Office Staff

Burgandy is extremely excited to join the Ben Franklin Academy family as the Office Manager.   Her background includes 15 years of professional HR/Recruiting and Operations experience in various capacities.  She has an MBA in Technology Management, with 6 years in the United States Army as a CIO and HR Manager and training as a facilitator in Six Sigma and Lean Business Process Improvement.  Burgandy has had the pleasure of coaching, mentoring, leading and managing in very diverse industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, education and military settings. For the last two years she has been a stay at home mom.

Burgandy and her husband, Steven, son, and daughter love being a part of the Ben Franklin Academy community.

Brenda Sepan - Business Manager

Brenda Sepan is extremely excited to be joining the Ben Franklin Academy team as the Business Manager.  Her professional background includes Market Research Consulting for Equifax, Inc. as well as Marketing and Business Development in the Automotive Industry.  In addition, she owned a small Colorado-based consulting business which performed general accounting support to small/medium sized businesses.  She is also a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor.  Brenda comes to us from the business office of a neighboring charter school.

A proud Colorado native, Brenda graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Business Administration.  She enjoys spending time outdoors, camping and hiking and has recently taken an interest in running and Tae Bo with hopes of finishing the Rock and Roll Colorado Half Marathon this year.   An important aspect of her life is her family family; her husband Joe, two sons (who will both be attending Ben Franklin) and a dog named Gus.

Kari Beers - Registrar

Denise Bonney - Attendance & Health Assitant

Denise is happy to be Ben Franklin Academy's as the Attendance & Health Assistant.  She has 15 years of experience with children that includes managing an aquatics program as well as swim instruction. Last year she became as a certified phlebotomist.   Denise and her husband and I have two daughters, Kayla 12, and Emma 10.Denise enjoys outdoor activities, reading and watching her girls play volleyball.  And her favorite color is PURPLE.  Any extra time their family has is spent playing with their two Italian greyhounds Parker and Lucy. 

Michelle Bynum - Volunteer Coordinator

Michelle is very excited to join the Ben Franklin Academy family and see the school come to life.  Michelle has been the founding teams longest and most consistent volunteer.  She's helped in a number of areas and mostly as a volunteer coordinator.  She's been a very active volunteer for her kids education and played an integral role founding Ben Franklin Academy .   She attended Douglas County schools and is now raising her kids in the same school system.   She graduated from Colorado State University at Pueblo with a degree in mass communications.  Her family is very important to her; husband Brent, daughter Kate and son Jacob.

Kimberly Blum - Librarian

Kimberly Blum is thrilled to join Ben Franklin Academy as the librarian.  She has been a very active volunteer since last July.  She has been our lunch coordinator, library coordinator, and helped in many other areas.  She will also be our PTO Treasurer.   Kimberly spent 10 years in banking and personal finance education before staying home with her children for 4 years.  She received her Bachelor of Arts in Management and Corporate Communications from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, IA and received her Masters of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Kimberly has a real heart for children that are struggling with learning to read and hopes to use her position as librarian to make a difference in their lives.  Kimberly lives in Highlands Ranch with her husband and 2 daughters who will be attending Ben Franklin Academy.