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THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGENovember 7-9, 2017 in CheyenneLittle America Hotel and Resort

OPENING ADDRESS BYWYOMING GOVERNOR

MATTHEW H. MEAD

NICOLEKAEDING

EconomistThe Tax Foundation

ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI

Founder and CEO ofOpenthebooks.com

YARONBROOK

Executive Chairman,Ayn Rand Institute

WYOMINGBUSINESSALLIANCE WYOBA2

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left side menu from a desktop. Just choose the event and tap on the green Register but-ton on the screen to gain access to the event.

HOW TO SET UP

HELP IS AVAILABLE! GO TO THE REGISTRATION DESK!

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WELCOME

The 2017 Governor’s Business Forum focuses on a business perspective of how Wyo-ming can use innovation and entrepreneurship to overcome the dynamics of changes facing education, minerals, tourism, agriculture, and the entire state economy.

With the dynamics of Wyoming’s industries changing, we must focus on innovation and fostering our entrepreneurial spirit to broaden fiscal opportunities in our traditional industries. We are combining national fiscal and trade experts and Wyoming experts along with tech firms, ag innovators, leaders in the tourism and natural resource industries and local community efforts to highlight a path to move forward.

ABOUT THE FORUMThe Wyoming Business Alliance/Wyoming Heritage Foundation has staged this prestigious forum for 35 years, bringing together top-notch speakers to discuss economic strategies and attracting the state’s largest assemblage of business, civic, and political leaders.


Tuesday, November 75:30 – 7:00 PM Live the Legend Reception - Ned LeDoux will have a special performance.5:30 – 7:00 PM Early Forum Name Badge Pick Up Available7:15 – 9:30 PM Leadership Wyoming Reception (No host) at Little America Lounge

Wednesday, November 87:00 AM Throughout Day - Registration Opens8:00 AM Welcome and Special Introductions: Fred von Ahrens, Chairman, WBA8:15 AM OPENING ADDRESS: Governor Matthew H. Mead8:30 AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Yaron Brook, “Capitalism Without Guilt”9:00 AM PANEL: Wyoming’s Fiscal Future: Options for a Big State with a Small Population10:00 AM Break10:15 AM WYOMING SUCCESS STORIES: Black Dog Animal Rescue, Silver Spur Ranches, and

Wyoming Machinery Company11:00 AM PANEL: Wyoming’s Position in a Global Economy: A conversation with our Canadian

Neighbors11:45 AM Lunch Buffet12:15 PM Pledge of Allegiance12:30 PM LUNCHEON PANEL: Technology Leading the Way1:30 PM First Lady’s Leaders in Literacy Award1:45 PM WYOMING SUCCESS STORIES: Silicon Couloir and Wyoming Sugar Company2:15 PM Break2:45 PM PANEL: How do we Crack the Code in Wyoming?4:15 PM PANEL: Not Your Grandparent’s Agriculture Industry5:15 PM Adjourn5:15 – 6:00 PM Networking Reception for Hall of Fame Gala Attendees

5:15 – 6:00 PM VIP Reception for Major Sponsors and Guests (Gold & Above) with Adam Andrzejewski6:00 – 7:00 PM Business Hall of Fame Inductee Presentation & Banquet (Pre-registration required)7:00 – 8:00 PM Business Hall of Fame Banquet Program - KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Mr. Adam Andrzejewski

(Pre-registration required)

Thursday, November 9,

7:45 AM Breakfast Buffets Open Outside Main Ballroom8:00 AM Student Breakfast with Yaron Brook, Teton Room (Pre-Registration required)9:00 AM PANEL: Budget Session 2018: Is There An Opportunity For Government To Incorporate

More Business Principles While Budgeting?10:00 AM PANEL: ENDOW Today for Tomorrow10:45 AM Break11:00 AM PANEL: Making Wyoming the Place We Want to Live, Not Just Work12:00 PM Forum Adjourns

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

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SPEAKERS

Rep. Mike GreearFormer Governor Dave Freudenthal Jim Hellyer

Mike Evers Scott Fitzgerald

Victoria Fry

Adam Andrzejewski Dr. Laurel Ballard Christine Bekes Rosie Berger C.J. Box

Yaron Brook

Sen. Affie Ellis

Keith Cashman Judy Catchpole Cindy DeLancey

Joe Evers

Dr. David L. Chicoine

Jon Isaacs

Gitane de Silva

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Jerimiah L. RiemanSen. Drew Perkins

Rep. Andy Schwartz

SPEAKERS

Shawn Reese

Consul GeneralStéphane Lessard

Kendall RobertsRon Rabou

Governor Matthew H. MeadFirst Lady Carol Mead Dr. Stephen Newton

Meg Thompson Stanton Edmund SteinauerDr. MaryKatherine Scott

Ryan Lance

Gail Symons

Laura Hewitt Ladd

Travis McNiven Matt Micheli

Matt KaufmanNicole Kaeding


Rep. Sue WilsonAnthony T. Wendtland

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SPEAKERS

Britney WalleschFred von Ahrens

Thad York

Eric TrowbridgePam ThayerJohn D. Temte


WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8

7:00 AM REGISTRATION OPENS (THROUGHOUT THE DAY)

8:00 AM WELCOME AND SPECIAL INTRODUCTIONSFred von Ahrens - Chairman, Wyoming Business Alliance & Wyoming Heritage Foundation, Vice President, Genesis Alkali

8:15 AM OPENING ADDRESS: GOVERNOR MATTHEW H. MEADMatt Mead, Wyoming’s 32nd Governor, took office in January 2011 and is serving his second term. He was born and raised in Jackson. After earning a law degree from the University of Wyo-ming, he served as a prosecutor, practiced in a private firm and served as U.S. Attorney. His focus on increasing state competi-tiveness, for example, through technology, innovation and ex-pansion of business opportunities in numerous economic sec-tors, has brought national recognition.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM EARLY FORUM NAME BADGE PICK UP AVAILABLE

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

LIVE THE LEGEND RECEPTIONSPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY NED LEDOUXSponsored by Visit CheyenneLittle America Grand Ballroom C and Foyer C for Governor’s Business Forum Attendees

7:15 PM - 9:30 PM

LEADERSHIP WYOMING RECEPTION (NO HOST)Held in the Little America Lounge

GOVERNOR MATTHEW H.

