Ms. Merritt joined Jeffco Open Space in June 2019. She manages the Business & Finance team, the Land Conservation and Landowner Relations programs, and provides strategic leadership by working with local, county, state, federal public land agencies, nonprofit conservation organizations, and other stakeholders to advance the mission of Jeffco Open Space. She spent 14 years protecting critical open space and lands important to people throughout Colorado as a project manager at The Trust for Public Land. A graduate of Skidmore College and the University of Colorado Law School, she is also a licensed attorney with the Colorado Bar Association. When she is not saving the places where people love to play, Ms. Merritt enjoys hiking and skiing in the mountains.