History of Service

Colleen Copple

Co-Founder and Board Member, Glendale Community Improvement Association (1991-1997)
Coordinating Council, Utah Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention (1992-1997)
Board of Directors, Utah Council on Crime Prevention (1994-1997)
Commissioner, Utah PTA (1991-1996)
Vice President, Westside Community Council (1989-1996)
Trustee, Salt Lake City Library (1989-1995)
Board of Directors, Salt Lake City Habitat for Humanity (1993)
Chair, first-ever "Women's Build", Salt Lake City Habitat for Humanity (1993)
President, Glendale Middle School PTA (1990-1992)
Co-Founder, Mother's Against Gangs in Communities, (1991)
President, Mountain View Elementary PTA (1989-1990)
Trustee and Legislative Chair, Utah School Board Association (1986-1989)
Member, Salt Lake City Board of Education (1985-1989)

Member, Alexandria City Mayor’s Youth Gang Task Force (2005-present)
Member, Board of Directors, Treatment Advocacy Center (1998-2005)
Worked with public health volunteers in on creating a drug and alcohol treatment regime, Israel, Jordon, and the West Bank, sponsored by the U.S. State Department (1998)
Founder, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (1992)
Founder, Underground Railroad gang prevention effort, Wichita, Kansas (1989-1992)
Tutor, public schools (1974-1987)
Developed a community economic development model for teen employment in impoverished neighborhoods, Los Angeles, California (1985)
Created Alternative High Schools for high risk students, Garden City and Wichita, Kansas (1981-1985)
Volunteer, Navaho tribe summer youth project that constructed a school, Arizona (1984)
Volunteer, redeveloped the Cathedral Housing Project, Boston, Massachusetts (1982)
Member, Board of Evangelicals for Social Action (1974-1980)
Volunteer, built schools and established mobile health clinics in remote areas, Church of the Nazarene and Alliance for Progress, Bolivia (1974-1975)
Volunteer, rescue mission serving the chronic substance abuser and homeless populations, Church of the Nazarene (1967-1971)