Denver Region Change Team
Local Champion
Ian Harwick - Regional Transportation District
Ian Harwick is a Colorado resident with over twenty years of experience in business, community development, and municipal government. He holds a degree in Business Management from Johnson & Wales University and has dedicated his career to public service. Ian works for the City of Denver in the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency on mobility policy. He also has experience in the private sector and has been actively involved in organizations such as the New Leaders Council, Transit Alliance, and YIMBY Denver. Ian has been a vocal advocate for transit, cycling, and pedestrian infrastructure for the last 15 years. He currently serves as a Director on the Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors, a position he secured through a successful write-in campaign in 2022. He resides in a suburb of Denver with his wife and their daughter. In his free time, he enjoys home improvement projects, playing volleyball, and reading science fiction.
Aylene McCallum - Open Mobility Foundation
Aylene McCallum is the Director of Partnerships & Development at the Open Mobility Foundation. She has over 20 years of cross-sector leadership experience in mobility, urban planning, and economic development. She is passionate about stakeholder engagement in the context of cities, mobility, and economic opportunity, as well as building great organizations, strategic planning and co-creation. Her professional background centers on finding solutions to complex civic challenges by aligning diverse stakeholders, designing strategic solutions, and building the organizational infrastructure to deliver results. Whether improving equity outcomes, building sustainable funding models, or guiding organizations through change, she leads with clarity, curiosity, and follow-through.
Ken Schroeppel - College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver
Ken Schroeppel is the Master of Urban Design Program Director and faculty member in the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver. Prior to teaching, Ken worked for many years as a planning consultant in land use and transportation, urban design, and urban development. He is well known as the founder of DenverInfill and DenverUrbanism, popular websites that offer news and commentary on urbanism in the Mile High City. Ken frequently gives presentations and walking tours on Denver’s urban design, and is a relentless advocate for prioritizing people over cars on Denver’s streets.
Dani McLean - Regional Transportation District (RTD)
Dani McLean serves as Transit Equity Specialist at Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver, where she supports implementation of the agency’s Title VI Program, advancing equitable service delivery and civil rights compliance. She contributes to data-driven equity analyses and community engagement, leads RTD’s Language Access Program, and serves on the project team for RTD’s Bus Stop Infrastructure Accessibility Assessment. Dani previously worked at the Colorado Department of Transportation researching gender and transit. She holds a Master of the Environment from the University of Colorado at Boulder (Urban Resilience and Sustainability) and a double B.A. in Socio-Legal Studies and French from the University of Denver.
Erin Maruzzella - Age-Friendly Design Thinking
Erin Maruzzella is a large systems architect and age-equity advocate. Founder of Healthspan Business Partners, she collaborates with government policymakers, academic researchers, nonprofit organizations, and industry leaders for better design of longevity products, systems, and spaces. As incoming Director of Business Development at NOCTI Business Solutions, Erin will bring her cross-sector design expertise to advance workforce solutions through innovative industry-aligned credentialing.
Erin serves on the Colorado Commission on Aging, co-chairs the Innovation and Social Impact Advisory Council for the American Society on Aging, and advises the Institute for the Built Environment, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the International Hospital Federation.