Board of Directors

ALEXANDRA JAJONIE ALESSANDRO GREW UP IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND ATTENDED VIRGINIA TECH, GRADUATING IN 2009 WITH A DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.

After returning to D.C. post-college, Alexandra decided to relocate to Jackson Hole in January 2013 while working for Vice President Cheney and Liz Cheney. In 2014, Alexandra began working for Luxury Card, where she is currently the Senior Vice President of Operations.

Music and the arts have always held a special place in Alexandra’s life. While not inheriting the genes for musical talent, the respect and appreciation for great music and art was instilled at a young age – from live shows at The Kennedy Center to weeknights at the dance studio and exhibits in Washington, D.C.

Alexandra met her husband, Nick Alessandro, shortly after moving to Jackson and they have been married for six years. They just finished building a home in town and have a French bulldog named Carl. They enjoy spending time with their family, cooking and enjoying the outdoors and all that the Jackson lifestyle has to offer.

Don Baker graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and completed post baccalaureate studies in biology at UC Irvine.

His corporate professional career included stints at Stauffer Chemical and Chevron Corporation. Additionally, he was a principal in three different start-ups: BK Automotive (auto parts), Efficient Propulsion (electric motors) and Jax (optical technologies).

In Jackson, he was on the Habitat for Humanity Board for eight years where he was Treasurer and Vice President; and on the ISWR Board for nine years where he was Vice Chair and Chair. He currently is Vice President of the TMS Board and is a Rotarian.

He has been married to Valerie Brown for forty-six years and they have two sons and daughters-in law and four grand kids – all living in Manhattan. Don’s personal interests and hobbies include skiing, hiking, golf, SCUBA, wood working, and piano playing.

Jill is a global brand and marketing strategist with over 35 years of client experience with Fortune 500 companies.

Her career spanned the East and West Coasts, working for blue chip agencies DDB, Ogilvy & Mather, Grey and Benton & Bowles. She pivoted in 2014 to utilize her marketing strengths to build the UCLA Anderson Alumni Network as Associate Dean of Alumni Relations for 10 years. She retired from UCLA in 2024

Jill is an experienced non-profit Board member. She served for nine years on the board of the Jackson Hole Land Trust, is currently the Board Chair of KHOL, and serves on the Teton County Parks and Recreation Board. Previously, she was the board chair of Blue Ribbon of the Music Center, Chrysalis, and BelAir Bay Club, and she served on the boards of the Broad Stage, The Music Center, LA Opera, and Junior League.

She lives in Wilson with her husband, recovering attorney Steve Grossman, and Bernese Mountain Dog Luka.

MARK SERVES AS THE COO OF CRYSTAL CREEK CAPITAL, A JACKSON-BASED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FIRM, WHERE HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRM’S OPERATIONS AND PROJECT OVERSIGHT. 

Prior to joining Crystal Creek, Mark spent ten years as COO at Grand Teton National Park Foundation, executing a variety of public-private capital development and real estate acquisition projects within the national park.

He was previously Vice President of a general engineering contracting firm in California, and has
experience in capital construction, real estate, and fundraising in the non-profit sector in Jackson, WY, particularly with the Jackson Hole Land Trust and the Center for the Arts. Mark earned a B.A. in geography from the University of Oregon.

AGNES HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN DESIGN NEARLY 60 YEARS, WORKING ON RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERIORS, PRODUCT DESIGNING FOR COMPANIES WITH NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION, HISTORICAL RESTORATION, AND SET DESIGN.

In 1987 she introduced her own line of furniture, The Agnes Bourne Collection, and created a showroom in San Francisco featuring her designs and pieces by a select group of artists and manufacturers.

Agnes is a nationally recognized lecturer and design juror, and her designs are widely published in books and nationally distributed periodicals. She has been awarded medals of distinction from A.S.I.D., The Smithsonian Institution, Cine Arts, and N.A.S.F.T. She was included in House Beautiful’s 1997 and 1998, “The 101 Most Influential Designers at Work in America Today” and in Western Interiors & Design magazine’s 2005-2008 “The List! Your guide to 124 top designers + architects.”

