SummitStone’s Dodds among BizWest Women of Distinction honorees

FORT COLLINS — Cyndi Dodds, CEO of SummitStone Health Partners, will be one of 13 women from Northern Colorado to be recognized with this year’s Women of Distinction awards, a BizWest program to acknowledge the contributions of female leaders in the region.

Selected in the Healthcare category, Dodds has been a behavioral health practitioner for more than 30 years. She started at SummitStone in 2007 as chief operations officer, became chief clinical officer in 2018, then interim CEO in 2024, overseeing the opening of the acute-care facility at SummitStone’s Longview campus. She assumed her current role in April 2025.

Before coming to SummitStone, she was a program manager for Larimer County and program director at North Range Behavioral Health in Greeley.

Dodds earned a bachelor’s degree from Alliant International University in San Diego and a master’s in human development and family studies from Colorado State University.

Dodds and this year’s dozen other honorees were selected by previous recipients of the award to represent multiple categories of business and nonprofit activity.

The awards will be given out at an event to be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Drake Centre, 802 W. Drake Road, Fort Collins.

Also to be honored, along with their categories of award, include:

• Leading Ladies: Betty Aragon-Mitotes, president of Mujeres de Colores and co-founder of the Museo de las Tres Colonias; and Beth Walker, former dean, College of Business, Colorado State University.
• Banking and Finance: Christina Kraft, market president, Bank of Colorado.
• Business and Business Services: Lori Gama, founder and president, DaGama Digital Marketing Agency.
• Education: Leah Bornstein, CEO and president, Aims Community College. 
• Emerging Leader: Tori May, deputy director, Loveland Habitat for Humanity.
• Exceptional Volunteer: Paula Galloway, program lead for visual-impairment snow sports, scholarship director, instructor supervisor and board member, Ignite Adaptive Sports. 
• Government, Energy and Utilities: Michelle Vance, executive director, Windsor Downtown Development Authority.  
• Manufacturing: Amanda Rider, area leader, J.M. Smucker Co.
• Nonprofit: Donna Visocky, director of public relations and fundraising, Community Services Center of Wellington.   
• Outstanding Mentor: Ginger Graham, owner, Ginger and Baker.
• Real Estate: Alicia Ready, training and development director, Elder Construction, BuildHER Collaborative and NoCo Construction Sector Partnership. 

Seats can be reserved in advance by clicking here.

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