WE ARE
and this is what we believe...
  1. Our work is a choice that indicates our values.
  2. Good isn’t good enough. We learn, we think, we act. We grow courageously.
  3. We DO, with integrity in all things.
  4. We measure impact through created value, honored commitments and opportunities built for ourselves and others
  5. It takes differences of opinion and identity to build worthwhile things.

Creativity is thinking of new things.
Innovation means doing them.

Let’s DO together.

WHO WE ARE

In 2014 the leaders of Colorado College, Pikes Peak Community College, University of Colorado Colorado Springs and the US Air Force Academy announced a joint initiative to deepen the ability of graduates to innovate in professional settings in the Pikes Peak region. As the only partnership combining the capacities of a private liberal arts college, a state research university, a regional community college and a US service academy in the United States, the Quad’s value is built on the diversity of institutions it represents. Within the Quad network, there are over 40,000 students, 2,000 faculty and some of the most advanced research, analysis and design capabilities in Colorado. We dedicate the right mix of these resources to every project we take on.

WHAT WE DO

For our project partners, we offer access to the collective capacities of four world class institutions of higher learning, open opportunities to build relationships with future workforce, company and community leaders, and deliver distinctive, viable results.

For the students and graduates who work with us, we jumpstart professional growth and capability by offering opportunities to go to work on some of the most important issues facing our community, our region and our world. We expand the universe of opportunity accessible to students who work with us, and ensure they have the skills, experience and networks to capitalize on those opportunities as soon as they graduate.

And, for the community in which we live, we channel the objective expertise of academia into solutions and initiatives that move our entire region forward.

PEOPLE

Jake Eichengreen

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Jake joined the founding team of his first business at 19. After completing his undergraduate, Jake moved to Las Vegas to help manage the $50M venture investment arm of Downtown Project, a $400M redevelopment effort spearheaded by Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh. A year later he moved into what would become the first of several startup roles, including founding his own financial services company in Uganda. In 2016, Jake joined the Quad Partnership as its first Executive Director. He has steered the partnership through explosive growth, transforming the Partnership from a 15-student summer program to a sustainable institution that offers over 100 students opportunities to demonstrate their capability at the highest levels of the professional world each year. In 2019, Jake was named one of the 25 Most Influential Young Professionals in Colorado by CoBiz Magazine. Jake is still actively involved in his Ugandan venture, making the 80-hour journey to the remote West Nile region regularly. With alarming frequency, his dreams center on the extra leg room in Economy Plus. He firmly believes that one day those dreams will come true.

Megan Barry

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Megan was born and raised in Colorado Springs. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of Denver, followed by a Masters of Science in Global Health from the University of California at San Francisco. Internationally, she has worked with rural communities in South Africa, Rwanda, and Malawi in health care and development. She has lived in New York, San Francisco, Boston and Denver in various positions in global health, international development, health systems strengthening, adventure travel, event planning and program management. She is excited to be back in her hometown working with the Quad.

Brieanna Bryant

RESEARCH FELLOW

Brieanna graduated from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs with a degree in Economics and Political Science. She began her college journey with aspirations of attending law school, but her undergraduate internship experience with the Quad researching policy to address homelessness and building social enterprises to expand community impact changed her trajectory. As a Research Fellow, Brieanna continues to engage with the most pressing issues in our community serving as a resource for students and community organizations.

Jeff Owens

RESEARCH FELLOW

Jeff graduated from Colorado College in 2019 with a bachelor’s in Psychology. Growing up in Syracuse, NY – a community with a high school graduation rate of less than 60% for the past 15 years – Jeff has been interested in community development, program design and project management since before he knew the technical terms for the work. He interned with the Quad in 2018 studying how to improve access to public social services, and completed an honors thesis at CC that reframed depression treatment as a positive, elective activity for middle school boys. As a Fellow, Jeff’s focus remains positive impact. He works alongside a range of for profit, non profit and public clients to maximize impact and performance.

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