November 2020 Corporate Executive Series (See Attendance Requirements)

Lorin Chevalier is the Founder and Co-CEO of Aurora, CO-based PeopleCare Health Services. PeopleCare provides in-home healthcare services to children with physical disabilities, injured veterans, and elderly adults. The majority of PeopleCare’s clients are Medicaid beneficiaries. The company provides services in the private residences of its clients, which allows the clients to continue to live comfortably and independently in their own homes as opposed to living in institutional care facilities. PeopleCare’s in-home care services generate significant savings for the State of Colorado Medicaid program and Colorado taxpayers alike due to the cost advantages of home-based care compared to institutional care. PeopleCare is the only home healthcare company licensed to provide services throughout all of Colorado’s 64 counties

Mr. Chevalier previously served as chief financial officer of American Specialty Health, a nationwide health insurance and managed care company based in San Diego that specializes in chiropractic, acupuncture, and disease management. Before that, he served as chief financial officer of the Fortune 500 Client Division of ValueOptions (now Beacon Health Options), a nationwide health insurance and managed care company based in Boston that specializes in mental health, substance abuse care, and employee assistance programs. Mr. Chevalier also served as chief financial officer of Toledo, OH based employee benefits administrator, Digital Horizons, where he successfully helped sell the company to a larger competitor. Before that, he spent fifteen years in the capital markets including seven years on Wall Street with Drexel Burnham Lambert and the BWCapital subsidiary of Paris-based AXA Group. Mr. Chevalier started his career as a CPA/auditor with accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, where his duties included representing the firm as technical staff in-residence at the independent Financial Accounting Standards Board.

Mr. Chevalier graduated magna cum laude from the University of Colorado with a B.S. in business administration. He completed post-graduate work at the University of Colorado and the New York Institute of Finance, and completed executive programs at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Chevalier passionately supports the healthcare industry and healthcare consumers. He currently serves on the board of the Home Care and Hospice Association of Colorado and has been appointed to committees of the State of Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the State of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. Mr. Chevalier has addressed the Colorado State Legislature on home healthcare and hospice matters and previously served 10 years on the Board of Trustees of the University of Colorado Foundation.

Mr. Longe has been President and Chief Executive Officer of DMC Global Inc. since 2013. He joined DMC as a Director and Chief Operating Officer in July of 2012.  Mr. Longe was an executive of Sonoco, Inc. from 2011 to 2012, first as President of its Thermo Safe business and then as Vice President and General Manager of its Protective Packaging Division. From 2010 until joining Sonoco, he was self-employed, performing consulting and investment work. From 2004 through 2010, Mr. Longe served in various positions at Lydall, Inc., most recently as President of its Lydall Performance Materials subsidiary.  Mr. Longe is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds an MBA with Distinction from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business.

Brady Miller, CFA is CEO of Trelora, a modern real estate company designed to make residential real estate easier and more affordable. In his 2 years with Trelora, the company has grown from a Denver-based startup to a disruptive force in the national real estate industry. Under his leadership, Trelora has expanded across the country serving 9 additional markets while saving consumers millions in real estate commissions. Prior to joining Trelora, he was CFO at Leeds West Groups, one of the largest privately owned aftermarket automotive companies in the country. Brady is a proud alum of the University of Colorado, Boulder. He lives in Lone Tree with his wife Erika and their two young boys Caleb and Noah.

As the founder and one of the current owners of Peak Athletics in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, Julie Zecchino takes great pride in Peak’s strong tradition of excellence both locally and nationally. Peak Athletics has been a staple in Colorado for cheerleading, gymnastics and dance instruction for over 20 years.  Many thousands of children have been a part of the Peak family over the years and its presence in the community is unparalleled. Julie began her teaching career in the late 1980s as a high school American History teacher. She taught, counseled, and coached at two different local high schools before discovering the need for additional youth sports programs for female athletes in the community and founded Peak Athletics in 1999.

Growing up locally, Julie had the opportunity to watch her community grow and change, and feels blessed to know that Peak has touched so many young lives. With a tremendous sense of satisfaction, she has watched generations of her students grow and succeed; many of which have returned with their own children.

As the industry has grown dramatically and traveling tournaments has become a reality of competitive youth sports, Julie started a travel agency for tournament housing in the youth sports market.  The company was started originally to support her own athletes and then grew to one of the leaders in the industry within a few years, supporting hundreds of programs throughout the nation.

Her most recent endeavor is the Colorado partnership with the world-renowned Cheer Athletics brand, widely known as the leader in competitive cheerleading world wide.  They were most recently featured in the Netflix documentary, "Cheer" and as a finalist on NBC's America's Got Talent.

Julie holds a Master’s Degree in Education and Counseling. She has a passion for working with and developing special needs athletes and has served on the USASF Committee for Athletes with Special Needs. She was also one of the original members of the State Board for the Colorado Spirit Coaches Association. She currently resides with her family in Castle Pines, Colorado.