Leadership Team

Kelsey is the Practice Manager for Corporate Affairs & Investor Relations at High Country Search Group, where she built and leads the firm’s Corporate Affairs function. She partners with Boards, CEOs, CFOs, Communications executives, and Government Relations leaders to recruit and advise on talent, structures, and future impact. She serves as President of the National Investor Relations Institute, Rocky Mountain Chapter, and as a 2026 NIRI National Annual Conference Committee Member, where she was recognized as the NIRI 2026 Emerging Volunteer of the Year. 

Before building the practice at High Country, she cut her teeth with the global executive search firm, Korn Ferry, within their Corporate Affairs Executive Search team. 

Kelsey holds an MBA from The University of Texas at PB and bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Political Science from State University of New York. Based in Colorado, she enjoys skiing, hiking, golfing, and spending time with her fiancé, Jake, and their Bernedoodle, Walter.

Alexa advises U.S. and global companies on strategic communications to support the success of capital markets transactions, shareholder activist engagements, financial restructurings, and more. She is responsible for developing creative strategies that engage critical stakeholders during these transformational moments, building and maintaining trust and confidence in the company for the long-term. She also works with clients to anticipate and mitigate possible obstacles, such as employee activism, community pushback, regulatory constraints, and shareholder opposition. 

Representative projects include advising: Jennie Stuart Health on overcoming community opposition to its combination with Deaconess Health, Dril-Quip and Innovex Downhole Solutions on their merger and overcoming related shareholder opposition, McGrath on its announced merger with WillScot and subsequent termination, WisdomTree on shareholder activism defense for three years in a row, West Marine and Alpha Media on financial restructurings, and several clients on pre-IPO preparations. 

She’s originally from Houston and moved to Denver in September 2025. She previously served on the NIRI Houston Board as President, VP Programming, and VP Communications. She also has previously served on the Houston boards of housing non-profit Avenue and art/culture non-profit Lawndale Arts Center.

Benjamin Treseder joined NIRI in 2019 and currently serves as Treasurer, having previously served as Programming Co-Chair for the Rocky Mountain NIRI Chapter. Benjamin has been in a financial services role for 9+ years. Over the course of his career, Ben has helped companies manage solutions for Document & Print Management, Human Relations, and Investor Relations. Benjamin is currently a Senior Account Manager for Broadridge Financial Services, representing Corporate Issuers on tasks relating to Annual & Special Meetings, Corporate Actions, and Shareholder Communication. He enjoys spending time with his wife, baby daughter, and 2 dogs, and races a vintage Formula-V race car.

Hunter Wells has over twelve years of investor relations experience creating and executing best-in-class IR programs for numerous companies across industry sectors. Hunter joined The Hanover Insurance Group, a leading property and casualty insurer, in 2022 as the AVP, Investor Relations. Previously, Hunter served as the Vice President, Investor Relations at Century Communities, one of the largest national homebuilders. From 2017 to 2019, Hunter was the Manager, Investor Relations at Zayo Group Holdings, a communications infrastructure provider, where her team was awarded the “Best IR Program – Telecom” in 2017 and 2018 by Institutional Investor. Prior to her role at Zayo, Hunter was a Vice President at ICR, an integrated communications firm, where she handled IR operations for clients ranging in market cap of $500 million to $15 billion in the consumer and retail sectors. She presently serves on the board of directors for the NIRI Rocky Mountain Chapter and was named a “40 Under 40” honoree in 2020. Hunter graduated from Northeastern University, Magna Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in 2011.

Davis Barker currently serves as Vice President of Programs for the Rocky Mountain NIRI Chapter and has been a NIRI member since 2024. Davis has led investor relations, M&A, and corporate strategy initiatives across leading public companies, including strategic leadership roles in payments, software, and manufacturing sectors. Davis currently serves as Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Development for CPI Card Group (NASDAQ: PMTS), the largest physical and digital payment card solutions provider in the U.S. Prior to joining CPI, Davis served in investor relations at Ball Corporation (NYSE: BALL), a Fortune 500 company providing global aluminum packaging solutions to primarily beverage customers. Before Ball, Davis spent seven years at CSG (NASDAQ: CSGS), a leading Software-as-a-Service company focused on billing, customer experience, and payments solutions. During his time at CSG, he led a series of transformational buy-side transactions that brought recurring revenue growth, high margin, and SaaS-centric scale to CSG, which enabled the company to achieve over $1 billion in software revenue. Davis graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2018 with a B.S. in Strategic Communication and a minor in Business Administration.

Geoff High has more than 30 years of experience developing and managing investor relations programs for companies in a broad range of industries. For over a decade, he has served as Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for Colorado-based DMC Global Inc. (Nasdaq: BOOM), which owns and operates a diversified family of industrial manufacturing businesses. Prior to joining DMC, High spent 21 years at Pfeiffer High Investor Relations Inc., where he led investor relations programs for companies in the oil and gas, energy products, industrial, retail, and restaurant sectors. His areas of expertise include IR strategy development and execution, institutional and analyst engagement, shareholder relations, activist defense, ESG communications, and global corporate and crisis communications. In 2024, he led an investor relations team that was nominated for “Best Overall Investor Relations – Small Cap” and “Best Investor Relations in Sector – Energy” by IR Magazine. High holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Benedictine College.

Brandon currently serves as Director-at-Large after serving as Chapter President, Sponsorship Chair, and Membership Chair to Rocky Mountain NIRI Chapter. He joined Ball Corporation in 2013, a global supplier of aluminum packaging for beverage, personal care, and household products customers. Brandon has held multiple positions at Ball, including corporate real estate and global treasury roles and currently serves as Head of Investor Relations. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance degree from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Andy Larkin serves as Vice President of Investor Relations at CMC, where he leads the company’s investor relations strategy and oversees engagement with the global investment community. He brings more than a decade of experience across investor relations and corporate finance, with a strong track record in industrials, building materials, consumer products, and natural resources.

Prior to joining CMC, Andy was Vice President of Investor Relations at AngloGold Ashanti, where he led investor outreach and helped strengthen shareholder engagement, expand sell-side coverage, and enhance market perception. Previously, he held the same role at Summit Materials, where he elevated shareholder quality, led high-impact investor days, supported strategic transactions, and contributed to improved valuation through targeted messaging. Earlier in his career, Andy held investor relations and finance leadership roles at The Kraft Heinz Company and Munich Re America.

Andy holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from The College of New Jersey. He is a CFA charterholder.