Meet Aftersight staff and find contact information.
Kim Ann Wardlow
Executive Director
Office: 303-786-7777 extension 4112
Cell: 303-535-6942
Kim was born in Colorado and grew up in Lamar. She got involved with the blind and low vision community nearly 25 years ago when she volunteered to read for Aftersight. She didn’t know it at the time, but Kim was following in the footsteps of her great great grandparents who had taught at a school for the blind in London. In 2001, she joined the staff as the Director of Marketing, and later Kim became the Executive Director in 2018. Before that, she held business development and marketing positions at engineering and IT distribution companies in the private sector and the Colorado Department of Agriculture. Outside of work, she enjoys knitting, reading, and going for long walks with her husband Doug and their dog, CeCe.
Penn Street
Director of Development and Outreach
Office: 303-786-7777 extension 4104
Cell: 720-370-8625
Penn Street lost most of her eyesight at age nine from Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) after being bit by a rattlesnake. Growing up Penn discovered that Accessibility was the key to her community, career… and living her best life. She’s lived that life through the many hats she’s worn: ADA Coordinator, Outreach Managers, and member of Development Teams. She’s gone a step further yet by sharing her voice. Penn is the host of Aftersight’s flagship podcast, The Blind Chick, which shares the stories of people with vision loss. In addition, Penn volunteers on several boards and commissions that focus on upholding the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). When not working, advocating, or podcasting, Penn enjoys Alpine Skiing in the winter and the summer is filled with hiking, and paddle boarding.
Evan Starnes
Lead Audio Technician
Office: 303-786-7777 extension 4106
Cell: 720-826-0569
Evan joined Aftersight in 2021 as an intern after graduating from the Colorado Center for the Blind. He’s been obsessed with audio, gadgets, and tech since he can remember. Evan is the voice behind the Blind Level Tech podcast, where he gets to geek out on everything from accessibility to audio gear. When he’s not behind a mic, you’ll probably find him outdoors, diving into a new music artist, or playing with his latest tech toy.
Michael Sisneros
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Community Outreach Manager
Office: 303-786-7777 extension 4107
Cell: 720-370-8797
Michael comes to Aftersight after a 20 year career in the Aviation industry. Which took him across the country and back to Colorado. He has a varied background From selling diamonds, to healthcare, to owning his own business. He is excited to be back in Colorado and extremely excited to work with people face to face again.
Jennifer Neptune
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Volunteer Manager
Office: 303-786-7777 ext. 4103
Cell: 720-370-9436
Jennifer has had an unwavering dedication to compassionate service over the past 22+ years with her work overseas with marginalized and vulnerable populations in countries like Costa Rica, Colombia, and Brazil. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, Jennifer has used her linguistic gifts to build bridges and foster understanding across cultures and her journey here to Aftersight has given her a meaningful place to continue her mission.
Over the past year and a half, Jennifer has broadened their outreach to the Hispanic/Latino blind/low vision community— identifying their needs and helping ensure access to audio content that keeps them connected to their cultural roots. Jennifer’s dedication to growing and strengthening the Volunteer Team ensures Aftersight continues to expand its impact.
Brady Steffl
Grants Manager
Office: 303-786-7777 extension 4111
Cell: 303-729-8893
Brady Steffl is passionate about language and communication, although it didn’t start with English. Instead, it was Mrs. Tasto’s Spanish class in high school. Then it was Mr. Engledinger’s German class. The real passion, though, came at Minnesota State University, Mankato in Dr. John Janc’s French classes. (Brady is obviously very cool.) Eventually, he returned to English, learned (some of) its wild rules, and embraced it. After years of using writing as a creative outlet, he began writing professionally in 2012 at Kansas State University. As the Communications Coordinator for the physics department, he split time between grants and other projects such as editing academic papers or textbooks. When he and his wife landed in Boulder County in 2013, he began working as a grants consultant for area nonprofits. In 2021, he joined the Aftersight team as the Grants Manager. When he’s not writing, he’s probably bouldering, cooking, playing guitar, or in the garden with his dogs. Or, he’s just in his sweatpants playing video games.
Jonathan Price
Podcast and Program Producer
Office: 303-786-7777 extension 4110
Cell: 720-370-9302
Jonathan’s background includes leadership, content creation, and hands-on hobbies like music, cooking, and knife making, which add creativity and diversity to his projects. He is passionate about relationship building, supporting men and marriages, and promoting personal growth through faith and service. At Aftersight, Jonathan’s goal is to create content that inspires and informs, helping individuals overcome everyday challenges while advocating for accessibility and inclusion. Outside of his work, Jonathan enjoys spending time with his two children and deepening his Christian faith.