MEAD

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY NED LEDOUX

Sponsored by Mark and Jennie GordonWyoming’s own Ned LeDoux will perform at the Live the Legend

Reception. His first full-length album, Sagebrush, is scheduled to be released November 3. For the last year, Ned has been steadily touring and

opening for acts like Toby Keith, Chris Janson, Aaron Watson and Randy Houser. Yet now that he is in front of the mic, Ned has a new goal. “There’s

an age group who doesn’t know who Chris LeDoux is and I just want to keep his name out there. I want to reintroduce him to people who’ve

maybe heard of him but didn’t know what he did. Just carry on his legacy and carry on his music and at the same time show them what I can do.”


8:30 AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS: YARON BROOK“CAPITALISM WITHOUT GUILT”Dr. Brook is the Executive Chairman of the Ayn Rand Institute in Irvine, California. He is an internationally sought-after speaker and debater. He speaks and debates frequently on topics ranging from the morality of capitalism, to the inequality debate, to free speech. He appears often on university campuses and at profes-sional conferences all over the world. He is coauthor, with Don Watkins, of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government. They now have a new book available, Equal Is Unfair: America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality.

9:00 AM PANEL - WYOMING’S FISCAL FUTURE:OPTIONS FOR A BIG STATE WITH A SMALL POPULATIONIt’s time to brainstorm ideas for state and local governments to broaden fiscal opportunities.

MODERATOR: FORMER WYOMING GOVERNOR DAVE FREUDENTHAL

PANELISTS• YARON BROOK, EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, AYN RAND

INSTITUTE• NICOLE KAEDING, ECONOMIST, THE TAX FOUNDATION • LAURA HEWITT LADD, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF HEWITT LADD & CHAIRMAN

OF THE WYOMING RETIREMENT SYSTEM

• EDMUND STEINAUER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CO-MANAGER OF THE MUNICIPAL FINANCE DIVISION AT GEORGE K. BAUM & COMPANY

YARONBROOK

FORMER GOVERNOR DAVE FREUDENTHAL


10:00 AM BREAK

10:15 AM WYOMING SUCCESS STORIES

BLACK DOG ANIMAL RESCUE - FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BRITNEY WALLESCH Started almost ten years ago, BDAR has become the state’s largest animal rescue organization, pioneering the use of volunteer households to keep rescued animals.

SILVER SPUR RANCHES - GENERAL MANAGER, THAD YORKWith operations in Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado and Nebraska, the ranch is ranked as the ninth largest commercial cattle operation in the U.S. and is home to a progressive ranch operation and outfitting services.

WYOMING MACHINERY COMPANY - MACHINE SALES REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SOUTHEAST REGION, KEITH CASHMAN Since 1969, Wyoming Machinery Company has continued to grow and position itself as an industry leader suited for any challenge, both now and in the future.

11:00 AM PANEL: WYOMING’S POSITION IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY: A CONVERSATION WITH OUR CANADIAN NEIGHBORSA conversation with our Canadian Neighbors: International trade, public policy surrounding trade and global markets are rapidly evolving. New markets are opening and creating opportunity for Wyoming. Leading global trade experts share their ideas for op-portunities for Wyoming today and for tomorrow.

MODERATOR: DR. MARY KATHERINE SCOTT, PROGRAM DEVELOPER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT OFFICE

PANELISTS

• CANADIAN CONSUL GENERAL STÉPHANE LESSARD

• GITANE DE SILVA, SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE OF ALBERTA TO THE UNITED STATES

• SHAWN REESE, CEO OF THE WYOMING BUSINESS COUNCIL

11:45 AM LUNCH BUFFET

12:15 PM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEWILLIAM G. WHIPPLE COMMAND CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT,WYOMING AIR NATIONAL GUARD

CANADIAN CONSUL GENERAL

STÉPHANE LESSARD


12:30 PM LUNCHEON PANEL - TECHNOLOGY LEADING THE WAYTechnology is blazing the trail in Wyoming. Firms that are putting Wyoming’s tech hub on the map will share how technology is revolutionizing our cornerstone elements of Wyoming’s economy.

MODERATOR: JOHN D. TEMTE, GENERAL PARTNER TEMTE CAPITAL, LLC

PANELISTS: • MIKE EVERS - PRESIDENT, WWC ENGINEERING• JIM HELLYER - PARTNER, HELLYER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

• JON ISAACS - PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER, UBER TECHNOLOGIES

• TRAVIS MCNIVEN, STATE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR POLICY FOR U.S. SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO

1:30 PM FIRST LADY’S LEADERS IN LITERACY AWARD:FIRST LADY CAROL MEAD & JUDY CATCHPOLE First Lady Carol Mead and the University of Wyoming Literacy Research Center and Clinic (LRCC) recognize individual, business, or organizational leadership in advancing literacy in Wyoming each year through the First Lady’s Leaders in Literacy Award. Mrs. Mead has focused on literacy and reading to children and working with the University of Wyoming College of Education to establish a statewide literacy research center and clinic, which opened in March 2014.

JOHN D.TEMTE

FIRST LADY CAROL MEAD


1:45 PM WYOMING SUCCESS STORIES• SILICON COULOIR: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SCOTT

FITZGERALD Silicon Couloir aligns entrepreneurship with community vision to promote a diverse economy and a healthy environment for current and future generations.

• WYOMING SUGAR COMPANY, LLC: PRESIDENT & CEO, REP. MIKE GREEAR Owned by growers from Washakie, Big Horn and Fremont Counties, this single factory facility has processed sugarbeets for the Southern Big Horn Basin and Fremont County for over 100 years.

2:15 PM BREAK

2:45 PM PANEL: HOW DO WE CRACK THE CODE IN WYOMING?How can we give Wyoming students more exposure to computer science and technology for the jobs of tomorrow? Educators from across the state discuss ways Wyoming can do better.

MODERATOR: SEN. AFFIE ELLIS

PANELISTS:• DR. LAUREL BALLARD - STUDENT AND TEACHER

RESOURCES TEAM SUPERVISOR, WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

• DR. STEPHEN NEWTON - LARAMIE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1

• ERIC TROWBRIDGE - HEADMASTER, ARRAY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

• ANTHONY T. WENDTLAND - ATTORNEY & SHERIDAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #2 BOARD TRUSTEE

ERIC TROWBRIDGE


4:15 PM PANEL: NOT YOUR GRANDPARENT’S AGRICULTURE INDUSTRYWhat are the opportunities and innovation in the ag community? Let’s think outside the box. What does tomorrow’s agriculture look like and how can Wyoming lead?

