Evelyn Becker

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Evelyn Becker
Evelyn Becker is a communications strategist with fifteen years of experience in nonprofit communications and political advocacy that highlights exceptional strategic planning, writing skills and media savvy. Evelyn has a significant history of focusing her energy and talents on community leadership roles, with a particular focus on women’s issues and the Jewish community. Evelyn lives in Colorado with her husband, son and daughter, enjoying the active, outdoor lifestyle of the Rocky Mountains. She spends her weekdays working in and around Denver and the southeast suburbs, and her weekends hiking, biking, and skiing in Keystone.

Blog posts

  • Meet Miriam Kobey, “Denver’s Angel of Mercy”

    An Orthodox Jewish woman from Suwalki, Poland, Miriam (Mary) Rachofsky (Kobey) was an unlikely pioneer on the western frontier. Her passion for helping others led to a successful career as a midwife in Denver at a time when very few women ran their own businesses.   

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  • I’m Hitting “Like” on Leaning In

    The spotlight is on Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, and her mission to change the balance of power in the United States.  Sandberg’s book Lean In hit the proverbial shelves this week and the media is buzzing.  Is Sandberg the new Gloria Steinem?  Will her message on women and leadership motivate real change? 

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  • Redefine Success, Submit to Passion

    It's January 2013 in Denver, Colorado. Things are going well. My children have settled easily into the school year in second grade and pre-K. Becker Impact started a challenging and particularly meaningful new project. Then, as part of that project, I interviewed a charismatic young lawyer who mentioned what first year associates now earn at New York City law firms. Plus bonus.

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  • A Brighter Side to “Jewish Mothering”: A Review of “The Guilt Trip”

    The Guilt Trip begins by introducing Andy Brewster (Seth Rogen), a thirty— something inventor about to embark on a road trip to sell his innovative organic cleaning product. Andy makes a quick stop at his mom’s (Barbara Streisand) house, and spontaneously invites her to come along for the ride. Their journey cross-country turns into an exploration of the ties that bind (Jewish) mother and son.

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  • Braving a Botoxed World: A Mother's Tale

    In the recent Disney/Pixar film, Brave, a young princess defies an age-old custom and fights to make her mother understand that she is not ready for marriage. I know you’d rather not think of the Disney princesses at all, but we live and breathe, and shop at Target, so I contend---if forced to choose among that whole pastel-clad, sugary lot, you’d want your daughter to be more independent, courageous Merida, less Cinderella waiting for her prince to come, right?

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  • May Their Memory Be for a Blessing

    On the front page of this morning’s Denver Post a picture of Veronique Pozner, mother of Sandy Hook Elementary School victim Noah Pozner, at Noah’s gravesite at B’nai Israel Cemetery in Monroe, Connecticut, assaults me as I sit down to drink my morning coffee. Veronique stands next to her rabbi, and my eyes are drawn to his kippah. And I’d thought, that perhaps, I was going to be able to start this day without crying.

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  • Did Your Grandmother Have The Right To Vote?: With rights, comes responsibility

    According to an August USA Today/Suffolk University poll, there are 90 million Americans who “could turn a too-close-to-call race into a landslide for President Obama, but by definition they probably won’t.” The poll found that people who are eligible to vote but aren’t likely to do so “back Obama’s re-election over Republican Mitt Romney by more than 2-1.”

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  • WHO DECIDES? Judaism says: You & I

    We are talking about abortion.

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