Meet the Board
Robert E. Cardwell
Professionally Bob Cardwell has more than 43 years in the commercial real estate industry in more than 80 markets from Honolulu to Boston, responsible for commercial real estate valued in excess of 2 billion dollars. The responsibilities included overseeing all of the physical and financial decisions of the assets and the various consultants and contractors hired to perform services. Since moving to Evergreen in 1989, his community involvement includes leadership positions with Evergreen Legacy Foundation, Mountain Area Land Trust, The Trust for Public Land Advisory Board, Evergreen Land Community Coalition, and an 85-unit condominium complex. He chaired a county park and open space commission in Minnesota. The visionary behind the creation of Buchanan Park in Evergreen, he was named Leader of the Year in 2013.
Tara Ryan Cox
As a seasoned business woman with a visionary approach, Tara Cox boasts a proven track record of leading teams to success. Before becoming a Massage Therapist and acquiring Evergreen Massage , Tara led a non-profit development department, orchestrating large fundraising events and major donor campaigns. She was honored with the eWomen’s Network Femtor Award for young professionals in 2005. Deeply passionate about her community, Tara has served on the Evergreen Chamber Board of Directors, participated in Leadership Evergreen, and is an active member of the Downtown Business Association. Tara owns and manages the Evergreen Terraces Building downtown Evergreen. She is dedicated to creating a haven of respite and inspiration, encouraging people to live their BEST life!
Brenda H. Cumming
Brenda H. Cumming, RN, MEP-C, is the owner of Medical Aesthetics, LLC, in Bergen Village, a long-time 1% ELF member. She also founded the science-and-nature-based skin care company Lira Clinical, which is sold internationally. She has more than 30 years' clinical and management experience in the area of Critical Care, Trauma, Post Anesthesia, Urgent Care, and Family Practice. Brenda has been a resident of Evergreen since 1994 and has been active on the boards of Leadership Evergreen and the Evergreen Legacy Foundation.
Dean Dalvit
Dean Dalvit, a licensed architect as well as a licensed professional engineer, is the founding principal of EVstudio, a full-service architecture and engineering firm with offices in Evergreen, Denver, and Austin. His community service includes leadership roles with the Evergreen Lake Loop Trail, the Evergreen Trails Master Plan, the East Downtown River Trail project, the Evergreen North Lake Trail boardwalk, the Evergreen Local Improvement District effort, and the Evergreen Legacy Foundation. He is a member of the Jefferson County Regulatory Advisory Panel. He’s lived in Evergreen since 1998 and was named Evergreen’s Leader of the Year in 2014.
Eric Gill
Since 1997 Eric Gill has been the owner/operator of Bear Paw Property Management, which is responsible for renting and managing single-family properties in Evergreen and the surrounding areas. He manages a staff of six. His business is located on Main Street in Evergreen where he interacts with locals, newcomers, and those passing through. “I’m passionate about Evergreen and my desire is for it to remain the charming mountain town that it is,” he says. His community involvement includes Rotary, Leadership Evergreen, the Evergreen Chamber, Downtown Business Association, and the Evergreen Legacy Foundation. Eric was named Evergreen’s Leader of the Year in 2017.
Brent Kaslon
Brent Kaslon is an Associate Principal at Valerian LLC — a landscape architecture and urban planning firm specializing in stream restoration and green infrastructure design, parks and open space design, and community development — working with both public and private entities throughout the Front Range. Brent lives in the Heart of Evergreen with his family; and he has worked on or volunteered on numerous projects with Evergreen Parks and Recreation, Jefferson County Open Space, and Jefferson County Schools. Highlighted Evergreen projects include the park planning for Buchanan Park, the expansion of the Stagecoach Trailhead at Elk Meadow Park, and stream restoration work on the Stagecoach South area of Elk Meadow Park. He was also a member of the design advisory group for the Bergen Valley Elementary School Expansion. He is passionate about keeping Evergreen the best community in Colorado to live in and raise a family.
Cindy Lempke
Cindy Lempke is a communications professional and community volunteer who settled in Evergreen in 2008. Manager of Communications and Development for Resilience1220, Lempke has owned a marketing business, and has worked in the corporate, governmental and educational arenas. A graduate of the Leadership Evergreen Class of 2022, Cindy helped spearhead the installation of the CenturyLink building mural in downtown Evergreen. She is Vice President of Boogie Benefits, Inc., a nonprofit which produces music events to benefit charitable causes. Cindy is an Evergreen Chamber of Commerce Ambassador, and past president of Mountain Foothills Rotary. She writes monthly columns for Colorado Serenity.