MODERATOR: KENDALL ROBERTS, PRESIDENT, YOUNG PRODUCERS ASSEMBLY A DIVISION OF THE WYOMING STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION

PANELISTS:

• HEMP FARMING - Ron Rabou, President, Rabou Farms, Inc.

• URBAN FARMING - Victoria Fry, Backyard poultry enthusiast

• PATHFINDER RANCHES/SWEETWATER RIVER CONSERVANCY(SRC) - The Country’s First Mitigation Bank - Ryan Lance, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of SRC

5:15 PM- 6:00 PM

ADJOURN AND BEGIN NETWORKING RECEPTION FOR GALAFoyer Grand Ballrooms A & B

5:15 PM- 6:00 PM

VIP RECEPTION WITH ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKIVIP Reception for Major Sponsors & Guests (Gold Level and Above) in Sheridan Room

KENDALL ROBERTS


CELEBRATORY DINNER - WYOMING BUSINESS HALL OF FAME BANQUETGRAND BALLROOMS A & B

This special event is by registration only.

6:00 PM BUSINESS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE PRESENTATION & BANQUETMASTERS OF CEREMONIES: Fred von Ahrens, Chairman, Wyoming Business Alliance & Wyoming Heritage Foundation, Vice President, Genesis Alkali, Green River AND Dr. David Chicoine, Interim Dean, University of Wyoming College of Business

LOIS HERBST2017 WYOMING BUSINESS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEEA person of strong convictions and passionate about WyomingFearless while not heartless; Relentless in turning her convictions into actions.Lois Herbst is being recognized for her longtime dedication to agriculture while running the ranch and family business. She is well known for being a person of strong convictions who turns those convictions into actions for the betterment of Wyoming. She has helped operate with her family a centennial ranch, called the Herbst Lazy TY Ranch LLP. She has divided her time between working on the ranch and agriculture issues and volunteering on numerous boards, includ-ing the University of Wyoming’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Advisory Board, the Wyoming Beef Council, Wyoming Stock Growers Associa-tion, and the Wyoming Business Alliance and the Wyoming Heritage Foundation Steering Committee. She was inducted into the Wyoming Agriculture Hall of Fame in 1999. She was the first woman president of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and the first woman elected to serve on the Wyoming State Grazing Board.

LOISHERBST


PATRICK AND PAUL HLADKY2017 WYOMING BUSINESS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEESFamily, employees, community, safety, environment and cutting edge drilling technology. Carrying on the legacy of their father, Paul and Patrick have continued Cyclone Drilling as the Rocky Mountain drilling contractor of choice since 1975.Carrying on the legacy of their father, Patrick and Paul Hladky have continued Cyclone Drilling as the Rocky Mountain drilling contractor of choice since 1975 and have been great community champions in Gillette. Born and raised in Gil-lette, the brothers worked their way through high school for their father’s drilling company in the oilfields around Gillette. After graduating as an all-state wrestler, Patrick moved to Ft. Collins to attend Colorado State University. Paul attended Montana Tech on a football scholarship and received his degree in engineering. Upon graduating college, the brothers returned to Gillette to work in the family business. Together, they saw the company grow from a small drilling company in the Powder River Basin to a 700+ employee company drilling up and down the Rockies from New Mexico to North Dakota.

The Hladky family believes an educated workforce is critical to economic devel-opment. Patrick has helped the local Catholic school grow and advance to a K-12 high-level educational institution. Patrick’s most recent project was to lead the effort in getting an applied sciences or STEM lab integrated into the curriculum. As a community member, Paul is incredibly invested in seeing local charities suc-ceed, as well as helping to take Gillette College to the next level of educational institution. Paul’s most recent project is a joint venture with the college to create a STEM center, enhancing community access to the applied sciences. The Hlad-kys’ generosity and devotion to the community and state where they live are ever present in all that they do and a testament to the community where they were raised.

MAURY BROWN2017 WYOMING BUSINESS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEEMaury’s word of advice for success in business and in life “FITCALS”, feel, inspect, tighten, clean, adjust, lubricate and smell.Maury Brown is a lifelong philanthropist and business owner in Cheyenne. His word of advice for success in business and in life is “FITCALS,” feel, inspect, tight-en, clean, adjust, lubricate and smell. He owns Town & Country Supermarket Li-quors and Maurice Brown Exploration, an oil and gas business. He has received the 2016 Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s Community Spirit Award and the 2013 Per-son of the Year Award from the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce. He has given generously to numerous organizations in Cheyenne and the region, including the University of Wyoming, Cheyenne Parks & Rec, Cheyenne Youth Alternatives program, 4-H & FFA Livestock Sales, Cheyenne Family YMCA, Cen-tral, East & South High Schools, the Governor’s Arts Awards and the Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition to name a few.

PATRICKHLADKY

PAULHLADKY

MAURYBROWN


7:00 PM HALL OF FAME SPECIAL KEYNOTE: ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKIFOUNDER AND CEO OF OPENTHEBOOKS.COM/ FISCAL TRANSPARENCY EXPERTAdam Andrzejewski is the founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com, the world’s largest private database of public spending which has captured four billion federal, state, and local expendi-tures. He created OpenTheBooks app and was awarded ‘Best Pub-lic Policy App’ by Web Marketing Association in 2014. Previously, he cofounded HomePages Directories, a $20 million publisher of community telephone books. In 2010, he ran for governor of Il-linois in the Republican primary. He holds a B.A. from Northern Illinois University. Most recently, he was a guest on Brian Lamb’s hour-long C-SPAN Q&A program on Sept. 10, 2017. He is a con-tributor at Forbes with two million unique views. His works have been featured on Good Morning America, ABC World News To-night, USA Today, Boston Globe, RealClearPolitics, CNN, NBC, CBS, and Innovation Nation – a FOX News Special.

ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 97:45 AM NETWORKING BREAKFAST

Come and visit with other Forum attendees, sponsors, and speakers. The buffets will open outside the main ballroom.

8:00 AM STUDENT BREAKFAST WITH YARON BROOKTeton Room (Pre-registration required)

9:00 AM PANEL: BUDGET SESSION 2018: IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GOVERNMENT TO INCORPORATE MORE BUSINESS PRINCIPLES WHILE BUDGETING?How to prepare for the 2018 Legislative Budget Session and beyond. Lawmakers and private sector business experts discuss the upcoming budget session.

