Young Americans staff members bring years of banking, financial, educational, fundraising and communications skills together as one team to further the mission of Young Americans.
Andrew Hancock, Interim President and CEO
Andy began his career with FirstBank in 1985 after graduating from the University of Colorado. His first assignment with FirstBank was in their Eagle County market where he worked at both the Avon and Vail locations. In 1997 Andy was promoted to President of FirstBank of Breckenridge where he spent 2 years. In 1999 Andy moved to the Littleton market where he was the President until he was promoted to Regional President in 2016. As a Regional President Andy oversaw markets in Colorado Springs, Douglas County, South Metro Denver area from the Tech Center to Lakewood and all the company’s mountain locations in Summit, Eagle and Garfield and Pitkin counties.
During his tenure at FirstBank, Andy held various leadership roles within the company. As a member of the Credit Policy Committee for 6 years Andy helped shape the lending policies that governed the lending activities of over 300 lending officers in the FirstBank system. Andy was the chairman of the FirstBank loan committee for two years and oversaw the weekly activities of this committee that analyzed more than 2000 individual loans totaling more than $3 billion. Andy ended his career as one of three regional Presidents in with Firstbank. His region included 8 markets from Colorado Springs to Aspen, employed 396 employees, held assets of $7.3 billion and annual income of $85 million. In addition, Andy was an active member of the Investment Policy Committee, the Job Responsibilities Committee and the Senior Leadership Team
Following the FirstBank tradition of active involvement in local community groups, Andy was the Chairman of the South Metro Housing Options, Executive Board Member of Arapahoe Community College Foundation, Executive Board Member of Littleton Business Coalition and Board Member for Hudson Gardens. Andy received a BS in Finance from the University of Colorado and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Graduate School of Banking.
Andy has lived in Colorado his entire life. He presently lives in Littleton with his wife Chris and has 2 children. His daughter Virginia works for Goldman Sachs in Salt Lake City and his son Cole works for Warburg Pincus in San Francisco.
Victoria Aragon, Vice President/Young Americans Bank
Vicky started her career in bank management in 1999 and has managed several large banks before coming to Young Americans Bank in 2022. She has extensive experience in day-to-day operations, customer service, compliance, security, and employee relations in banking. She came to Young Americans because she is passionate about setting our youth up for financial success at a young age. Both of her adult children had the opportunity to experience Young AmeriTowne and International Towne when they were younger which left a long-lasting, positive impression.
Lauren Brozinski, Vice President/Finance
Lauren joined Young Americans in early 2019 as the Assistant Controller, bringing over 9 years of accounting and operations experience from Vail Resorts, Sage Hospitality and Bank of the West. Lauren transitioned to Controller at the end 2019 and has been leading the accounting & finance functions of the organization since that time. While at YA, Lauren has led the transformation of paper-based workflows to digital processes and is always striving to find more efficient ways to get the job done.
Lauren earned her BA in Economics from University of Colorado, Boulder in 2009. After graduation, she discovered a love for accounting and completed a post-baccalaureate Accounting Certificate at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Lauren recently passed the CPA exams and expects to receive full licensure in 2023. Outside of work, Lauren is a life-long learner who enjoys skiing, rock climbing and generally enjoying the great outdoors with her husband and two young children.
Sue Euser, Vice President/Human Resources
Sue oversees all aspects of human resources for Young Americans including recruitment, policies, benefit and payroll administration, as well as general management in the areas of budgeting and strategic planning as related to human resources.
Prior to joining Young Americans staff in 2006, she served as Director of Administration for the American Indian College Fund. Sue holds a Master of Business Administration through the University of Denver, a certification in Nonprofit Management from Regis University and a PHR Certification from the Human Resource Certification Institute.
Amanda Krische, Vice President/Programs
Amanda joined Young Americans staff in 2008 working in International Towne and Young AmeriTowne as a Programs Assistant. After several years of working in and directing programs, summer camps and other outreach programs, Amanda is now Vice President/Programs.
Prior to working at Young Americans, Amanda attended the University of Colorado at Boulder with a BA in Communication. After graduating in 2005, Amanda worked for the YMCA of metro Denver running the 2nd largest summer camp in the city and largest before and after school program for the YMCA. Amanda is native to Colorado and has first-hand experience working in Young AmeriTowne as a 6th grader at Henry Middle School. She also has two young children that she hopes will be experts on financial literacy and finances some day.
Anna Leer, Vice President/YouthBiz
Anna joined YouthBiz in the fall of 2013 as an enthusiastic advocate of all students’ access to quality education.
Anna attended Elon University with a double major in Spanish and Business Administration with a concentration in marketing. After graduating Magna Cum Laude in 2007, she transitioned into her role as a Teach For America corps member in Miami-Dade, Florida as a third grade general education teacher. During this experience, she accomplished significant achievement gains with her students, designed state level mathematics curriculum for TFA, and conducted several seminars around the state on effectively teaching upper elementary literacy.
After completing her corps commitment, Anna moved to San Diego, CA where she transitioned into the higher education sector with Bridgepoint Education, collecting and analyzing student data to more effectively prepare incoming students for the rigors of college life. With Bridgepoint she relocated to Denver in 2012, where she now happily resides.
Tobin Truslow, Vice President/Business Partnerships and Development
Tobin joined the Young Americans team in the fall of 2021 with 18 years’ experience in non-profit fundraising, business operations and management. Most recently, Tobin managed record-breaking fundraising efforts in 2020/2021 for Firefly Autism where he also implemented a new marketing and brand campaign which won the GDUSA 2021 Health + Wellness Design Award.
Prior to working for Firefly Autism, Tobin managed 70+ special events (over 9 years), fundraising campaigns, volunteer development and recruitment for the Boy Scouts of America in the Denver area.
Tobin has degrees in both economics and music from University of Virginia where he participated in NCAA athletics all four years. Tobin is also a Lamplighter Award recipient.
Contact Tobin: 303-320-3208 or ttruslow@yacenter.org.
