Our Team

Board of Directors for the Crisis Intervention Teams Association of Colorado

PRESident

Amanda Lane

Amanda is a Texas native and has worked in mental health/social work for 8 years prior to becoming a law enforcement officer. Amanda completed the CIT training class in 2009 while working with felony offenders seeking assistance through Arapahoe County’s original Mental Health Court. Amanda has a deep passion for special populations and enjoys providing training to officers and civilians for the betterment of the community. Amanda also enjoys hiking and playing competitive volleyball in her free time. Amanda graduated Cum Laude from the University of Houston with a bachelors degree in Psychology and a minor in Marketing.

vice president

Sarah Joswick

Sarah began her career in the criminal justice field over years ago working in the Douglas County Courts and Pretrial Services. In 2007, Sarah became a police officer with the Greenwood Village Police Department and is now serving as a Corporal assigned to the School Resource Officers.

During Sarah’s time with Greenwood Village, she has functioned as a School Resource Officer, Team Lead-Crisis Negotiator Team, De-Escalation instructor, the Department's Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator, Field Training Officer, and served on several committees.

In addition to Sarah’s employment with GVPD, she is also an Adjunct Instructor in the Criminal Justice Program at Arapahoe Community College where she actively teaches several courses. 

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Brytany Wynne

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Angela Blake

Angela is an Emergency Medical Technician and an actor. Angela’s acting career led her to the Crisis Intervention Teams Program in 2003 where she developed a passion for helping people and educating others on mental health, de-escalation and communication skills. As a veteran of stage and screen, having appeared in internationally recognized features and short films, TV shows, commercials and industrials, Angela found she excels using her skills in socially conscious, positive, solution oriented programs for schools, law enforcement, lawyers and medical teams. She also uses her refined talents and skills as a teaching associate and communication coach at a medical school, as well as for crisis and disaster training and corporate team building.

 As her passion developed, Angela became a Mental Health First Aid instructor and became part of CIT nationally as an actor, instructor, certified coach, certified coordinator, actor coordinator, and role-player trainer. 

Director

Sean Heidman

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Stephanie Dorrell