Joe McCulley joins the Board of Empowering Education Inc. following his recent retirement as Director of Workforce Giving at Pikes Peak United Way.  Joe brings experience from a long career in non-profit management that included more than 20 years in behavioral healthcare as an executive director and hospital administrator for a community mental health center in Texas and more than ten years most recently in fundraising and grant writing for Pikes Peak United Way and the Penrose-St. Francis Health Foundation in Colorado Springs.  Joe also has experience as a classroom teacher and is a certified public school teacher in Colorado.  He has a Masters of Business Administration degree in management and marketing and a Bachelors degree in English.  Joe was an infantry officer in the US Army Reserve.  Joe has served as president of the Colorado Professional Researchers for Advancement, a member of the Board of the Southern Colorado Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and was responsible for directing the 2009-2010 fundraising campaign at Pikes Peak United Way that raised more than $5 million for local, community services.  Joe lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Carol, who is an accounting supervisor for Colorado Association Services, Colorado Springs, a property management company.