Marinus Ray, President
Marinus Ray is a proud volunteer of Children’s Hospital and supports the mission through visiting patients in the evenings and impromptu magician performances through Children’s Hospital’s AbraKidabraRx program. Marinus grew up on a farm on the outskirts of Chattanooga, TN and moved to Colorado in 2020. He’s a graduate of The University of Tennessee and Auburn University, holds a CPA and currently works in Risk Management for a large Colorado based company.
Outside work and volunteering, he enjoys hiking (views over verticals!), is an amateur photographer, avid reader, experimental home chef, and plays on a rec league or two when time allows.
Ankur Jain, Vice President
Ankur is a Colorado native and made his way back to Denver after spending 10 years living in Chicago and New York City for work and school. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado and University of Chicago and works as a mergers and acquisitions consultant. In his free time, Ankur enjoys practicing yoga, playing pickleball and spending time with friends and family.
Ryan Perpich, Membership Chair
Caroline Thompson, Secretary
Caroline first fell in love with Colorado when she attended Colorado College in 2005 and finally moved to Denver, CO in March of 2020 from New York City. While in New York, Caroline worked at a fashion P.R. and special events firm, Seventh House PR, assisting with special events, fashion shows, and celebrity wrangling during New York Fashion Week, market week, and everything in between. Caroline eventually switched careers and went to law school in upstate New York at Albany Law School of Union University, following her passions for helping families, children, and the environment. Post law school
graduation, Caroline worked in New York City for a tax firm, Andersen Tax, and at the family offices of the U.S. Trust Company.
During Caroline’s time in New York City, she also volunteered on the Junior Committee of The 52 nd Street Project, a non-for-profit after-school program dedicated to the creation and production of plays for children residing in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of NYC. Since moving back to Colorado, Caroline works as a Trust Officer at ANB Bank in Denver, CO at their headquarters in Cherry Creek. Caroline is also the Publicity Chairman of the Women’s Estate Planning Council of Denver, CO and has a passion for helping families find resolution during times of crisis. It is this passion for helping families that inspired her
Christie Heintz, Website Co-Chair
Christie was born and raised in Austin, TX and then decided to make Colorado home in 2012. Her passion for volunteering started in high school volunteering at the hospital playing with and reading to children. She has also given time to museums, such as, The Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas as a docent and the Denver Art Museum as a guest services volunteer. She looks forward to making an even bigger contribution here at the Children’s Hospital as part of the board as the Website Chair. Christie also works as a Senior Director in Client Services for a global contingent workforce solutions company with offices in Denver.
Dylan Crane, Website Co-Chair
Dylan grew up in Los Angeles, CA, and moved to Denver in 2017. He is passionate about fly fishing and also volunteers with Fishing The Good Fight, a mental health organization that focuses on men’s mental health and fly fishing. Dylan has been a cancer survivor for 20 years and spent a significant amount of time at Children’s Hospital. Dylan works full time in eCommerce for a Audio Video Company in Denver.