John Van Wyck is an organizer whose background includes policy research, political advocacy, and the arts. He's a co-founder and former Executive Director of Cine Fe, a Denver-based nonprofit supporting Colorado filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds. Prior to that, he was a Creative Executive at Cinereach, a New York-based film foundation and production company. He's currently Cohort Coordinator for the Child Care Works coalition, a nonpartisan group focused on understanding the challenges facing Colorado’s child care system. His views are sincerely held, sometimes wrong, and very much his own.