Allegiance Ranch Leadership
Dan Timmons | Board President
Allegiance Ranch was founded by the Timmons family in March 2017. Dan is a Navy veteran whose career was in information technology with an emphasis on supporting scientific research communities. Dan is a fierce advocate for veterans. Dan works on the ranch caring for the horses, making improvements to the property, and brainstorming ways to have a positive impact on veterans and first responders. Dan also hosts the monthly Veteran Muster.
Gloria Timmons | Executive Director
Gloria is a career human resources professional who retired from CU Boulder in 2014. She serves as the Executive Director for Allegiance Ranch while also working as an Executive Recruiter for CPS HR Consulting. The discovery that thousands of horses each year are sent to slaughter drove she and her family to take action. In addition to her passion for horses, Gloria is a cat lover and advocate, and enjoys spoiling the miniature donkeys and tending to her flock of chickens.
Todd Heirls | Vice President
Todd was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, living there until graduation from Kent State University in 1989. Having lived on the shores of Lake Erie and with a Grandmother who owned an Arabian and a Quarter Horse, Todd developed a love of horses. This part of life was put on hold while developing a career in Architecture and moving west with wife Tina and starting a family. Currently the Heirls family consists of wife Tina, daughter Ainsley, and Connor. Todd is a Partner Owner of Arcwest Architects. Having a daughter with a fierce love of horses re-kindled his love of horses as well as the outdoors. Discovering Allegiance Ranch has provided a unique opportunity to provide assistance with the ranch infrastructure, volunteer with the variety of animals, give back to the Veteran Community, and spend quality time with his daughter Ainsley who also volunteers. If Todd had his way, every horse would find its forever home.
Gavin Hubbard | Veteran Outreach & Treasurer
Gavin graduated and was commissioned as an Army Logistics Officer out of Michigan State University with a background in finance. During college he helped found Stronger Warrior Foundation in 2019. He started his career at Fort Lee for BOLC, and PCS’d to Fort Carson where he started as a Maintenance Platoon Leader in an Apache Battalion (4-4AB). One year later, prior to deployment to the Middle East, he was brought up to Forward Support Company Executive Officer and Battalion Unit Movement Officer. Gavin is currently a Financial Analyst for Occidental Petroleum. He is also a graduate student at the Colorado School of Mines, studying Mineral and Energy Economics. In his free time, Gavin enjoys bull riding and helps with transportation and sustainment of the bulls and broncs at Ford Rodeo Ranch in Brighton. Gavin became involved with Allegiance Ranch in August 2024 after attending a veteran horsemanship clinic.
Katrina Crouse | First Responder Outreach
Katrina was born and raised in Lakeland, Florida. After graduating from the University of Central Florida with a B.A. in Criminal Justice she worked as an administrative employee for the U.S. Marshals in Orlando. In 1995 she began her sworn career as a Deputy Sheriff for the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. While there she worked in patrol, community policing, as a flight officer in the helicopter program, and eventually became a sex crimes detective. After three years, the U.S. Marshals offered her a deputy position which began her 26 year career. Most of her career with the U.S. Marshals was spent on various fugitive task forces in Florida and Georgia to include an inspector position on the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force in Atlanta. Also while in Atlanta, she was selected to serve two tours in Baghdad, Iraq assigned to the Major Crimes Task Force in 2009 and 2010. She made her way to Colorado in 2018 when she was selected to rebuild the federal sex offender program for Colorado. She retired in December 2023 in the position of Chief Deputy for the District of Colorado. She has spent her first year of retirement hiking, backpacking, traveling, volunteering for the safety team at Flatirons Community Church and doting on her dogs. She feels privileged to have an opportunity to volunteer at the ranch and values the therapeutic benefits of working with all the animals. She strives to see these benefits expand in the law enforcement community.
JJ Marquez | Strategic Partnerships Development
JJ is a Colorado native with a passion for serving others, loving God and family, and spending time outdoors. He has a formal education in accounting and holds an MBA from Regis University and is a Colorado Certified Public Accountant (inactive). He spent time in the Department of Defense civil service then went on to contracting for several yearsbefore exploring entrepreneurship. JJ and his wife Becky own Pour Tap House in Commerce City, are commercial property owners, and commercial
property managers. They recently sold their crossfit gym of 12 years to free up time to serve others with what God has blessed them with, which is what brought them to Allegiance Ranch in 2024. Being able to serve Dan & Gloria, the veterans/active-duty/1st responder community, the
volunteers, and of course the horses has been a blessing to JJ
Alison McCabe, MS GEP
Alison is the founder of Horses Heal and a dedicated advocate for veterans and first responders, bringing over 25 years of clinical expertise in trauma-informed counseling and equine-assisted therapy. At Allegiance Ranch, Alison plays a pivotal role in facilitating therapeutic horsemanship clinics specifically tailored to veterans and first responders coping with PTSD, trauma, and stress-related challenges. Her compassionate approach combines professional counseling and the healing power of horses, creating meaningful pathways to recovery, resilience, and renewed purpose for those who serve our communities and country. To learn more about Alison’s therapy services visit Horses Heal