Beethoven
Office Security Blanket
Beethoven, a goofy eleven-year-old Standard Poodle, was born at the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, where he trained to be a guide dog. Just after his second birthday, Beethoven met Penn Street, and they began their journey as a team. Beethoven loves to travel, swim in waterfalls, hike tall mountains, and explore cities around the world with Penn. His impressive career has landed him star spotlights in newspapers, magazines, and newscasts. His new favorite pastime is curling up under Penn’s desk at the Aftersight office, making sure the USPS deliveries are done correctly, and offer ups love to whomever and wherever is needed.
Board of Directors
The Board meets 10 times annually providing guidance with budgetary issues, general policy, outreach efforts, fundraising and planning. Board Terms are 3 years in length and may be renewed once. Terms are staggered and all members contribute financially. Board members bring lived experience and insight to our organization.
Cynde Vaughn
Board President
Ms. Vaughn has been actively involved in Disability Rights Advocacy at the national, state, and local levels
since she was a teenager. Having graduated from high school and starting her college education at 16, she
began her career as a disability rights activist while completing her undergraduate and graduate work in
Social Work. She earned a master’s in social work (with concentration: Administration/Planning: specializing
in Child Welfare & Child Sexual Abuse). She began her professional work as Social Services Director for a
national nonprofit agency providing residential and other supportive services to individuals with intellectual
and developmental disabilities. As a person with a disability herself, Ms. Vaughn is DeafBlind and has
chosen to dedicate her time, talent and expertise to serving individuals with a wide range of intellectual,
developmental, learning and physical disabilities.
Most recently, Ms. Vaughn was selected to serve as a Colorado DeafBlind Trainer to participate in a “Train
the Trainer program teaching Pro-Tactile American Sign Language for Interpreters, Support Service
Providers and DeafBlind citizens.
Megan Dunklee
Board Secretary
Megan began her journey with Aftersight as a volunteer in February 2010 shortly after moving to Colorado from Virginia. She has been reading the Monday edition of the Fort Collins Coloradoan ever since. Megan has been serving on the board since June 2016. Professionally she works as a writer.
Ms. Kelly Dunklee is the office manager at Cook CPAs in Boulder, CO. She is in charge of making sure the
daily operations of the business run smoothly. Megan has previously volunteered with several organizations
in Colorado and her native Virginia. She has been volunteering with AINC since 2010. In her spare time,
Megan enjoys reading, traveling, exploring new places with her husband, and a good trivia game.
Melissa Fishburn
Treasurer
Melissa is a Colorado native born and raised in the Denver metro area. She works for Sprouts Farmers
Market as a Sales Ambassador, which is a marketing position. Melissa was born legally blind and struggled
to find adequate resources to reach her full potential as a person with vision loss. While she had
graduated high school and earned a college degree, with top honors, she did not feel complete and felt very
ashamed and embarrassed of her vision loss. Over the past nine years, she has opened many doors
and helped to break down barriers. She has volunteered work for the National Federation of the Blind
(NFB), Colorado Cross Disability Coalition (CCDC) and other various disability rights advocacy projects. In
2014 she received an ADA advocacy certificate by completing a course sponsored by CCDC. From 2013
until 2015 she was a board member for the NFB Denver based chapter, and from 2015 until 2018 she
served as chapter President for the Lakewood, Colorado NFB chapter.
Ms. Saray Alvarado
Board Secretary
Ms. Alvarado’s professional background experience includes working as receptionist for Denver Housing
Authority, neighborhood medical outreach for Denver Health, and independent contractor specializing in
bilingual translation. She loves to garden and takes great pride in her flowers and home-grown vegetables.
Saray enjoys cooking and has transitioned herself to a Vegan diet as part of her commitment to improving her health. Saray loves animals and has 2 cats, 2 dogs and enjoys training companion service animals. She
loves music, enjoys singing and playing piano. Saray enjoys volunteering, and currently offers her time and
talents to her church.
Ms. Diane Rapue
Board Member
Ms. RaPue has a long work history in mainly finance and lending for both consumers and business owners.
She started my own business in 2019 and still has it as an active entity. She currently works full time as a
Branch Leader (Manager) for Canvas Credit Union at the downtown Denver Writer Square branch. She has
always been very involved with her community, whether it is through her employment or in her personal life.
Currently, she is a Board of Directors member for the Denver Audubon organization, as well as their
Treasurer. She is also very involved with my church, South Suburban Christian Church. She is involved with
her neighborhood civic association as a Member at Large. She was previously President of the Southwind
Civic Association for 20 years.
Dale Hill
Board Member
Dale lost his vision as a young man due to Bardet-Biedl Syndrome and continued to pursue his education, earning a BA in Contract and Political Science from Metro State College of Denver. He has served as Vice President of the American Council of the Blind and has been deeply involved in community work. Since 1998, Dale has been active with the United States JCI Scholarship Program, mentoring students and traveling to places like Denmark and Hawaii to secure scholarships for students all across the country.