Board of Directors
The Officers
David R. McEntire, a 1980 Business graduate, is President of the Foundation Board and will begin his term as President in January, 2011. He is President of Amstar Homes, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and a member of the southern Nevada Home Builders Association Board of Directors. David is a 30-year veteran homebuilder. He began his career with North American Homes in Colorado, and after nine years expanded into the Las Vegas market as Mainland General Manager for Honvest Corporation. David has been or is currently the Owner, Managing Partner or General Manager of multiple Las Vegas communities. Blessed with 4 children he and his wife, Sarah, live in Las Vegas.
Roy V. Hood, a 1966 graduate of Western State College, serves as Vice President of the Foundation Board of Directors. He earned his M.B.A. from New York University in 1970. From 1970 to 1985, Roy was an officer in the Financial Division of Aetna Life and Casualty Company, and ultimately became President of its oil and gas exploration and production company. In 1985 he formed Resource Investors Management Company (“RIMCO”) and raised, invested and managed over $1 billion of funds committed to the energy industry. RIMCO was subsequently acquired by an affiliated entity, RIMCO Production Company, Inc. (“RPC”), an oil and gas exploration and production company. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RPC until it was sold in June, 2005. He currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RIMCO Royalty Management Company, L.L.P. and participates as a member of the Board of Directors of three non-affiliated entities. Roy and his wife Doris, a Meteorologist at NASA, reside in Seabrook, TX, and are avid skiers and sailors.
Jyl Voss ('76) currently serves as Secretary for the Foundation Board of Directors. Jyl earned her M.D. degree from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and has been practicing Obstetrics and Gynecology in the Denver, Colorado area for 15 years. She has been an active member of the medical staff, most recently serving as Chair of Credentialing for Sky Ridge Hospital. Jyl is a native of Kansas, but has strong ties to the Gunnison Valley as her father, Milton Voss, is a local resident. She enjoys traveling, and many sports and outdoor activities. Jyl is one of Western's Portrait of Excellence Honorees.
Jim Musgrave, a 1964 graduate and formerly from Colorado, is serving as Treasurer for the Foundation Board of Directors. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he is involved in real estate. A long-time supporter of Western, Jim strongly believes in the continued high quality of education and athletics to promote the achievement of future excellence and pride of accomplishment.
Donald (Don) W. Prosser (’73,’75) currently serves as Immediate Past-President for the Foundation Board. A Certified Public Accountant and entrepreneur in the Denver area, Don specializes in tax and securities accounting. He is currently serving as a Director of Veracity Management Global, Inc., Avatar Technologies, Inc., Colorado Oil and Gas, Inc. and Arete Industries, Inc., where he serves all as Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Company's Financial Expert under the Sarbanes Oxley Act. He is former Director and CFO of an American Stock Exchange Company, VCG Holding Corporation. He has also served as CFO and Director for the following publicly traded companies: Chartwell International, Inc., a publisher of high school athletic information and recruiting services; Anything Internet Corporation, a computer equipment and internet services provider and its successor Inform Worldwide Holdings, Inc.; and NetCommerce, Inc., an Internet services provider. Don and his wife, Donna, currently reside in Denver, Colorado.
The Board
James Christian is a 1982 graduate of Williams College. He currently serves as a Managing Member at Benolivia, LLC. He has served as Managing Director at Anschutz Investment Company, Managing Director at Paribas and Vice President at Dillon, Read & Company, Inc. He and his wife, Pam, reside in Gunnison, Colorado.
Donald “Chip” Creager (’85) is the Immediate Past-President of the Board of Directors. He owns Creager Mercantile, a supplier to convenience stores. Creager Mercantile's products include candy, beverages, groceries, medicines, and tobacco. He is a past president of the Kiwanis Club of the Denver Tech Center. He has been the lead advocate for Kiwanis at Marilee center for ten years working with at risk youth. He is also President of The Colorado Association of Distributors. Chip enjoys skiing and golf with his wife, Robin, and their sons, Max and Andy. Chip has climbed 39 of Colorado's 14er's.
Donna Faulkner, a 1968 graduate, taught in Georgia, Arizona, and eventually at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma, where she earned her M.Ed. In 1978, Donna started Faulkner Corporation, an oil and gas company and a related drilling company, where she has been Comptroller for the past twenty years. Donna resides in Crawford, Colorado, where she enjoys raising and riding horses.
Art Harter is a 1978 business graduate of WSC. He is Senior Vice President with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney where he has spent over 32 years of his professional career. He has served on the Boards of Colorado SIDS and Eastern Hills Community Church. Art and his wife, Susie, have three children and reside in Centennial, Colorado. Their oldest daughter, Mallory, is a recent graduate of WSC. The Harters enjoy skiing, traveling, sports, music and riding horses.
Valerie Hastings graduated from Western with a B.A. in Accounting in 1983. A member of both the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Valerie is a certified public accountant with over 26 years experience in accounting, tax and business consulting. In addition to her CPA practice, she is also the owner of Specialty Plating, Inc., an industrial surface finishing shop. Valerie has been a volunteer firefighter/engineer for the city of Golden, Colorado for 12 years, and is currently the Secretary/Treasurer for the department and also the President of the Fire Department Pension Board. She currently resides in the City of Golden with her partner of 15 years, Stephanie Day, and their son, Corbin, who is 7 years old.
Kathleen (Kathy) Lutito, a 1985 Western graduate, is President and Chief Investment Officer of Qwest Asset Management Company (QAM), a subsidiary of Qwest Communications International, Inc. QAM is a registered investment advisor and is responsible for the investment management of the Qwest employee benefit trusts, which total $15 billion. Kathy holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has a Masters degree in Finance. Kathy and her husband, Mike, live in Denver, Colorado and love spending time with their two boys, Nicholas and Matthew.
