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Board
of Directors:
Arthur Kull, Chair
Arthur
Kull
is founder and owner of Kull Food
Technologies, LLC, a company specializing in the development,
production, and
marketing of food ingredients derived from by-products of food
processing.
Arthur grew up in Frauenfeld,
Switzerland,
and Lyon,
France.
After earning a doctorate in chemistry from the Swiss Federal Institute
of
Technology, he joined Nestle S.A.
in Vevey,
Switzerland.
After
relocating to
Nestle USA
in 1976, he rose to senior vice president, technical. Arthur later left
Nestle
to become an independent consultant, and after that joined Basic
American
Foods, where he served successively as vice president, operations; vice
president, supply chain management; and senior vice president, research
&
development. Arthur has been actively involved in YBP since its
founding,
particularly as an adviser and instructor in the UnCommon Sense program.
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Deb Friedel, Vice Chair
Deb is the Director of Sustainability for
Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts. DNC is a global
leader in
hospitality, food service, retail and entertainment and has a
concessions
contract with the National Park Service to operate twelve General
Stores in Yellowstone.
Delaware North
has also been involved with
the YBP Framework Program as a pilot project for two remodel projects
in Yellowstone
National
Park.
Deb has been involved
with YBP’s UnCommon Sense Program since 2005/2006 as a
Program
Advisor, and
presenter. Deb holds a Master of Science in Biology from Minnesota
State
University,
Mankato
and a
Bachelor of Science in Biology with Minors in Chemistry and Psychology
from
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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Andy Blanchford -
Treasurer
Andy Blanchford Grew up on a largely self
sufficient farm in PA and worked on family farms through high school.
He received
a BS in Landscape Contracting from Penn
State
University.
Andy has been the Owner/operator of Blanchford Landscape Contractors
since
1997, and has been around the construction industry in the region since
1994. Andrew Served on the Board of Directors for the Montana
Nursery and
Landscape Association from 2004 to 2010, and was president in 2007.
Andy served
on 2007 PLANET (Professional Landcare Network)Crystal Ball Committee,
and
currently serves on the PLANET Design/Build/Install Committee. Andy has
been an
YBP member since 2005, and is a graduate of the UnCommon Sense program.
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Ingrid
Eickstedt, Secretary
Ingrid
is the
executive director of Powell Valley Community Education B.O.C.E.S.
where she
has been coordinating noncredit educational programs at Northwest
College
for the last 12 years. In addition, she organizes the driver education
program
for novice drivers and is in charge of the annual Health &
Safety Fair
event which attracts 70-80 educational booths, about 175 volunteers and
up to
1500 participants. She is currently a media liaison for YBP in Wyoming,
specializing in the area west of the Bighorn
Mountains from Thermopolis to the Montana
border. In 1995, as a nontraditional student, she completed her degree
in
geography (administration of parks and recreation) and minored in
business. Her
studies focused on what has since been coined as
“geotourism”. Applied business
and volunteer experiences have accumulated in the following industries:
tourism, hospitality, retail, healthcare and adult education. Long an
advocate
for lifelong learning, she recognizes the importance of prospering
communities
in the Yellowstone-Teton region; balanced economics, respect for the
environment, and availability of quality education for all ages.
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Jack
Brady
Jack
Brady is currently pursuing a career
heading his own architectural firm, focusing on design and historic
preservation. He is a retired commercial airline pilot and member of
the family
that has been in the media business in Southeastern Idaho since the
early
1900s, with a current ownership interest, through The Post Company, in
the
Idaho Falls Post Register and several weekly newspapers in Southeastern Idaho.
He is currently a member of
The Post Company board of
directors. Jack holds a bachelor’s degree in civil
engineering
from the
University of Notre Dame, and both bachelor’s and
master’s
degrees in
architecture from the University of Utah.
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Jennifer
Brannen
Jennifer is the Marketing Manager at Silver Star
Communications, a technology and communications company offering voice,
broadband, IPTV, PC repair, phone systems, networking, and wireless
phone
services. Jennifer has served as Sustainability Coordinator for the
past two
years, and has led Silver Star through the UnCommon Sense program from
which
they will graduate in April of 2010. She is an experienced marketing
professional with demonstrated leadership qualities. Jennifer holds a
Bachelor
of Science, Marketing Management from Virginia Tech and a Certificate
of
WebDesign from Sessions Online University 2006. She is an active
Rotarian, a
Past President, and the recipient of the Teton Valley Rotarian of the
Year
Award for her efforts as a co-founder of Teton
Valley’s
Rotary Food Bank.
