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 Tom Gonnella, President
Tom and his wife Jane have lived in UP for 6 years. They have two sons Will (9), and Josh (5). Tom’s involvement with UPCC began 6 years ago as the Traffic and Transportation chair. He served as that chair for two years, then three years as vice president and one year as president.
Tom is a senior vice president and on the board of directors for Lincoln Trust Company which services retirement plans for corporations and individuals through IRAs and 401k plans. Tom also has an ownership and serves on the board of an investment management company in Denver, which manages money for high net worth individuals.
Tom graduated from Miami University in Ohio with a Finance degree and holds an MBA and MS Finance from the University of Colorado. Tom is passionate about helping people retire with dignity! Outside of work and UPCC, Tom loves cycling and traveling and spends much of his free time with family, friends, and volunteering in various capacities including through his church.
 Dana O'Connor, Vice President
Dana moved UP in spring of 2004. She and her husband Rob and bought a 1950s ranch that needed a lot of TLC but loved the neighborhood and back yard. Since 2004, Dana they have had two sons, Quinn (5) and Sidney (2). Dana worked fulltime in the eMarketing space up until June 1st of 2011. This summer she is hoping to not work as much and enjoy being a fulltime mom.
Dana was a charter member of the University Park Moms Club and part of her role in the Moms group was to be the UPCC liaison. Over the past five years, she has chaired the 4th of July and Sing and Sleigh events, redesigned the website, initiated the email list, managed the due payer database, got the UPCC set up on PayPal and is the distributor of graffiti supplies to all. Dana got involved with the UPCC is because she wanted to be part of a community and she believes the UPCC can help foster community for her family and neighborhood.
 Traci Samaras, Secreatary
Traci and husband Andy have lived in UP since 2003, and they have two girls Addison (5) and Jillian (2), as well as two dogs. Traci is a fulltime stay-at-home Mom, but prior to this role in life, she was a hotel General Manager. Traci first became aware of the UPCC when she was notified by a neighbor that a dry cleaner directly behind her house was vacating, and a bar was moving in. Traci worked with former president, Pat Cashen, to create a good neighbor agreement. Next Traci became a block captain (the person who delivers the UpWords to your door), then she became her block’s party planner, and about 3 years ago, when she noticed there was an open board position for secretary, she thought she would help out and fill-in for a few months. Traci was great at her new position from the start, and the board asked her to stay on. Luckily, she has continually agreed. Traci’s interests outside of home and community include travel, crafts/painting, cooking, comedy shows, and shopping.
CO-Treasurers, June Morgan and Ryan Zorn
June Morgan
Longer ago than she can remember, June Morgan was elected Co-Treasurer of UPCC with her late husband, Joe, owner of Morgan's Pharmacy, at Evans and South Downing. June had moved to Denver in 1958. She and her then-husband, and children lived on South St. Paul Street, next door to Joe and his family. After both June and Joe lost their spouses, Joe asked June out for ice cream. They were married in 1972 and moved their large family to South Monroe Street.
June is a watercolorist, gardener, and frequent hostess, opening her home to her monthly art groups, as well as the regular UPCC Board meetings. She has 10 grandchildren and six great grandchildren, and weekly family dinners, cooked by June, will include two to 10 people around the table.
Ryan Zorn
Ryan was born and raised in Fort Morgan, CO. Upon graduation from Colorado School of Mines in 1996, he spent 13 years working in Houston and New York in various investment banking and fund management roles each focused on the oil & gas sector. He returned home to Colorado in 2009 and recently formed Bijou Capital Management. He and his wife, Lisa, have two young boys ages 2 and 6 months.
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