Marijo Rymer has served as Executive Director of The Arc of Colorado since 2007. She previously served in Colorado executive roles at The Mental Health Center of Denver and American Medical Response. Marijo has more than 25 years of leadership experience in public policy advocacy ranging from healthcare to education to local government.
She currently serves as a member of the Colorado Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Commission, JFK Partners Advisory Board, Denver Options DD Mill Levy Advisory Committee, Colorado Non- Profit Association, Public Policy Committee, and the Colorado Fiscal Reform Round-table. She also serves on the CO HCPF Steering Committee for the Medicaid Infrastructure Grant and on the Benefits and Services Work Group for the HCPF Money Follows the Person grant writing committee.
Ms. Rymer was elected to the National Council of Executives of The Arc Board of Directors in 2009. She holds a Bachelors degree in Political Science and has completed graduate work in Public Administration at the University of New Mexico.
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Family Counseling and Biblical Studies from Manhattan Christian College, has completed coursework towards her Master’s Degree in Family Life Education and Consultation from Kansas State University, and coursework towards a PhD in the same field of study from KSU – she is working on completing both of these degrees.
She lives her life by the short saying that “one hundred years from now…it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But…the world may be different because I was important in the life of someone else.” She is eager to bring her optimism, sense of justice, and strong work ethic to The Arc of Colorado!
Marijo Rymer
The Arc of Colorado
1580 Logan Street, Suite: 730
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-864-9334 ext. 11
Cell: 303-229-9499
Associate Director
Cassidy Dellemonache
The Arc of Colorado
1580 Logan Street, Suite: 730
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-864-9334 ext. 10
Cell: 720-336-9334
E-mail: cdellemonache@thearcofco.org