Simon joined the team at HMI as the Advancement Associate in 2024. He is from Mancos, CO originally and was a student at HMI in Semester 38 (Spring ’17).  Before returning to HMI he studied at the University of Colorado Boulder and finished with a bachelors in Political Science and a minor in leadership. Simon has a life long love for getting out into the mountains and does so through running, skiing, biking, climbing etc… When he is not working or getting outside he loves reading a good book, playing board games with friends or going to trivia.