David Chase - President

David Chase’s career has included being a professor of finance at Northern Arizona University, managing member of a private equity firm and a having a life long involvement with cattle ranching.  David holds a BA, MBA (Tuck School) and Ph. D (Arizona State University).  Participating in and supporting cultural, educational, scientific and environmental organizations have been central.  David has served on the Boards of The Nature Conservancy of Arizona and New Mexico and the Santa Fe Conservation Trust.
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Ellen Huntley Dubé – Vice President 

Ellen, a native of Florida, has 20 years of experience in organizational management, conservation land acquisition, and sustainable agriculture. She completed a B.S. in Chemistry from Furman University and her M.S. in Soil and Water Sciences at the University of Florida. She served in the United States Peace Corps for two years teaching high school sciences in Ghana, West Africa. Ellen has worked in organic certification and land trust accreditation, assisted in coordinating one of the first local farm product labels in the Southeastern U.S. and  collaborated with community leaders to address community food needs. Ellen is currently the president of the general partner of her family’s limited partnership which specializes in commercial real estate.
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Ellen, her husband Matt, and their son, Andrew, moved to Snowmass Village, Colorado to be closer to Ellen’s sister and her family.  She is happily surprised with how much she enjoys the seasons here and is thankful for a growing sense of place in the Roaring Fork Valley.
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Charles Bantis – Treasurer

Charlie joined the board in October 2018 after applying his skills as a co-chair of The Grand Land Dance. Charlie is currently president of the First Western Trust, Aspen. He is an experienced market president with a long history of creating profitable asset growth. His love of the mountains drew he and his family to the Roaring Fork Valley almost 20 years ago. They have hiked, biked, skied, and ridden their horses all over the valley, and are still discovering new places. Charlie’s commitment to community runs deep. He serves, or has served, on the boards of Colorado Humanities, Aspen Chamber Resort Association, and Aspen Junior Hockey. As a long-time supporter of AVLT, Charlie is one of the few and the proud to have attended every Land Dance!
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Cindi Jacobson – Secretary

Cindi is a social scientist with over 25 years of experience working in conservation policy and management. Prior to starting her consulting business, she was the Chair of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Working Group of the Arctic Council and Senior Advisor for Arctic Conservation for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska. During her tenure, she oversaw a science program that convened diverse partnerships to plan and implement large landscape conservation efforts throughout Alaska and Northwestern Canada. Previously, Cindi spent 12 years as an Assistant Director for the Alaska Department of Fish & Game’s Division of Wildlife Conservation. She received a B.A. from the University of Colorado and M.S. and Ph.D. from the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. She is a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Affiliate Faculty at Colorado State University. Cindi and her husband Mike now live in Carbondale where they enjoy the abundant wildlife, hiking, skiing and spending time with their four dogs.
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Stephen Bershenyi

With an ancestry of Roaring Fork Valley pioneers, Stephen was born into a ranching family in Glenwood Springs and lives there now with his wife, Jo. He stewards the family property, the Lazy V Quarter Circle Ranch, a 640-acre high-mountain parcel protected by a conservation easement. 

An English Literature and German Language double major, Stephen also earned his journeyman card as a control instrument and refrigeration pipefitter. Stephen’s career has been varied but centered mainly on facilities maintenance and later facilities management. He was the Director of Maintenance at National Jewish Hospital in Denver and later the Facilities Manager at AMC Cancer Research Center in Lakewood. Since returning to the valley in 1995, Stephen has worked in facilities management and construction and since 2005 as an artist blacksmith.
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Kalli Gustafson Sinclair

Kalli was born and raised in the Roaring Fork Valley.  She graduated from the University of Colorado with degrees in psychology and education. Teaching elementary school in the Roaring Fork School District showed her how learning outside helped kids be more engaged and enthusiastic about their education. She is always looking for opportunities to offer additional outdoor educational opportunities to students throughout the valley.  It is her goal to encourage future generations to connect with and protect the natural environment. Kalli lives in Snowmass Village with her husband and three children.
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Curtis Kaufman

Curtis is a developer who built his career entitling land and securing financing for single-family home builders across the western United States. He received his B.A. in Economics from San Diego State University. In 1998, Curtis and his wife and their three children followed their dreams of living in the mountains and made Aspen their permanent home. A passionate community volunteer, Curtis has served on the Board of the Aspen Valley Ski Club and Thompson Divide Coalition. He enjoys skiing, hiking, and biking across the Elk Mountains.
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Scott Miller

Scott Miller is a partner with Patrick, Miller & Noto, a Roaring Fork Valley based law firm specializing in water rights, ditch easements, wetlands, water quality, water conservation, and other water related issues. He received his law degree and a master's in environmental law from Vermont Law School. He and his firm also practice in other states including Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming; and Scott was counsel on a large interstate water case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court. Scott frequently publishes and speaks on a variety of legal issues relating to western water law and ditch easements. Scott grew up in Rochester, NY and moved to Colorado in the ‘80’s and made his way to Aspen in 1989. Scott's mom owned a 70 acre ranch in Old Snowmass which helped fuel his love for open spaces and preserving ranchlands. Scott likes to play almost any sport, including hockey, his late-in-life passion; and loves to ski, mountain bike and spend as much time as possible with his active wife Cathy, and two sons, Keaton and Carson.
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Richard Shaw

Richard Shaw, FASLA, joined the AVLT board in June 2019. Richard and his wife Sarah live in Aspen and he is currently working to retire from a decades-long relationship with Design Workshop. Richard graduated with honors from Utah State University and earned his master’s from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, where he was awarded the Jacob Weidenman Traveling Fellowship. He has taught Resort Design through Harvard University’s School of Design Professional Development Series. Richard is a fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a past board member of both the Landscape Architecture Foundation and the American Institute of Certified Planners. His work in both small-scale residential garden design and large-scale resort redevelopment, planning and design has garnered many awards and commendations, including recognition by the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Horticultural Society.

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