OCT 2008
Snowmass Capitol Creek Caucus
Board of Directors
Patsy Batchelder
Born in the San Francisco Bay area, I grew up spending time in Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. After graduation from the University of California at Santa Cruz, my love of the mountains took me to Ketchum/Sun Valley, Idaho. I spent 15 years there, working for Sun Valley Magazine and later Names and Numbers phone directory. I was an active member of the Idaho Conservation League, Snake River Alliance (the no nukes group) and engaged in local politics. In 1994, I moved to Colorado after meeting my husband, Andy Wiessner. Living in the Eagle Valley, I worked selling advertising for special events for the Vail Valley Foundation and Names and Numbers. Volunteer work included the local Democratic Party, involvement in the revision of the White River National Forest Plan, and various activities and fundraising for the Eagle Valley Land Trust. I was very active in the successful ballot initiative to establish the Eagle County Open Space Tax and lobbying for preservation of the Bair Ranch, the first major project to be funded with the Open Space Tax.In August 2007, Andy and I moved to Old Snowmass. I have been lending a hand recently at the Sopris Foundation and I actively support the Colorado Environmental Coalition, Wilderness Workshop, Colorado Wild, and the Wilderness Land Trust.
James Brundige
James grew up on the East Coast. Between Baltimore, Boston, and New York, he studied music, religion, photography, and lacrosse. After a graduate degree in film scoring, he moved to New York city to ply the music trade, but soon realized that television would provide more opportunities to indulge in his love of the outdoors. Teaming up with David Breashears, James enjoyed many fine adventures from the Himalayas to the Amazon, survived a few grim shoots in Antarctica and Asia, and managed to get paid for all this fun by making adventure and science films. Since 1990, James has focused on environmental documentaries for PBS, BBC, CBS, ABC, Turner, Discovery, and National Geographic. In 1996 James met Chelsea Congdon, an accomplished environmental activist also working in film. Since that time Chelsea and James have produced several award-winning films, two award-winning children, and a house on Capitol Creek in Old Snowmass.
Steve Child:
Steve has lived and worked on his family's ranch on upper Capitol Creek Road nearly all of the 45 years they have owned it. He currently is the manager of the cattle ranch, as well as serving as a substitute teacher and bus driver for RE-1 Schools. He has served as a member of the current caucus board since 1995, but helped out on special projects such as land use applications, and the Master Plan committee for several previous years. He served on the Snowmass/Capitol Creeks Caucus Board during the 1970's and 80's, and was the Caucus secretary for a few years at that time. He also serves on two other boards - the Wilderness Workshop Board, and the Pitkin County Weed Advisory Board. He also is a volunteer usher at the Wheeler Opera House, and sings baritone with the Aspen Choral Society and the Waldorf Revelers. Steve is a 1966 graduate of Basalt High School, and a 1970 graduate of Stanford University. He has been married to Molly for 29 years, and has 3 children, Nathan, Devon, and Robin.
John Clark
By profession I am a lawyer and have practiced law since graduation from Stanford Law School in 1961. I started practice in New York many years ago and presently am Of-Counsel to a law firm with offices on both coasts. Although the last time I saw it was in April, I do have an office in Los Angeles and continue to practice on a reduced basis. I have always been a trial lawyer and for most of my career have specialized in disputes arising in the construction industry. Along the way I have represented such organizations as the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council in efforts to prevent cutting of virgin redwood forests, prevent diversion of water from the Sacramento River by means of the Peripheral Canal, require release of water to allow water flows in the San Joaquin River, and to enjoin the California Department of Fish & Game from hunting mountain lions for the fun of it. I am very interested in preserving Snowmass Valley very much as it is today and in preventing it from becoming another Red Mountain, tasks which are almost certain to become much more difficult as the value of property here continues to climb.
Kathy DeWolfe
I moved here from the Chicago area in 1975, where I was an English teacher. I’ve lived in Old Snowmass for 25 years. Most of my working career has been with Aspen Skiing Company (22 year employee) where I held positions in Public Affairs, Marketing, Advertising, Property Management and Real Estate Sales. Three years ago I left the Ski Co. to go into general real estate. I have some experience on Boards through being property manager for the Country Club Villas in Snowmass Village for about 8 years, and have worked on special events, such as World Cup.
