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Our Leadership Team

Our 2023/24 Winter Staff

  • Logan Hessinger

    WINTER INTERN

  • Bree Pollack

    INSTRUCTOR

  • Meghan Doliff

    INSTRUCTOR

  • JP Chamness

    INSTRUCTOR

  • Tyler Berka

    INSTRUCTOR

  • Mac Finley

    INSTRUCTOR

  • David Koczera

    INSTRUCTOR

  • Louis Smith

    INSTRUCTOR

  • Sheila Farny

    INSTRUCTOR

Get Involved

There are always available opportunities to get involved with STARS. From internships to mentoring to volunteering for events, come find your place where you can join in on enriching and empowering lives!

Board of Directors

STEVE TOBER - PRESIDENT

Former M & A Attorney, Previous Managing Director of Investment Banking Corporate and Business Services
Currently CEO of Perspectus, Inc. 
Parent of a child with a disability
Resides in Denver and Routt County

JEFF MESSINGER - PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Retired Sales Director – Pfizer Inc.
Resides in Routt County

SCOTT ABELL – TREASURER

Vice President, Bedrock Investments Group
Retired Managing Director, Capital Markets
Cushman and Wakefield
Resides in Routt County and Rancho Santa Fe, California

KAY RAWLINGS - SECRETARY

Community Volunteer/Advocate for Inclusion
Parent of a young adult with special needs
Resides in Routt County

JILL BOYD

Physical Therapist – PT2GO, previously with Northwest Colorado Health, Yampa Valley Medical Center and Craig Memorial Hospital
Resides in Routt County



GAIL JENSEN

Owner and Board Member – Great Plains Communication
Resides in Routt County

SUNNY OWENS

Dentist – Sunshine Dentistry
Parent of a child with a disability
Resides in Routt County

CHARLENE ROSENBLATT

Real Estate Agent – Coldwell Banker
Resides in Boulder and Routt County

TRISH SULLIVAN

Retired Vice President of Human Resources of Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp.
Resides in Routt County

DON GODSHAW

Former Executive Vice President of Sales, High Sierra Sport Co.
Chairman of the Board, Travelon
Wheelchair user/paraplegic injured in 2006 while skiing in Aspen
Resides in Routt County

NELSON WINGARD

Director, Steamboat Ski Resort SnowSports School

The STARS Board meets quarterly.

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