Tom Steinberg, President Emeritus
Tom moved to Vail in
1965 and was the first physician in town. He is a former Town of Vail
Council member. He has been active in open space and water quality
for the last 40 years.
Tom Edwards, President
Tom has lived in Gypsum
since 1995. He is a member of the Gypsum Town Council, United Way
Board of Directors, Eagle Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors and participates on several committees for the Town of
Gypsum.
Dan Godec,
Vice President
Dan is
Chief Lending Officer for Community Banks of Colorado. He has lived in the Valley for 16 years and is
an active community member, serving on the boards of The Youth
Foundation of Eagle County and the Bravo! Vail Valley Music
Festival. Dan currently presides as Chairman of the Colorado
Bankers Association. He and his wife Sue live in Edwards.
Kent Erickson,
Treasurer
Kent has lived in or
close to Vail for nearly 40 years, since serving as night auditor at
the Vail Village Inn in 1966 and as the accountant for Vail
Associates, Inc. in 1967 and 1968. A CPA, he and his business partners
founded an investment banking firm in Denver from which he retired
in 2002 after being CFO for more than 20 years. He and his wife
Barbara Krichbaum are avid skiers and support a variety of
charitable organizations in the Vail area.
Cheryl Foley,
Secretary
Cheryl serves as
counsel in Skadden Arps' Washington, DC office. Before joining the
firm in July 2001, she served as
Vice President and General Counsel of a major electric and gas
utility and also of a major interstate pipeline
company. Cheryl is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Union
Institute and University. Cheryl splits her time between her homes in Cordillera
and Scottsdale.
Kevin Clair
Kevin has lived in the
Vail Valley since 1975. In 1977, he founded Sweet Basil, followed by
Montauk Seafood Grill in 1988 and Zino Ristorante in 1997. Kevin and his wife Sally live in
Lake Creek.
Steve Conlin
Steve
Conlin
grew up in
Boulder,
Colorado. A
fter graduating from Boulder High he attended
the
University
of
Montana
where he studied Geology and Anthropology. Since graduating from
Colorado State University with a graduate degree in veterinary
medicine, he has practiced both small and large animal medicine in
several locations on the western slope.
Steve
currently works part time at
Castle Peak
vet service in Eagle. The rest of his time is spent managing a 3,000
acre ranch in Sweetwater and a 20,000 acre plantation in
Florida
.
Steve
Conlin
is married to
Louise
Ingalls; they have two children ages 8 and 10.
John Dunn
John has been an
attorney for over thirty-five years. An Illinois native, he
graduated from New York University School of Law and served as a law
clerk for the United States Court of Appeals in the First Circuit
for a year before coming to Colorado. Since 1981, he has lived and
practiced law in the Vail area, focusing on real estate and land
use.
Ellen Eaton
Ellen has
lived in Eagle County for 23 years. A resident of Homestead, she
is a realtor with Smith Eaton Realty. A mother of two, she is
also an active community volunteer with a wide and diverse range
of experience including the Town of Vail Liquor Board, Eagle
School District Accountability Committees, Eagle County Charter
Academy Parent Mentor Program, and the Homestead Open Space
Committee to mention a few. She is currently serving as a member
of the Eagle County Planning Commission. She and her husband
Mike enjoy outdoor activities, including hiking and camping.
Kip Gates
Bob Hernreich
Bob is
part owner of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball
Association and part owner of the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena
Football League. He is President of Remonov Capital, Inc., Lake
Tahoe, Nevada, and co-owner of Remonov & Company, Edwards, Colorado,
both private investment firms.
Before coming to the Vail area,
Bob was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Broadcasting
Company, formerly Arkansas' largest television and radio station
group. He was Chairman of United States Repeating Arms, maker of
Winchester sporting firearms.
A resident of Cordillera, he is
active in a number of not-for-profit organizations, including the
Vail Valley Foundation, The Board of Trustees of Washington
University in St. Louis, and the Snowboard Outreach Society. He is
past chairman of the board of Colorado Parks and Outdoor Recreation.
Kimberly
Rowland
Kimberly has been coming to Eagle County
and has been a property owner since 1994. Since moving to
Edwards full time in 2003, she has been actively engaged with
and has supported numerous organizations in the area. With more
than 15 years experience in the not-for-profit world, she has
held volunteer leadership positions on committees at Vail
Mountain School, Battle Mountain High School, The Heuga Center,
and Vail Valley Medical Center. She and her husband Jim have two
teenage sons. They enjoy travel, skiing, hiking, fly fishing,
the arts and reading.
David Smith
David was a founding partner of Newman and Associates, a
Denver-based NASD broker-dealer that was a leading firm
specializing in multi-family affordable housing finance
nationwide for more than 25 years, retiring from the successor
firm as President and CEO in 2006. He is very active in
conservation as a Board member for EVLT, as well as the Colorado
Water Trust, and The Nature Conservancy (Colorado Chapter), and
celebrates Eagle County’s bountiful natural resources by
snowshoeing, skiing, hiking, road biking and fly fishing. He and
his wife have had a home in Eagle County since 1979. He is a
graduate of Colorado College (B.A. Mathematics) and Harvard
University (M.B.A.).
Bob Warner
Bob has lived in the
Valley since 1968. He has been active in real estate, development
and construction. He is President of Warner Developments, Inc and
the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District. He has served on
numerous charitable and government boards. Bob wants to protect the
quality of life in the Valley. He and his wife Jill live in
Arrowhead.
