Elycia Cook
President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado
Elycia R. Cook is President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, where she leads one of the state’s most recognized youth mentoring organizations and works to expand opportunity, connection, and pathways to success for young people and families across Colorado.
A seasoned nonprofit executive with more than 17 years of executive leadership experience, Elycia is known for bringing corporate, philanthropic, civic, and community partners together around issues of youth development, economic mobility, workforce opportunity, and stronger communities.
Since joining Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado in 2021, she has strengthened the organization’s reach, visibility, partnerships, and impact while championing the belief that talent exists everywhere, but access, relationships, exposure, and opportunity do not.
A nationally recognized speaker and community leader, Elycia has been honored as a Titan 100 Hall of Fame CEO and Denver Business Journal Most Admired CEO.
She brings both professional expertise and lived experience to conversations about how businesses, nonprofits, and communities can work together to create meaningful and sustainable opportunity.
While Elycia has had many professional accomplishments, she says her greatest successes and joy is being a mom to her two daughters and a mentor/Big to her Little Sister in the BBBSC program, Tay.
