Board of Directors

Members of the Board

Brian Fritz – Acting Chair, Treasurer

Ally Richardson – Acting Secretary

Robyn Madsen – Member

Scott Harvey – Member

Aaron Shaha – Member

Kip Coval – Member

Aaron Shaha

Aaron is a Strategic Information Security Executive and subject matter expert with a record of pioneering cyber security trends by developing novel security tools and techniques that align with corporate objectives. Known for building and leading strong teams that provide technology enabled business solutions for start-ups, industry leaders (Deloitte and its Fortune clients) and government agencies (NSA).   Practicing Permaculture since mid-2010’s and took his first Permaculture certification course in 2022.   Aaron currently lives on a 40 acre homestead in rural El Paso county where he is working on building a Permaculture demonstration farm. 
Kip Coval

My name is Kip Coval, and I’m married with four children and one grandchild. I attended my first PDC in 2011 and a second in 2016. I completed CSU Extension’s Master Gardener Course and their Building Farmers Course, and more recently, I finished the Holistic Land Management Course from the Savory Institute. Over the past ten years, I’ve volunteered with several local food-producing non-profits. For the past eight years, I’ve been developing my 1/4-acre suburban permaculture homestead, which now boasts an abundance of perennial fruit and vegetable plants, alongside a variety of annual vegetables. We also raise a small backyard flock of chickens and keep honeybees. I’m honored to serve on the executive board of Pikes Peak Permaculture and am excited to contribute to educating our community as we work toward building a more regenerative city.


Working Members

Executive Director – Becky Elder

Becky Elder has been a life-long organic, Colorado gardener, beginning in 1975 in a tiny Denver garden. Colorado is what she knows. She moved to the Pikes Peak Region in 1983. Becky first became certified in permaculture and co-founded Pikes Peak Permaculture in 2002. She is the current Executive Director. A Master Gardener of fifteen years, she presented numerous programs for the Extension Office. Becky is a Colorado Federated Garden Club Environmental Consultant. She holds the Farm Design certification from the Regrarians (2010)   
 
Well known locally for her Earth-conscious Blue Planet Earthscapes, she is regionally known for her environmental and social activism, as well as her nature-centered writing. Becky works hard to demonstrate resilient and sustainable practices while working with others to build regenerative and ecologically-sound landscapes within urban-suburban ecosystems. Her work has garnered many awards for sustainability and environmental protection.
 
Becky’s writings are published monthly on the Blue Planet Blog. Her first book, Raven in the Garden; a Front Range Gardener’s Journal, is available through the Pikes Peak Library District.

Becky Elder – Executive Director

Jayme Domejka – Program Director