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Gwen Bonilla Promoted to Associate Director of Day Services

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Please join us in congratulating Gwen Bonilla on her recent promotion to Associate Director of Day Services .

With this recent wave of promotions, we are proud of everyone and continue to brag on our amazing employees!!

Gwen Bonilla joined Support Inc in 2018 as a clinician after a long career as a case manager and program manager at Rocky Mountain Human Services. Gwen is excited to bring her passion for mental health therapy for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to her role as Associate Director of Day Services.In 2009, Gwen developed a unique therapy model for people with I/DD called Touching Stories that has been in use at Support Inc since 2018.

In 2012, she was the recipient of the 7 Everyday Hero Award for her work with the Touching Stories program. Gwen holds a graduate degree in social work from Metro State University of Denver and completed a post-graduate program in Marriage and Family Therapy from the Denver Family Institute in 2019.

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Nicholas Manning Promoted to Director of People Services

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Nick Manning has been appointed as the Director of People Operations, formerly called Human Resources. Nick has been working towards his Doctorate in Business Administration, with specific focus in Organizational Development, to learn more about organizational development and human resource practices. This learning has centered around modern-day techniques in the design of a system that not only covers the technicalities of the traditional human resource focus, but how these functions can support real human development, diversity, and partnerships throughout the entire organization.

With this educational focus, combined with his many years of outstanding general management experience and relentless pursuit of developing people, we expect Nick to be a catalyst for evolving our human resources and add significant value to what we do every day. Thank you Nick for your contributions to the agency thus far, and we look forward to the progress you make in the upcoming weeks and months.

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Shelby Reese Promoted to Day Services Supervisor

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Please join us in congratulating Shelby Reese on her recent promotion to Day Services Supervisor.

Hi everyone! My name is Shelby Reese and I am the new Day Services Supervisor. I grew up mainly in New Mexico, but have also lived in Texas, Arizona, and now, Colorado. I have wanted to live in Colorado for most of my life, so I am so happy to finally be here!

I have a bit of a unique background- I got my bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from New Mexico State University and started working at a Nuclear Power Plant outside of Phoenix right out of college. It only took 3 years working as an engineer to realize that my work was not enriching my life or allowing me to grow as a person. I made a huge leap of faith, uprooted my life to Colorado and decided to try out a career centered around helping people!

I started out as a DSP in July of 2019 and soon found out how a job helping people can quickly change your perspective on life. I was no longer just a number at a huge company, but someone who could make a difference in the lives of an under-represented and misunderstood population. I would leave work happy, fulfilled, and proud of what I had done for the day. In March of this year, I had the incredible opportunity to transition to Staffing Coordinator. In this position, I was able to pair my process-oriented mind set with my compassion for helping people. It has been so much fun to help create and implement a hiring and training process.

In my next role, as Day Services Supervisor, I hope to continue developing new skills, overcome new challenges, and, most importantly, ensure our clients are receiving meaningful sessions with our DSPs. I am very grateful for the opportunities to grow my career here at Support.

In my free time, I love live music, hiking, camping, snowboarding, traveling, and, of course, dogs.

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