Mackintosh Academy is a Colorado non-profit corporation. The Trustees serve on a voluntary basis and have oversight and advisory responsibilities regarding the management of this corporation. The Trustees are business people or other professionals dedicated to gifted and talented education. A strict conflict of interest policy prohibits any employee, parent of a student, or anyone having business interests with the Academy (or any relative of any one of these) from serving on the Board of Trustees. The Head of School reports directly to the Board of Trustees.
Jean Sayre (Director of Annual Giving & Alumni)
Ms. Sayre has an A.B. in English from Stanford University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Columbia University. Before coming to Stanley BPS in 2000, she served as the Acting Director of Alumni and Special Events at Kent Denver School and worked in the Development Office at St. Anne’s Episcopal School, working on their capital and annual fund campaigns. Ms. Sayre served as Director of Development of Stanley from 2000 – 2008.
Curtis Smith. I grew up on a farm in northeast South Dakota with my older brother and two sisters, one older and one younger. After graduation from high school in 1966, I attended South Dakota State University, graduating with a BA in Sociology in 1970. My wife and I were married one week later. Later in 1970 I took a position with the family feeding programs of the US Department of Agriculture and we moved to Chicago. In 1976 I accepted a transfer to Denver. In 1980 I entered the University of Denver School of Law (night division) and continued to work full time. I held a variety of positions during my years with the federal government, including Director of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity and Director of Personnel. I graduated from law school in 1984, and in 1985 I “hung out my shingle” and began the practice of law. I have always officed in the same location. My practice has always emphasized family law and criminal defense law. People going through divorce, or in trouble with the law, are experiencing extraordinarily difficult times in their lives and I enjoy helping them make it through those times. My wife and I have a son in his 20’s who is our pride and joy, and by far the biggest “growth opportunity” of our lives. I am a member of the Colorado Bar Association and the First Judicial District Bar Association (Jefferson & Gilpin Counties). I serve as a Director on the Boards of Shiloh Home (providing group homes for boys), Mackintosh Academy, and the Brain Care Foundation. My wife and I also mentor children; we currently are jointly mentoring one child who lives in Denver. We are active members of Bear Valley Church in Lakewood.
Yee-Ann Cho. Yee-Ann leads the Envision Schools Colorado organization with overall responsibility for the instructional framework, operations, marketing, and development of the six-school network in Denver, CO.
Before joining Envision Schools Colorado, Yee-Ann was a Senior Program Officer for Education at the Bill &Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, where she was responsible for leading the foundation's efforts to replicate successful school models across the country. Yee-Ann managed a portfolio of over $160 million focused on starting new, small high schools and improving existing large high schools.
Prior to joining the foundation, Yee-Ann was the Managing Director for Consulting Services at New American Schools, a national nonprofit education reform organization. The impetus for entering the world of high school reform came from her experience helping start Eagle Rock School in Estes Park, Colorado, a small, alternative, year-round, residential high school that was founded and funded by the American Honda Motor Company. Yee-Ann began her career in international education and exchange programs at the US-Asia Institute and the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, DC. Yee-Ann earned a BA in International Relations from Colgate University, a Masters in Education Policy and Evaluation from Stanford University's School of Education, and an MBA from Yale University's School of Management.
Andy Hancock
Biography :
I was born in Arvada. My Dad was Trust officer with Colorado National Bank and my mother was a 7th grade English teacher. I have two younger brothers who currently live in Eagle, Colorado and Scottsbluff, Nebraska. I graduated from the University of Colorado and immediately began my career with FirstBank. I spent the first 14 years of my career at FirstBank of Vail where I met my wife Christine who was also an officer with FirstBank. In 1998 after a short stint as President of FirstBank of Breckenridge we moved to Littleton and I become the President of FirstBank of Littleton. I have two wonderful children, Virginia 14 and Cole 11 who keep me busy and happy.
Being a Colorado native I enjoy everything outdoors including skiing, fishing, hiking, golf and tennis. I am very active in the Littleton Community because I think it is the best place in the metro area to live. I currently serve on the Littleton Housing Authority, Littleton Public School Foundation, Hudson Gardens Board and the ACC College Foundation.
Rexford Brown
Education: Ph.D, University of Iowa, English Literature/Modern Letters, 1971; M.A., University of Iowa, American and British Literature, 1967; B.A., Middlebury College, American Literature, 1963.
Professional Contributions: Director, Teacher Education Program, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, 2007--2009; Director, University of Denver High School, 2004—2007; Founding Executive Director, P.S.1 Charter School, an interdisciplinary, project-based, inner-city middle school/high school in Denver, Colorado, 1994-2000;. Senior Fellow, researcher, education writer, policy analyst and senior manager, Education Commission of the States (ECS) 1971—1993.
Teaching: English literature instructor, Heidelberg College, 1965—67; Ancient Literature instructor, University of Iowa, 1967—71; English teacher, P.S.1, 1995—2001; Poetics, Ethics and Aesthetics teacher, University of Denver High School, 2004-2007; adjunct professor, University of Colorado, Denver and Prescott College; lecturer, Morgridge College of Education.
Publications: Brown is the author of It’s Your Fault! An insider’s guide to learning and teaching in city schools (2003); Schools of Thought: how the politics of literacy shape thinking in the classroom (1991); and scores of articles, monographs and reports on education reform and student achievement in reading, writing and art.
Jean Sayre (Director of Annual Giving & Alumni)
Curtis Smith. I grew up on a farm in northeast South Dakota with my older brother and two sisters, one older and one younger. After graduation from high school in 1966, I attended South Dakota State University, graduating with a BA in Sociology in 1970. My wife and I were married one week later. Later in 1970 I took a position with the family feeding programs of the US Department of Agriculture and we moved to Chicago. In 1976 I accepted a transfer to Denver. In 1980 I entered the University of Denver School of Law (night division) and continued to work full time. I held a variety of positions during my years with the federal government, including Director of Civil Rights and Equal Employment Opportunity and Director of Personnel. I graduated from law school in 1984, and in 1985 I “hung out my shingle” and began the practice of law. I have always officed in the same location. My practice has always emphasized family law and criminal defense law. People going through divorce, or in trouble with the law, are experiencing extraordinarily difficult times in their lives and I enjoy helping them make it through those times. My wife and I have a son in his 20’s who is our pride and joy, and by far the biggest “growth opportunity” of our lives. I am a member of the Colorado Bar Association and the First Judicial District Bar Association (Jefferson & Gilpin Counties). I serve as a Director on the Boards of Shiloh Home (providing group homes for boys), Mackintosh Academy, and the Brain Care Foundation. My wife and I also mentor children; we currently are jointly mentoring one child who lives in Denver. We are active members of Bear Valley Church in Lakewood. 
Yee-Ann Cho. Yee-Ann leads the Envision Schools Colorado organization with overall responsibility for the instructional framework, operations, marketing, and development of the six-school network in Denver, CO. 
