Professional Associates Participants

Education: Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, University of New Mexico, December, 1985; M.S. Counseling/Student Personnel Services, Purdue University, August 1974, B.A., English Education, Purdue University, June 1967.

Licensure: Colorado Board of Psychologist Examiners, 2002; NM Board of Psychologist Examiners, 1988; NM Department of Education, Psychological Counselor, 1990.

Professional Positions: Ski Instructor, Durango Mountain Resort, 2000-2002; Psychologist, Private Practice.

Community Service: volunteer American Red Cross; specialist, Disaster Mental Health Services, National ARC; volunteer, National Trust of Great Britain.

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Charles C. Carson
Professional Title: Engineer

Education: Ph.D. Operations Research, Pursue University, 1975, M.A. Mathematics, University of New Mexico, 1972, M.S., Engineering Sciences, Purdue University, 1968; B.S., Engineering Sciences, Purdue University, 1967 with highest distinction.

Professional Career: Currently ski instructor Durango Mountain Resort; Deputy Director, International Security Programs Sandia National Laboratories, Nonproliferation Science Council, Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., Technology Development for Preventing Proliferation of Mass Destruction.

Volunteer Service: American Red Cross, March 2000 to present; Southwest Colorado Disaster Action Team Coordinator; disaster relief volunteer at New York City, October, 2001; researcher National Trust of Great Britain, 2000; youth soccer coach.

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James H. Foster
Professional Title: Chairman and CEO, Brouillard Communications

Education: Drake University, 1955, post-graduate studies in law and political science.

Professional Career: Jim retired in 1999 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Brouillard Communications, which he co-founded. Brouillard is a division of J. Walter Thompson Company, of which he was a Director, and specialized in using advertising and public relations to build reputations for clients such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citibank, United Technologies, Goodyear, RCA and the American Gas Association. He previously was Vice President-Public Affairs for Western Union Corporation, with responsibility for public relations, investor relations, government relations, advertising, sales promotion and employee communications.

Affiliations: Jim is Secretary, a member of the Executive Board and Chairman of the Development Committee of the Fort Lewis College Foundation, a member of Professional Associates and a director of the Skyhawks Booster Club. He serves on several committees of the College and the Foundation. He is a Director and past-President of Music in the Mountains in Durango and Director Emeritus of the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve and Biological Field Station in Rensselaerville, New York.

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Rory Mullett
Professional Title: Attorney

Education: LL.B. The University of Michigan Law School, M.A. Conflict Resolution, McGregor School, Antioch University, B.A. History, Dartmouth College

Professional Career: self-employed mediator/facilitator, currently; VP, Organization Resource Counselor, INC.; VP, Director, Corporate Director, Corporate Manager AlliedSignal; Labor Relations Counsel, Asarco, Inc.; staff consultant, Organizations Resources Counselors, Inc., Labor Attorney Republic Steel Corporation; Attorney-Examiner, Interstate Commerce Commission.

Honors, Awards, Affiliations: Advisory Panel, Industrial Management Dept., NJIT; Adjunct Associate Professor, NYU Graduate Business School; The Association for Conflict Resoulution; Bar Admissions, New Jersey, 1971 & Colorado, 1963; Neutrals Panel memberships, Duke Private Adjudication Center & National Employment Mediation Services.

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Sylvia Kehle
Professional Title: Attorney

Education: Juris Doctor, The University of Texas, M.A. in applied mathematics, University of Texas, B.A. in mathematics at Texas Christian University.

Professional Career: Civil litigator; primary complex commercial matters; toxic torts; energy law; and issues involving land use and oil and gas; research scientist in numerical analysis and a faculty member at the University of Texas.

Volunteer & Community Service: Chair of the executive committee of the Professional Associates Council of Fort Lewis College; board member of Music in the Mountains; currently on the boards of several local organizations involved in community service and the arts.

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Hubert L. Sutton
Professional Title: Physician

Education: premedical education Indiana University, graduate of Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, interned at Art Centre Hospital, Detroit, MI.

Professional Career: military pilot with the 14th Air Force Flying Tigers in China, WW11; general practice of medicine in Bronson, MI; clinic physician in occupational health and family medicine, Phoenix Memorial Hospital.

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Chapman (Chap) Petersen
Professional Title: Attorney

Education and Credentials: Juris Doctor, University of Chicago Law School, graduate business, University of Colorado, International Relations, American University, undergraduate, liberal arts, Denison University.

Career Profile: private law practice with primary focus in real estate, corporations and financial matters; interational business consultant

Personal interests: lifelong student of cultures, languages, physical training and self-defense techniques. Currently writing a series of adventure stories with settings on every continent.

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Elizabeth (Betsy) Petersen

Career Profile: Administrator for husband Chap Petersen's legal office throughout his attorney career. In addition, she is his business partner and collaborator on real estate investments.

Volunteer: Betsy has served on boards of the YMCA at local and Chicago metropolitan levels; family service; volunteer council; League of Women Voters; Citizens for Conservation; School District Reorganization; community associations.

