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Board of Directors:
David
Stauffer, Chair
Dave Stauffer Consulting helps developers, builders, landowners, and
their advisors when they want to gain full value while using
conservation, smart growth, or new urban elements. Dave offers a unique
combination of experience in land use planning and financial
communication, both in government and the private sector. Dave
currently serves as a member of the Red Lodge City Council and was
formerly the town’s contract planner. He is the author of
four business
books and dozens of articles for business and land-use periodicals
including the Harvard Management Update, Urban Land, The Wall Street
Journal and Western Planner. Dave is active in the community
as
vice president of the Beartooth Front Community Forum and the American
Red Cross. |
Rick Reese, Vice-chair
Rick Reese has recently retired as the
Director of
Community Relations for the University of Utah after serving 14 years
in that capacity. His ties to the Greater Yellowstone run
deep
having worked seven years as a seasonal ranger in Grand Teton National
Park in the 1960s, as director of the Yellowstone Institute from
1980-85, and co-founder and president of the Greater Yellowstone
Coalition from 1983-86. Prior to his move to Utah, Rick lived in
Montana for 15 years, serving as a political science professor at
Carroll College, deputy director of the Montana State Commission on
Local Government, and executive director of the Montana Board of
Education. Rick’s educational background is in philosophy,
Latin
American affairs, public administration and alternative dispute
resolution, with degrees from the University of Utah and University of
Denver. He has a distinguished record of conservation work
and
public service in Utah and currently owns and manages property in
Gallatin, Madison and Park counties, Montana. |
Gary Van Dyke,
Treasurer
Gary Van Dyke and his firm, The Van Dyke Technology Group, Inc. based
in Bethesda, MD, were among the first out-of-region members in YBP.
Gary and his wife, Lynne, built a second home in Pray, MT, and have
become as integrated as possible into the local business, ranching and
church communities. With an undergraduate degree from Rutgers
University in 1961, Mr. Van Dyke began his career in information
technology (IT) that would lead him to establish his own firm in 1978.
Over a twenty year period, J.G. Van Dyke & Associates, Inc.
grew to
over 300 professionals and became well known for developing security
technologies for the defense and intelligence communities. After
selling his firm to Wang Global in 1998, Mr. Van Dyke formed his
current company in 2002 to improve data sharing among intelligence,
defense and law enforcement agencies of the federal government. |
Jennifer Lamb
– Secretary
Jennifer Lamb is Public Policy Director
for
the National
Outdoor Leadership School in Lander, Wyoming. With NOLS since 2001, she
has been involved in collaborative efforts to find sustainable,
politically viable solutions to protect the natural values of public
land. For three years, Jen was Advocacy Director for the International
Mountain Bicycling Association where she promoted environmentally and
socially responsible mountain biking for its 30,000 members. Her work
experience also includes ten years in the recycling industry, five of
them with GreenTeam of San Jose, a privately held recycling company
which she helped manage from start-up. Jennifer holds a B.A.
in
Economics from Connecticut College and a Masters in Environmental
Management/Natural Resource Economics and Policy from Yale University. |
Erik Abrahamson
Erik Abrahamson is a LEED (Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional (AP) and
master’s degree candidate in civil engineering, focusing on
building systems engineering, at the University of Colorado –
Boulder. He will be living in Jackson, WY, in May through August this
year, and permanently beginning in December. Erik is a co-founder of
Leaf, a Jackson-based firm that consults on sustainability and green
building for commercial and residential developments, specializing LEED
Certification services and small residential to large-scale renewable
energy systems. Erik has more than five years of program management
experience in the aerospace industry, previously working as a NASA
subcontractor. |
Julianne
Anderson
Julianne Anderson lives on the family sheep and cattle ranch in the Tom
Miner Basin near Emigrant, Montana, and operates it in cooperation with
her husband Hannibal and children. She is a licensed Physician
Assistant – Certified in Family Practice, operating out of
Park Clinic
in Livingston and summering in Nome, Alaska with the Norton Sound
Health Corporation. Julie has been involved with health care in Park
County since 1974, in Yellowstone National Park, and with native
populations in Alaska and South America. |
Steven Aumeier
Steve Aumeier is Director of the Energy Systems and Technologies
Division of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National
Laboratory. He has 15 years of experience in research, engineering,
business development, and the leadership and management of diverse
professional groups, with accomplishments positioned at the
intersection of energy technology and national security. Prior to
joining INL, Steve served in a variety of positions with Argonne
National Laboratory and the National Nuclear Security Administration.
He is a volunteer leader with several committees and boards on nuclear
and general engineering, and has authored numerous articles and
delivered presentations on technical aspects of energy and nuclear
security. He holds bachelor’s, master’s and
doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering and an MBA from the University
of Chicago. |
John M. (Jack) Brady
Jack Brady is currently pursuing a career heading his own architectural
firm, focusing on design and historic preservation. He is a retired
commercial airline pilot and member of the family that has been in the
media business in Southeastern Idaho since the early 1900s, with a
current ownership interest, through The Post Company, in the Idaho
Falls Post Register and several weekly newspapers in Southeastern
Idaho. He is currently a member of The Post Company board of directors.
Jack holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the
University of Notre Dame, and both bachelor’s and
master’s degrees in architecture from the University of Utah. |
Garett Chadwick
Garett Chadwick is a fourth-generation
Eastern
Idahoan and
father of two young sons. A resident of Driggs, he is an
Associate Principal of Plan One/Architects, where his responsibilities
include design, project development, contract administration, and
overall project coordination. Garett has managed major projects for
Teton County School District No. 401 in Idaho, and also for several
Oregon school districts. He has also managed projects for a
number of other private, commercial, and civic entities in Idaho,
Wyoming and Oregon. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture
degree
from the University of Idaho, is an NCARB-certified Architect, a USGBC
LEED Accredited Professional, and is currently beginning work on his
third and fourth LEED registered projects in the region. He is also
currently serving on the Built Environment Team for the Greater
Yellowstone Framework for Sustainable Design. |
Ron
Frazell
Ron Frazell owned and managed B&F Distributing Company in Idaho
Falls from 1974 until his retirement to Swan Valley, Idaho, in 2000.
