Our Staff

Today, Kevin leads Corona's Data Analytics practice as well as serving as the firm's CEO. He balances his days between designing and implementing research projects, leading his team of analysts, and stepping back to take a look at the "big picture" to ensure the firm's on track with its strategic direction.

Away from the office, Kevin likes to travel to offbeat places, and has checked off destinations such as Madagascar, Egypt, northern Australia, India, and Nepal, among others. He's currently in planning to bag his sixth continent, but not until football season is over. A fellow has to keep his priorities straight.

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• Founded Corona Insights (formerly Corona Research) in 1999
• BS, Aerospace Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla
• MPAff, Public Affairs, University of Texas

Outside the office, Astrid's world revolves around her husband and two growing boys. With this much testosterone in her house, there's never a shortage of wrestling and practical jokes, although it would be great not to have to restock the fridge on a daily basis.

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• BS, Industrial Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology
• MA, Economics, University of Colorado, Denver

• Developed a cost-of-living index for each of the 178 school districts in Colorado
• Conducted a poverty needs assessment for a county government to help prioritize funding for poverty abatement programs
• Conducted interviews with leisure travelers in three states and developed a model of traveler profiles
• Used cluster analysis methods to identify customer profiles for a beverage company

While completing her doctorate, Beth also wrapped up graduate certificate programs in science and technology policy and cognitive science. The industry taps her intelligence through research she’s had published in the Journal of Behavioral Decision Making; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition; and Memory & Cognition.

Hard to believe, but after hours Beth is still ready to take on a challenge. She and her boyfriend spend time with their dogs, and she also runs, swims, hikes, and skis. Beth's an avid reader and expresses her artistic streak through fiber crafts (knitting, crocheting, sewing and upholstery).

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• BA, Psychology, Macalester College
• MA, Cognitive Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder
• Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, University of Colorado at Boulder

A St. Louis native, Joe is a big Cardinals fan and loves to cheer on the Mizzou football team. Away from the office, he enjoys running, biking and taking his Labrador to the lake. He's truly a man of steel, having recently completed his first Ironman triathlon.

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• BS, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Missouri
• MS, Industrial Engineering, University of Missouri

She’s an engineer by trade and complemented her technical background with an MBA, with an eye on a future consulting practice. Now a principal at Corona Insights, Karla brings a deep commitment to helping clients design and act on strategies that work.

With eighteen years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Karla’s learned a thing or two about how things work. She stays abreast of the latest thinking in the field and uses her own models, developed specifically for nonprofits facing strategy and business model challenges. She doesn't even let her house fall out-of-date. When it recently reached the centennial mark, she whipped it back into shape with a major makeover.

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• BS, Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University
• MBA, University of Texas

Corona has been a great fit considering the firm’s experience with serving the Latino market. Meghan currently works on the strategic planning team and feels fortunate to see organizations grow and ultimately become stronger advocates for the community.

A Colorado native, Meghan enjoys the outdoors, but she does prefer the summer over the state's infamous white winters. She enjoys spending time with friends and family, teaching Spanish on the side and traveling when she can. She is currently pursuing her master’s in Spanish at the University of Colorado Denver.

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• BBA, Marketing, Mesa State College

Meredith's growing interest in the nonprofit sector and her savvy administrative talents led her to Corona. Not only does she enjoy the stimulating atmosphere, but she's proven a voracious learner when it comes to knowing the ins and outs of Corona's breadth and depth of work and diverse client base.

Afterhours, Meredith enjoys simple activities, such as reading, cooking, attending theatre and catching a movie with her friends. Meredith cherishes Denver's accessible and vibrant community, not to mention access to world-class skiing.

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• BA, Comparative Literature and French Studies, Smith College

Along the way Leo met Karla and was instantly interested in the work of Corona Insights. Starting out as a contractor, he became the firm's fifth employee and eventually the third principal, now heading the Market Research practice. From research design, implementation, analysis and reporting activities, Leo lets no stone go unturned. Or at least thoroughly researched.

