JOHN PRICE

God fueled John with a strong passion for excellence, service, and leadership–and he lives to serve God and others by helping executives live and lead well! After a distinguished military career, it is his honor to serve business leaders in Colorado and seek to promote excellence and a kingdom-focus in the marketplace. In 1989, John journeyed to Colorado from his native Virginia to attend the United States Air Force Academy and this began a 30-year adventure in the Air Force. John served as a command pilot, with over 3,500 hours in several aircraft, supporting military operations from humanitarian to combat around the globe. While serving at over 15 different locations in the U.S. and around the world, he completed work as a strategic planner and global operations director and served as a military commander at the squadron and wing levels. As a wing commander, he was responsible for over 3,000 personnel conducting military operations around the globe and over $6B in military assets. His final assignment brought him back to the Academy, where he served as the Vice Commandant of Cadets focusing on leadership and character development for 4,000 future officers. As a life-long student of leadership, he completed three master’s programs in management, strategy, and organizational leadership at Regent University, the National Defense University, and George Washington University, and culminated with his Doctorate in Strategic Leadership from Regent University in 2014. John is an avid distance runner who loves the mountain trails and has completed numerous 50 and 100-mile races. He is married to the amazing Stephanie Price who also attended the Academy and shared the Air Force journey with him. They have two teenage children. As the C12 Managing Chair for Southern Colorado, John serves leaders from South Denver down the I-25 corridor to Colorado Springs and Pueblo, as well as, western areas out through Summit County and Aspen.

KIM NEININGER

As a servant leader, Kim is a visionary and strategic integrator with over 35 years of proven business experience with start-up, SMB, and Fortune 500 companies in both public and private sectors. Her passion is to work with leadership teams who want to create a culture of sustainable growth and build new organizational capabilities with the agility needed to deliver customer value. Kim has held senior management, executive advisory/coaching, and workshop facilitation roles that span several key disciplines in strategic planning, fiscal management, M&A and integration, business development, project management, organizational development, change leadership, and business process design. Over the years, her approach to driving organizational effectiveness, leading organizations through change, and managing domestic/international teams has consistently delivered transformational people, process, data, and technology results. Kim’s extensive cross-industry business knowledge and management consulting experience with companies delivering innovative high-tech products and services bring a unique hands-on perspective as a C12 Chair committed to encourage and equip Christian CEOs & Owners to build GREAT businesses for a GREATER purpose. Prior to answering God’s call to join C12 in their vision, Kim was helping dozens of client leadership teams as a digital business transformation expert and practice thought leader strategically growing boutique management consulting firms. She began her career at Boeing and spent 15 years in various proposal, senior financial analyst, and IT program management roles. Kim also invested over five years as a business owner of a Rocky Mountain Christian Business Directory franchise start-up which was successfully sold. Then 10 years spent with various Fortune 500 companies growing through restructuring and acquisitions. Kim led high-profile financial planning, analysis, and technology teams in matrix organizations ($3B-$12B in revenues). P&L ownership included managing $1B+ technology spend and capital plan assets while executing successful strategic M&A integrations and complex business transformation initiatives, programs, and projects. In 2011 she was recruited to a SMB focused on corporate social responsibility in the National Park Service industry to facilitate business development and M&A activities growing revenues by more than 50% in three years. Kim is a lifelong learner. To further credential her career experience before transitioning into management consulting in 2016, she completed her Master of Science degree in Organizational Leadership at Regis University specializing in Enterprise Resource Planning. Kim also holds a Master Certificate in Project Management for IS/IT Professionals at Villanova University and has been a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with PMI since 2008. Kim is married to John, her husband of 20 years and together they have served in various mentoring, deacon, music, and small group ministries with their local church and community. She is beyond grateful to be the mom of three awesome millennial sons. As a family, they enjoy the Colorado lifestyle of hiking, biking, skiing, and kayaking.

CHRIS BENNETT

Chris Bennett is a retired US Air Force officer living in Monument, CO with his wife Molly. They have four children, with only one still at home enjoying the benefits of homeschooling. As a leader, he believes strongly in the value of mentoring and developing relationships through communication and interpersonal engagement. He emphasizes and practices trust and delegation through empowerment, using servant-leadership principles, putting into practice adding value to others through focused individual attention, and utilizing deliberate engagement and feedback processes. He is an enthusiastic, people-focused individual who believes in the strength of personal connection, one relationship at a time. He understands and has experienced that individual relationships provide the opportunity to mentor and develop oneself and others. He has 50 years of life experience, 30+ years of USAF service, and thousands of miles of road and trail running. He and Molly attend Woodmen Valley Chapel, Monument Campus, as their church home. The Bennett family enjoys traveling, mostly in an RV, and is joined by two cats and one sheep-a-doodle named Jules.

TODD KINZLE

Todd Kinzle serves as a Chair with C12 Business Forums in Colorado. C12 is the world’s largest peer-learning organization for Christian CEOs, business owners and executives, serving 4,000 members throughout the United States and internationally. Todd has been serving as a C12 Chair since 2024 and is currently working to initiate new forums along the Northern Front Range in Colorado as a part of the C12 Colorado team. Prior to joining C12,  Todd Kinzle served as the  Co-Founder & CEO of AuctionGenius, a SaaS company in the Auto Industry that was ultimately acquired by COX Automotive, a subsidiary of COX Enterprises, Inc. Todd was responsible for launching the business and bringing the software to the market, ultimately scaling the business to over 3000 monthly subscribers and over 60 employees. Under Todd’s leadership, Auction Genius established market partnerships with CARFAX, Kelly Blue Book, NADA Guides, Black Book, Manheim Auctions, Adesa and many other valuable auto industry data sources to bring a powerful tool to auto dealers across the country.  Todd’s background includes a unique combination of ministry experience and business leadership. This includes roles as an ordained pastor, the CEO of a scaling nonprofit serving vulnerable children, a Strategy Executive for a Fortune 500 company, and a VP of Business Development role. Todd has also consulted for and invested in various companies in marketing, technology and construction and remains an active real estate investor. Throughout  Todd’s career, he has been a sought-after coach and mentor in the area of sales, business development, scaling, product development, and strategy. Additionally,  Todd has recently served on the board of directors for various non-profit organizations including America’s Kids Belong and The Happiness Foundation. Todd lives in Northern Colorado with his wife Jaime. They have 5 children, Kyla, Avery, Rylan, Shaylee and Leo, and remain actively involved in advocating for children in foster care. Todd’s life verse is, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13