Board of Directors

Ken Asel
Chairman
Ken Asel is the Rector at Saint John's Episcopal Church.  He recently moved to Jackson with his wife, Janice
Morrison Asel.  Before moving to Jackson he served as Rector in a number of parishes, mostly in the southern United States.  He has also started a number of initiatives aimed at reaching the Latino community. 
 

Estela Torres
Vice-Chair

Estela is a paralegal at Hawks & Associates, LC.  She moved to Jackson Hole in 1981 and immediately missed the Mexican culture that was so prevalent in her native Chicago area town.  She now feels that void has been filled as Jackson now has a large Hispanic population.  Estela currently serves on the START Board of Directors where she offers the Latino perspective.  She is in her second term as a board member of the Latino Resource Center and thoroughly enjoys serving the Latino community and Teton County in these positions.  

 

Ana Gomez Chapman
Treasurer

Ana Gomez Chapman is the Director of Institutional Sales for Amba Research USA, an investment research outsourcing firm with operations in the US, UK, Singapore, India, Sri Lanka and Costa Rica. Ana has 11 years of financial services experience including management, equities research, merchandising, institutional sales and investment banking.  Prior to Amba, Ana was a Vice President in equities management at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where she worked in New York and Singapore since 1996 in various roles including assistant chief of staff for the global equities division, head of the international equities merchandising effort, head of Latin American shares sales in the US, and associate in the Non-Japan Asia investment research strategy team. Ana started her Wall Street career as an investment banking analyst at Smith Barney in New York in 1993. Ana has a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance and International Business from Columbia Graduate School of Business.  She lives in Jackson Hole since 2004 with husband, Tom, and children, Audrey and Max.
 

Peggy Parker
Secretary
Latino Resource Center Board Secretary, Peggy Parker, is a recent retiree as the Chief of Police of the Jackson Police Department.  Peggy completed 25 years of service with the Police Department and, prior to becoming Chief of Police, she worked as a patrol officer, investigator and investigations supervisor.  Peggy was the first female police chief in Wyoming.  She was honored as Wyoming Peace Officer of the Year in 1993.  Peggy worked as a patrol officer and detective in Utah for five years prior to coming to Jackson in 1980.  As an active community volunteer, she has served on numerous non-profit boards including the Community Safety Network (then known as the Teton County Task Force on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault).  She was a member of the first Teton County Drug Court Team and continues her association with that organization.  Peggy is currently President of the Community Resource Center Board and serves as Secretary of the Latino Resource Center Board.
     Peggy holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Wyoming.  She enjoys retirement and keeps busy with golf, fly fishing, hiking, kayaking, skiing, photography, writing and non-profit board activities.
 

 

 

Florence Lemle
Florence is the Chief Executive Officer of a private real estate company in New York which primarily owns and operates commercial properties. Florence is also a licensed real estate broker in Wyoming, Idaho and New York. She is Responsible Broker at Snow King Realty, and Vice-President of Snow King Resort Management, LLC. She has also worked in banking and foreign exchange trading.  Florence has lived in Jackson since 1991. She presently lives with her partner, Ron Saypol, at Spring Creek Ranch, where she serves as chair of the Architectural Committee for the Spring Creek Homeowners Association. Florence attended Columbia University where she received BA and MBA degrees.
  
 
Kip Macmillan
Kip MacMillan came to Jackson in 1990 from the Chicago area where he had recently retired from a 27 year career in law enforcement.  After retiring in 1988 he worked in international fund raising for the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International supervising the PolioPlus campaign. He has chaired the Browse and Buy board, served as president of the Rotary Club of Jackson Hole, served 7 terms as president of Teton Youth and Family Services.  He has also served two 3 year terms on the Vestry of St. John’s church and chaired the search committee that found the present rector.  Kip works as the Risk Manager of Snow King Resort.  He and his wife Lin spend a month in Maztlan where they greatly enjoy the warm sun, sand and people of Mexico.
 
 

 

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Ann Willot
Ann graduated from University of California with a Degree in Urban Planning.  She has been working in the education field taking on various roles including acting as Humble Independent School District Board president in 1996 and 2003. She has played an active role in the Humble community participating in a number of committees. Ann was the founder of CARE rally (against drugs) and the Executive Director of the Humble Independent School District Education Foundation. Ann married John Willott in 1969 and they have two children Michael and Sara. 
  
Ruth Harrington
A native of upstate New York, Ruth has enjoyed the community of Jackson since March 2001. She has degrees from Haverford College and MIT, and has worked in city planning and community development in both the private and public sectors. Ruth is currently a project administrator with Shaw Construction. She lives in Hoback Junction with her husband, Tim Bradley, and their two dogs, Josie and Coona. Ruth is active in the community, volunteering with the Teton County Library in addition to her work on the Latino Resource Center Board, although her favorite pastime is socializing with an Ethnic Cooking Club. Fluent in Dutch, Ruth is an accomplished traveler, most recently touring Costa Rica.
 
Jim Gersack
Joined First Interstate Wealth Management in March 2006.  Originally from Livingston, Montana, his professional career began in 1997 with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in San Francisco.  In 2000 he moved to Banc of America Securities as head of Business Development for an internal hedge fund and later became Senior Vice President of the bank’s Wealth Management Group for the Idaho market.  Jim earned his bachelor's degree in Finance & Economics from Montana State University in 1997.
 
Debra Sprague
Debra Sprague is the Executive Director at eh Jackson Hole Community Counseling Center.  Debra moved to Teton County in November of 2002 from Nebraska where she had been serving as Executive Director of Lincoln Council on Alcoholism and Drugs, Inc.  Debra has held positions as a Director, Program Coordinator, Therapist and Small Business owner.  She also serves on the Board of the Community Resource Center and was appointed to serve on the Governor’s Advisory Board for the Child/Family Initiative.  Debra's husband, Kirk Sprague, is the owner of CK Mechanical in Jackson.
Betty Andrikopolous
Bio Pending

 
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      The Latino Resource Center
      P.O Box 3362/170 N. Glenwood
      Jackson WY 83001
      307-734-0333
 
     The Latino Resource is a 501(c)(3) corporation
     dedicated to facilitating the integration of
     Latino residents into the Jackson Hole, WY, Community
              Copyright 2006-08
        Latino Resource Center