His company was a wholesale distributor of beer, wine and snack
products that operated throughout Southeast Idaho. Ron has a long
history of community involvement that includes his current service as
chairman of the Greater Swan Valley Planning and Zoning Commission,
vice-president of the Idaho State Fire Commissioners Association, and
director of the Development Workshop, Inc. He was President/Chairman of
the Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce in 2001 and that same year received
the Wayne C. Hammond Award for service to the Chamber and community.
Ron was born in Bozeman, Montana, but moved to Idaho Falls in 1952
where his father established B&F Distributing. Ron's
educational
background is in accounting, and he enjoys a wide variety of outdoor
activities. |
Laurel Hall
Laurel Hall has served as Natural Resources/INL Director for
Congressman Mike Simpson since 1999. Prior to that, she
served six
years as the Idaho Falls field representative for then Congressman Mike
Crapo. Laurel is very active in cultural affairs, currently
serving as
Vice-Chair of the Idaho Commission on the Arts and in her second,
six-year term on the Idaho Falls Arts Council board. She has
served as
a board member on the Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce for six years and
is a past Eastern Idaho advisor to the Idaho Community
Foundation.
Laurel is a partner and assisted in the remodel of an old farmhouse
on
20 acres in Teton Valley Idaho. She is familiar and sensitive
to the
challenges brought by the region’s rapid
growth. Laurel has six
children and five grandchildren. |
Paul Hansen
Paul Hansen is the Director of the Greater
Yellowstone
Program
for the Nature Conservancy. He is working to maintain the
ecological integrity of the 28 million acre Greater Yellowstone
ecosystem by acting as the overarching spokesperson for TNC and through
strategic outreach to stakeholders and partners throughout the region,
nation and world. He was also the Executive Director of the Izaak
Walton League of America, and a Consultant on Transboundary
Conservation Issues to Canada's Department of Environment. His goal for
YBP board service is to provide responsible representation from the
perspective of a career full-time conservation professional to help YBP
and TNC reach their shared goals of a healthy economy and healthy
environment in the Greater Yellowstone region. |
Arthur Kull
Arthur Kull is founder and owner of Kull Food Technologies, LLC, a
company specializing in the development, production, and marketing of
food ingredients derived from by-products of food processing. Arthur
grew up in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, and Lyon, France. After earning a
doctorate in chemistry from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
he joined Nestle S.A. in Vevey, Switzerland. After relocating to Nestle
USA in 1976, he rose to senior vice president, technical. Arthur later
left Nestle to become an independent consultant, and after that joined
Basic American Foods, where he served successively as vice president,
operations; vice president, supply chain management; and senior vice
president, research & development. Arthur has been actively
involved in YBP since its founding, particularly as an adviser and
instructor in the UnCommon Sense program. |
Roger
Lang
Roger Lang has been involved in a variety of high-tech industries,
including financial software and Internet based
communications.
In 1989, he launched Infinity Financial Technology, which grew to
become one of the world's leading suppliers of derivatives trading and
risk management software. As founder and CEO, he led Infinity through
its IPO in 1996, and its subsequent merger with SunGard Data Systems in
1998. He is currently CEO of TransAria, a Bozeman-based business
broadband company for underserved business communities. In
addition, Mr. Lang owns a cattle ranch, founded the Rocky's first
eco-lodge, and is very active in the conservation community.
Mr.
Lang holds BS and Masters degrees from Stanford. |
Helen Schroeder, Advisory Board
Chair
Helen Schroeder has previously served on the YBP Board, distinguishing
herself as Nominating Committee chair and recruiting most of
today’s current Board members. Helen was a member of the
legislative staff for Gerald R. Ford, then Minority Leader of the U.S.
House of Representatives, and later worked in marketing with the Rand
Corporation and Waste Management International. Helen and her husband
have had their property in Paradise Valley since 1970. |
Bill Shepard
Bill Shepard was born and raised in Cody to a family
that
first
settled in the 1890s in Montana and in the early 1900s in
Wyoming. Bill’s father had a clothing store in Cody
for 40
years that depended heavily on the summer tourism to the Yellowstone
area, and thus Bill gained an early understanding of the importance of
the national park to the regional economy. As a child, he
grew to
love the outdoors and spent much time touring and fishing in
Yellowstone. Following high school, Bill joined the U.S. Air Force and
graduated from the Academy with a B.S. and later an M.S. in
Aerodynamics. His career as a test pilot ended with his
retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1985. For eight years he worked
as a financial advisor in Las Cruces, NM, before returning to his
native Wyoming in 1997 to manage a 4,000 acre-ranch and farm.
Bill is a member of the Cody Chamber of Commerce, an affiliate member
of YBP, and summer tour guide for Grub Steak Expeditions and Powder
River Transportation. |
Dan Stevenson
Dan Stevenson is a native of Bridger, Montana, who received his
engineering degree from Montana State University. Dan is a
principal of CTA Architects Engineers and focuses on Energy Engineering
and running the Bozeman office.
"Projects that have meant the most to me are those that provide a
benefit to society. I helped a small hospital-Beartooth
Hospital-upgrade the ventilation system for their surgery suite. The
budget was extremely limited, but we managed to dramatically improve
the condition in the space. Although this was a very small project in
the scope of my career, it was very important to the standard of care
that this small rural hospital was able to provide."
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