Our Team

My Future Pathways Staff

Bratzo Horruitiner
Executive Director

Bratzo is a husband and father of two boys and a girl. He is a passionate and caring professional with over 20 years of experience in positive youth development, sports coaching, and youth-centered program design and management. He has led the development and implementation of many programs and organizations in the Eagle River Valley with a primary focus on service, advocacy, and empowerment for vulnerable and disenfranchised populations. Bratzo's strength lies in uniting teams and individuals to pursue a common goal.

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Gerry Lopez
Scholarships Project Manager

Gerry Lopez has a passion for helping youth reach their full potential. Gerry has led many youth initiatives around Eagle County. Helping local youth find their passions and connecting them to efforts around their passions, thus helping other youths believe in themselves and empower them to take their first step in building themselves into the person they want to be.

Gerry holds a bachelor's degree focusing on business administration from Colorado Mountain College. Gerry is the scholarship lead for My Future Pathways and comes in with a world of experience from the youth perspective and the LatinX community. A native of Mexico, Lopez came to the United States at the age of five and has since lived here in the Eagle River Valley. Outside of Gerry's MFP role, he supports others in a board member capacity.

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Kateleen Harman
Family and Community Engagement Manager

Kateleen is a charismatic professional with a strong background in service and administration. Born and raised in Perú, she grew up in Lima and then moved to the Valley in 2014 after getting her bachelor's in communication and development. After a couple of years in the Hospitality industry, she landed the role of Family and Community Engagement Manager for My Future Pathways bringing a heightened empathy for helping families in need. Kateleen's organizational skills and easy-going nature are a great fit at MFP, and she heads our new adult programs, strengthening the connection between local organizations and building a strong sense of community within the Latinx population of Eagle County. When she is not working, you can find her exploring the outdoors. Whether it is snowboarding in the winter or hiking in the summer with her husband Nic and dog Tommie, Kateleen enjoys everything our beautiful Valley offers.

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Pedro Alvarez
Operations Manager

Pedro is a father and has been an Eagle County resident for over 22 years. For the last two decades, he has worked in youth development in the Eagle County community. His experience runs the gamut from developing youth programs to coaching to overseeing and executing sports academic programs, serving the underserved youth of our communities, and supporting local families with afterschool programs.

Pedro's strengths lie in the attention to detail in delivering programming content, executing programs, and running operations for the organization.

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Yesenia Briones
Mentoring Project Manager

Yesenia grew up in the Vail Valley, graduated from Battle Mountain High School in 2018, and is a Colorado Mountain College alumni. She was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, and moved to the U.S at three. Yesenia enjoys paddle boarding, playing beach volleyball in the summer, traveling, and creating meaningful, long-lasting connections with the local youth. She particularly enjoys giving back to her community by strengthing its building blocks. She is part of My Future Pathways as manager for the girls' mentoring program, which focuses on supporting local Latino youth to reach their potential.

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David Garcia
Mentoring Project Manager

David grew up in the Vail Valley, with his family roots in Veracruz, Mexico. A Guardian Scholars alumnus, David attended Colorado Mesa University studying exercise science with a minor in business administration. He currently runs the MFP boys' mentoring program and plays significant role in the organization's communications, marketing, and relationship-building. David has a background in personal training and is known for his coaching expertise and motivational energy. David's goal is to help the local Latino youth reach their personal, academic, and health goals.

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Board of Directors

Ron Davis
Don Remey
Rosa Gamboa
Susie Davis
Wendy Rudolph
Toby Seay
Robert Hernreich
Jose Gonzalez
Chris Lindley
Chris Silversmith
Dr. Brooks Bock