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Campaign Leadership

We are grateful to these community leaders for the important role they're playing in making this campus a reality for our valley.

Mrs. Kathy Borgen – Campaign Chair

Trustee for Eagle Valley Land Trust, the Borgen Foundation and The Nature Conservancy; Member of the Director’s Council, Harvard Divinity School, former board member of the Denver Summerbridge program.

Mr. Phil Brodsky, PhD

Former Vice President, Corporate Research and Environmental Technology, Monsanto Company; Treasurer and Member of the Executive Board for B’nai, Vail Congregation.

Mrs. Kelly Bronfman

Trustee of the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco and the Eagle Valley Land Trust, active with the national board of Girl Scouts of America.

Mr. Buck Elliott

Owners, Paragon Guides, former board member with the 10th Mountain Hut Association and the Vail Leadership Institute.

Mr. Markian Feduschak

Walking Mountains Executive Director

Mr. Ben Peternell

Former Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Communications for a major hospitality company with over $5 billion in annual revenues. Former board member of Leadership Memphis, the Memphis Interfaith Council and the Memphis Arts Council.

Dr. Jon Haerter

Founder and Principal of Vail Dentistry. DDS degree from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry 2000.

Mr. Pat Tierney

Before serving as global CEO for Harcourt Education Mr. Tierney was President and CEO of several of Thomson Corporation's major divisions including Thomson Financial, Thomson' Reference, Scientific & Healthcare Group and Thomson Business Information. Prior to joining Thomson, headed Knight-Ridder Inc.'s electronic publishing activities.

Mrs. Kim Langmaid

Walking Mountains Founder; Director of Education

Mr. Doug Dusenberry

Walking Mountains Capital Campaign Director

Thank you to the following for their previous service

Mr. Craig Nelson

President and Founder, Peak Capital Resources

Ms. Kissy Russell

Family founded the Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies, former board member of the Dartmouth Natural Resource Trust, Dartmouth, MA.

Mrs. Carolyn Pope

Certified Financial Planner; Journalist. 

Mr. Alan Danson

Board Chair, 2005-2007, Entrepreneurial management, venture capital, investment banking and legal experience on Wall Street, in Colorado and in Mexico; Board Member, Dreyfus Founders Funds.

Mr. Peter Mackechnie

Board member, Pason Systems, Inc.; Board member Zenn Motor Co., Inc.; Former board member with the Samaritan Center in Denver, retired Account Executive with Bear, Stearns.

Mr. Gary Miller

President, Vail Capital Partners, Founder of Aragon Consulting Group, Inc., former Director for Global Marketing Strategy at IBM, member of the Advisory Board for the Richard T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University.

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Walking Mountains operates under special use permit from the White River National Forest and is an equal opportunity service provider.  All or part of this operation is conducted on Public Lands under special permit from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Walking Mountains Science Center™ is a 501(3c) nonprofit that provides place-based education in natural and environmental science through science programs for Eagle County schools, summer science day camps and overnight camps, adult and family excursions that take place across Vail, Colorado and Eagle County, Colorado. Graduate fellows can apply to be environmental educators and intern naturalists. Our educational programs enhance scientific literacy, build environmental awareness, and inspire stewardship in children, adults, residents and visitors to the Vail area and Rocky Mountains. The science center recently achieved LEED Platinum Certification for the Buck Creek Campus from the U.S. Green Building Council.