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John L. Anderson
Professional Title: Education Consultant

Education: B.S. Yale University in Industrial Administration

Career Profile: Presently, vice chairman of the board and member of the executive committee of New American Schools, a non-profit, bipartisan, public-private partnership dedicated to creating and disseminating bold, new comprehensive designs for public schools. The eleven designs in the NAS portfolio currently are working in over 3500 public schools nationwide; formerly president NAS, Washington, D.C.; education consultant to corporations, state-based coalitions, and state governments working to design and implement a systemic reform policy framework for public schools; International Business Machines Corporation, Director of Governmental Programs for Education, Washington, D.C.; director IBM’s work on behalf of public education and coordinated the activities of The Business Roundtable’s primary and secondary education initiative; Director Marketing IBM’s disk and tape storage systems, San Jose, CA; Corp. Director of Business Practices with responsibility for worldwide market practices and business ethics, Armonk, NY; Assistant to the IBM Chairman of the Board and CEO, Armonk, NY; currently works with Durango Public School District 9R as consultant and facilitator of a community task force developing standards of quality for educator professional development.

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Jurgen Herbst
Professional Title: Educator

Education: Ph.D. History of American Civilization, Harvard University, M.A. American Studies, University of Minnesota, B.A. Geography, University of Nebraska

Career Profile: Retired Professor Emeritus of University of Wisconsin – Madison, Educational Policy Studies Department of the School of Education and professor in the history department of the College of Letters and Science; taught history and education at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut; Education Affairs Specialist, Hannover, Germany, field office of the U.S. Information Agency; guest professor to the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Vienna, Austria; Visiting Associate to the Center for Studies in Highter Education, University of California at Berkeley; Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Fulbright lecturer in American Civilization to the University of Heidelberg, Germany; chaired International Standing Conference for the History of Education.

His publications include a memoir and books on the history of American higher education, teacher education, and secondary education.

Honors, awards and afficiations: Member of the National Academy of Education; listed in Who is Who in America.

Herbst is a member of La Plata County Search and Rescue.

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Clinton R. Barter
Professional Title: Educator

Education: Undergraduate Baccalaureate degree in History and English, M.S. degree in Education, Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Administration, all from University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Career Profile: More than 35 years of service in public, elementary and secondary education, including assignments as a high school history teacher, assistant principal, middle school and high school principal; more than 20 years as superintendent of schools; consultant to several school districts.

Accomplishments: Published works; professional presentations; aggressive pursuit of solutions to current educational issues and concerns; leadership roles at local, state, and national level, involvement in human rights issues including school integration, affirmative action, gender equity, and due process for students.

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John Edward (Ed) Belt
Professional Title: Engineer

Education and Credentials: B.S. (EE) University of Colorado, M.S. (EE) University of Arizona, Ph.D. (EE) University of Arizona.

Career Profile: Engineer & engineering manager, General Electric Corporation Computer Department concerned with the development of the first computers utilizing transistors; co-founder & VP of Engineering, Courier Terminal Systems, in the development of the industry’s first CRT terminal that utilized solid state memory devices – the company later sold to ITT; over fifteen years involved with computer systems, semiconductor test equipment, and telecommunications systems businesses as an engineering executive; prior to retirement Senior Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technical Officer; managed product development and manufacturing process development worldwide.

Honors, Awards and Affiliations: IEEE Life Member; Joint Honor Scholarship, University of Colorado; NDEA Fellowship, University of Arizona; Past President, Engineering Department Corporate Affiliates, University of California, Irvine; past member, Electrical Engineering Corporate Advisory Committee, University of Colorado.

Mentoring Interests: Technical education (electrical and computer engineering); entrepreneur coaching for technical business start-ups.

Volunteer: Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County.

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Cissy Anderson
Professional Title: School Teacher

Community service and volunteerism have been long-standing traditions in Cissy Anderson’s family. A fourth generation Texan, she was born in Corpus Christi and attended S.M.U. and the University of Utah for her double major in art and education. In her professional career, she has taught elementary school, art and English as a Second Language; developed and led docent training courses for museums; illustrated textbooks for the visually impaired; and worked as a graphics artist.

Most recently, she has focused on the changing nature of volunteer organizations and volunteerism in the United States.

Career Profile:
2000-2002, Durango, CO
Member, Leadership La Plata
Member, Summit Coordinating Committee, Operation Healthy Communities
Member, Executive Committee, Professional Associates of Fort Lewis College
Member, Advisory Board, Music in the Mountains
Guest Services Volunteer, Durango Mountain Resort

1999-2000, Durango, CO
Member, La Plata County Summit Task Force, Operation Healthy Communities
Wilderness Information Specialist, San Juan Mountain Association
Ski instructor

1989-1999, Washington, D.C.
White House, Office of Scheduling and Advance for the President and First Lady
President, The Hospitality and Information Service. T.H.I.S., an organization of 250 volunteers,
assists the Department of State in serving diplomats representing 170 foreign missions in
Washington, D.C.
Board of Trustees, Meridian International Center

1984-1989, Palo Alto, CA
Regional Director, National Education Foundation.
Initiated a mediation effort between the cities of Palo Alto and East Palo Alto to resolve a lawsuit.
Successful resolution resulted in several major cooperative projects between the two communities.
Volunteer, conservation work, National Park Service

1979-1984, Wilton, CT
Regional Director, Beyond War Foundation
Co-founder, Wilton Youth Action, an award-winning substance abuse education program

1974-1979, Sacramento, CA
Director, child abuse speakers bureau
Director, State Child Abuse Conference

1970-1974, Fort Worth, TX
Docent, Kimball Museum and Fort Worth Art Center Museum
Board of Directors, Fort Worth Art Center
Coordinating Committee, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition

Honors, Awards, Affiliations:
Meridian International Center Advisory Board; The Hospitality and Information Service (T.H.I.S.) Board of Directors; member: Junior League, A.A.U.W., Sierra Club, J.C. Penney Good Samaritan Award.