I was a single parent for many years, but am an empty-nester now and have the time to devote to organizations such as the SnoCap Caucus. The meetings I have attended have been very interesting and educational. I’ve been impressed with the work the Caucus does to protect our area and would enjoy contributing towards those efforts.
Amy Connolly Doherty
Amy Doherty has lived in many cities including New York, Chicago, Cleveland, and Charlotte, but she is happy to call Old Snowmass her home. She grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and graduated from Williams College. She earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia University and enjoyed a successful career on Wall Street as an institutional salesperson for First Boston where she was a top producer for the firm.
After being trapped in Lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001, Amy and her husband moved to Old Snowmass for the quality of life and to raise their two wonderful daughters. Amy is actively involved in the community and contributes to numerous non-profit organizations.
Richard “Rick” Heede
I have lived in Snowmass since 1984, and built a passive solar home inGateway in 1993. I am 56 years old, an émigré from Norway in 1967, love living and playing in Snowmass, and have an amazing 18 year old daughter in college in Boulder. I work as a consultant in climate change for municipalities, educational institutions, environmental groups, international NGOs, corporations, and foundations. (see www.climatemitigation.com for details.)
My candidacy represents promoting the ideas embodied in the Snowmass Capitol Creek Master Plan with particular attention to preserving the rural character of our beautiful valleys and responsible residential development. The Master Plan is clear with respect to a reducing the “visual impacts, energy [and] materials consumption, light pollution, and traffic” fromlarger homes and encourages the construction of homes under the current 5,750 square foot limitation.
In practical terms, I will endeavor to help curb energy use in all future homes brought before the Caucus by holding each proposal to build, expand, or renovate a home to a high standard of non-reliance on fossil fuels inboth its construction and operation.
I am not a single-issue candidate. Responsible water use, impact of proposed homes on neighbors’ view-planes, exterior lighting, and other elements of home design that exert high costs on the local and broader community willalso be strongly encouraged.
We are fortunate to live in our twin valleys. I aim to preserve our legacyby fostering responsible development.
Michael Kinsley
Michael has lived in the county for 37 years and in Old Snowmass for fourteen. He is a principal at Rocky Mountain Institute specializing in restorative communities. He’s written one book and many articles on sustainable economic development, and has lectured and conducted workshops on that topic in 40 states and four foreign countries. He is also a landscape painter whose work often shows at the Toklat Gallery in Basalt.
Michael was a Pitkin County Commissioner from 1975 to ’85, part of the board that instituted the first growth control, affordable housing, and environmental protection in the valley; and secured an agreement with Snowmass Village to protect Snowmass Creek, which the village essentially ignored.
Before that, he served as director and single employee of a local environmental organization, during which he helped the Child family and others stop the ski area proposed in upper Capitol Creek (‘71). He co-founded the Western Colorado Congress and Center for Conflict Resolution in the Roaring Fork Valley and has served on sixteen local and statewide boards and committees related to environment, health, and leadership — including the Caucus Board on which he has served since ’95.
Jan Martin
No Bio Available
John McBride
He’s been in the Valley for well over 40 years. In lieu of a bio, here’s what High Country News said about him:
“McBride… helped develop the nearby ski-resort town of Snowmass, and he’s the developer of the Aspen Business Center, a 28-acre development that’s now home to about 180 businesses. But he’s also intrigued by growth and environmental issues; he sponsors a yearly Worldwatch Institute conference in Aspen, and in 1994, he dispatched his son on a West-wide mission to find out what made a good community.”
‘The best communities he found were where people had a lot of trust,’ says McBride. ‘They do deals on handshakes and leave their keys in the car.’”
Tim McFlynn
Tim McFlynn has been on the Board for four years, co-chaired the Caucus Master Plan Committee, and coordinates the Smart Water Campaign to protect minimum instream flows in Snowmass Creek. He is a professional mediator with Aspen Dispute Resolution and executive director of Public Counsel of the Rockies.
Tim serves as a Trustee of the Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Program, President of the Board of Wilderness Workshop, and on the board of the Manaus Fund, the Western Conservation Foundation, and Tomorrow's Voices.
