Tom Downey (pictured) heads the Regulatory Affairs & Government Relations Practice Group at Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC, a 99-year-old full-service law firm with offices in Denver, Grand Junction and Fort Collins; he is the outside general counsel and former board chair of the Colorado Nonprofit Association. Paul Lhevine is the President and CEO of the Colorado Nonprofit Association, which has strengthened the nonprofit sector through education, connection and advocacy since 1986.