The former executive director of a north metro Denver nonprofit falsified documents so she could pocket nearly $100,000 in donations meant to fund her graduate school tuition, according to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
Lindsay Salas was leading CASA of Adams and Broomfield Counties in 2021 when a “top donor” offered to pay for her to go to graduate school, investigators wrote in the complaint.
CASAs are local organizations that coordinate community volunteers — known as court-appointed special advocates — who advocate for children in the legal system who have experienced abuse or neglect. The Adams and Broomfield CASA is one of 18 in Colorado…