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Ali Sabeti
Professional Title: World Bank Executive

Ali Sabeti worked 14 years in the transportation industry, seven years of which he studied for and acquired a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and MBA at Illinois University.

He joined the World Bank in 1975 and worked on developing countries around the globe. Ali retired from the World Bank as senior adviser for infrastructure, energy and industry in 1996.

Since retirement Ali has been an independent advisor to governments and corporations. He moved to Durango in 1998 and has been an adviser and ex-officio board member of the La Plata Economic Development Action Partnership (LEAD). Ali has lectured on international economics and finance.

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Ronald R. Fogleman
General, United States Air Force (Retired)

Professional Career: General Ron Fogleman retired from the USAF on 1 September 1997 after thirty-four years of active commissioned service. On his final tour of duty General Fogleman served as the 15th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. Prior to that he was Commander in Chief of the U.S. Transportation Command (CINCTRANS). As chief, he served as the senior uniformed officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of 750,000 active duty, guard, reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he served as a military advisor to the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council and the President.

General Fogleman is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Durango Aerospace Incorporated, an international aviation, consulting firm with a client list that includes The Boeing Company, FMC, Northrop Grumman, and RSL Electronics. Additionally, he serves on the board of directors for AAR, EAST Inc., International Airline Support Group, ICN Pharmaceuticals, Mesa Air Group, MITRE Corporation, North American Airlines, Rolls-Royce North America, Thales-Raytheon Systems, and World Airways. He is a member of the National Defense Policy Board, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Advisory Council, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Advisory Board, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Fort Lewis College Foundation, the Falcon Foundation, the Air Force Association, and the Order of Daedalians.

In addition, he devotes considerable time to national security and community affairs. Since retiring from the Air Force he has chaired an Air Force Laboratory study on directed energy weapons, served on the NASA Mars Program Independent Assessment Team, and the congressionally directed Commission to Assess United States National Security Space Management and Organization. He is currently chairing a National Research Council Committee on Aeronautics Research and Technology for Vision 2050: An Integrated Transportation System.

General Fogleman has an extensive background in fighter and mobility aircraft, having flown over 6,800 total hours. His fighter experience included operational tours in the F-100, F-4, F-15, F-16 and A-10. He served two tours in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, flying 315 combat missions and logging 806 hours of combat fighter time. His airlift and tanker experience include the C-5, C-17, C-21, C-130, C-141, KC-10 and KC-135. He flew these mobility aircraft in support of humanitarian and contingency operations while serving as CINCTRANS and Commander of the Air Mobility Command. Other senior command positions include: Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces, Korea; Commander 7th Air Force and Commander Air Component Command of the US/ROK Combined Forces Command; Commander 836th Air Division; and Commander of the 56th FTW.

General Fogleman’s staff experience heavily emphasized long-range programming and strategic planning. While serving as Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, he hosted the first worldwide conference of air chiefs. He has a bachelor’s degree from the USAF Academy (1963) and a master’s degree in Military History and Political Science from Duke University (1971). He lectures on leadership, international affairs and military issues and has published numerous articles on air and space operations.

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Kriss Larsen
Professional Title: Music Teacher

Voice and piano teacher of adults and children in fine arts camp in Lenox, MA; private school in Wellesley, MA; and junior college in Alexandria, VA. Maintained private voice studio for 15 years in New York City, Boston, and Washington, DC.

In Durango: creator and teacher of “Singers Anonymous” courses for Fort Lewis College Getaway program; College’s Extended Studies department; and Jicarilla Apache reservation in Dulce, New Mexico. Courses are founded on the principle that anyone who wants to sing can sing.

Currently: Office Administrator, Fort Lewis College.

Patent prosecution coordinator, recruiting coordinator, and systems trainer in patent law firms in New York City for twelve years.

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Mary F. Barter, Ph.D.
Professional Title: School Superintendent

Dr. Barter is superintendent of schools for Durango School District 9-R. She joined the school district in August 1999 after a national search by a broadly based citizen/staff committee and appointment by the board of education. Dr. Barter has been a superintendent for 22 years in school districts in Minnesota, New York, and Colorado and ranging in size from 800 students to 7,500 students. A recipient of numerous honors at the state and local level, Dr. Barter was recently re-elected to a position on the executive committee of the national superintendent’s organization, the American Association of School Administrators.

Dr. Barter has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota in sociology and psychology, a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in supervision and instruction, and a doctorate from the same institution in urban education. Her special interests extend beyond school district leadership to include children’s issues, advancing the role of women in administration, and the politics of education.

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Daniel (Dan) J. Schler
Professional Title: Educator

Education: B.S. degree University of Missouri, Columbia; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Missouri.

