Our Board
Alysha Cooke
Alysha has been a part of The Sanctuary since she moved back to Denver in 2012, however she had followed Peter’s teachings while living in various other places across the country since she first heard him speak in 2004. Words that come to mind when she thinks about her walk with God include enchanting, beauty, confusion, comfort, and wonder (both the noun and the verb). Professionally, Alysha is a CPA and works for an investment company focused on infrastructure, natural resources, and energy. While she never dreamed of being a CPA as a child (as so many children do…), she has found her career in accounting and finance to be continually challenging and rewarding.
FACT: Alysha enjoys spending time with her family—especially her two nieces Cassidy and Sydney—and her golden retriever named Summit.
Brad Knickel
Brad has enjoyed the fellowship of Lookout and the Sanctuary since 2000. He has served on the Sanctuary board previously from 2015 to 2018. He and his wife, Carin, have been married for 40 years and they have a talented daughter and son who are both married. Brad and Carin are enjoying being grandparents to their capricious 1 year old granddaughter. Brad serves God and our planet through his leadership of Horizon Ag-Products, a technology-based company, that helps farmers throughout the US improve the yields of their crops.
FACT: Brad enjoys road biking, hunting, skiing, beekeeping, and being out in God’s creation.
Corine Sweeney
Corine Has been married to Tom, her college sweetheart for 43 years. She is blessed with 4 amazing children & spouses plus 12 grandchildren. She has a Physical Education degree from Colorado State University. Taught at Creighton University in Omaha NE while her husband was in Medical School. Her walk with Jesus began the summer between her 8th & 9th grade year. Since then she has pursued many paths to increase her love knowledge & understanding of Jesus & God Through bible studies (attending & leading) books classes conferences prayer meetings attending various churches ect. Her desire is to one day walk with God like Enoch does.
FACT: She has an identical twin sister. Lived in Rio de Janeiro Brazil for 5 years. Rode up chairlift in Winter Park-with Alberto Tomba (a famous Italian downhill skier) and was the first surrogate mother in Colorado.
Josh Browning
Josh and his lovely wife Maria have been a part of the Sanctuary for many years, although sometimes from a distance while they were living in Europe. Josh first fell in love with Peter's teachings while he was attending Mines; Peter talked about vectors and Josh knew he was at home! They have three kids (Diego, Stella and Penny) who keep them quite busy. They love traveling, learning languages, and eating delicious food. Josh is a total nerd who loves math, and he loves teaching robots how to see and sort recycling for his day job.
FACT: Josh loves the Harry Potter series and learning languages, and so he's read some of the books in four different languages (English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian).
Mike Peter
Mike Peter first came to the Sanctuary for the conferences while attending a church in Fort Collins with similar beliefs to the Sanctuary’s beliefs. Then began to attend in Evergreen on Saturdays when he could and finally started to regularly attend on Sunday mornings in January of 2020. Mike enjoys music, skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing and spending time with his parents, brothers, niece, nephew , aunts and uncles.
FACT: Mike took a break from his career in plumbing to attend Charis Bible College in Colorado Springs and graduated there in 2012.
Maureen May
Maureen May has lived in Colorado since 1968 after serving with Campus Crusade for Christ on the University Ambassador team in the U.S. and England,France, and Germany. Married to Jim May for 54 years. I was a Pastor’s wife for over 30 years. I’ve worked as a volunteer counselor with Alternatives Pregnancy center for 25 years. We have 3 daughters and 3 grandchildren.
FACT: Mareen was Daisy Mae in the play Li’l Abner in Highschool.