Alternatives Colorado – Executive Director

Alternatives Colorado is seeking a spiritually mature, relational, and experienced Executive Director to guide the ministry into its next season of impact. This leader will inherit a deeply committed team of professionals and volunteers who care passionately about the mission, the people they serve, and their areas of expertise. Following a period of executive transition and organizational change, Alternatives Colorado needs a steady leader who will begin with curiosity, listen carefully, build trust, and create greater unity across the ministry.

Alternatives Colorado has a respected mission, capable leaders, loyal supporters, and more than 40 years of service throughout the Denver community.

The next Executive Director will honor what is working while bringing greater clarity to organizational priorities, leadership responsibilities, communication, fundraising, and the partnership between the Board and staff. This person will serve as a visible ambassador with donors, churches, and community partners; a transparent partner to the Board; and an accessible, trusted leader for staff.

The Executive Director will oversee a leadership team that helps in overseeing around 30 employees and a volunteer community across four Denver-area locations. The role is based in the Denver metropolitan area and requires a consistent in-person presence throughout the organization. The Executive Director will serve as the public face of Alternatives Colorado, representing the organization with wisdom and conviction within a complex political and cultural environment.

This work will not be undertaken alone. The Executive Director will cultivate strong partnerships with national affiliates and local pro life and pregnancy resource center coalitions, including Heartbeat International, Care Net, and the Colorado Pregnancy Care Alliance (COPCA). Because Colorado has become one of the nation’s most accessible destinations for abortion, with no gestational limits and increasing access for residents and those traveling from other states.

In this environment, Alternatives’ Colorado locations in Denver, Aurora, Englewood, and Arvada provide a crucial life-affirming presence, offering compassionate care, practical support, and meaningful alternatives to women and men facing pregnancy-related decisions.

Spiritually Mature and Mission Aligned: This leader has a deep and active Christian faith and can fully affirm Alternatives Colorado Statement of Faith, Statements of Principle, and life-affirming mission. They lead with humility, integrity, prayerful discernment, courage, and grace.

Steady and Trustworthy: The right leader builds trust through consistency, confidentiality, transparency, and follow-through. They can enter an organization that has experienced transition, listen without taking sides, and acknowledge the past without allowing it to define the future.

An Experienced Leader of Leaders: This person has successfully led senior or departmental leaders within a complex organization. They bring clarity to competing priorities, establish achievable goals, use data and financial realities to guide decisions, and help the organization execute a focused strategy. They respect the expertise of others, clarify responsibilities, develop leaders through coaching and accountability.

A Relational Fundraiser: The Executive Director should receive deep satisfaction from fundraising and understand that donor development is a central part of the role. This leader has cultivated donors, made meaningful asks, and stewarded important external relationships. They can work closely with the Development Director to strengthen major giving, donor retention, church engagement, foundation relationships, and major event planning.

A Passionate Pro-Life Advocate: This leader must have a willingness and ability to provide energetic guidance and advocacy for pro-life work at the organizational and community level. They should understand the political, cultural and spiritual environment and be able to articulate Alternatives Colorado faith based pro-life beliefs and convictions.

A Healthy Board Partner: The next Executive Director will build…