Since leaving San Francisco, Agnes has shifted to writing and publishing with six titles so far, starting with Moments and followed by The Daily Haiku, Love, Luck and Joy, and many others.

Agnes has served as a trustee for many boards and councils supporting Art and Design. Some of these institutions are Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and San Francisco Art Institute.

Shandon Brinkerhoff has been in the construction industry since 2003.

Shandon has always loved working with his hands, so construction was a natural career choice. His eye for detail and desire to surpass client expectations drives him to success. To Shandon, the most rewarding part about a project is working with his team to provide a seamless, transparent building experience for owners. He thrives on delivering a final product that blows initial expectations out of the water. He also appreciates the comradery and lifelong friendships that are part of the construction management process.

Shandon joined Big-D Signature in 2012 to lead the project team as Regional Manager and Project Director. He is responsible for developing and refining Signature’s processes and maintaining excellent relationships with existing, future, and past customers. His ability to make everyone around him feel like an MVP is rare. Shandon’s leadership and positive outlook are monumental to the success of the Big-D Jackson office.

Shari Edwy Brownfield grew up between Montreal, Canada and Israel. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, with a double major in studio art and art history and a minor in the philosophy of Bernard Lonergan.

She began her art career working in museums and galleries in a variety of roles — starting as a grunt doing crate packing and culminating as Director of several high-profile galleries. After more than twenty years in the industry, Shari opened Shari Brownfield Fine Art in 2015, where she is a Private Art Advisor, Appraiser and Collection Management Specialist. Since opening her office in “the little log cabin” on Glenwood Street in 2020, she has curated special projects for local, regional and international artists, while at the same time being tapped to appraise art flown into space, or help a client acquire some of the largest household names in art history. Her greatest joy is working closely with private collectors on the stewardship of their art collections and making their houses feel like home.

Shari moved to Jackson in 2002 and feels deeply connected to the Jackson visual arts community. She has served on the boards of two resident organizations of the Center for the Arts, as well as the Community Safety Network. Shari and her daughter, Finley, love calling Jackson home and take advantage of the valley’s outdoor pursuits and the many class and activity options from resident organizations at the Center. Since becoming an empty nester, Shari’s newest obsessions are pickleball and crochet.

WILLIAM (BILL) BURFORD MANAGES AN INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL SERVICES FIRM FROM HIS HOME IN JACKSON, AFTER SPENDING MOST OF HIS CAREER AS A TAX AND ESTATE PLANNING LAWYER WITH SHORT STINTS IN BANKING AND CONSERVATION WORK.

Bill was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan, where he earned his undergraduate and law degrees. He also holds a master’s degree in taxation from New York University. Bill and his wife, Katherine, moved to Jackson Hole in 2020 after raising their two children (son Will and daughter Dylan) in Los Angeles. He enjoys a wide array of outdoor and arts-related activities with Katherine and is a long-time, entirely average golfer and runner. Bill currently serves a director of the Children’s Institute and two grantmaking foundations and is a member of the Competitive Grants Committee of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole.

RANDY DEPREE WALMSLEY IS A PARTNER AND ASSOCIATE BROKER AT MOUNTAIN STANDARD REALTY WITH 20 YEARS OF BOARD AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE.

Randy has been a real estate professional in Jackson since 2014. She recently partnered with other community and industry leaders to form Mountain Standard Realty (mountainstandardrealty.com) a locally owned and operated real estate firm serving the Jackson Hole area. She has teamed up with Northworks Architects + Planners (nwks.com) to renovate homes in East Jackson and enjoys finding properties and projects for herself and her clients.

