The Guide Council
Keith Fairmont
Keith is co-founder of Men's Leadership Alliance. He is an executive coach assisting individuals and groups in navigating business and personal transitions. His work is designed to stimulate positive and dramatic shifts in the way a person responds to their inner world, their partner, family and friends, their work and their world. He is also a certified resource for the Young President's Organization (YPO).Keith is a dedicated husband, father of four, a mentor, a men's group leader, and a community builder.
Gay Mayer
Gay is an active management consultant working with family owned businesses. In his past career he was President of MEM Company which made fragrances like English Leather. Now his hobbies include trail rehabilitation and hiking. Gay lives in New Jersey with his wife of 44 year and has two children and four grandchildren.
Lee Hansen
Lee is the internet and newsletter coordinator for MLA. He has attended the Art of Leadership Training Program, Summer and Winter Spirit Camps, led the 2008 Colorado Winter Spirit Camp, and is enrolled in the facilitator apprenticeship program. Lee is senior marketing manager for a computer chip manufacturer, and separately runs a website creation business - Lumpy Productions. He is a husband and father, musician and composer with a self-released CD of music titled "Strange Days".
George Hartlaub
George is a father of 4, grandfather of 7, brother of 9 (7 alive) and uncle to 56 (plus spouses and children!). He has been a physician (psychiatrist) and psychoanalyst, and is now an advisor, counselor and professor of psychiatry. He loves to learn, ski, teach, hike, listen, travel and help out whenever he can.
Mike Massa
Mike has owned and operated his own accounting business in Nederland, Colorado for 25 years. He lends his extensive financial experience to several non-profit organizations in his community. He has been involved with MLA since 1995, having attended many programs, staffed at AOLTP, and advised extensively on financial matters. He is honored to serve MLA as a member of the Guide Council. Mike is inspired and informed by the mountains he lives in and he revels in the support of his wife Betsy and their two sons.
Jeff Bosboom
Jeff has been involved with MLA since attending The Art of Leadership training several years ago. The training altered Jeff’s outlook on his life and made the decision to become active in bringing our work to more men a simple one! “This work is so important to me and others that I just want to help the organization in any way I can”. He is a businessman and real estate investor active in several local non-profit organizations, and holds an MBA from the University of Denver.
Jason Geoffrion, M.Ed
As a teacher and mental health counselor Jason has worked with high school students and adults throughout Minnesota, Alaska, and Colorado. Through it all he has felt a deep desire and hunger from men to have meaningful connection with themselves and others, and has seen the dire ramifications when that connection is absent. Jason is actively working to create spaces for men to access their authentic selves, connect meaningfully with their communities, and discover their work in the world. He has guided wilderness trips, camping excursions, father/son retreats and rites of passages for people of all ages.
Ron Hoffman
Compassionate Care ALS Founder and Executive Director Ron Hoffman founded Compassionate Care ALS and has served as Executive Director for the past 10 years. His support for people living with ALS includes needs evaluation, instruction on disease progression, and facilitation of intimate discussion with ALS patients and families about end of life issues. He regularly leads in-services and trainings for hospice workers, health care professionals and students. Ron sits on the board of Hospice and Palliative Care Federation of Massachusetts and speaks nationally on ALS and end of life care.