Career: Dan taught vocational agriculture to Korean war veterans in the Ozarks; assistant to the superintendent of a children’s home in St. Louis, Missouri; supervised the construction of a hospital and worked with villages in British Togoland (now Ghana) West Africa; community assistance, program and curriculum development, departmental administration, and university director of International and Peace Corps training; staff and faculty member of the University of Colorado, Boulder and Denver campuses, with duties including program and curriculum development and administration, teaching, research, community service, and departmental and college administration.

Dan, currently retired, is professor emeritus, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado, Boulder and Denver, a member of the Colorado Land Use Commission. Raised in a mid-Missouri community, he lived and worked the family farm until attending college in 1946. He lives with his wife on a farm near Durango, Colorado.

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William A. Lupien
Professional Title: Chairman, OptiMark Technologies, Inc.

Education: Graduate of San Diego State University.

Career Profile: Mr. Lupien established OptiMark Technologies, Inc. in 1996, with a mandate to improve the structure and operational capabilities of the securities market. He is co-inventor of OptiMark's patented trading technology, a revolutionary method of structuring markets for securities and other fungible items. The OptiMarkTM Trading System currently operates as a facility of the Nasdaq Stock Market and of the Pacific Exchange.

As chairman, Mr. Lupien plays a major role in building awareness of the company's technology, in the securities and non-securities arenas.

Mr. Lupien has been active in the securities industry since joining the California-based brokerage firm of Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, Inc. (MJT), in 1965. He served as chairman and CEO of MJT, and also as a specialist on the floor of the Pacific Stock Exchange for 17 years. He was a Nasdaq market-maker for five years.

He left MJT in 1983 to serve as president, then chairman and CEO of Instinet Corporation. Lupien was responsible for Instinet's move into trading Nasdaq stocks and during his tenure, Instinet's trading volumes increased tenfold, its revenues increased seventeen-fold, and the company was acquired by Reuters Plc.

In addition to his work within the securities industry, Mr. Lupien has served on numerous private and public company boards, including a current position as Trustee of the Securities Industry Institute.

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Thomas MacCluskey
Professional Title: Educator; Music Scholar

Education:
Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in music, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Professional Career:
Member currently of the following boards, associations, groups and related activities:

Professional Associates of Fort Lewis College, 1999-present.
Fort Lewis College Life-Long-Learning Lecturer-seven music lectures since 2000.
Advisory Board to the Dean of the College of Music at CU Boulder, 1988-1991,
1993-present.
Music Industry Advisory Board: Center for Entrepreneurship at CU Boulder, 1998-present.
Fort Lewis College Artists-In-Residence Board 2002-present.
Host: 3-hour KDUR Radio program Sunday Morning Mostly Classical Music, 2000-present.
Piano accompanist: singer Kriss Larsen,1999-present.
Pianist: Durango jazz groups 2001-present.
Digital music editor and remastering engineer at BMG/RCA music studios, New York City - 1985-98.
Manager of Soundstream Studios at the BMG/RCA Studios in NYC. Edited approximately 400 new classical and jazz recordings of artists; remastered approximately 300 older classical and jazz recordings of artists; assisted in production of approximately 300 additional classical, jazz, and pop recordings of artists.
Digital music editor and general manager of Soundstream, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT 1983-85.
Digital music editor at Soundstream Studios at Paramount Film Studios, Hollywood, CA 1981-83.
Head, fine arts division, Colorado Women¹s College 1979-81.
Chairman, music department, Colorado Women¹s College 1972-81.
Associate professor music 1974-81; assistant professor music, Colorado Women¹s College 1971-74.
Full-time instructor, college of music, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1961-71.
Presented one and two-week summer workshops, seminars, and lectures to music educators in rock music, jazz, and electronic music at approximately 25 universities and colleges.
Music organizations and venues Smithsonian Institution, etc., 1967-81.
Music Director, annual Mountains and Plains Arts and Crafts Festival, Denver, CO 1973-80.
Member board of directors and program note writer, Denver Chamber Orchestra, 1977-81.
Member board of directors and program note writer, Denver Friends of Chamber Music 1976-81.
Co-leader of The Denver Electronic Music Circus (sponsored by Young Audiences, Inc.
More than 250 performances in Colorado schools, art museums, and other venues 1971-78.
Drummer, pianist, vibraphonist, and arranger in Colorado jazz bands, combos 1957-76.
Co-author textbooks: The World of Popular Music: Rock and The World of Popular Music: Folk and Country. Each text included four records of music composed and performed by TMC 1973-74.
Music critic and columnist, Rocky Mountain News - more than 1,600 reviews and columns 1965-73.
Writer, contributor, Music Educators Journal, Opera News, New York Times, Musical America, International Association of Jazz Educators News, and others, 1969-76.
Presenter of rock multimedia educational events for United States Information Agency in Washington, D.C., with tours in Europe, and Japan 1969-72.
Percussionist in performances and recordings of numerous avant-garde works 1965-71.
Advisor, Colorado Council on the Arts, Denver, CO 1968-71.
Music director, Colorado Festival of the Arts sponsored by the Colorado Council on the Arts, Aspen, CO 1969-70.
Toured west coast as drummer and vibraphonist with folk-singer Odetta at various times in 1967-68.
Drummer, pianist, vibraphonist, Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Daytona Beach, FL and Las Vegas, NV. 1959-60.
U.S. naval aviator - in-flight and ground training instructor in anti-submarine aircraft 1955-57.
Music director, USN Drum and Bugle Corps 1956-57.
Navy jazz combo leader, The Tommy Mack Quartet 1955-57.
U.S. naval aviator, single-engine flight student 1954-55.
Cellist, Pensacola Symphony Orchestra 1954-55.
U.S. Naval Officers Candidate School, Newport, RI., 1954.
University of Colorado at Boulder college of music. Major in music composition, 1949-53 - received bachelor’s degree in 1954.
Drummer for numerous jazz, dance bands, and combos; sometimes leader 1946-53.
Grammy nomination 2000 for best historical album The Artur Rubinstein Collection 94 CDs.
Grammy award, 1996 - best historical album, The Jascha Heifetz Collection, 65 CDs.
Grammy nominations, 1988, 1989, best engineering of a classical recording.
Biography included annually in Who¹s Who in America, 1968-1980.
The Colorado Governor¹s Award for the Arts, 1973.
Colorado Music Educator of the Year, 1973.
University of Colorado at Boulder Fellowship, 1966-67.

