Leadership Team

Brandon Potthoff

Chapter President

Brandon Potthoff currently serves as Chapter President and previously served as Sponsorship Chair for the Rocky Mountain NIRI Chapter. He joined Ball Corporation in 2013, a global supplier of aluminum packaging for beverage, personal care, and household products customers. Brandon has held multiple positions at Ball, including corporate real estate and global treasury roles and currently serves as Head of Investor Relations. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance degree from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Louis Baltimore

Immediate Past President and Secretary

Louis Baltimore joined NIRI in 2017 and currently serves as Immediate Past President of the Rocky Mountain NIRI Chapter. Louis works for TPH&Co as a member of the Refiners, Chemicals and Renewable Fuels equity research team. Before joining TPH, Louis served in various investor relations and corporate finance roles in both the oil and gas and renewables sectors. Louis moved to Denver from the East Coast in 2011 to do equity research covering E&P stocks for Macquarie Capital. After graduating from business school, he worked for a small private E&P company operating in the Appalachian Basin. Louis earned a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University and holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Benjamin Treseder

Treasurer

Benjamin Treseder joined NIRI in 2019 and currently serves as Treasurer, having previously served as Programming Co-Chair for the Rocky Mountain NIRI Chapter. Benjamin has been in a financial services role for 9+ years. Over the course of his career, Ben has helped companies manage solutions for Document & Print Management, Human Relations, and Investor Relations. Benjamin is currently a Senior Account Manager for Broadridge Financial Services, representing Corporate Issuers on tasks relating to Annual & Special Meetings, Corporate Actions, and Shareholder Communication. He enjoys spending time with his wife, baby daughter, and 2 dogs, and races a vintage Formula-V race car.

Heathe Cooper

Vice President - Membership

Heathe Cooper has been an active member of NIRI since 1998. She is currently serving her twelfth term as Vice President and Membership Chair for the Rocky Mountain Chapter and has previously served the Chapter as Sponsorship Chair and a Golden Summit Committee lead. Heathe has three decades of experience in the graphic design industry having been a Director at Watermark, a Denver-based boutique marketing communications agency. Prior to joining Watermark, she spent two decades at Curran & Connors, establishing the Rocky Mountain region as Regional Manager after a successful stint in the Company's NY headquarters. Residing in Longmont, Colorado, Heathe has served nine years on the Board of Directors of The Longmont Humane Society. She enjoys riding her motorcycle and daily dog play dates with her fellow pet-obsessed friends.

Hunter Wells

Vice President - Communications

Hunter Wells has over twelve years of investor relations experience creating and executing best-in-class IR programs for numerous companies across industry sectors. Hunter joined The Hanover Insurance Group, a leading property and casualty insurer, in 2022 as the AVP, Investor Relations. Previously, Hunter served as the Vice President, Investor Relations at Century Communities, one of the largest national homebuilders. From 2017 to 2019, Hunter was the Manager, Investor Relations at Zayo Group Holdings, a communications infrastructure provider, where her team was awarded the “Best IR Program – Telecom” in 2017 and 2018 by Institutional Investor. Prior to her role at Zayo, Hunter was a Vice President at ICR, an integrated communications firm, where she handled IR operations for clients ranging in market cap of $500 million to $15 billion in the consumer and retail sectors. She presently serves on the board of directors for the NIRI Rocky Mountain Chapter and was named a “40 Under 40” honoree in 2020. Hunter graduated from Northeastern University, Magna Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in 2011.

John Rea, CFA

Vice President - Programs

John Rea, CFA, joined NIRI in 2010 and currently serves as Programs Chair. John is currently Vice President, Head of Treasury, Investor Relations and ESG Reporting at CSGS Systems (Nasdaq: CSGS), an S&P 600 company that provides SaaS solutions primarily for the wireless, cable and telecommunications industries. In his role as Co-Head of ESG Reporting he is tasked with the oversight of CSG’s ESG program, which includes managing relationships with external ESG frameworks and ESG rating agencies. Previously, Mr. Rea worked in the investor relations departments of Liberty Global Nasdaq: LBTYA/LBTYB/LBTYK) and Liberty Latin America (Nasdaq: LILA/LILAB/LILAK) for 10 years. Mr. Rea graduated with honors from Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) where he received a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Trinity University (San Antonio, TX). Postgraduate, John graduated with honors from the University of Colorado – Boulder where he received an MBA with a finance concentration. Additionally, he received the CFA designation in 2014.

Miranda Villavicencio

Vice President - Sponsorship

Miranda Villavicencio joined Ball Corporation, a global supplier of metal packaging for beverage, personal care, and household products customers, in 2021 as an intern and is now an investor relations analyst. Together with her undergraduate, graduate studies and her building knowledge base in the field of investor relations and her industry, she demonstrates a wide perspective and progressing leadership qualities as evident with her 2023 NIRI Class of Rising Leaders. She holds a B.A from the University of Northern Colorado in International Affairs; Global Political Economy and a Master’s from the University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies in Global Finance, Trade, and Economic Integration.

Ann Scott

Director at Large

Ann Scott has been member of NIRI since 1999 and currently serves as Director at Large, having previously served as Vice President and Sponsorship Chair for the Rocky Mountain Chapter. Ann is also a member of the NIRI Senior Roundtable. Ann Scott is retiring from Ball Corporation effective the end of 2024 following a 37-year career with the company. Ann previously served as vice president, investor relations for Ball and continues to mentor finance professionals in the areas of investor relation's, ESG and M&A. Ann Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Ball State University.

Kelsey Henderson, MBA

Director at Large

Kelsey Henderson currently serves as Director at Large for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of NIRI. She is the Practice Manager of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations at High Country Search Group where she was tapped to build the function from scratch. She spent the earlier part of her career with Korn Ferry’s Corporate Affairs Practice leading execution and serving as the liaison between clients, candidates, and the firm. She partnered with global clients on executive roles for all company types, varying in size and industry. Her passion and specialty within Corporate Affairs is Investor Relations and she remains one of the very few IR Search Consultants in the country.

Kelsey holds an MBA from The University of Texas at PB and bachelor’s degrees in marketing and political science from the State University of New York. In addition to NIRI Rocky Mountain, she sits on the board of the Rocky Mountain Association of Recruiters. In her free time, Kelsey enjoys skiing, hiking, golfing, and playing with her Bernedoodle, Walter.