Board & Staff
It takes a team of people to preserve our heritage for future generations. Learn more about Chaffee County Heritage’s board and staff.
Passionate about Chaffee County’s heritage? Learn more about how you can get involved.
Board of Directors
Kent Wood
Interim Chair
Nathrop/At-Large
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: My favorite site is the Collegiate Peaks Scenic & Historic Byway. The views and the other pleasures of traveling along it need to be both enjoyed and understood.
What you love about Chaffee County: The natural forces and processes that have created the Chaffee County landscape with its plant and animal populations have made it outstanding even within the Rocky Mountain region. Appreciation of its unique value only grows with time spent here. Up to the present time, preserving that special environment has been compatible with human habitation. We need to keep it that way for future generations. We need to encourage a mentality of stewardship, not exploitation.
Bonnie Davis
Secretary, Greater Arkansas River Nature Association
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: My favorite heritage site is the rodeo grounds. I love the variety of wild flowers, especially the flowering cactus, Indian paint brush, fire weed, blanket flowers, and penstemon. Walking around the rodeo grounds throughout the year is a healing experience.
What you love about Chaffee County: Chaffee County is blessed with a variety of natural treasures that must be preserved. From mountains to plains, to valleys and forests, there is something for everyone to enjoy. I feel grateful to be able to live and play in Chaffee County.
Art Hutchinson
Ranching Representative
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Hutchinson Ranch
What you love about Chaffee County: I love Chaffee County because it is home and has been for many generations.
Suzy Kelly
Founding Member of BV Heritage
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Buena Vista’s Courthouse Museum
What you love about Chaffee County: All the history
Brandon Wolff
County County Planning Liaison
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site:
What you love about Chaffee County: Rafting through Browns Canyon and finishing with a pint at the riverside Drift Inn
Melanie Roth
Salida Representative
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: Browns Canyon National Monument
What you love about Chaffee County: Being so close to so many beautiful places.
Staff
Jessica Downing
Executive Director – Greater Arkansas River Nature Association
Favorite Chaffee County Heritage Site: I love old buildings that have been restored into new purposes, so I have to say the Salida SteamPlant along the banks of the Arkansas River.
What you love about Chaffee County: My favorite thing about Chaffee County is that I don’t have to travel far to enjoy the mountains and the river.
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