Meet Your Board

Kristin Boritzke, Board President & Superhero Scuttle Committee Leader

Kristin Boritzke has been volunteering with Children’s Hospital Colorado for over 8 years now. She first attended a Young Professional’s Chapter Happy Hour and knew she needed to do more. After changing her career path into Real Estate 9 years ago, she was able to make her own schedule and allow for more time to give back. She started volunteering weekly at Kidstreet, a daily rehabilitation service facility for infants and children with complex medical needs, and eventually worked her way up to Chair the Young Professional’s Chapter at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Originally from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Kristin moved to the Rocky Mountains in 2005 and has never looked back. Kristin also sits on the Association of Volunteer’s Board at Children’s Hospital of Colorado. For fun, Kristin loves snowboarding, spending quality time with friends and family, playing volleyball and soccer, making her co-workers laugh, watching Wheel of Fortune, and being the life of the party! Stay tuned for more YPC events in 2024!

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 to join the Young Professionals Committee of the Children’s Hospital and is so excited to give back to the Colorado community in such a meaningful way.

Kristen Leonard, Membership Chair

Kristen moved to Denver in 2008, following four years in Phoenix, where she worked with hundreds of nonprofits through the Phoenix Suns Community Relations team. This sparked her passion for helping people in all areas of life, but she became particularly passionate about working with children, through her work with Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Since moving to Denver, Kristen has been involved with a number of non-profit organizations across various demographics, but missed working with kids. Kristen
met a friend on the YPC Board of Directors here in Denver, and the rest is history.

She joined the YPC Board as Membership Chair in 2022 and is looking forward to participating in all of the upcoming Children’s Hospital events that are now back in person.

Holly Frick, Social & Publicity Chair

Holly was raised in Pennsylvania and where she went to school for Health Policy and Administration and eventually got her Masters in Health Administration. After graduation, she spent some time volunteering at UPMC Children’s  as well as Big Brother Big Sister in New York. Then, in 2021, her job at SonderMind relocated her to Colorado and she was looking to continue to get involved with her community and give back. Holly is excited to join the Young Professionals Chapter (YPC) as Social Chair, recruiting young professionals from all over to promote and help with all the wonderful things that they do at CHCO!

Taylor Burns, Fundraising & Glamp Camp Chair Committee Leaders

Taylor moved to Denver from the east coast in 2022. Wanting to get involved in the local community, she began volunteering at CHCO and quickly realized she wanted to do more. As a CINCO volunteer, Taylor works hands on with children in the cardiac units, and proudly joined the YPS in January 2023. Prior to moving to Denver, Taylor served as the Chair of the Leadership Council (Young Professionals Board) for the Special Olympics of New York for 9 years. She also served as secretary for the Junior Board of the Mission Society of New York, one of the foundational charities in NYC. Additionally, she helped found the Young Professionals Board for the US Ski and Snowboard Association.
With extensive experience in the nonprofit space, and great passion for underserved communities, Taylor is thrilled to join the YPC Board. In her spare time, you can find Taylor skiing, adventuring with friends and family, and enjoying good food.

Christine Wardlaw, Secretary

Christine was raised in Denver and studied at Pepperdine University before returning home to Colorado where she pursued a career in public relations and executive communications. Christine has a passion for the youth and for years helped run the Santa’s Elves Denver event (now known as KidsGiving365) which encourages kids to give to other kids in need during the holidays. Camp Barnabas holds a huge part of her heart where she has volunteered to support adolescents with special needs and chronic illness. She lives in the Vail Valley and works locally at Vail Health Hospital, a nonprofit community health care system, where she works in Administration.

Having experience delivering her premature son in the NICU, who also spent time as a patient at Children’s Hospital Colorado, Christine can relate to parents and families who are learning to navigate the challenges of having a child in the hospital and helping to promote the compassionate care at CHCO.

Christie Heintz, Website 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.

Marinus Ray, YPC Ambassador

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.