board of directors

Arun Batavia is an investment banker and works as a Managing Director for Corporate Finance Associates in San Francisco. He has an extensive background in technology and advises many early stage and middle market clients on M&A transactions, cross border licensing deals, and asset sales. Arun also serves on the board of SmartStops.net.

Barbara Carlson served as Travis County commissioner in Austin, TX, and she has also served on the boards of Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, United Way, and Texas Nature Conservancy. Barbara chairs the Foundation’s development committee.

Nancy Donovan is chairman of Oakmont Partners, LLC. a private investment firm. Nancy spent 27 years in the financial services industry. She is a founder of the Discover Card where she ran all marketing and sales for many years. Her last position was president and COO of Morgan Stanley Credit Corporation. She is currently on the board of Lee Enterprises, a publicly held company and just joined the Jackson Hole Community School board last year. Prior board positions include Connie Lee, Lake Forest Hospital, Lake Forest College, Georgetown University Board of Regents and the Chicago Theological Seminary. Her husband, David, is the co-chairman of Chase Capital Corporation. Nancy and David have owned property in Jackson for over 18 years. Nancy moved to Jackson full time while their youngest son finished high school.

David Easterly is the retired president and COO of Cox Enterprises, Inc., an Atlanta-based media company that owns newspapers, cable systems, and radio and television stations. David's early career was in the newspaper business and he served as publisher of both the Dayton (O) Daily News and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as a director and vice-chairman of Associated Press.

Lisa Claudy Fleischman has worked for 30 years in philanthropy and in nonprofit management, both professionally and as a volunteer. In the greater Washington, DC area she has done grant-making and donor development work with three community foundations and has served on the boards of several human service, educational, and nonprofit capacity-building organizations. Lisa also worked as deputy director of development of the National Gallery of Art, and as a fund-raising consultant to nonprofits in New York and Europe. She holds an M.B.A. from Yale University's School of Management and an A.B. in psychology from Harvard College. With her husband Chuck Fleischman, who is a biotech entrepreneur, and their son and daughter, Lisa divides her time between homes in Chevy Chase, Maryland and Teton Village, Wyoming. She and her family are avid skiers, hikers, rafters and climbers. Lisa previously served on the Foundation Resource Council.

John Gerber was a senior vice president of West*Group, a commercial real estate company based in McLean, Virginia where he oversaw the development and special projects and heads the company’s investment capital group. Previously a development advisor of the World Trade Center Properties, John assisted in the management of all aspects of the World Trade Center redevelopment project. His special focus was managing the design of the Freedom Tower. John also serves on the board of the St. Albans School in Washington D.C., and enjoys hiking, rowing, rock climbing and spending time with his wife, Susan, and two children.

Bill Givens has a BS, an MSc in mechanical engineering, and an MBA. Retired since 2002, Bill serves on the board of the Teton Science Schools and has been actively involved in fundraising for the Jenny Lake Rangers, a search and rescue organization in the park.

Bill Gordon, a former resource council member, was a CPA and partner with Price Waterhouse in Orlando, FL, and Washington, D.C., for 18 years, focusing on real estate and media clients. He joined BET Holdings and served as CFO for five years and RoadRunner LLC, serving initially as CFO, and later, president. Bill now devotes his professional time to a variety of real estate activities.

Chris Hartley is from southeast Kansas. She and her husband, Ross, retired in 1999 and made Teton Village, Wyoming their full time home. Chris graduated from the University of Kansas School of Nursing in 1973 and completed a M.S. in Nursing there in 1986. She also funded the Christine A. Hartley Centennial Professorship to University of Kansas. She was active as a critical nurse instructor and nurse consultant in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Currently, Chris serves on the University of Kansas’ advisory board and Grand Teton Music Festival’s board of directors.

Maura Lofaro Harrower is an enthusiastic advocate of Grand Teton National Park. Since the time she moved to Jackson in 1997, Maura has enjoyed the serenity and beauty the park offers to its visitors and she enjoys the solitude of the trails as her training ground for distance running. Maura is better known as Maura Lofaro, M.D., and she operates a successful obstetrics and gynecology practice, Gros Ventre Ob/Gyn, with her partner Dr. Shannon Roberts.

Bob and Jan Hartman are active in their communities. After 26 years with Universal Technical Institute, serving as president and CEO for the last 20 years, Bob retired. He serves on the board of Whispering Hope Ranch and Jackson Hole Housing Trust. He is also a leader in business and private education and has devoted considerable time to related trade association work.

Debbie Hechinger retired as president and CEO of Boardsource, the leading provider of publications, online tools, consulting, and training for nonprofit boards. Debbie spent 9 years at World Wildlife Fund, leading their marketing, communications, operations, and development program, and previously served in leadership positions at Securities and Exchange Commission and Comptroller of the Currency in Washington, D.C. She has served on the boards of Sidwell Friends School, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington Scholarship Fund, and Black Student Fund.