MODERATOR: ROSIE BERGER - FORMER MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER, WYOMING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS & LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT

PANELISTS:• SEN. DREW PERKINS - SENATE MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER

• REP. ANDY SCHWARTZ - HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

• REP. SUE WILSON - HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

• JOE EVERS - CORPORATE COUNSEL & MANAGER OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS, WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY

• MATT MICHELI - PARTNER, HOLLAND & HART

• GAIL SYMONS - GENERAL PARTNER, SYMONS RANCH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

SEN. DREW PERKINS


10:00 AM PANEL: ENDOW TODAY FOR TOMORROWHear an update from the ENDOW (Economically Needed Diversity Options for Wyoming) Initiative. Citing the need for a comprehensive approach to diversify the Wyoming economy, Governor Matt Mead announced at the 2016 Governor’s Business Forum the creation of the ENDOW initiative. The initiative will coordinate and expand ongoing efforts across the state, as well as produce measurable results expanding the Wyoming economy.

MODERATOR: JERIMIAH L. RIEMAN, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY AND INITIATIVES, WYOMING GOVERNOR’S OFFICE

PANELISTS• ROSIE BERGER - FORMER MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER, WYOMING HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS & LEADERSHIP CONSULTANT

• MATT KAUFMAN - PARTNER WITH HATHAWAY & KUNZ, LLP

• JOHN D. TEMTE - GENERAL PARTNER TEMTE CAPITAL, LLC

10:45 AM BREAK

JERIMIAH L. RIEMAN


11:00 AM PANEL: MAKING WYOMING THE PLACE WE WANT TO LIVE, NOT JUST WORKYounger generations want amenities like bike paths, vibrant downtowns, and a strong outdoor economy in our communities, not just a job. How do we use Wyoming’s “quality of life” offerings to our advantage?

MODERATOR: C.J. BOX, BESTSELLING AUTHORC. J. Box is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 22 novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, two Barry Awards, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. He was recently awarded the 2016 Western Heritage Award for Literature by the National Cowboy Museum and the Spur Award from Western Writers of America for Best Contemporary novel. The novels have been translated into 27 languages and have been optioned for film and television. He and his wife Laurie split their time between their small ranch in Wyoming and a home in Cheyenne.

PANELISTS:

• CHRISTINE BEKES - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF POWELL ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP

• MEG THOMPSON STANTON - PUBLIC ART COORDINATOR FOR THE LARAMIE PUBLIC ART COALITION

• PAM THAYER - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RAWLINS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY/MAIN STREET

NOON FORUM ADJOURNS

C.J. BOXBESTSELLING

AUTHOR


OUR SPEAKERS

ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKIAdam Andrzejewski is the founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com, the world’s larg-est private database of public spending which has captured four billion federal, state, and local expenditures. He created OpenTheBooks app and was awarded ‘Best Public Policy App’ by Web Marketing Association in 2014. Previously, he cofounded HomeP-ages Directories, a $20 million publisher of community telephone books. In 2010, he ran for governor of Illinois in the Republican primary. He is a contributor at Forbes with two million unique views. His works have been featured on Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, USA Today, Boston Globe, RealClearPolitics, CNN, NBC, CBS, and Innovation Nation – a FOX News Special.

DR. LAUREL BALLARDC. Laurel Ballard, Ph.D. is the Student and Teacher Resources Team Supervisor for the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE). In this role she supervises staff and pro-grams related to digital learning, virtual education, teacher and leader evaluation and accountability, educator equitable, at-risk students, computer science education. She is also the state lead for Wyoming’s Career Readiness Initiative. She is actively leading six prominent steering teams including: Educator Equity Steering Team, Certified Per-sonnel Evaluation System and Leader Accountability Advisory Panel, Wyoming Career Readiness Council, Virtual Education Advisory Committee, Statewide Digital Learning Advisory Panel, and Computer Science Education Task Force.

ABOUT GOVERNOR MATT MEADMatt Mead, Wyoming’s 32nd Governor, took office in January 2011 and is serving his second term. He was born and raised in Jackson. After earning a law degree from the University of Wyoming, he served as a prosecutor, practiced in a private firm and served as U.S. Attorney. He maintains a farm and ranch business with his wife Carol in southeast Wyoming. Governor Mead initiated a comprehensive state energy strategy released in 2013 and updated in 2016. He initiated an innovative state water strategy released in 2015. He moved the entire state to a 100 gigabit broadband network. His rules initiative has resulted in fewer regulations and improved public access to rules. His focus on increasing state competitiveness, for example, through technology, innovation and expansion of business opportunities in numerous economic sectors, has brought national recogni-tion. Wyoming’s accolades include: most business friendly tax climate, third best for new business startup activity, best state to start a business, first in Mountain Region workforce development, best state to make a living, second highest rate of confidence in state government, first in nation in terms of state funding for higher education and many more. Governor Mead is currently Chair, and has also served as Vice Chair, of the Natural Resources Committee of the National Governors Association. He serves as Co-chair of the State and Federal Sage Grouse Task Force. He is past Chairman of the Western Governors’ Association where his Chairman’s Initiative, a continuing one, was Species Conservation and the Endangered Species Act.


CHRISTINE BEKESChristine Bekes is the Executive Director for Powell Economic Partnership (PEP) and a steering committee member for the Wyoming Outdoor Business Association (WOBA). WOBA is a newly formed group of stakeholders working to align strategic partner-ships across Wyoming to nurture economic and policy opportunities that support outdoor recreation, attract outdoor recreation businesses and users to the state, and preserve the access and quality of natural resources. She is also a board member of the Park County Pedalers, a local group that advocates and supports the maintenance and expansion of mountain bike trails.

ROSIE BERGERRosie Berger has more than 20 years of experience in public service and government, serving in senior-level and leadership positions in the Wyoming State Legislature, Na-tional Conference of State Legislatures, Council of State Legislatures, Congressional Conference on Civic Education and the Wyoming Film Division Task Force. She served seven terms in the Wyoming House of Representatives as a member of the senior leadership team. Berger currently serves on the Wyoming Judicial Nominating Com-mission, ENDOW initiative, the Brinton Museum National Advisory Council and boards of the Wyoming Women’s Foundation and the Wyoming Women’s Legislative Caucus.

