cityWILD Staff

Seth Winnerman
Executive Director
seth@citywild.org

Seth Winnerman brings over 10 years of youth work, informal education, leadership development and non-profits to cityWILD.  He has worked as an after-school Youth Director, financial educator for 3rd-8th grades, run high and low ropes courses, and most recently, helped run a community engagement based leadership program at the University of Denver.

Seth also maintains a commitment to the environment and service communities.  He has served on three different community boards, participated in numerous volunteer and environmental events and volunteered at organizations such as Urban Peak and the Ronald McDonald House.

An active outdoorsman who has an interest in international culture, Seth has worked, studied and traveled throughout the world.  He is an active cyclist (bike commuter!), skier, hiker, and occasional rock climber.

Seth has a B.S. in Business from the University of Kansas and a Masters in Non-Profit Management from Regis University in Denver.

Nicole Todd
Support Services Director
nicole@citywild.org

Nicole joined the cityWILD team in 2006 when she moved to Denver from New York City, where she was working as a clinician at The Hetrick-Martin Institute. Nicole, who is Spanish speaking, has worked in a variety of settings throughout her social work career. She has worked with the Boys and Girls Clubs in both Chicago and Michigan, as a community organizer with Mexican and Central American immigrants, and as a clinician in mental health. Nicole is an intensively trained Dialectical Behavioral Therapist, has extensive training in crisis intervention, and also has experience working with a variety of family types and environments. She has a BSW with a minor in Spanish and has a Master’s in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago.

Virginia Sisneros
Program Director
virginia@citywild.org

Virginia is a native of Colorado who joins cityWILD as an AmeriCorps VISTA. Her experience with volunteering and nonprofit organizations will aid to strengthen cityWILD’s volunteer program. Virginia is an experienced backpacker who enjoys learning about the local vegetation and ecosystem. She has participated in numerous youth and adventure programs; Girls Incorporated of Metro Denver, an afterschool and summer program for girls that first motivated her to be an active member in her community and the Women’s Wilderness Institute, an outdoor program that uses activities such as backpacking and rock climbing to encourage and empower girls and women. Virginia plans to continue her education at Metropolitan State College of Denver to receive her teaching certificate.

Johana Naranjo
Program Assistant
jo@citywild.org

Johana (Jo), who is Spanish speaking, is originally from Brooklyn, NY.  She has been residing in Denver for the past 5 years giving a share of her time to the non-profit ‘Food Not Bombs’ and working with a collective all ages DIY venue space.  For the past couple of summers, Jo has worked on organic farms in the Okanagan Valley of B.C. Canada.  She has traveled extensively throughout the continental US, Canada, parts of Europe and Colombia, focusing on cultural and environmental differences, which has opened her eyes to the importance of community involvement and working with inner-city youth.  Jo enjoys spending her time outdoors riding bicycles, traveling, rustic camping, creating art from found objects and writing.

Meghan McGowan
AmeriCorps VISTA
meghan@citywild.org

Meghan’s work history consists of public schools, yoga studios, dog day cares, juice bars… you name it. Most recently she worked with the California Department of Fish and Game, working on salmon habitat restoration and monitoring. Meghan attended school both at the Hallmark Institute of Photography in northern Massachusetts, and the University of Colorado at Denver, studying environmental science and ethics. Some of her past volunteer efforts were; community gardening/ urban farming with Toledo GROWS, an urban outreach and rehabilitation program, for youth involved in the justice system. There they raised both meat and egg laying chickens, turkey, tilapia, bees and of course many vegetables in the community garden plots. Toledo Metroparks: Raptor monitoring program. Meghan walked an assigned transect in order to record raptor occurrences, and report any findings to the Metroparks.   At the Osa Peninsula Sea Turtle rescue program where Meghan assisted in the measuring and tagging of turtles, moving their eggs into a protective hatchery and releasing baby hatchlings into the ocean. All of the information collected from the beach would then be recorded into data sheets and transferred into a computer data base.   “ I look forward to this following year with great anticipation. I gain so much from all my work experiences, I truly believe that any and all of my contributions to society and the causes I believe in will ultimately lead me to a truly fulfilling life while making a difference.”