Chuck Koob is a retired partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York where he served as the joint head of the firm’s litigation department. Chuck specialized in competition, trade regulation, and antitrust law. He is a trustee of Natural Resources Defense Council, chairman of Stanford Law School’s board of visitors, and former chair of Yellowstone Park Foundation.

Adrienne Marsis an active conservation supporter. She is a director emeritus of the World Wildlife Fund, a life trustee of Wheaton College, and vice regent of the state of Wyoming at Mount Vernon.

Hank McKinnell is chairman and cofounder of Accordia Global Health Foundation, an organization dedicated to strengthening academic medical centers in Africa that train Africans to fight infectious disease. He is the former chairman & CEO of Pfizer and is a current director of and senior advisor to several global organizations.

Mark Newcomb is a Jackson native and a part owner of Exum Mountain Guides, a concessionaire of Grand Teton National Park. He currently serves on their board as treasurer. Mark studied geology at Carleton College before embarking on a guiding and mountaineering career spanning 20 years and five continents. While he worked primarily in Grand Teton National Park, he also ski guided in Alaska and France and led expeditions to Nepal, Tibet and Northwest China. He also worked in the marketing department of Marmot as an ambassador, gear designer and copywriter. He recently completed a dual Masters in Economics and Finance at the University of Wyoming.

Hugh O’Halloran is a partner in Foley & Lardner LLP's Business Law Department and chair of its Milwaukee office Real Estate Practice Group, concentrating in the areas of corporate real estate finance; sales and acquisitions; establishment and servicing of real estate investment entities; and zoning and municipal real estate development law matters. Hugh also devotes significant portions of his practice to acquisition, development, financing, and disposition of senior housing projects, medical office buildings, and industrial facilities.

Andrea Riniker spent her career in public service as a city manager, airport director, and the state of Washington's ecology director. She retired in 2005 as the director of one of the West Coast's large maritime ports. Andrea currently serves on the Jackson Hole Airport board.

Thomas J. Saylak is president and CEO of Teewinot Holdings, a private family investment office. Tom spent 25 years in the commercial real estate business, and prior to retiring in 2006, he was co-founder and managing partner of Blackstone Real Estate Associates, and president of Merrill Lynch Global Commercial Real Estate. Tom and his wife Laurie have been visiting Jackson Hole with their families since the 60's, and purchased their own home near Moose in 1998. An avid golfer, sailor and fly fisherman, Tom is a trustee of the Texas A&M University Foundation, and currently serves as chairman of the Investment Committee. When not in Jackson Hole, Tom and Laurie live in Scarsdale, New York.

Dr. Bob Smithis a professor of geophysics and geology at University of Utah, Salt Lake City and has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Cambridge University, and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. He has conducted research in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks for more than 30 years and has also published and authored hundreds of scientific papers and presentations. He serves on the board of Teton Science Schools.

Scott Spangler has served for the past 9 years as a director of World Resources Institute, which conducts research into worldwide environmental concerns. Until he retired in 2006, Scott was chairman of the board of Chemonics International, a consulting firm that provides technical assistance to developing countries. Mr. Spangler was also the former vice-chairman of Save the Children USA and a director of Africare, Population Action International, United World Colleges, and World Resources Institute. In 1990, he served as the assistant administrator for U.S. Agency for International Development for Africa, and in 1992, he was nominated and confirmed as the associate administrator and then the acting administrator of the agency.

John Townsend is the retired general partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs & Co. John is currently serving as director of Riverstone Group, a private investment fund, as well as chairing Townsend Family Foundation. John is the chairman of the board at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA, and serves as a board member of University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, Greenwich Hospital, and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team. John is also on the national advisory board for UNC’s Ackland Art Museum.

Gerald Halpinwas the founding member of the Foundation. He serves as founder, president, and CEO of West*Group, a commercial real estate company based in McLean, VA, and he and his family own and manage Lost Creek Ranch, a guest ranch in Jackson Hole, WY. Jerry retired as chair of the Foundation in October 2008 and the board unanimously named him chair emeritus.

trails initiative cochairs

John Faraci is chairman and CEO of International Paper Company, the largest forest products company in the world, located in Memphis, TN. John also serves on the board of United Technologies Corporation and National Park Foundation. Additionally, he is a member of Citigroup International advisory board, American Enterprise Institute, and Denison University board of trustees.

Kate Mead is a partner with her husband, Brad Mead, in their law firm, Mead & Mead, located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Kate has twice been elected to the Teton County Natural Resource District, was a multi-term board member and legal counsel to The Learning Center and is currently serving on the Teton County Board of Education. Kate is also a member of the Mountain States Legal Foundation Litigation Board. Kate and her husband Brad raise cattle and have started a new company, Wyoming Whiskey.