Sean Markey is a 1993 graduate of Western. He earned his medical degree in 1997 from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, where he also completed his surgical internship and neurosurgery residency. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Sean has served as the Director of Neurosurgery at Littleton Adventist Hospital and currently serves as the Director of Neurosurgery at Parker Adventist Hospital. He also serves as faculty for a number of medical device companies, which includes ongoing work in the development of new spinal surgery techniques. He has been listed in 5280: Denver’s Mile-High Magazine as one of the city’s top doctors for his work with brain and spine disorders. Dr. Markey currently serves as the Neurosurgical Consultant to the Denver Broncos. Sean is an active member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Colorado Neurosurgical Society, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Western Neurological Society. Sean and his wife, Kristina, currently reside in Denver, Colorado and have three daughters. Outside of medicine Sean enjoys skiing, biking and automobiles.
Ken Moffitt, a longtime friend of Western, is a retired executive of Ingersoll-Rand Company after 44 years. He is former Vice President and General Manager of the Rotary Drill Division. Ken has experience working with College and University Foundations, serving on other higher education boards. He is also a former Crested Butte Music Festival Board member and Board President. Ken and his wife, Barbara, divide their time between Crested Butte, Colorado and Scottsdale, Arizona.
Thomas F. “Ty” Petway IV, a 1996 graduate, is Chief Executive Officer of Zurich Insurance Services, Inc., a privately-held marketing and administrative services organization serving the commercial insurance industry. He is a shareholder of the company and serves on its Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Ty is actively involved with a number of charities primarily focused on the health and education of children with special needs. An avid sportsman and Jacksonville Jaguars fan, he resides with his wife and son in Atlantic Beach, Florida.
Steve Reynolds graduated from Western in 1978 with degrees in Business and Geology. He is Co-Owner and Vice President of Infinity Oil & Gas, Inc., a gas and oil exploration company with interests in over 1.5 million acres across the U.S., and he is involved in numerous commercial real estate ventures. Steve has held various positions with the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists. Steve, his wife, Paula, and their three daughters live in Broomfield, Colorado.
Gerry Shear graduated from Western in 1992 with a degree in Business Administration and Psychology and he recently earned his M.B.A. in the executive program at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He is the Managing Partner of GENCO Realty Group (a division of GENCO-ATC) and the President of GSA Management, which provides venture capital and real estate investments. Active in the community, Gerry has served as a regional officer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and as a board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters in Southern Nevada and Utah. He currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada and Park City, Utah.
Kip Tindell has been at the helm of The Container Store since it opened its doors in Dallas in 1978 – creating the first store devoted solely to storage and organization products. With stores nationwide and a thriving Web site, Kip continues his commitment to being a trailblazing retailer. For Kip, the goal never has been growth for growth’s sake. Rather, it’s to adhere to a fundamental set of corporate values, centered around an intense employee commitment, strict merchandising and superior customer service all of which have landed the company on FORTUNE’s list of “100 Best Companies to Work For” year after year. Kip enjoys spending time with his wife Sharon at their ranch in Colorado, traveling, fly fishing and golf. He is actively involved in the community as a member of the Salesmanship Club of Dallas and the Save the Cathedral campaign. Kip also serves on the board of Whole Foods Market (WFMI) and the National Retail Federation. He chairs the National Retail Federation’s Foundation and is a leader in the Conscious Capitalism movement. In 2006, along with wife Sharon (Chief Merchandising Officer) and Garrett Boone (Chairman Emeritus), Kip was inducted into the Retailing Hall of Fame.
Pat Wiesner is the retired CEO of Wiesner Publishing, a Colorado Company that publishes a dozen regional and national magazines. It also publishes a number of national insurance industry trade magazines. He is an active pilot, a partner in Gunnison Valley Aviation in Gunnison, Colorado, and does management and sales training for publishing companies. He is a former Chair of the Board of Trustees of Western State College, and has served on the Boards of Directors of The Colorado Aeronautical Board and The Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. He has served on a number of other Boards in the past. Pat has a B.S. in Physics from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.
Henry (“Hank”) D. Windmoeller is a 1973 graduate of Western. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP, an intellectual property law firm located in Wilmington, Delaware. Hank's experience includes 17 years as Chief Financial Officer and other high-level administrative positions in the legal services industry in the Washington, DC and Philadelphia metropolitan areas. Prior to the legal services industry Hank spent six years in homebuilding and 11 years in public accounting. Hank is a certified public accountant and holds a Masters degree in Accountancy and Business Administration from the University of Denver Daniels School of Business. Hank currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Delaware Boys and Girls Clubs and as an Alumni Admissions Representative for the University of Denver.
Robert Wright is a 2000 graduate of Western. He is Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of ReachLocal, Inc. (Nasdaq: RLOC). Prior to ReachLocal, Rob served as Director of Business Development for WorldWinner, Inc. where he was responsible for offering WorldWinner's tournament platform to the Internet's leading game portals, including: Pogo.com, Games.Yahoo.com, Gamesville.Lycos.com, and Shockwave.com. Prior to WorldWinner, Rob was Director of Business Development for LineUp Technologies, a streaming media syndication company. Rob currently serves on the Development Committee for the Heart of Los Angeles Youth, a non-profit organization helping under-privileged children enrich their lives through education, athletics, and fine arts. Rob lives in Agoura Hills, California with his wife, Wendy and daughter Ella.