Sharon Wood
Sharon Wood has lived in Evergreen since 1994 and is passionate about keeping our town as beautiful, safe, and friendly as it was when she arrived. As founder and Legacy Coach of Generational Family Wealth, she creates customized solutions for families to successfully transition wealth, stories, values, vision, and leadership from one generation to the next. Prior to that, she spent 14 years at T-Mobile as the National Director of Leadership Development. Her community involvement includes Intermountain YoungLife, Team Evergreen, and Faithful Workouts. While her children were still in school, she served on the PTA at King Murphy and Evergreen Mountain School (now Country Day). She also volunteers her time developing leaders at CrossPurpose in Denver.
Anne Vickstrom
Anne Vickstrom has lived in Evergreen since 1987, where she has been involved in schools, Center for the Arts Evergreen, Sculpture Evergreen (formerly Art for the Mountain Community), and local politics. She has written for the Canyon Courier, Serenity, Your Mountain Connection, Just Around Here, regional and national publications, and is a published author. “I know changes will continue to come to our beautiful community, I am excited to be a part of ELF to do it right.”
Linda Kirkpatrick
Executive Director
Linda Kirkpatrick has been a community activist since moving to Evergreen in 1981, with leadership roles in the construction of the ambulance facility, Bootstraps, the successful effort to Save Noble Meadow (408 acres of open space slated for 238 homes), creating Buchanan Park and Stagecoach Park, and co-founding Leadership Evergreen. She’s owned two award-winning publications focusing on community involvement in Evergreen and has been recognized many times for her contributions, including a Lifetime Leadership Award in 2015, being inducted into the Jefferson County Historical Hall of Fame in 2020, and her induction into the Mountain Area Women in Business Hall of Fame in 2021.
Eric Gill
Since 1997 Eric Gill has been the owner/operator of Bear Paw Property Management, which is responsible for renting and managing single-family properties in Evergreen and the surrounding areas. He manages a staff of six. His business is located on Main Street in Evergreen where he interacts with locals, newcomers, and those passing through. “I’m passionate about Evergreen and my desire is for it to remain the charming mountain town that it is,” he says. His community involvement includes Rotary, Leadership Evergreen, the Evergreen Chamber, Downtown Business Association, and the Evergreen Legacy Fund. Eric was named Evergreen’s Leader of the Year in 2017.
Brent Kaslon
Brent Kaslon is an Associate Principal at Valerian LLC — a landscape architecture and urban planning firm specializing in stream restoration and green infrastructure design, parks and open space design, and community development — working with both public and private entities throughout the Front Range. Brent lives in the Heart of Evergreen with his family; and he has worked on or volunteered on numerous projects with Evergreen Parks and Recreation, Jefferson County Open Space, and Jefferson County Schools. Highlighted Evergreen projects include the park planning for Buchanan Park, the expansion of the Stagecoach Trailhead at Elk Meadow Park, and stream restoration work on the Stagecoach South area of Elk Meadow Park. He was also a member of the design advisory group for the Bergen Valley Elementary School Expansion. He is passionate about keeping Evergreen the best community in Colorado to live in and raise a family.
Cindy Lempke
Cindy Lempke is a communications professional and community volunteer who settled in Evergreen in 2008. Manager of Communications and Development for Resilience1220, Lempke has owned a marketing business, and has worked in the corporate, governmental and educational arenas. A graduate of the Leadership Evergreen Class of 2022, Cindy helped spearhead the installation of the CenturyLink building mural in downtown Evergreen. She is Vice President of Boogie Benefits, Inc., a nonprofit which produces music events to benefit charitable causes. Cindy is an Evergreen Chamber of Commerce Ambassador, and past president of Mountain Foothills Rotary. She writes monthly columns for Colorado Serenity.
Anne Vickstrom
Anne Vickstrom has lived in Evergreen since 1987, where she has been involved in schools, Center for the Arts Evergreen, Sculpture Evergreen (formerly Art for the Mountain Community), and local politics. She has written for the Canyon Courier, Serenity, Your Mountain Connection, Just Around Here, regional and national publications, and is a published author. “I know changes will continue to come to our beautiful community, I am excited to be a part of ELF to do it right.”