Outside of work, Leo enjoys spending time with his family, including his two daughters. Occasionally he gets a chance to practice his backhand on the tennis court or his softball swing. And he still remains interested in natural and holistic health activities and practices.

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• BBA, Finance, Texas Tech University
• MBA, University of Texas at Austin

Outside Corona, Scott spends his free time writing music, working out and reading. In the summer he's tackling a Colorado 14er (mountain of 14,000 feet or higher) and the winters lure him to Breckenridge or Keystone for snowboarding.

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• BBA, Management, Texas A&M University
• MS, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University

Time away from the office brings outdoor adventure for David. From ice climbing and skiing in the winter to climbing, hiking and biking in the summer, there's no chance that someone will mistake him for a couch potato. Having grown up in St. Louis, David shares his great love of the Cardinals with other fans in the office. And he's still savoring the team's 2006 championship.

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• BS, Business Administration - Marketing, University of Missouri

When Matt turns his computer off at the end of the day, he's happy to head home to spend time with his wife or to visit family. When he finds time to get away from it all, he enjoys traveling, both around the United States and other countries.

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• BS, Business Administration - Marketing, Emporia State University
• MBA, Emporia State University

Evenings and weekends find Holly out bird-watching or volunteering with the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. She has reached the expert level at building bluebird houses for the Colorado Bluebird Project and also monitors a bluebird trail in Chatfield State Park.

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• BS, Marine Biology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• MBA, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Away from the office, smoke under his nose lures Todd to the fire pit as a member of the Kansas City Barbecue Society and a professional barbecue judge. But with all that cooking and eating, he needs to burn off the calories somehow. Having always been big into sports, Todd plays in both recreational basketball and volleyball leagues in addition to snowboarding, biking and hiking.

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• B.S. Sports Management – Business, Nebraska Wesleyan University

Sheri's personal interests include reading, watching movies, and spending time with her family and friends. Since her daughter plays competitive soccer, her family spends the majority of their time attending practice and traveling for games.

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• BS, Business Management, National American University
• Graduate, Rocky Mountain Leadership Program

When Christa joined Corona, she received a free rein to improve and expand the firm's project tracking database. The many days of keeping everything and everyone in order proved to her advantage once again. In addition, Christa is responsible for Corona's bookkeeping and payroll.

Outside of Corona, Christa enjoys yoga, cooking, playing with her dog, and curling up on the couch to watch "The Food Network" and "Comedy Central." She is also an accomplished knitter and happy to turn out a hat or pair of mittens.

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• BA, Geology and Computer Science, Macalester College

After hours, Ralphie likes to read, spend time helping her mother, and a lot of time with her children and grandchildren. She enjoys going to movies, the park or just staying at home. One of her favorite group activities is joining her family to cheer on her grandson at his football games (even though she doesn't know anything about football).

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• Office/Data Entry, Emily Griffith Opportunity School

Hannaha appreciates the 300 days of sunshine Denver offers to stroll through the city's many parks. Since she studied art and photography in college, she likes to pursue both interests in her spare time. Hannaha keeps up with pop culture and current events and enjoys listening to NPR.

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• BFA, University of Texas at Austin

When she's not hard at work, Tricia enjoys playing with her two dogs and getting together with friends, and she has a special love for all kinds of board games. In fact, she not-so-secretly believes that she may be the best Trivial Pursuit player this side of the Mississippi.

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• BA, Psychology/BS, Computer Science, University of Tennessee

In her free time, Allison reads any book on business, marketing, and strategy that she can check out at the library or buy used on Amazon.com. Whether at work or at play, you may catch her fitting in one of her favorite things—singing. Allison toured Italy with a choir and performed at the Vatican. Her other vocal credentials include singing at Julliard and Carnegie Hall in New York City. Taking a step in a different direction, she also tried out to sing on Disney soundtracks, in front of the person who recruited Brittney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and others for the Mickey Mouse Club. Alas, she didn't make the cut but she still keeps her mouse ears close at hand.

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• BBA, Marketing, Drury University