NKF Serving Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, and Wyoming

Follow us at @NKFCONM to stay up to date on our programs and events!

NKF serving Colorado and New Mexico Contacts:

Executive Director: Kendra Burrell Kendra.burrell@kidney.org

Development Director: Open

Sr. Program Manager: Danielle Percival Danielle.percival@kidney.org

Development Manager: Jackie Hahn Jackie.hahn@kidney.org

 

Board Chair: Kelli Strother

Vice Chair: Ewo Harrell 

 

Events and Programs at NKF CO & NM

June 23rd - The NKF Colorado Golf Classic

Join us for the NKF Colorado Golf Classic!

2025 NKF Golf Classic- Colorado

Monday, June 23, 2025 at The Club at Ravenna
Morning (8:00am) shotgun. 
The Club at Ravenna (an exclusive golf course) Check out the course: https://www.ravennagolf.com/
To register: https://nkfgolf.rallybound.org/colorado

Become a Volunteer Today

Interested in Volunteering with NKF? Email Jackie at jackie.hahn@kidney.org for our current opportunities.

Renal Roundtables

Lecture series providing nephrologists, nephrology nurse practitioners, transplant providers, and those who care for patients with CKD (cardiologists, endocrinologists and nurse practitioners) with an opportunity to network as well as engaging presentations on issues that are relevant to their practice and patients. Three dinner and lecture events will be held throughout the year with highly regarded speakers and thought leaders in CKD.

2025 Upcoming Renal Roundtables in Colorado:

May 28th at Del Frisco Grille

August 19th location TBD

October 8th location TBD

November 18 location TBD

For more information, sponsor opportunities and/or to RSVP reach out to Danielle Percival at Danielle.percival@kidney.org.

Becoming a Living Donor

The Big Ask: The Big Give

Programs Offered - Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter 

Becoming a Living Donor: 
Are you or someone you know interested in becoming a living kidney donor? In this free program, you’ll learn how to connect with a transplant center, know what to expect throughout the living donor evaluation and hear living donors share their stories.

Finding a Living Donor
The program goes over: Living Donation and Kidney Transplant, Strategies & Tools to Find a Living Donor, Tips to Create & Share Your Story and How to be an Effective Advocate for the Kidney Patient

First Steps to Transplant
The program goes over: Treatment Options for Kidney Failure, Understanding deceased & living donor Transplantation, The Transplant Evaluation Process and Life after Transplant
 

Sign up for a program today by contacting Danielle Percival for any questions: danielle.percival@kidney.org 720-748-9991 x453

Programs are offered in English and Spanish

 

A Roadmap to Kidney Success

Kidney Education Symposium and Kidney Support Group

The National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Education Symposium is an opportunity to bring together anyone affected by kidney disease (pre-dialysis, ESRD, transplant, living donors, care givers and family members) to learn about topics which concern the patient and their entire family. Save the Date Feb. 22, 2026 in Denver, CO and offered virtually . Pre-Register by reaching out to Danielle at danielle.percival@kidney.org 

Kidney Support Group

The National Kidney Foundation has partnered with social workers at dialysis centers in Denver and Southern Colorado to provide support group meetings, six timers per year.

For more information and to RSVP please reach out to Danielle Percival at Danielle.percival@kidney.org.

Featuring the best chefs in Colorado!

NKF's Great Chefs of the West

Great Chefs of the West is the foodie event of the year bringing together the top chefs of Denver, all competing to win best savory dish or best dessert dish awards- voted on by you!

With an all-star gathering of food and drinks, live music and exciting auctions, it's impossible to duplicate this amazing experience. To top it off, it's all for a worthy cause!

The National Kidney Foundation is revolutionizing the fight to save lives by eliminating preventable kidney disease, accelerating innovation for the dignity of the patient experience, and dismantling structural inequities in kidney care, dialysis, and transplantation.

Save the Date: March 12, 2026 at ReelWorks, Denver, CO

For sponsorship, ticket, or chef inquiries please contact Jackie at jackie.hahn@kidney.org

Want to get involved?

Are you interested in joining an events or programs committee, volunteering in Colorado or New Mexico, and/or learning about our board of advisors? Please reach out to the NKF Colorado & New Mexico Office, we would love to get to know you! Please email us at nkfconm@kidney.org. 

Kidney Walks

The Kidney Walks are the largest walks in Colorado and New Mexico to fight kidney disease with nearly 3,000 attendees. Attendees include the kidney and transplant community, donors, recipients, dialysis patients, families and friends, medical professionals and the entire community who come out to celebrate life and support NKF’s mission to educate the public about kidney disease and increase awareness of organ transplantation.

For more information reach out to Jackie at jackie.hahn@kidney.org 

Local Office

2000 S. Colorado Blvd
Bldg 1-2000
Denver, CO 80222
United States

Email: nkfconm@kidney.org
Fax: 720.748.1273
Phone: 720.748.9991
Toll Free: 800.596.7943

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