Randy moved to Jackson from Chicago to be closer to her favorite activities – fishing, skiing, hiking, and camping. There, she had a 14-year career in political fundraising and small business management; was a founding member of the MetroSquash Associate Board, an after-school academic and athletic program for Chicago’s Hyde Park youth; and was an Executive Member of the Rush University Medical Center Woman’s Board. Upon moving to Jackson, Randy quickly got involved in the community as an original member of the Center for the Arts Encore Board.

Randy attended The Taft School in Watertown, CT; Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Garden Design Program.

Anna Hass grew up outside New York City and was exposed from an early age to the cultural offerings in Manhattan.

Anna worked in finance for six years after college and had numerous outside interests and side businesses – from importing prints from England to producing an off (off) Broadway play.

In 1990 Anna started a home furnishings business, first designing furniture and subsequently representing artists selling to home and gift stores. The business operated out of a showroom in the L.A. Mart, one of several wholesale buildings in Los Angeles. While working in home furnishings and artist representation, Anna enjoyed combining her business sense with her passion for art and design,

In 2018 Anna and her husband Tony realized their dream and bought a house in Wilson. Their two sons now live in Los Angeles and Bozeman and think of Jackson as their home.

Having served on 6 mutual fund boards, most recently chairing the BlackRock iShares Exchange Traded Fund boards, Cecilia now serves on the board of Warburg Pincus’ Access (semiliquid) Fund.

Her not-for-profit activities besides the Center include being on the board of WNET, a New York public media company and also Vice- Chairing the State of Wyoming’s Investment Funds Committee, which advises the State Treasurer’s Office on investment managers and asset allocation.

Earlier in her career, she did international and domestic corporate finance at Morgan Guaranty in New York and San Francisco, and managed its San Francisco Office. She has also chaired numerous finance, investment, and nominating committees at various non-profits. Cecilia received her BA from Stanford University and her MBA from Harvard Business School. She is a member of the International Women Forum and is a Dame of the Order of Malta, an international charitable organization. She has been honored with a number of service awards.

She and her husband have been coming to Jackson since 2011 and moved here in 2020. They have three grown children, the youngest of whom is raising her family in Jackson. Besides the arts, she enjoys skiing, hiking, renovating real estate, and at long last is learning golf.

A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Natalia joined Center Resident Organization Off Square as a transplant from Los Angeles in 2011.

She initially joined OST as Education Director, moving into the role of Artistic Director in 2013 and taking the helm of the organization as Producing Artistic Director in 2021. Her career as a performer began at a young age when she traveled extensively across the United States and abroad dancing with a professional children’s dance company. In Los Angeles, Natalia apprenticed under Marjo-Riikka Makela in the Michael Chekhov Technique at Chekhov Studio International. In addition to her work with Off Square, Natalia is an associate producer with Firefly: Theatre and Films, a bicoastal company producing theatre and film, and a local elected official, serving as Vice-Chair of the Teton County Board of Commissioners.

Selected stage and film credits include; Mayella in To Kill a Mockingbird, Serita in Charlie’s War (Christabel Productions), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Nina in The SeagullI, Carter in Uncommon Women and Others, and Meredith in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, and Helena in Midsummer Night’s Dream. At Off Square, she has appeared several times in Thin Air Shakespeare, including as Kate in The Taming of the Shrew.

Producing credits outside Off Square include: Caught (Firefly Theatre & Films), Completeness by Itamar Moses (Firefly Theatre & Films), Stage Matters?! (Firefly Theatre and Films in association with TCG), Unscreened (Firefly Theatre and Films), The Seagull (CSI), and DIRT (Firefly Theatre and Films). She graduated cum laude in theatre from Yale University and is a graduate of the Michael Howard Studios Summer Conservatory in New York. She was awarded a Performing Arts Fellowship by the Wyoming Arts Council in 2013.

Natalia is Vice-Chairwoman of the Teton County Board of Commissioners, where she has served since 2015, including as Chairwoman from 2019-2022. She serves on the Wyoming County Commissioners Association’s (WCCA) Executive Committee as Vice President and is the past chair of the Health, Safety & Social Services Committee. Her public service extends across the state as a gubernatorial appointee to the Wyoming Community College Commission, the Wyoming Council for Women, and the DEQ’s Land Quality Advisory Board.