Holly McLain
Initially, I was a young ski bum in Aspen, doing odd jobs, and skiing every day. But, eventually, I could not get the passion of horses out of my soul, and in 1974, my father helped me buy the raw land that is now Moon Run Ranch. I have owned and operated Moon Run Ranch for the past 33 years. It is a full service horse boarding facility offering, training, lessons, horses for sale, clinics for horsemanship, cow working, and vaquero ranch roping, trail riding, fly fishing and special events
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I have raised two children here, Travis and Afton McLain, both of whom are residents working in Aspen. Travis coaches AVSC Snowboard Team, and owns “Radio Board Shop”, and Afton works at “Bandana Kids” is looking at art schools for the future.
Emily Smith
No Bio Available
Bob Throm (on the left of the picture)
Colorado native, BA UNIVERSITY 0F COLORADO ECON/HISTORY, REAL ESTATE \BROKERAGE AND DEVELOPMENT 50 YEARS PLUS, MEMBER PITKIN COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 20 YEARS, PITKIN COUNTY SENIOR COUNCIL 2 YEARS , PRESIDENT ASPEN BOARD OF REALTORS 1977, REALTOR OF THE YEAR (FIRST) 1985 SMCCC 15-20 YEARS WATER AND FUND RAISING OVER THOSE YEARS. NEW PROGRAM "SAVE THE FOREST"
Frieda K. Wallison
My husband and I have been property owners in the caucus area, at the Lazy O Ranch, for 15 years, completed our house here 13 years ago, and have been permanent residents for 8 years. I am a lawyer by training, and was a partner in major international law firms in New York City and Washington, D.C. until my retirement in 1998. I am a graduate of Smith College and Harvard Law School. My husband Peter and I have three grown children and two grandchildren. Since moving to the valley permanently, I have been the managing member of Caddis Fly Partners, LLC, the developer of Riverwalk at the Fryingpan in Basalt, and am now also working on a development project in Carbondale.
I believe strongly in maintaining the rural character of Old Snowmass and that office and other commercial development should be pursued in existing urban areas, demonstrated by the development projects in which I have been involved. I also believe that the work of the caucus board in seeking to maintain the health of Snowmass and Capitol Creeks is of extreme importance.
Kevin P Ward
Executive Director, Aspen Science Center. B.A. Harvard College 1975. J.D. University of California 1981. Teaching Fellow, Harvard University 1999-2002.
From an early age, Kevin has been fascinated by how people learn and what constitutes a powerful learning experience. While attending Harvard College as an undergrad he developed a lifelong love of the sciences (in particular, marine biology) and upon graduation, (after 5 years practicing law in Ca and NY) began a career of developing technology, interactivity and multimedia to create active, immersive learning environments to bring issues like biodiversity, alternative energy, and environmental responsibility to life for audiences.
Over the next twenty years, Kevin served as Creative Director on such projects as the Macintosh launches for Apple, the Olympic CEO programs (Atlanta and Nagano)for IBM, the Apple Pavillion at EPCOT Center, the CEO Innovation Initiative for Johnson&Johnson, the Animal Planet Hyper-CD Rom for Discovery Channel, immersive multimedia experiences for the American Museum of Natural History and others.
From 2000 to 2002, he returned to Harvard as a teaching fellow, and was honored to receive the Derek Bok Distinguished Teaching Award for each of those 3 years. As the Executive Director of the newly-formed Aspen Science Center, Kevin is committed to bringing good science to the local and national community, with the goal of returning science to its essential role in the lives of students, families and communities.
Kevin is a committed environmentalist. He is an active member/on the Board of: Greenpeace, The Hudson Riverkeeper, The Waterkeeper Alliance, National Resources Defense Council, The Sierra Club, The Nature Conservancy, Union of Concerned Scientists, and recently ACES, the Aspen Center for Physics, and the Aspen Education Foundation. Kevin created the logo, branding, and activist web Network for RFK Jr's Waterkeeper Alliance.
Brad Zanin
I was born in Aspen and graduated from Aspen High School in 1984. I attended Pomona College and graduated in 1988 with a BA in Economics. I lived and worked in Los Angeles after college until I moved back to Aspen permanently in August of 1995. I own Aspen Performance Group, Inc. which provides pension consulting services to an investment bank. I purchased my Snowmass Creek lot in 2/2001 and built my house the following year. I live there with my two daughters Hannah and Brittany. Hannah is 6 and is a first grade student at the Aspen Elementary School. Brittany is 19 and is a sophomore at the University of Colorado.
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