Our Board

Leadership Evergreen’s Board of Directors meet monthly and serve a minimum term of two years, with eligibility for successive terms. The Board is an all-volunteer, working Board. Responsibilities of the Board include fiscal responsibility, module planning, curriculum supervision and implementation.

Many of our Board members are Leadership Evergreen graduates, as well as established and emerging leaders within our mountain community.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Mary Jo Reinhard, Ph.D. & Educational Consultant – President

Mary Jo was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. She has three degrees from The Ohio State University, so she is a Buckeye through and through. Mary Jo has 35 years of experience in urban education having served as a university instructor, school administrator, curriculum specialist, academic and career-technical teacher. She and her late husband moved to Indian Hills, Colorado in 2014. She worked for eight years as a consultant largely for Denver-based Generation Schools Network, an educational non-profit. Mary Jo is a trained Cognitive Coach and a skilled facilitator. She is a graduate of the Leadership Evergreen Class of 2015, has served on the LE Board of Directors since 2016 and served as Board President 2020-2022. Mary Jo enjoys activities in the Great Outdoors and traveling – frequently to visit her daughter in Oregon and daughter and son-in-law in Idaho. She has one dog and two granddogs.

 

  Joyce Masyga, Vice President

Joyce is a graduate of the 2015 Leadership Evergreen class and is currently on the Administration and Operations Committee. She enjoys being on the board as she feels LE contributes to the Evergreen community. Joyce is an owner of Endless Travel with an agency in Downtown Evergreen. She also serves on the board of Evergreen Downtown Business Association.

Lisa Austin is a 1999 graduate of Leadership Evergreen, has been an LE Board member for many years, and was Board President from 2009-2011. She has also served on the Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce board. Lisa has lived in the Evergreen community since 1993. As a Healthcare professional for over 35 years, Lisa has been involved in several healthcare and Urgent Care facilities in our community, as well as nationally. With a passion for healthy living, Lisa is an avid runner who participates in local and national races….and marathons. Lisa has a passion for this mountain community and stays active volunteering when possible.

Cliff Bowron is a graduate of Leadership Evergreen Class of 2009 and served on Leadership Evergreen’s Board from 2010 to 2016. Cliff graduated from the University of Colorado; B.S. in Business Administration. He has been a resident of Evergreen since 1994. In addition to Leadership Evergreen he serves on the Board of Directors for Center for the Arts Evergreen (CAE) as Past President.  He is on the organizing committee for the Mountain Area Home and Garden Show and is an eight-year Member of the Rotary Club of Conifer. Cliff is a local business owner of Branches Cabinetry and Design. Thanks to Leadership Evergreen, we fondly know Cliff as ‘Spiffy Cliffy’.

Peggy Eggers is a woman, wife to Peter and mother to the 4th power.  With a BA in English and certifications in Childbirth Education, Volunteer Management and Gerontology, her interest is in supporting people throughout the lifespan, and strengthening the communities in which they live. Peggy was a national speaker, teacher trainer and writer in childbirth and parenting education, and directed the Volunteer Department, Gift Shop, Auxiliary and a Senior Wellness Program at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center for many years. Volunteer experience has included her children’s schools, the Boards of the International Childbirth Education Association, Colorado Healthcare Directors of Volunteer Services (Secretary, President), the Buchanan Park Master Plan Committee (Coordinator), and Center for the Arts Evergreen (Capital Campaign Committee and President). She was inducted into the Evergreen Chamber’s Mountain Area Women in Business Hall of Fame in 2018. Peggy graduated from Leadership Evergreen in 2009, served on the LE Board as Secretary, Vice President and President, and is excited to help your class have the best experience possible this year.