C. J. BOX C. J. Box is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 22 novels including the Joe Pickett series. He won the Edgar Alan Poe Award for Best Novel as well as the Anthony Award, Prix Calibre 38 (France), the Macavity Award, the Gumshoe Award, two Barry Awards, and the 2010 Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Award for fiction. He was recently awarded the 2016 Western Heritage Award for Literature by the National Cowboy Museum and the Spur Award from Western Writers of Amer-ica for Best Contemporary Novel. The novels have been translated into 27 languages and have been optioned for film and television.

DR. YARON BROOKDr. Yaron Brook is an internationally sought-after speaker and debater. He is coauthor, with Don Watkins, of the national best-seller Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government. They now have a new book available, Equal Is Unfair: America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality. He serves on the boards of the Ayn Rand Institute, the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism and CEHE (Center for Excellence in Higher Education), and he is a member of the Association of Private Enterprise Education and the Mont Pelerin Society. Dr. Brook is the host of The Yaron Brook Show, a live BlogTalkRadio podcast airing Saturdays from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm PT, as well as host of The Yaron Brook Show on AM560 Chicago, also airing Saturdays from 2:00 to 3:00 pm PT and syndicated on Miami’s AM880 The Biz and Denver’s KDMT 1690 Money Talk.


KEITH CASHMANKeith was born and raised in Laramie County and is a second generation Wyoming native. His Great Grandparents homesteaded a ranch south of Cheyenne. Keith has worked at Wyoming Machinery Company for 18 years in a variety of positions such as Parts, Machine Sales and as the Cheyenne Store Director. He is currently the Machine Sales Representative for the Southeast Region of Wyoming. Married to his wife Lynn for fourteen years, they have two beautiful children Elizabeth and Grady. Elizabeth is currently in second grade; Grady just started preschool.

JUDY CATCHPOLEJudy Catchpole was elected Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1994, serving two terms. As State Superintendent, she guided dramatic school reform in Wyoming based on accountability measures, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruling, and state and federal legislation. Wyoming was recognized nationally for its technol-ogy systems. She is currently the President of Catchpole Enterprises Inc. where she works with both state and national clients. She serves as a National Assessment of Education (NAEP) Ambassador with 14 states that she monitors. Judy is the Chairman of the Joint Education Wyoming Accountability Advisory Committee. She has and is serving on numerous boards and commissions including the AdvancEd Accreditation National and Wyoming Council, Raising Readers in Wyoming, the Wyoming Geogra-phy Alliance, and the Wyoming Tax Payers Association.

DR. DAVID CHICOINEDr. David L. Chicoine joined the University of Wyoming College of Business as Interim Dean on August 14, 2017. Prior to this role here, David served 9.5 years as the 19th president of South Dakota State University (SDSU). As a policy economist in state and local public finance and regional economics, David has co-authored/co-edited four books and published over 100 academic journal articles, book chapters, and profes-sional papers. He serves on the Board of Managers of South Dakota Innovation Part-ners, LLC. He is an independent director of Monsanto Company, is an outside director on the Board of First Bank and Trust, Brookings, SD and of Raven Industries, Sioux Falls, SD and is a member of the Board of ENTERPRISE 605, INC, Sioux Falls, SD.

CINDY DELANCEYCindy DeLancey currently serves as the President of the Wyoming Business Alliance and the Wyoming Heritage Foundation. Prior to joining her current role, she served as the Director of Government and Public Affairs - Wyoming for BP’s US Lower 48 on-shore exploration and production business. Before joining BP, she served as the Car-bon County and Prosecuting Attorney, a Special Assistant United States Attorney and the Executive Director of the Wyoming County Commissioners Association. In addi-tion, Cindy served as the Chairman of the Wyoming Board of Law Examiners and was instrumental in helping move Wyoming toward using the Uniform Bar Examination as its admission standard for lawyers. Cindy is a graduate of the Leadership Wyoming Class of 2010.


GITANE DE SILVAGitane De Silva was appointed Alberta’s Senior Representative to the United States on January 1, 2016. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., she served as Deputy Minister for Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations. Before joining the Alberta Public Service, Gitane spent 12 years in Canada’s Foreign Service as a specialist in Can-ada-U.S. relations, serving in a variety of roles, including as Consul General of Canada in Chicago with responsibility for Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri. Gitane also served as Deputy Head of Agency at Status of Women Canada and Director General, APEC Women and the Economy Summit where she worked on women in leadership and women’s economic empowerment.

SEN. AFFIE ELLISSen. Affie Ellis was elected to the Wyoming Senate in 2016 representing Senate Dis-trict 8 which covers southwest Laramie County. She currently serves on the Senate Ed-ucation Committee, Senate Revenue Committee and the Select Committee on Tribal Relations. Ellis and her husband, Dennis, are the parents of three elementary and pre-school aged children. Prior to her election, Ellis ran a consulting company, Ellis Public Affairs. Ellis has worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wyoming and worked as an advisor to the late U.S. Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY). Ellis is an active volunteer, serving on the board of directors of the Wyoming Community Foundation, Cheyenne Frontier Days and she was recently recognized as a Woman of Influence by the Wyoming Business Report.

JOE EVERSJoe Evers is the Corporate Counsel & Manager of External Relations for Westmoreland Coal Company, spearheading Westmoreland’s government affairs program, which supports operations across the United States and Canada. Westmoreland operates coal mines in Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, North Dakota, Texas, Saskatch-ewan and Alberta. Joe began his Westmoreland career in 2016 after practicing law at firms focused on energy and natural resource development in the Rockies. Currently, Joe serves on the Board of Directors for the University of Wyoming Alumni Associa-tion.

MIKE EVERSMike Evers joined WWC Engineering in 1991. He has served various roles at WWC, including his current position as president of the 72-person firm. A major portion of WWC’s practice serves the Wyoming energy industry including oil and gas, coal and uranium. Mike’s work centers on regulatory compliance and permitting. He helps with the preparation of NEPA documents and also provides expert testimony before the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.


SCOTT FITZGERALDScott Fitzgerald serves as the Executive Director of the Teton Regional entrepreneurial support non-profit Silicon Couloir, which provides an array of programming to align entrepreneurship with community vision. In 2002 Scott and his wife Jannine started their Top 100 US bicycle shop, Fitzgerald’s Bicycles, which they ran for 14 years. While running their bike shop, Scott and Jannine saw first hand the positive impact bicycles were having on their customers, and a light turned on. So, in 2015 they decided to launch a children’s media company, Buddy Pegs, that inspires kids (and the adults who love them) to develop the building blocks of lifelong success and happiness through the power of the bicycle.