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Garett
Chadwick
Garett Chadwick is a
fourth-generation Eastern Idahoan and father of two sons. A
resident of
Driggs, he is an Associate Principal of Plan One/Architects, where his
responsibilities include design, project development, contract
administration,
and overall project coordination. Garett has managed major projects for
several
School Districts in Idaho,
Wyoming,
and Oregon.
He has also managed projects for a number of other private, commercial,
and
civic entities throughout the region. He holds a Bachelor of
Architecture
degree from the University
of Idaho,
is an
NCARB-certified Architect, and a USGBC LEED Accredited Professional
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Cari Hanson
Cari Hanson is a consistent advocate for environmental,
economic, and social sustainability as means to change and empowerment.
Mrs.
Hanson's professional experience includes organizational development,
experiential education, design, and event management in both the
for-profit and
non-profit sectors. She is the founder of The Ripple Project, an
international
non-profit working with African women's organizations, and currently
consults
with organizations on sustainability and organizational management
topics. She
is an avid gardener and cook, with a preference for leafy greens and
citrus
trees, as well as a designer and dog lover. She lives in San Francisco,
with her husband, Andy
Leider.
Cari serves as a
learning team
advisor for the UnCommon
Sense
Program.
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Jennifer
Lamb
– Advisory Board Chair
Jennifer
Lamb
is Public Policy Director for the National
Outdoor
Leadership
School
in Lander, Wyoming.
With NOLS since 2001, she has been involved in collaborative efforts to
find
sustainable, politically viable solutions to protect the natural values
of
public land. For three years, Jen was Advocacy Director for the
International
Mountain Bicycling Association where she promoted environmentally and
socially
responsible mountain biking for its 30,000 members. Her work experience
also
includes ten years in the recycling industry, five of them with
GreenTeam of
San Jose, a privately held recycling company which she helped manage
from
start-up. Jennifer holds a B.A. in Economics from Connecticut
College
and a Masters in
Environmental
Management/Natural Resource Economics and Policy from Yale
University.
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Traute Parrie
Traute is currently the District Ranger for the Beartooth Ranger
District of the Custer National Forest, in Red Lodge,
Montana.
She has a degree in architectural engineering, and maintains her
Professional Engineer's license in the State of Wyoming. She
has
had a long term interest in sustainable design and operations, and
currently participates on the Greater Yellowstone Coordinating
Committee's (GYCC) subcommittee on Sustainable Operations
(SOS).
The GYCC is comprised of 10 federal land management units in the
Greater Yellowstone Area (NPS, USFS, USF&WS). The
focus of
the SOS group has been on energy and water conservation, greenhouse gas
emissions reduction, right-sizing fleet, recycling, green purchasing,
and leadership development, and she feels the objectives of YBP are
well aligned with the SOS sub-committee's. Traute has 27
years of
land management experience, primarily with the Forest Service (3 with
BLM). She is a fourth generation Wyomingite, and raised two
children in Wyoming. She and her husband can often be found
exploring all that the GYA has to offer, whether on skis, bikes, with a
backpack, or in the drift boat.
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Lorraine Roach
Lorraine
is the
President of The Hingston Roach Group, Inc., a
strategic planning firm specializing in rural economic and tourism
development
for communities, counties, states, tribes, and multi-state coalitions.
She has
more than 25 years of experience in business and economic development,
strategic planning, tourism development, downtown revitalization, and
strategic
marketing in the U.S.
and Europe.
Lorraine
has
knowledge of the Greater Yellowstone region from previous and ongoing
work
projects, including YBP’s Turning On the Off Season Action
Plan
for SE
Idaho and the Regional
Transportation Co-op
Feasibility Study. She has experience as a board member serving on
regional,
statewide, and national nonprofit organization boards of directors. She
holds a
BA in Business Management and a minor in French from the University
of Puget
Sound, Tacoma,
WA,
has
completed professional
certifications
with the International Economic Development Council and the National
Trust for
Historic Preservation - National
Main
Street
Center,
and is currently
working on a Masters in Theology. While living in Europe in the 1980s,
she
studied German, and enough Russian and Italian to work and travel in
eighteen
countries, including a 3-month solo mountain bike tour of France
and Switzerland.