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Charles W. Burnham
Professional Title: Educator; Scientist

522 Cottonwood Creek Road, Durango, CO 81301
Tel: (970) 259-5607: Residence
burnham_c@fortlewis.edu

Education:
S.B. (Business and Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954
Ph.D. (Geology), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961
A.M. (Honorary), Harvard University, 1966

Career Profile:
Charlie joined the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington following graduate school as a post-doctoral fellow (1961-63) and staff scientist (1963-66). In 1966 he joined the Department of Geological Sciences at Harvard University as Professor of Mineralogy. During his 30 years at Harvard he taught courses in mineralogy, crystallography, environmental geology, and field geology; and led freshman seminars on glaciers and ice ages. His research focused primarily on structural mineralogy. He and his students described several new minerals, including one from the moon; pioneered crystal structure studies at high temperatures and pressures; and developed computer modeling techniques that have provided insights into the energetics of a variety of complex silicate minerals. He was departmental adviser to undergraduate concentrators in geological sciences for 20 years, advised a number of undergraduate honors theses, and was a principal adviser to some 25 graduate students, many of whom now hold significant positions in major American universities. He has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is a member of AAAS, and the American Geophysical Union. He is a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and has served on its board of directors (1981-84), and as its president (1989).

In 1996 Charlie retired from Harvard, and moved from New England to Durango. Since then he and his wife have traveled extensively, lecturing to Harvard alumni and Museum of Natural History groups on plate tectonics, glaciers and ice ages, volcanology, paleoclimate and global warming. These travels have taken them to Alaska, Arctic Canada, Patagonia, Antarctica, and most recently to Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and Kamchatka.

Volunteer Affiliations and Interests:
Since 1953 Charlie has been a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club, the oldest mountaineering and environmental organization in the United States, now with over 75,000 members. He has served on its board of directors, and as its president (1979-80). In the 1980’s he represented AMC’s interests with the US Forest Service, and worked with other stakeholders to pass a wilderness bill for lands in the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. He is a life trustee of the Mount Washington Observatory, a meteorological observatory and research station atop New England's highest mountain peak.

An avid skier, Charlie has been an alpine ski racing official since the early 1980’s. He served as a timing official at the FIS World Championships at Vail/Beaver Creek in 1999, as a gate judge at the Calgary Olympic Winter Games in 1988, and as head gate judge at the Snowbasin venue during the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games in 2002. He is presently vice president of Rocky Mountain Ski Race Officials, Inc., and chairperson of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association Alpine Officials Working Group.

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Mary Sue Burnham
522 Cottonwood Creek Road Durango, CO 81301-6183
Tel: (970) 259-5607: Residence
msmb@sisna.com

Education:
B.A., Smith College, 1958 Diploma, Grosse Pointe High School, (MI) 1954

Career Profile:
Mary Sue has devoted her life to her family, home, and community. Along the way, she has raised two children and supported her husband in his academic career as well as his participation in many volunteer activities. She has maintained the family home and provided assistance to aging parents. She enjoys the family's active lifestyle of hiking, skiing and extensive travel to many parts of the world.
In the workplace, Mary Sue has worked as Secretary to the Department of Romance Languages at Harvard University, (1960-62), Church Secretary/Administrator for her church, (1971-86), Manpower, Inc. (1988-90), and office support for Camp Waukeela, Eaton Center, NH (1990-92).
In the community, Mary Sue volunteered as a Den Mother, library page, Sunday School teacher, publicity coordinator for the hospital auxiliary, and coordinated many fund raising projects such as quilts for the ABC project, antique shows for the church ladies association, yard sales, bake sales, etc.
Currently, Mary Sue is busy enjoying her new role as a grandmother. Her life is filled with new experiences, many friends, much travel, great opportunities to be out of doors, and a change to explore her new passion for quilting and other crafts.