Erika Olde is an award-winning producer and founder of Black Bicycle Entertainment, a production company that produces and finances commercial and prestige feature films. Her recent work includes Home Again starring Reese Witherspoon, Woman Walks Ahead starring Jessica Chastain and Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon starring Kate Hudson to name a few.

She also founded the IRIS IN program, created for students of the Ghetto Film School. The program helps aspiring young filmmakers by providing them with the education, tools and networks needed to pursue successful careers in the film industry.

Olde is a global advocate for the advancement of women and gender equality who has spoken frequently about her work and advocacy. She is a member of BAFTA, a TiFF Share Her Journey Ambassador and has been featured in media worldwide including Variety’s “2017 Women’s Impact Report.”

In 2020, Olde was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30: Hollywood and Entertainment list.

In 2019, Erika moved to Jackson, Wyoming and is now married and has an infant son. She continues to work on the IRIS IN program and executive produce film projects.

She was recently appointed to the National Museum of Wildlife Art Board of Trustees.

JOE PARZICK SPENT 35 YEARS IN PRIVATE EQUITY AS AN INVESTOR AND ADVISOR, AND NOW SERVES AS MANAGING PARTNER OF TETON PARTNERS AND CHAIRMAN OF TORQUE CAPITAL GROUP

Joe Parzick has spent the last 35 years in the private equity business as an investor and advisor. He is currently the Managing Partner of Teton Partners, a private investment firm which he founded in 2021 and Chairman of Torque Capital Group, a private equity firm which he co-founded in 2010. Prior to Torque, Mr Parzick was a partner at the Cypress Group ($3.5bn private equity fund), a senior investment professional at EXOR America and a managing director in Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking group. He began his career as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers where he was elected Managing Director.

Joe has served on over a dozen private and public corporate boards in a variety of industries including automotive, consumer, aerospace, healthcare and financial services. He has also served on the board of several residential associations and an educational charity. Mr Parzick received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA in Management and Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Joe and his wife, Louise, have been home owners in Teton County since 1998 and full-time Jackson residents since 2019 where they actively participate in all things Jackson has to offer. They have four adult children who are frequent visitors to our valley. Joe enjoys golf, skiing, cycling, fly fishing, attending live musical and dance events and rooting for his beloved Philadelphia Eagles.

Scott Paul spent 25 years working in international financial markets in the US, Europe, and Asia. He returned to the US from Hong Kong in 2018 with his family, and the pull of the mountains brought them to Jackson in 2023.

Tyson Slater is Partner and President at New West in Jackson.

Tyson moved to Jackson in 2012 from Colorado. Like many before him, he came for the incredible mountains and rivers, but he has made his mark as the man responsible for construction operations at New West. Tyson’s experience is vast and varied – he has worked as a steel erector in Southern Colorado and a high-end trim carpenter in Steamboat Springs.

Gracie, his 4-year-old Golden Retriever, loves accompanying him on site. Tyson and his wife Megan love spending time with their two-year-old daughter Sloane.

KAREN STEWART RECEIVED A BS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING. SHE WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ART ASSOCIATION OF JACKSON HOLE FROM 1994 TO 2011.

She has been recognized for her leadership in the arts with the receipt of the 2003 Governor’s Art Award and the 2004 Cultural Council of Jackson Hole’s Award for Creativity. She is a founding Board Member for the Center for the Arts and helped develop and guide this collaborative community arts center.

She served on the Wyoming Arts Council Board 2011 to 2018 and is past chair of the council. Karen was treasurer of the “WE CARE ” SPET campaign for St. John’s New Living Center, volunteers for St. John’s Hospital Foundation art acquisition committee, is a mentor with Womentum and is a Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Ski Host.

Karen and Dick Stewart have lived in Jackson for 46 years and raised their family here. All three girls danced with DW, took Art Classes and volunteered for the Art Fairs for many years!