GOVERNOR DAVE FREUDENTHALDave Freudenthal, a Wyoming native, served two terms as Wyoming’s 31st governor, 2002-2011. Freudenthal’s leadership on natural resource development issues led to his service as Chairman of the Western Governors Association and Chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Freudenthal was born and raised in Wy-oming. Governor Ed Herschler appointed him State Planning Coordinator in 1975. After graduating from the University of Wyoming College of Law in 1980, Freudenthal opened his own one-person law firm in Cheyenne. The firm grew into a general prac-tice firm representing individuals and business. In 1994, he was appointed U.S. At-torney for the District of Wyoming. Following his two terms as Governor, Freudenthal taught part-time at the University of Wyoming, then practiced with Crowell & Moring until January 2017 when he opened Freudenthal Law Office, LLC in Cheyenne.

VICTORIA FRYVictoria “Vicky” Fry is the Director of Major Gifts/Planned Giving for the Cheyenne Re-gional Medical Center Foundation. With the encouragement from friends, neighbors and co-workers, Vicky successfully advocated before the Cheyenne City Council on the passage of the backyard chicken ordinance. In her free time, Vicky enjoys gardening, canning, spoiling her chickens, cat and dogs, trying to get her kids to eat vegetables. She also administers a Facebook page called “Cheyenne Local Urban Chicken Keepers” to educate, share information and dispel myths of urban chicken keeping. Vicky is a supporter of local, sustainable agriculture.

REP. MICHAEL D. GREEARMichael D. Greear has served Wyoming Sugar Company for over 13 years as legal counsel and has held the office of President and Chief Executive Officer since March 1, 2016. He has served Wyoming Sugar with organizational changes, labor relations, cor-porate governance, governmental relations and industry issues. Mike earned a bach-elor’s degree in economics and finance from the University of Wyoming as well as a Juris Doctorate. He also serves in the Wyoming Legislature.


JIM HELLYERJim Hellyer was born in Lander, Wyoming 1969. He served in the U.S. Army 1990-1993. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1997 with a MA Political Science. He is a partner in the family ranch since 2000. Hellyer Limited Partnership (Hellyer Ranch) is a cow-calf operation located in Lander, WY.

LAURA HEWITT LADDLaura Hewitt Ladd is the founder and president of Hewitt Ladd Inc., which is a man-agement consulting business based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, specializing in real es-tate development, homeowners’ association management and economic advice for new business and energy initiatives. Laura has worked on several real estate projects in large ranch, mixed use/residential and resort developments in Texas, Nevada and Wyoming. She is also the chairwoman of the Wyoming Retirement System, with more than $7 billion in assets under management. She has a Masters in Business Adminis-tration Wharton Business School.

JON ISAACSJon Isaacs is the Public Affairs Manager for Uber Technologies, leading the company’s Government and Community Relations work in Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Hawaii, Mon-tana, and Wyoming. Prior to joining Uber in 2016, Jon served as the Chief of Commu-nications and Public Affairs and Senior Policy Advisor for Portland Public Schools from 2012-2016. Prior to PPS, Jon spent over 16 years working for and advising Democratic candidates, elected officials, and progressive non-profit advocacy organizations in na-tional, state, and local leadership roles. Jon served as is the Senior Policy Advisory, Campaign Manager, and State Director for United States Senator Jeff Merkley.

NICOLE KAEDINGNicole Kaeding is an economist with the Center for State Tax Policy at the Tax Founda-tion, where her research analyzes trends in state budget and tax policy. Her analysis of tax issues has been featured in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, National Public Radio, Huffington Post, National Review Online. Nicole has testified or presented to officials in Arkansas, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ore-gon, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming. Previously, Nicole was a budget analyst for the Cato Institute focused on federal and state fiscal policy, and the state policy manager for Americans for Prosperity Foundation where she oversaw the policy activities of AFPF’s 34 state chapters.


MATT KAUFMANMatt Kaufman is a partner with Hathaway & Kunz, LLP based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Matt’s legal practice focuses on business, corporate, transactional and litigation mat-ters, ranging from entity formations, financing, and operational issues, to intellectual property protection, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and technology. Matt is one of only a few attorneys in Wyoming focusing his practice on technology based high-growth companies. He is the co-founder and acting Chairman of Array School of Technology and Design. Matt also serves on the Board of Advisors for the University of Wyoming Law School, is a graduate of Leadership Wyoming, and was recently appointed by Governor Mead to serve on ENDOW.

RYAN M. LANCERyan M. Lance is Senior Vice President and General Counsel to Sweetwater River Con-servancy, which owns and operates the Sweetwater River Conservancy Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation Bank, which is the first conservation bank approved by the USFWS to offset impacts to the Greater sage-grouse in the United States. Before moving to his current post, Ryan served as counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Environment & Natural Resources Group. Prior to his time in private practice, Ryan served as the di-rector of the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments for Wyoming Governor Matthew H. Mead. Ryan also served as acting chairman of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Ryan worked as state planning coordinator, deputy chief of staff, policy advisor and Endangered Species Act policy coordinator in the adminis-tration of Governor Dave Freudenthal.

STÉPHANE LESSARD, CONSUL GENERAL OF CANADAStéphane Lessard joined Global Affairs Canada at the Consulate General of Canada in August 2016. As Canada’s Consul General in Denver, Stéphane oversees a team of 17 people who work within Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Utah and Wyoming to strength-en trade and economic ties; enhance political, academic and cultural links; and as-sist Canadians visiting or living in the five-state U.S. Mountain West region. Stéphane began his career practicing commercial law in Montréal before joining the Canadian Federal Government in 1993, where he has held numerous senior and executive posi-tions. Prior to arriving in Denver, Stéphane spent the last ten years with Health Canada (2006 to 2016).

TRAVIS MCNIVENTravis McNiven is active in the fields of agribusiness, agriculture and natural resource policy, production agricultural, outdoor recreation, and land use planning. Currently, Travis applies his knowledge of agriculture, business, and natural resource policy by serving as U.S. Senator John Barrasso’s Deputy State Director for Policy. Beginning in 2010, he worked for six years in Senator Barrasso’s Washington DC office as a Leg-islative Assistant covering agriculture, forestry, public lands and national parks, and Indian Affairs issues prior to being based in Wyoming as the Senator’s State Natural Resource Advisor.