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Karen E. Belt
Professional Title: Teacher

356 Rockwood Drive
Durango, Colorado 81301
(970) 385-9009
ed_karenbelt@frontier.net

Education: Chandler High School, Chandler, Arizona; 1962 National Merit Scholarship Finalist; Salutatorian; General Resident Scholarship to University of Arizona, Tucson; BS in Education with Mathematics Major, History Minor; 1966 Graduated with Distinction; California State University - San Jose, California Teaching Credential

Professional Career: Taught junior high school mathematics in Fremont, California and high school mathematics in Phoenix, Arizona between 1966 and 1976

Worked as computer programmer from 1976 to 1979, mainly at Courier Terminal Systems in Tempe, Arizona; responsible for Design Assurance of products such as a computer terminal with communications protocol and a Point of Sale system sold to McDonald's.

From 1979 to 1983, sold business telephone and computerized PBX systems for Communication Consultants, Inc. in Phoenix

Sales trainer and manager of the Executive Briefing Center for ROLM Corporation, Santa Clara, California from 1983 to 1985.

Began real estate investing in 1986.

President of Cintura Corporation, a family-owned enterprise, which made "hard money" loans, mainly 2nd trust deeds, in Southern California.

Managing Partner of Reges Partners, which purchased a Phoenix apartment building from the FDIC, renovated and sold it several years later.

Community Service: Past member of Arizona Historical League; past Board and Architectural Review Committee of homeowners association in California; currently member of Board of Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County.

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Creswell (Cres) Fleming
Professional Title: Physical Chemist, Manager

Education:
Colorado College: BS Degree in Chemistry, 1966 (Phi Beta Kappa and Outstanding Chemistry graduate)
University of Colorado: Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry 1970

Professional Career: Shell Oil Company and Royal Dutch Shell Experience (1970 – 2000): Numerous technical and managerial assignments spanning 30 years in Shell Research. These include technical research activities in catalysis, coal characterization and beneficiation, process chemistry, block copolymers, analytical chemistry, and managerial assignments in analytical chemistry, polymers and internal consulting groups. Served on the Leadership Teams for Shell Oil Company’s Exploration and Production Research Center (Bellaire, Texas) and Royal Dutch Shell’s Shell Exploration and Production Technology Applications and Research (Rijswijk, The Netherlands) prior to retirement in 2000.

Final activities included serving as an internal consultant for strategy development, business model development for research, and organizational redesign and development for the Shell E&P laboratories in the US and The Netherlands. My final assignment was serving as the Change Manager to merge the E&P laboratories of Royal Dutch Shell and Shell Oil Company.

Consulting Experience (2000 – 2002):

Enventure Global Technologies (Houston) – provided support to the Leadership Team setting up a new technology company – strategy development, process design and team development.
Shell International Chemicals (Houston and Marietta, Ohio) – provided process design review and team development.
Shell E&P Technology Applications and Research (The Hague and Houston) – set up a new process to eliminate bureaucracy and improve efficiencies for the Leadership Team and the SEPTAR organization. This entailed 9 trips to The Netherlands and 5 trips to Houston from Durango.

Volunteer Activities and Recognition:

Volunteer Ph.D. Chemistry recruiter for Shell Oil Company (1980 – 1995).
Member, University of Texas, Department of Chemistry Visiting Committee (1986 – 1995).
Founding member, ASTM D-32 Committee on Catalysis and first chairman of D-32.03 Committee on Chemical Analysis.
Chairman, Directors of Industrial Research – Analytical Group 1991-2 and representative from Shell Oil Company to this group 1986 – 1993.
Member of the external committee for the Center for Analytical Chemistry of The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 1989 – 1991.
Member, American Chemical Society, 1965 to present, and member of the ACS Petroleum Division 1970 to present.
Division I and Division II soccer coach (holder of "D" coaching license) for Eastern District Division One Youth Soccer Association, Texas South, USSF.
USSF Soccer Referee (grade 7) 1984 – 2001.
Greenskeeper, Meadowridge Subdivision 2002 to present.

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Mary R. Nowotny
Professional Title: Business Communications Consultant

Education and Credentials: A.B. degree, Wells College, Aurora, NY, French major and Russian minor; M.Ed., University of Missouri-Columbia; summer school certificate in graphic design, Parson’s School of Design, NYC; Leadership La Plata 2003; Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary School certification; Accredited in Public Relations (APR), Public Relations Society of America; Professional Snowsports Instructors of America – Rocky Mountain Division (PSIA-RM) Level I certification.

Professional Career: More than 25 years as business communications professional working with state agencies, public relations companies and corporations. Served most recently as director of corporate communications and public affairs for UnitedHealthcare of the Midwest, headquartered in St. Louis, MO; responsible for advertising, media relations, sales collateral, member materials, provider communications, employee communications, community relations, legislative affairs and printing. Previous positions included vice president and group supervisor with St. Louis office of national public relations agency, with account responsibility for ConAgra Frozen Foods, Coopers & Lybrand, the Saint Louis Galleria, Group Health Plan and Opera Omaha. Earlier work included public information positions with Missouri Department of Social Services and Missouri Department of Economic Development. Currently working as freelance business communications consultant for Music in the Mountains and Issues Research, specializing in strategic communications for health care companies. Member of Durango Mountain Resort Ski and Snowboard School staff since 2001.

Volunteer and Civic Activities: secretary, Leadership La Plata Steering Committee; vice president, Durango Friends of the Arts; member, Durango Choral Society; member, Citizens Steering Committee for New Public Library in Durango.

