Richard Bateman, Summit County Trustee

Colorado Mountain College's trustee from Summit County felt that the Summit Campus needed to strengthen its math and science curriculum, but he didn't wait until he became a CMC trustee to do something about it. Richard J. Bateman, Ph.D., volunteered to help design a better program for the college while working as an adjunct (part-time) professor teaching chemistry for the campus in Summit County.

Benita Bristol, who joined Colorado Mountain College’s Board of Trustees in 2007, is also one of the college’s longest supporters. She is a lifelong resident of Steamboat Springs, born and raised about 15 miles south of Steamboat, where she attended a one-room schoolhouse.

In 1985, in her early 60s, Bristol achieved a lifelong ambition by earning a degree at CMC. She has been involved with higher education in Steamboat Springs since the inception of Yampa Valley College in the late 1950s – as a booster, employee, student, volunteer and benefactor – in a way that truly represents all the ways a community college like CMC can positively impact people’s lives.

Roy G. Brubacher, Treasurer and West Garfield County Trustee

A retired educator, author, and a native of Colorado, Roy G. Brubacher served thirty-seven years as a teacher, coach, and public school administrator. Twenty-two of the thirty-seven years he served in the Colorado Department of Education as a Consultant, Field Representative, Unit Director and Assistant Commissioner of Education.

• Colorado Mountain College Trustee from District 7 (Eagle County)

• Retired director of Government Relations for the National Petroleum Refiners Association
  

• Bachelors Bryn Mawr College political science, 1969 Masters Latin American Studies University of Texas at Austin, 1971 National Defense Education Act Fellowship for Foreign Area Studies
  

• Elected to Board of Trustees, 2001
  

One of Colorado Mountain College’s newest trustees, Wes Duran is a resident of Twin Lakes and a retired officer of the U.S. Air Force. He has three business degrees, extensive financial and managerial experience, and a strong background in criminal and constitutional law. He has been a director of Sangre de Cristo Electric Association, Inc., since 2005, and is an active member of the Rotary Club of Buena Vista, Colo.

Anne Freedman brings extensive experience in higher education and Colorado government to her new post as a member of the Board of Trustees of CMC.

She is currently completing eight years as a member of the Basalt Town Council, where her proudest achievement is creation and passage of a Historic Preservation Ordinance that safeguards the older buildings in the commercial district.

Stan D. Orr, Colorado Mountain College’s trustee from District 2 (East Garfield County), has a commitment to community colleges that dates back more than two decades, to his own experience as a student at Altus Junior College in southwest Oklahoma. Since then, Orr has been involved in education in one form or another as a teacher, a nonprofit volunteer and board member, and an adult education advocate. He’s been a resident and business owner in the Glenwood Springs area for eight years. He is in the business of managing and consulting for professional associations.