Employee Profiles

Katie Straubel, Owner

Every day I enjoy being a part of our business as it grows and evolves. I am deeply grateful that we are able to rank ourselves among the many other spectacular businesses that make Fort Collins a community dedicated to effecting positive change.In my spare time I love to garden, especially to grow vegetables, ride bicycles, and spend time with my family...especially Tristan Fox, the newest addition, who is the light of our lives.    It is my dream to finally get our chicken coop set up this summer...!

Erin Hamilton, Manager

Finally settling back into Fort Collins after: living in a mining cabin in the woods with two wolf dogs, traveling around South America, and trying my hand at living in a 6X9 Scamp trailer in a snowy mountain town, I could not be happier to be home. I grew up in Telluride, and still contend that it is the most beautiful place on earth. This summer I plan to thaw out from the long mountain winter and play. A lot.

Janaeh Lefferdink

Colorado has been home for 23 fabulous years and Fort Collins has been home for 5 of those years. I graduated from CSU in May 2010 with a bachelors in Sports Medicine and I am in the process of applying to Physician Assistant programs throughout the United States. In my spare time I enjoy reading on rainy days, antique shopping with my Momma, lifting weights, jogging with my boyfriend Amin, and dressing up for a night on the town with my best friends. I am truly blessed with a wonderful family and I am so grateful to have found a job opportunity with Clean Bees Housekeeping and look forward to the new relationships that will form between the staff and clients! “Nothing is impossible. The word its self says I’m possible.”-L.G.

Catherine Burke

I'm a recent graduate of CSU and I am very excited to be working for a great eco-friendly company!  I'm an east coast transplant who absolutely loves Colorado and everything it has to offer.  When I'm not cleaning I'm spending time with my 10 year old rescue dog Chester or visiting my parents in Steamboat for a little home cooked food and skiing.  I also like reading, traveling and visiting the zoo. I enjoy experiencing everything Fort Collins has to offer from swimming in Horsetooth (a little chilly!) to spending time at the the Poudre River Library! Colorado has become my new home and I hope I never have to leave!!!

Courtney Rodwell

I’m twenty years old, it’s my third year in college, and I just changed my major to biology in hopes of getting into the field of genetics. I have the laziest border collie ever who is seven years old and watches TV with me. I go to CSU and hope to graduate before I’m 30! Last year I went to New Orleans to help re-build Katrina victims’ houses. I hope to go back someday.

Elyssa Dondelinger

I’ve lived in Fort Collins my whole life. My dog Kyler is the love of my life, he is a 150lb English Mastiff/American Bulldog. In my free time I like to hang out in the mountains and go camping, snowboarding, and hiking. Last winter I worked at a heli-ski camp in Valdez, Alaska for three and a half months. It was the hardest thing I have ever experienced, but was definitely worth it!

Rachel Converse

I am currently a Junior at CSU earning my degree in Communications with a minor in Business. My hobbies consist of photography, art, and what I live in Colorado for: snowboarding! I recently added a new member to my family, a lhasa apso and cocker spaniel mix named Kali. She is the new love of my life. I have grown up in Colorado my entire life and will probably never leave because I love every season of the year here. I love to be around my family and friends no matter the occasion! I also hope to someday travel and go to my dream destination, Greece.

Though I was Idaho-grown, I have lived in Fort Collins for the last six years.  I graduated from CSU in 2007 with a BA in Liberal Arts.  Immediately after graduating I got a job at the humane society as a veterinary technician.  After two years I decided that a change of career was in order.  I re-applied to CSU and am now on the road to getting a BS in Wildlife Biology, and I am loving every minute of it so far!  I have a wonderful English Pointer/Hound mix named Amie, who I adopted when I worked at the humane society.  She is the apple of my eye and I couldn't possibly love her more!  Other than spending time with Amie, and learning about wildlife, I enjoy reading (Dean Koontz is the best), taking pictures, listening to music, and playing video games on my Xbox360.  I'm allergic to cinnamon, but I still eat it every chance I get! 

Kady Repola

I am a native of the mountains, growing up in Estes Park, CO. I am so excited to be settled in Fort Collins to attend CSU, after transferring from CU Colorado Springs. I am a junior studying Business Management, hoping to someday get into the fashion industry. I love to spend time with my family and eat great food! I am convinced that Colorado is the best place to live because every day I am able to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Rocky Mountains. In my free time you can probably find me at the gym or taking a nap, which is my favorite thing to do!

Torrie Jones

As a recent graduate from CSU, I have come to know and love the Fort Collins community over the last 5 years. I just received my degree in biology with a concentration in education, but I think I might go back to take more classes. I have a passion for kids and hope to work with at risk youth. In the mean time, I plan on exploring the world (or this corner of it!) with my amazing husband, Matt, and pup, Rowley. I enjoy all things crafty and outdoors, and have a weakness for good food. My most recent adventure has been mountain biking, an endeavor that leaves me looking like I’ve fought Mothra. I hope more than anything to finally start my garden in my very first home, with plenty of tomatoes and raspberries to last us the summer. Enough to last the winter would be good, too.

Taylor Blair

I've lived in Colorado for 14 yrs love it. I'm now in my third year at CSU and there is no end in sight, but I'm okay with that. I just decided to double major in both Liberal Arts and Social Work with a minor in English. I find it hard to sum up who I am in a few sentences so here is some randomness: I am a very passionate person especially with music, animals and people. I love my family and my puggle Crosby.  There are so many things I hope to do with my life. I want to work with at risk adolescents someday. I want to write the kind of movies and books that have inspired me. I play inline hockey, and am a huge Avalanche fanatic and I love my Nebraska Cornhuskers. I love to draw portraits. I enjoy sarcasm and making people laugh. I truly believe laughing and a good song can cure a bad day. 

Allison Schnettler

I’m a Colorado native and love living in Fort Collins!  I’m going into my Junior year at CSU and hope to graduate sometime this millennium!  The most important thing in my life is my family (which includes my new puppy, Bob) and when I’m not with them you can find me swimming, reading, dancing, and eating.  I’m looking forward to having fun all summer and I’m extra excited to be a Bee!!!

Julia Mallon

As a Chicago native, I enjoy people watching in the city (always keeping an eye out for Oprah and Kanye), eating deep dish pizza, watching the blackhawks win the Stanley Cup...and hoping that after 101 years the Cubs will       finally have the World Series title...well, maybe next year. But two years ago I came to Colorado to pursue my first loves, backpacking, camping, flyfishing, and snowboarding. I'm a junior nutritional science major at CSU and am   so excited to have a job I believe in and work for such a great company!

Esther Chapman

Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, I have lived in Colorado for the past ten years and now consider it home. After graduating with a BA in English Communications from Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO, I served as an Americorps volunteer, lived in a tepee on an organic farm, and interned for the Native American Sports Council. Very quickly, my life direction became about service to others, so now I am attending CSU in Fort Collins where I am working toward a Master's in Social Work. I enjoy spending time in the mountains, wild crafting, travelling, watercolor painting, dream work, reading, listening to and playing music. My dusty gray, Russian Blue kitty, named Osha (after the wild medicinal plant that grows at high altitude), is the love of my life who likes to sleep curled up in my bathroom sink. In the future I intend to travel to South America, Central Mexico and Australia.