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Thomas L. Jones
Professional Title: Business Executive

Education: Bachelors and MBA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Career Profile: Ten years with Harris-McBurney Company, an engineering and construction company specializing in communications and electrical distribution work in fifteen eastern and midwestern states. Responsibilities included marketing, labor relations and eventually direct line responsibility for the seven hundred employees in operations.

Twenty-six years with Verizon and its predecessor GTE. Responsibilities included: designing and implementing the optimum business process for both current and future capital investment management through which the firm controlled its annual three billion dollar capital program; directing a current planning, engineering, and construction organization in a line capacity; and leading an organization of a thousand employees with end to end responsibility for all network operations for six states and five million customers.

Volunteer Affiliations:
Current affiliations: Board of Directors, Music in the Mountains; Member, Professional Associates of Fort Lewis College; Vice President, Trout Unlimited; and Vice President, Falls Creek Ranch Association, Inc.

Previous affiliations: Chairman of the Board of Directors, Fort Wayne Philharmonic; Board of Directors, Science Central (children’s museum); President of the Board of Directors, West Shore Symphony Orchestra.

Interests: Fanatic fly fisherman and avid skier.

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Donald Bruning
Professional Title: Chairman and Curator, Department of Ornithology, Wildlife Conservation Society.

Education: PhD. and MA Colorado University, undergraduate work at UCLA and Colorado University. Thesis research was conducted in NY and in Argentina on the Grey Rhea.

Professional career: Don started his Zoo career as a curatorial trainee at the New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo) in 1967. He became assistant curator in 1969, associate in 1973 and curator in 1975 and chairman in 1986. Don also supervised an extensive travel program of the Society from 1974 to 1986. He served as adjunct professor at Fordham University between 1974 and 1986 as well as teaching courses at Manhattanville college. Don taught courses for the veterinary school of the University of Pennsylvania as well as giving lectures at Cornell University and to many local audubon, and avicultural groups.

Don served the American Zoo and Aquarium Association in many ways over the years. He served on the AZA Board, and chaired their Ethics Board, their Wildlife Management and Conservation Committee as well as their program and legislative committees.

Don represented AZA and WCS on the Cooperative Working Group on the Bird Trade from 1988 to 1991. He testified before congress to help get the passage of the Wild Bird Conservation Act. He advised and helped the state of New York develop its regulations on bird and animal trade in the state. Don developed and gave training courses for USFWS and USDA officers in bird identification.

Don has written over 100 articles for professional and hobbyist journals and newsletters. He served as advisor to Time Life Books on many of their nature and wildlife series. He authored a book with photographer Art Wolf on Bald Eagles.

International work: Don served as the representative for WCS and AZA to the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) from 1985 through 2002. These international meeting determine the international endangered status of flora and fauna around the world. These conferences were held in Buenos Aires Argentina (1985), Ottawa, Canada (1987),Lausanne Switzerland (1989), Kyoto, Japan (1992), Ft Lauderdale , Florida (1994), Harare, Zimbabwi (1997), Nairobi, Kenya (2000), and Santiago, Chile (2002).

Don has served on the Council of the Bahamas National Trust, and on the Boards of the Research and Conservation Foundation of Papua New Guinea, the Faunalink Foundation, the American Pheasant and Waterfowl Society, Hawaiian Bird Advisory Committee, and the Malaysian Wildlife Department Advisory Committee. Don has conducted numerous collecting trips to Papua New Guinea and helped establish the conservation foundation there. He helped establish a large protected area, Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area in PNG along with developing an intensive education program for Papua New Guinea.

Don and his wife Barbara are retiring to Colorado and moved to Durango in 2002.

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Gary Masner
Professional Title: Business Consultant

Education:
B.S. Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1968, Captain Varsity Football and Lacrosse
MBA, Stanford University 1972, Floyd McElroy Fellow, TA in Economics

Career:
96-03: Captain, deckhand and chief mechanic on my sailboat First Tracks, heading to distant shores.
94-99: Board of Directors and consultant for TechLaw Inc, a provider of environmental consulting, litigation support and computer automation services.
92-94: Chairman and CEO of Automation Partners International, provider of law firm computer consulting and systems integration services.
84-92: General Partner in Venture Capital arms of Salomon Smith Barney and Robertson, Colman and Stephens, investing in technology and environmental services startups.
82-84: Corporate VP and General Manager of the Computer Products Division of Ampex Corporation, responsible for worldwide sales, service, manufacturing, engineering and finance.
76-82: Senior VP Finance and Administration, CFO of Freightliner Corporation, the largest US truck manufacturer.
72-76: Consultant for Mckinsey and Company, undertook strategic planning and financial and operational restructuring work for US, Canadian and European clients.
68-70: Marketing Representative for IBM, selling computer systems, software and services to Stanford University.

Volunteer Work: Durango Finance Advisory Board, Portland Oregon Economic Development Commission and Performing Arts Center Committee.

Personal Interests: Sailing, skiing, biking, flying, mountain climbing, paragliding, gardening.

