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.

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.

AGNES HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN DESIGN OVER 40 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.” 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 BROWNFIELD HAILS FROM MONTREAL, CANADA, AND GREW UP THERE AND IN ISRAEL. SHE STUDIED FINE ART IN MONTREAL, RECEIVING HER BFA IN PAINTING AND ART HISTORY.

Immediately after art school, Shari became intrigued by the business side of the art world and began working in museums and galleries in a variety of roles, starting as a grunt doing packing and culminating as Director of several high-profile galleries.

After more than twenty years of experience working for other art agencies, Shari opened Shari Brownfield Fine Art in 2015, where she is a Private Art Advisor, Appraiser and Collection Management Specialist. Her greatest joy is working closely with private collectors on the stewardship of their art collections.

Shari moved to Jackson in 2002 and feels deeply connected to the Jackson visual arts community. She serves on the boards of the Art Association and Community Safety Network. Shari and her daughter, Finley, love calling Jackson home, and take advantage of the incredible activities that the valley offers, from outdoor pursuits to the many class options from resident organizations at the Center for the Arts.

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.

KEVIN IS AN EXECUTIVE STRATEGIST WORKING WITH LEADERS TO ADVANCE GOALS TAILORED TO SPECIFIC NEEDS AND ORGANIZATIONS. KNOWN FOR HUMBLE AND EGOLESS LEADERSHIP, KEVIN’S REPUTATION FOR MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE HAS PRODUCED PERFORMANCE SHIFTS WITHIN A WIDE SPECTRUM OF ORGANIZATIONS.

His boots-on-the-ground, in-the-trenches experience as a Southern California Fire Chief provided an extensive background in crisis management, having placed him at the center of some of the largest wildland fires in California’s history, as well as command responsibilities during the 9/11 attack in New York City and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. He also served as City Manager of the City of Carlsbad and CEO of the United Way of San Diego, where his interpersonal skills and leadership proficiencies were the cornerstones of his success in teaming up with businesses, governments, nonprofit organizations, and communities to resolve the nation’s most complex challenges.

With expertise spanning more than four decades of executive decision-making and leadership development, Kevin currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation in San Diego and has served with numerous other nonprofits in recent years, including the United Way of San Diego, San Diego Work Force Partners, LEAD San Diego, and the Scripps Hospital Encinitas Community Advisory Board.

Kevin holds a bachelor’s from Cal State Fullerton and a Juris Doctorate from Western Sierra Law School. He is a father of 4 and a grandfather of 7 and currently resides in Jackson Hole with his wife, Jolene.

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.

CECILIA HERBERT IS A FINANCIAL SERVICES EXECUTIVE WITH A PASSION FOR THE ARTS

When Cecilia moved to New York to begin her career in finance, she fell in love with the performing arts. That passion for dance, theater, and music of all kinds has continued and led to her and her husband’s involvement in the arts in San Francisco and New York.

Having served on 6 mutual fund boards, she now chairs the BlackRock iShares Exchange Traded Fund boards and also serves on a Thrivent Mutual Fund board. Cecilia worked for almost 20 years at J.P. Morgan in New York and San Francisco, doing international and domestic corporate finance and managing the bank’s San Francisco Office. Now retired, her nonprofit board activities include Stanford Health Care where she chairs the finance committee and WNET, a New York public media company, and also included Catholic Charities CYO, where she was Board President. She is past chair of 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 for almost a decade 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, and renovating real estate, and at long last is learning golf.

Moving to Jackson Hole in 2017, David quickly became deeply involved in the vibrant nonprofit community. A board member at the Center for the Arts, he served as Chair for four years before handing over the reins to Chris Lea in September 2024.

His volunteer work has included serving on the Arts and Culture Committee of the Jackson Hole Community Foundation Competitive Grants program. He is a trustee at Silicon Couloir, a founding member of the organization’s TEAMS program, and a former member of the Executive Committee that evaluates and selects promising entrepreneurs for training and mentoring. He is also a TEAMS program mentor who helps entrepreneurs establish and grow their businesses.

Before moving to Jackson, David was a volunteer pilot with Angel Flight, a medical and compassion flight charity, for over 15 years. Formerly on the Board of Angel Flight NE, he has served as a Board Member at numerous nonprofits, including Citizen Schools in the San Francisco Bay area and the Seattle Symphony. He was President of the Trustees at the Clarence Dillon Public Library in Far Hills NJ.

Following a long career in the high technology, banking, and automotive industries in the UK, Switzerland, and the USA, David founded and ran his own consulting firm specializing in family-owned businesses. He has been President of a manufacturing firm and a consultant to several industries, including reclamation and aviation. He participated in the Tech Inclusion Summit at the White House in 2013. 

David and his wife Debby, a Board Member at St. John’s Health Foundation, live year-round in Jackson, WY. Their five grown children scattered throughout the US and the UK are frequent and eager visitors.

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.

Scott held senior roles at several global financial institutions, including Nomura, Credit Agricole, and Mizuho Financial Group. He relocated to London from Boston in 2000 and spent seven years in the UK, and in 2011 moved with his family to Asia to tackle new challenges. He worked at Bear Stearns as a college intern and joined the Institutional Fixed Income sales desk after graduation. Scott graduated from Middlebury College with High Honors in Economics.

Scott lives in Jackson with his wife, two children, and their dog Pepper.

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!