John Ellis is now retired. Previously, he worked as Director of Community Relations for Evergreen National Bank. He is an Evergreen native, graduating from Evergreen High School in 1965. He was Captain of the football, basketball, and baseball teams, as well as Head Boy of student council. Evergreen High School was also his grade school. John married his high school sweetheart, and has four kids and 5 grandkids. John was part of the first 1996 Leadership Evergreen class representing the Canyon Courier and graduated with the Leadership class of 1999. He is also a lifetime Leadership Board member. John’s life revolves around everything to do with Evergreen and the mountains.  As his fun job, he has been a fly-fishing guide and instructor for the Blue Quill Angler for the past 27 years. John has been President of many boards, most of which he’s still on: The Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce, Evergreen Trout Unlimited, Evergreen Metro District, Audubon Society, Downtown Business Association, and Evergreen Christian Outreach.  He currently serves as President of the Evergreen Park and Rec Board. “I LOVE our town.”

Pandora Erlandson’s life has been defined by doing work she loves. She started as a special needs teacher, then worked for Habitat for Humanity for 15 years and now in real estate with her husband, John Erlandson.  They are PandoraJohnProperties at Madison & Company here in Evergreen. Pandora moved to Colorado from Virginia shortly after college.  The cycling, rock climbing, camping, skiing and the many joys of our beautiful outdoors beckoned and kept her here since. In addition to their work as Realtors, she and John produce music events and benefits for the community, the most widely known being the “Boogie at the Barn” series, and the “Originals” music series benefiting the Center for the Arts Evergreen. Pandora is the MALT (Mountain Area Land Trust) Past President and current Board member. She and John live at the old Alderfer Ranch house and enjoy bringing the community to this special place. Pandora was a member of the Leadership Evergreen Class of 2011.

Eric D. Gill graduated with the Leadership Evergreen class of 1999, served on the LE Board from 2000-2003, then again from 2009 through 2014, and continues his service on the LE Advisory Board. Eric has been a member of the Evergreen Rotary Club since 1999, has been involved in RYLA and numerous community service days with Rotary. He was a Chamber of Commerce Board member from 2010 to 2013, and has been a Chamber member since 1997. He helped start Leadership Summit County in 2004, served on the Chamber of Commerce Board in Frisco 2006-2009, and sat on the IC board 2007-2009. Eric has owned Bear Paw Stanbro Property Management since 1997, and owned Mountain Managers in Frisco 2003-2009. He was born in Carthage, Texas, but moved to Colorado when he was 2, so he is ‘almost’ a native. He has a wife of 10 years (Tera) and 2 great kids Dixon and Tate.

Sharon Trilk is a graduate of the Leadership Evergreen Class of 2013 and joined the LE Board in 2016. A former research scientist, she left her career studying ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) to raise her two kids and ended up finding a new passion in owning and operating MyMountainTown.com, a community website designed to connect the Foothills’ businesses, nonprofits, and community members so they can share information, news, and events, and help one another thrive. Since 2010 My Mountain Town has won numerous accolades, including Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce’s only two-time Home-Based Business of the Year Award, Voted The Flume’s People’s Choice Awards Best Local Website twice and 2020 Best Long Time Business, among other distinctions, while Sharon has been voted Ambassador of the Year and nominated for Leader of the Year. She volunteers as a Public Information Officer for Elk Creek Fire Protection District, serves as President on the Board of Directors for Friends of Staunton State Park, and is a member of the Rotary Wildfire Ready Project and various committees for the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce. Work never really stops, but she does pause to read, have a glass of wine with friends, watch Marvel movies, and snuggle her cats.

Kelly Haley is the past Board President of Leadership Evergreen from 2014-2015 and an alumni of the LE Class of 2013. Kelly is a Senior Tax Accountant at Evergreen CPAs. Her specialty is helping business partners perform at their best to deliver quality to their clients. She does this by understanding processes end-to-end to eliminate waste, reduce costs and optimize talent. Kelly has a  passion for working with individuals to solve puzzles, collaborating to build the best solutions for each unique situation. 

 

Janice is a 2017 LE graduate and has proudly served this great organization since then on the Board and Advisory Board. Her background is in social work but she has also enjoyed part-time jobs in which she could indulge her hobby of scrapbooking. Janice, her husband, 2 kids and various pets have called Evergreen home since 2014.

Being a behind-the-scenes person, Janice found that there is a place in leadership roles for all personality types. Leadership Evergreen has given Janice the opportunity to meet people and know so much more about this wonderful community she calls home.