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Patricia Blair
(970) 247-2703
prblair@bresnan.net

Education:
University Of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM), B.S. 1965, Major: Biology; Minor: English
Goddard College (Plainfield, VT), M.A. 1979, Major: Human nutrition

Career Profile:
Rocky Mountain Retreat, RMR (Durango, CO): Co-Director, 1982-present; Interface with board members, supervise 3 additional non profit organizations legally under RMR; teach nutrition; coordinate volunteers and community use of building; manage financial position, accounting, reports, real estate.

Durango Pain Rehabilitation Center (Durango, CO): Administrator, 1986-93; Interfaced with board members, other departmental heads and La Plata Community Hospital Administration; supervised medical staff; coordinated patients’ welfare, medical authorizations, logistics and scheduling; taught nutrition; managed financial position, accounting, reports.

Durango Natural Foods (Durango, CO): General Manager, 1974-83; Interfaced with board members; supervised staff; coordinated volunteers and renters; coordinated state program SPARS; taught nutrition; managed financial position, accounting, reports, inventory.

Fort Lewis College (Durango, CO): Continuing education instructor, 1974-78; Taught accredited course in environmental and nutritional awareness to college students and community members. Recommended by Fort Lewis Faculty Wives for Outstanding Young Woman of America.

School Districts (Waukegan, IL and Denver, CO): Full/part-time teacher, 1967-70; Substituted for regular teachers and presented lesson plans for grades 7-12 with emphasis on math, science, art, and music.

US Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 4 (Great Lakes, IL): Biological laboratory technologist (microbiology), 1966-67; Designed and executed drug assay experiments to determine level of concentration in nasal-pharyngeal passage specifically relating to Neisseria meningitides.

School Of Medicine, University Of New Mexico, Physiology Department (Albuquerque, NM): Research laboratory technologist, 1964-66; Designed and executed ionic-flux gradient experiments on the proximal kidney tubules of laboratory mice. Invented advanced technique for micro-dissection of the glomeruli tissue.

Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, NM): Summer secretarial replacement, 1961-63; Replaced vacationing secretaries in departments of personnel, insurance, housing, recruiting and training.

Special Skills/Honors:
Management, accounting, financial crisis intervention; Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1975.

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Thomas E. Hayes
Professional Title: Real Estate Consultant; Professional Development Advisor, Mentor, Coach

970-759-6289
thsolutions@bresnan.net

Military Service:
United State Marine Corps, 1959-1963

Education:
BA (Finance), California State University, Fullerton, 1970
MBA (Real Estate), California State University, Fullerton, 1971
Awarded honors as Outstanding Real Estate Student.

Career Profile:
Tom Hayes is a results-oriented real estate development professional with a diverse background in hands-on project and financial management, strategic planning, relationship and strategic database marketing, senior-level counseling and more. He helps growth-oriented home-building and development companies implement 21^st Century marketing initiatives, chart strategic courses and build competitive advantage. With over 35 years experience as an internal and external consultant, he has gained a well-earned reputation as a bold strategic thinker, effective trouble-shooter and creative marketing specialist. His wide-ranging expertise and straight-forward style have helped build competitive advantage for numerous real estate projects of all types, companies and organizations.

The third generation of a home-building family, Hayes has developed strategic business plans, corporate and project marketing programs for real estate-based companies throughout the Pacific Northwest and Sunbelt regions. Today his consulting firm, founded in 1986, serves clients nationwide in the development of relationship and strategic database marketing, reorganization and business planning initiatives. His career reflects a wide range of strategic repositioning experience on hundreds of residential and commercial projects totaling well over $3 billion and multi-thousands of housing units in scope.

Prior to establishing his consulting business, Hayes served as advisor and senior officer for several regional and national home-building and financial services firms. He has developed long-range strategic visions for a broad range of companies, including comprehensive reorganization of corporate operating units, key strategies, repositioning initiatives and creative, results-oriented marketing plans geared to build growth and competitive advantage.

Working with CEO’s and senior managers, Hayes has also helped companies at every stage of development strengthen internal systems; institute budgeting and cost controls; integrate employee training, incentive and retention programs; and develop new corporate cultures grounded in the delivery of total customer satisfaction.

Tom’s pinnacle assignment was its selection in 1989 in a national search to assist the FSLIC (then later the FDIC) in its monitoring responsibilities regarding the sale of American Savings and Loan in Stockton, California, which was the second largest S&L in the nation. This five-year assignment involved oversight of asset management and disposition activities of the Robert Bass Group which acquired American Savings and advising the FDIC on the management and disposition of over $3.5 billion in real estate foreclosures and non-performing loans around the country.

Publications, Instructional Activities:
He has published numerous articles on Relationship Marketing, customer focus and strategic business planning. He is a sought-after instructor for Builder magazine’s Builder University on "How to Compete against Big Builders." He presents other seminars and workshops geared to progressive, growth-oriented companies including, "Relationship Marketing: The Paradigm for the 21st Century", "Getting More Value for Your Sales and Marketing Dollar", "Getting and Keeping More Customers in a Shrinking Market", "Customers Aren’t the Problem, They’re the Solution" and others.

Volunteer & Community Service:
President, Excel Charter School, 2002-2003
SW Colorado Region 9 Work Force Board, 2004-2006
Mentor to veterans dealing with educational transition challenges, 2006-present
Quasi "pro-bono" business consultant to small sole-practitioner businesses, 2007-present
Professional Associates of Fort Lewis College, 2007-present

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