FIRST LADY CAROL MEADFirst Lady Carol Mead has chosen children’s issues as her primary area of focus. She and Governor Mead believe that children are Wyoming’s greatest asset. She has spent the balance of her time as First Lady focusing on literacy and reading to children through-out the state at their local libraries and schools, encouraging parents and kids to read together at home for at least 20 minutes each day, and working with the University of Wyoming College of Education to establish a statewide literacy research center and clinic, which opened in March 2014. Mrs. Mead now co-chairs the Outreach and Ad-visory Board of the Wyoming Literacy Research Center and Clinic (LRCC). She also sits on the University of Wyoming Trustees Education Initiative Board. She is the spokes-person for a media campaign through the Prevention Management Organization of Wyoming and the Wyoming Department of Health.

MATT MICHELIMatt Micheli is a partner at Holland and Hart and is a member of the Environment, En-ergy, and Natural Resources group. He has extensive experience with issues regarding mineral development on public lands. Matt helps clients work with the Bureau of Land Management, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Interior on a variety of environmental matters. He also works with state regulatory agencies to help clients receive and defend permits and navigate the regulatory process. In ad-dition, Matt maintains an active governmental affairs practice, assisting clients with relationships concerning the executive and legislative branches of the Wyoming gov-ernment.

DR. STEPHEN NEWTONDr. Stephen V. Newton has been in the field of education for 23 years. He began his professional career as a high school science teacher and coach on an Indian reserva-tion in Arizona. Upon returning to Wyoming, he took a position as an Academic Pro-fessional in Neurophysiology at the University of Wyoming. He then returned to the classroom accepting a teaching position at Central high school in Cheyenne before transitioning into administrative positions in Cheyenne. Dr. Newton currently serves as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Laramie County School District #1 in Cheyenne. He has been published in the medical field in several journals including Physiology and Behavior and the Journal of Neuroscience.

SEN. DREW PERKINSSen. Drew Perkins is the Senate Majority Floor Leader. He received his law degree from the University of Wyoming in Laramie in 1992. He has maintained a private law practice in Wyoming for more than 21 years, representing clients in their business and personal matters, saving tax dollars, helping to expand their businesses and provide security for their families. He served four years as a Natrona County Commissioner. He has worked hard to contribute significantly to his community, including volunteer-ing with the Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming, Casper Downtown Development Authority and Wyoming Special Olympics.


RON RABOURon Rabou is a true entrepreneur with a career thus far that includes a combination of over 20 years of public speaking, communications training, public relations, fund-rais-ing, foundation and private business experience. Ron served as the Executive Director of the Wyoming FFA Foundation and initially spear-headed the effort in growing the foundation from a start-up to what is now a prospering organization. He is the past chairman of the Laramie County Community College (LCCC) Board of Trustees and the Foundation President of the LCCC Foundation, where he has served on its Board for over 12 years. He owns and manages multiple companies, including an organic wheat farm, numerous real estate interests, and a hunting and guiding business.

SHAWN REESEShawn Reese rejoined the Wyoming Business Council as chief executive officer in June 2014. Reese previously worked at the Business Council from 2003-11, overseeing the Investment Ready Communities Division operations and in 2003 developed the Busi-ness Ready Community Grant and Loan Program. Prior to returning to the Business Council, Reese oversaw a staff of advisers and analysts serving Wyoming Governor Matt Mead on a range of energy and natural resource issues. He was the lead architect of Governor Mead’s energy strategy, “Leading the Charge.” Reese helped develop en-ergy plans and policies with the Western Governors Association and the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee.

JERIMIAH L. RIEMANJerimiah L. Rieman serves Governor Matt Mead as Director of ENDOW. Jerimiah previ-ously served Governor Mead as his Natural Resource Policy Director. Prior to joining Governor Mead’s Policy Office in 2011, Jerimiah served as administrator of the Wyo-ming Workforce Development Council and as Policy and Legislative Advisor to the De-partment of Workforce Services. Jerimiah graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism in 2001. The fifth-generation Wyoming native also is a 2009 graduate of Leadership Wyoming.

KENDALL ROBERTSKendall Roberts lives in Cheyenne where she and her family run 500 head of red and black Angus cow-calf pairs, 400 head of yearling stockers, and a custom haying opera-tion on the historic King Ranch Company. She currently serves as the Southeastern Youth Board Member to the Wyoming Board of Agriculture and is the President of the Young Producers Assembly with Wyoming Stock Growers Association. Since June, she joined the University of Wyoming Ecosystem Science & Management Department on a research team to model economic impacts of sage grouse conservation on public and private land cattle ranches. Lastly, she serves as the Wyoming Seat Belt Coalition Chair to encourage seat belt safety and save lives in traffic crashes.


REP. ANDY SCHWARTZRep. Andy Schwartz was elected in 2015. Rep. Schwartz has served as Town of Jackson Planning Commissioner 1992-94; Teton County Planning Commissioner 1994-2000; Teton County Commissioner 2001-12; and Environmental Quality Council 2013-14. He was a small business owner with his wife Jean from 1987-2015.

DR. MARY KATHERINE SCOTTDr. Mary Katherine Scott is the Program Developer in the University of Wyoming Glob-al Engagement Office where she focuses on international education initiatives, espe-cially in the energy sector. She formerly served as the Acting Director for UW’s Interna-tional Programs Office from 2015-2017. In addition to her administrative role, Scott is an adjunct faculty member at UW and since 2013 has taught a range of classes in art history, museum studies, anthropology and Spanish. Scott’s ongoing ethnographic research focuses in how Mexican tourist arts circulate and acquire value within local and international art markets.

MEG THOMPSON STANTONMeg Thompson Stanton Professional Artist and Coordinator of Laramie Public Art Co-alition Meg Thompson Stanton is a working artist, Coordinator of the Laramie Public Art Coalition, a Laramie Mural Project artist, and co-founder of Wyoming Art Party. Originally from Laramie, she received her B.A. from the University of Montana. After working as a carpenter throughout the West, and as a cabinetmaker in New York City, Thompson evolved into a professional visual artist and furniture maker. After being away from Wyoming for 15 years, she moved back to Laramie in 2011. In 2013 she won the commission to design bike racks for downtown Laramie. In 2014-2015 Thompson worked for the public art consulting team, Renee Piechocki and Jennifer McGregor, in developing the Laramie Public Art Plan.

