick holds the Series 65 securities registration.

Nick’s hobbies include fly fishing, cycling, backpacking, and snowboarding. He is originally from St. Louis, Missouri and is a lifelong fan of the Cardinals and Blues.

Dr. LoPresti is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in the clinical psychology doctoral program at Suffolk University. Dr. LoPresti graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in Psychology and American Studies and received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has published extensively on the multi-level impact of racism on the mental health of people and communities of color as well as barriers to mental healthcare for underserved and underrepresented communities. In addition, Dr. LoPresti owns a clinical private practice where she helps clients cope with a range of psychological struggles including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, as well as racism-related stress.

Dr. LoPresti is also a co-founder of BARE (Black, Advocacy, Resistance, and Empowerment) Mental Health and Wellness, LLC. BAREMHW’s mission is to address disparities in mental health and wellness through consultation with businesses and community-based organizations to meet their goals of culturally-responsive and anti-racist care, recruitment, hiring, and retention of a diverse workforce, and increasing access and persistence in healthcare engagement for people of color.

Jess currently lives in Boston with her husband and two children. She deeply values the time she spends mentoring undergraduate and graduate students from underserved and underrepresented backgrounds and is passionate about addressing educational, employment, and health disparities.

Bijal is currently the Chief Experience Officer for Guild Education, where she is responsible for bringing together product, service operations, and technology to help Guild unlock opportunity for America’s working adults. Prior to joining Guild, Bijal was the SVP of Analytics & Data Products at Ibotta, where she built and maintained an advanced analytics organization consisting of expertise across statistics, machine learning, data science, a/b & multivariate testing, business strategy, and business intelligence. Before Ibotta, Bijal spent time at Visa Inc. as a key member of their newly formed Corporate Strategy team, responsible for utilizing analytics and data science principles to help set Visa’s post-IPO strategies. Bijal also founded Lallitara, a social enterprise that aims to use fashion as a vehicle for creating social and environmental good. Bijal holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. In 2020, Bijal was named a Denver Business Journal “40 Under 40” award winner for her business success and community contributions.

Bijal currently lives in Denver with her husband and daughter.

Tina is a Partner at Obvious Ventures, where she focuses on the emerging growth practice. Prior to joining Obvious Ventures, Tina was an Executive Vice President at TCV, focusing on investments in internet, digital media & entertainment, mobile technology and software. Prior to joining TCV, Tina founded Wedding Spot, the first online marketplace to offer real-time, itemized price quotes for wedding venues across 43 states in the U.S. As CEO, Tina provided strategic direction for the company in the areas of revenue growth, market expansion, customer acquisition, and product development and helped the company reach profitability in its third year. Tina built the sales organization from scratch and in 2015 grew Wedding Spot’s coverage from 3 states to 38 states within one year. Tina began her career as an investment banker in the Tech Group at Bear Stearns where she worked on IPOs, mergers & acquisitions, leveraged buy-outs and divestitures. Tina majored in Finance and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Commerce from Santa Clara University. In 2020, Tina was named to Venture Capital Journal’s list of “40 Rising Stars Under 40.” Although she is a thirteen-year resident of San Francisco, Tina loves to travel. After Wedding Spot’s exit, she spent one and a half years traveling abroad full-time with her husband and was in a new city on average every three to four days. She has explored 55 countries and over 275 cities.

Natasha Ray is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Engagement Manager at Guild. Her work has included growing six (and counting!) ERGs from a meeting room vision to a best-in-class program over the span of just three years. Fast paced and ever-changing is the environment that best describes Guild, and Natasha’s time in this innovative space has led to impactful insights, lessons learned, and knowledge worth sharing with ERG leaders and DEI practitioners alike.

Natasha’s educational background includes a B.A. from Franklin Pierce University in N.H. and a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University.