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Tim Solomon
Tim
has
worked on the forefront of community and regional issues since 1990.
Serving as Executive Director of the Regional Development Alliance for
the last 13 years has provided him the opportunity to work hand-in-hand
with communities while directly providing critical growth capital to
businesses across the eastern Idaho region. The combination of a
business growth/community growth focus has provided many opportunities
to help find solutions for sustainable growth patterns for both. Tim is
grateful that 18 years of work following graduate school have offered
so many interesting and challenging experiences.
Service with various organizations over the years has added welcome
texture to Tim's life. Some of that service has included ISU
President's Idaho Falls Advisory Council on Higher Education and
Economic Excellence as well as other higher education advisory roles;
boards of directors of non-profit business and community groups;
president of the Exchange Club of Idaho Falls, Eastside; and president
of the Golden Spike Empire Travel Region in Utah. Tim is a member of
several national organizations and serves actively there. In one of
those organizations he currently serves as the chair of a national task
force.
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Debby Tate
Debby is Director
of the R&D Support Services Division at the Idaho National
Laboratory. She
provides technical, administrative and budgetary guidance and direction
to
designated service centers, and coordinates the allocation of resources
for
various infrastructure and programmatic activities. Debby has a Master
of
Science degree in Computer Information Systems from the University
of Phoenix
and a Bachelor of
Science
in Computer Science from the University
of Idaho.
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Advisory Board Members:
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Gary
Van Dyke
Gary Van Dyke and his firm, The Van Dyke Technology Group, Inc. based
in Bethesda, MD, were among the first out-of-region members in YBP.
Gary and his wife, Lynne, built a second home in Pray, MT, and have
become as integrated as possible into the local business, ranching and
church communities. With an undergraduate degree from Rutgers
University in 1961, Mr. Van Dyke began his career in information
technology (IT) that would lead him to establish his own firm in 1978.
Over a twenty year period, J.G. Van Dyke & Associates, Inc.
grew to
over 300 professionals and became well known for developing security
technologies for the defense and intelligence communities. After
selling his firm to Wang Global in 1998, Mr. Van Dyke formed his
current company in 2002 to improve data sharing among intelligence,
defense and law enforcement agencies of the federal government. |
Helen Schroeder
Helen Schroeder has previously served on the YBP Board, distinguishing
herself as Nominating Committee chair and recruiting most of
today’s current Board members. Helen was a member of the
legislative staff for Gerald R. Ford, then Minority Leader of the U.S.
House of Representatives, and later worked in marketing with the Rand
Corporation and Waste Management International. Helen and her husband
have had their property in Paradise Valley since 1970. |
Deb Barracato
is currently manager of Warbirds Restaurant in Driggs, Idaho. She
founded Powder
Mountain Press, based in Driggs, Idaho, in 1997 after
serving as interim editor of Teton Valley
Independent and founding editor of Fun
Magazine, Teton Valley’s first full-color
visitor guide. A graduate of University of
Maryland’s
journalism program, Barracato was
among YBP’s first directors from Idaho. |
Paul Bertelli
is Senior Design Principal and President of Jonathan
L. Foote & Associates, an architectural firm in Bozeman,
Montana. A graduate of Montana State University’s
architecture
program, Bertelli has received many awards for his designs and
scholastic
achievements. With training in
environmental design, Bertelli is committed to the natural landscape as
the key
to the future of the Rocky Mountain West.