EDMUND STEINAUEREdmund Steinauer is an Executive Vice President and Co-Manager of the Municipal Finance Division at George K. Baum & Company. In his role, Mr. Steinauer oversees underwriting, municipal advisory services and capital markets for various public and private sectors across the country. With 36 years of experience, his areas of expertise include marketing tax-exempt and taxable bonds, private placements, and municipal products. Mr. Steinauer joined George K. Baum & Company in 1992 as a member of the Institutional Sales Force. He served as the Manager of the Firm’s Short-Term Note & Derivatives Desk from 1995 until 2007. He also served as the Manager of Sales, Trad-ing and Underwriting from 2007 to 2016. Throughout the past 24 years, Mr. Steinauer has been active in the structuring, pricing and sale of every municipal finance product distributed by George K. Baum & Company. He is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.


GAIL SYMONSGail Symons has over thirty years’ experience in organization and process improve-ment. As a career U.S. Navy officer, she successfully applied Deming Methodology in driving increased service and profit in a $26M retail operation and evaluated Naval Sea Systems Command in applying for the Malcolm Baldridge Award. Upon retire-ment from the Navy, Gail became a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Black Belt with General Electric. With the second retirement, Gail returned to her hometown of Sheridan. Governor Mead appointed her to the Commission on Efficiency in State Government. She publishes Civics 307, serves as Executive Director for Elmgren Proj-ects, a non-profit supporting technology in the community, and is General Partner for Symons Ranch Limited Partnership.

JOHN D. TEMTEJohn D. Temte is the founder and the Managing General Partner of Temte Capital and is responsible for all activities of the firm and its venture, energy and traditional private equity holdings. John has launched numerous technology-enabled businesses, sell-ing one before the age of 26 and has been credited, in part, for pioneering the online group-buying model now used across the web. After exiting his technology compa-nies John worked as Managing Director for a New York City based private equity firm. John serves on the Wyoming Business Alliance Steering Committee, and Chairs the Jackson Hole Global Technology Partnership and the annual Wyoming Global Tech-nology Summit, for Wyoming Governor Matt Mead.

PAM THAYERPam Thayer has been the Rawlins Downtown Development Authority (DDA)/Main Street Executive Director since 2006. Rawlins DDA/Main Street is a nationally recog-nized economic development organization in Rawlins, Wyoming. Pam’s husband, Scott is originally from Rawlins which brought them back to the community. Her pre-vious employers include Bausch & Lomb Eyewear Division, Esprit de Corp, and Gap Incorporated. Pam has been the recipient of the “People’s Choice” award in 2008 from the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce, and Wyoming Economic Development Association’s 2009 Linda Hewitt Memorial Scholarship for Community Development in the State of Wyoming. Under Pam’s leadership, the organization became a 2015 Great American Main Street Award winner.

ERIC TROWBRIDGEEric Trowbridge, commonly referred to as ET, is the Headmaster & Executive Director of The Array School of Technology and Design. Eric was born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming and graduated from Central High School in 2004. Prior to joining Array, Eric previously worked in the film industry in Los Angeles where he worked in art depart-ments for various short and feature films. Eric later worked for Apple in a leadership role for eight years in San Francisco, New York City, and Chicago. In 2014, Eric left Apple Inc. and moved back to Wyoming to pursue new technology ventures closer to home.


FRED VON AHRENSFred von Ahrens is the Vice President of Manufacturing, Genesis Alkali. Prior to the Alkali business being acquired by Genesis (formerly Tronox) in September 2017, von Ahrens spent nearly 36 years with FMC Corporation. He held many engineering and plant manager positions in California, Idaho, Kansas, and Maryland. In 2011, he moved to Green River as Manufacturing Director of the Alkali business. Fred currently serves as a Board Member for the following organizations: Memorial Hospital Foundation of Sweetwater County, University of Wyoming Art Museum Foundation, President of the Wyoming Business Alliance and Wyoming Heritage Foundation, and the Wyoming Mining Association. He is a Leadership Wyoming Alumni.

BRITNEY WALLESCHBritney Wallesch is the founder and Executive Director of Black Dog Animal Rescue. She is an executive member of the Society of Animal Welfare Administrators and is a contributing author to the Humane Society of the United State’s best practices for Rescue Groups Guide. Britney was one of the featured presenters at the inaugural TEDx event in Cheyenne in 2015 and her talk “ No-Kill - A phrase that inspired change yet continues to divide” has been viewed by animal welfare professionals across the country. Earlier this fall she presented it as a session on leadership at the Colorado Federation of Animal Welfare Agencies’ annual conference.

ANTHONY T. WENDTLANDAnthony T. Wendtland serves on the Sheridan County School District No. 2 (“SCSD2”) Board of Trustees. Apart from his many community service efforts, Tony has repre-sented hundreds of different Wyoming people, businesses and agencies over approxi-mately 26 years of law practice all over Wyoming and in Montana. In 2005, Tony and his wife began practicing law together in Wendtland & Wendtland. Prior to that, he took a job with the Sheridan law firm of Davis & Cannon in Sheridan, working there for 14 years – 10 years as a partner.

REP. SUE WILSONRep. Sue Wilson grew up in Wisconsin, received a BA in Psychology from Yale Univer-sity, and a Master’s degree in Business from the University of Wisconsin, specializing in Healthcare Administration. As a military spouse, she had the opportunity to live in communities across the country before the family returned to her husband’s home-town of Cheyenne in 2001. All but two years of her career has been spent in the pri-vate sector, working in healthcare organizations, private schools, and retail business. She now owns La Frontera Language Services, a Spanish-English translation agency, with clients in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. In 2012 she was elected to the Wyoming legislature, representing House District 7. Sue served on the Labor and Revenue Committees; presently she is on the Appropriations Committee and the Select Committee on Capital Financing and Investments.


THAD YORKThad York is the General Manager of the Silver Spur Ranches, LLC, which has divisions in Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska and New Mexico. The Spur runs about 15,000 mother cows across its division as well as their Horse program that is the 2017 AQHA Best of the Remuda winner. Thad is the third generation on the Silver Spur. Ol’ Jim York, Thad’s grandfather and longtime manager of the Spur, taught him the value of hard work and integrity. Thad’s installation job with TCI Cable eventually led him to hold Senior Operations and Finance positions within the TCI Corporation. After several years of traveling the world, Thad returned to Encampment in 1999 to raise a family and to grow the Silver Spur Ranches to what it is today.

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