Our Team
Denise Cagley-Jefferson, Executive Director
Since the age of nine, Denise has been called to service. She grew up volunteering with her mother in a soup kitchen in Iowa, participating in environmental clean-ups and leading youth groups. As a college student, she took her first trip to Hagley Gap in 1995 and has been working with the community ever since. As the Founding Executive Director, she worked with a dedicated team of volunteers and staff to start the Blue Mountain Project in 2004. In 2010, she began working for the US Peace Corps until responding to BMPs call-to-action in 2017 and was named Executive Director once again. In addition to BMP, she currently works as an independent contractor for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. Denise has a Behavioral Sciences Degree from the Metropolitan State College of Denver and is a Registered Yoga Teacher.
Since the age of nine, Denise has been called to service. She grew up volunteering with her mother in a soup kitchen in Iowa, participating in environmental clean-ups and leading youth groups. As a college student, she took her first trip to Hagley Gap in 1995 and has been working with the community ever since. As the Founding Executive Director, she worked with a dedicated team of volunteers and staff to start the Blue Mountain Project in 2004. In 2010, she began working for the US Peace Corps until responding to BMPs call-to-action in 2017 and was named Executive Director once again. In addition to BMP, she currently works as an independent contractor for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. Denise has a Behavioral Sciences Degree from the Metropolitan State College of Denver and is a Registered Yoga Teacher.