He designs buildings that capture the unique sense of place surrounding
Yellowstone Park and the natural
resources needed to maintain it. |
Bill Bryan
is a co-founder of Off the Beaten Path, a travel
planning and consulting service specializing in helping clients plan
personalized trips to the Rocky Mountain West, Desert Southwest,
Alaska, and Patagonia. Bryan has a distinguished 35-year
career
in working to
protect the landscape of the Northern Rockies. With a Ph.D. in Resource
Planning and
Conservation from the University of Michigan, he established and led
the Northern Rockies Action
Group, served on the boards of several environmental, civic, and
educational
organizations, and operated the Silvertip Consulting firm, all focusing
on
planning and conservation. Bill was one of YBP’s founding
members
and served as
its Vice-Chair and Program Committee Chair during his tenure on the
board. |
Scott Carsley
is the owner of Yellowstone Alpen Guides in West
Yellowstone, Montana, which offers snowcoach-based tours during the
winter and
scenic day trips during the summer. Carsley has worked as naturalist in
Yellowstone National Park for many years and
operated commercial guided tours in Yellowstone and the surrounding
region. Originally from Maine, Carsley moved to West
Yellowstone
to teach school in
1977. After four years, he moved to remote Alaska, where he taught for
another four years before returning to Montana and co-founding
Yellowstone Alpen Guides. He also worked
in Yellowstone as a naturalist for
three years, and has led guided groups on outdoor adventures throughout
the
West. Scott was among the YBP founders and its only director to date
from West Yellowstone. |
Peter Christ
is the owner/operator of Bridge Creek
Backcountry Kitchen & Wine Bar in Red Lodge, Montana, a
restaurant
that has consistently garnered national
attention – the Wine Spectator
"Award of Excellence". In
addition to his extensive experience in hospitality management, Christ
is a
member of several civic and professional associations, both locally and
nationally, serving as an executive board member or officer in several
regional
associations. Currently enrolled in
seminary in Minneapolis, Peter is an active member of Messiah Lutheran
Church and a supporter of the Lutheran Bible Camp on the Boulder River
south of Big Timber, Montana. He served as YBP Chair in its earliest
years. |
Dwight Minton
retired to Bozeman after serving in various executive capacities at
Church and Dwight Co., Inc., makers of the Arm & Hammer
brand. His roles included President, CEO, and
Chairman of the Board, and Chairman Emeritus. Minton also
owns
Elkhorn Ranch, a guest ranch
in Montana’s Gallatin Canyon. Minton has
been a dedicated businessman and community servant, with tenures on the
boards
of several civic and charitable organizations, schools, and
colleges. In the Yellowstone
region, he has been involved in the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, the
Institute for Environment and Natural Resources at the University of
Wyoming, the Yellowstone Park Association, and the National
Parks Conservation Association. Dwight Minton
served as YBP Chair from 2005-06. |
Cheryl O’Brien
is a department manager at the DOE Idaho
National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, ID. Prior to her
management assignment, Ms. O’Brien specialized in advanced
computational stress
analysis of mechanical, wind, seismic and impact loading on unique
national
facilities. She holds bachelor and masters degrees in Civil
Engineering,
is a registered Professional Engineer, and was one of the first LEED
2.0
Accredited Professionals in the State of Idaho. She is served on the US
Green Building Council Life Cycle Assessment committee, and represented
the
Laboratory in the Federal Network for Sustainability. |
Chris Pope
is a commercial realtor with ERA Landmark Realty in Bozeman,
Montana. For 15 years Chris and his wife Maddy operated
the Great Rocky Mountain Toy Company that featured creative and
educational
toys throughout the Yellowstone region. Before
moving to Montana and getting into the
toy business, Pope was marketing manager for a subsidiary of the Amoco
Corporation in Washington, D.C., working with solar
technology issues. He is past President
of the Bozeman Downtown Association, chaired the Bozeman Parking
Commission,
and was past President of Eaglemount, a non-profit dedicated to
providing
recreational therapy for people with disabilities. Chris was
a
founder of YBP and its secretary. |
John Rutter
is the Chief Operating Officer of the Grand
Teton Lodge Company in Moran, Wyoming, and is responsible for directing
all operations with
an ethic and commitment to sustained and continuous
improvement.
For some 30 years, Mr. Rutter led operations
and development of internationally-known resorts in Colorado and
brought a depth of knowledge and experience to
his service-oriented company in Wyoming. Mr. Rutter
has a Forestry degree from the University of Washington and an MBA from
the Denver University School of
Business. John served as YBP Treasurer for several
years on the board. |
Steve Shuel
is the former President and CEO of MacKenzie
Northwest, Inc., the restaurant management and development corporation
that
brought MacKenzie River Pizza and Montana Ale Works to the Yellowstone
region. With 15+ restaurants now in
operation throughout Montana and N. Idaho, Mackenzie Northwest employs
over 600 people. Before selling the company and retiring,
Shuel’s
responsibilities included strategic planning, finance and facilities
management. He was a founding member of
YBP and served as its original Treasurer. |
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