Jennifer Wilkinson serves as Board President of Steamboat Creates and has called Steamboat Springs home for more than 25 years. With a professional background in marketing- creative/branding, campaigns, business development, & AI strategy  Jennifer brings both business and creative experience to the organization. She attended the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston and graduated from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is passionate about supporting local artists, strengthening Steamboat’s creative community, and helping ensure the arts remain an essential part of the Yampa Valley.

Pete Wood is a Colorado native, born in Denver and raised in Arvada. An avid skier, hiker, and mountain biker, he has sketched and painted throughout his life. Most of his subjects come from personal experience, and the outdoors is the main inspiration for his work.

After high school he served 23 years in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Aircrewman and Naval Flight Officer. After retiring from the military then working as a cybersecurity manager for several major corporations, he and his family returned to Colorado and settled in Steamboat Springs.

After graduating from Colorado State University, Jim Kissane spent two winters in Steamboat Springs working for the Winter Sports Club. During his first winter, he helped build the Howelsen Hill Poma Lift and worked as a lift operator; during his second, he served as area manager. He spent the summer as a carpenter building homes. Seven years later, he returned to Steamboat to join TIC—The Industrial Company from where he retired after 30 years and spent most of those years as Chief Financial Officer. Even though he doesn’t consider himself an artist he enjoys the arts and has served on the Steamboat Creates Board for over ten years.

Rob Harris moved to Steamboat Springs full time in 2022with his amazing wife.  HIs background is in science and education. He is Emeritus Professor of Geophysics at Oregon State University where his research focused on heat and fluid flow and their influence on earthquakes.  He is passionate about biking, skiing, and the arts.  He brings his observations of Earth to his art that includes wheel thrown ceramics and watercolor landscapes.  

Kirk Aigner has been an active member of the Steamboat Springs community since moving here in 2007. A longtime member of the Steamboat Creates Board of Directors, Kirk served for many years as Board Secretary and continues to bring his knowledge of the organization, commitment to the arts, and strong connection to the community to his board service.

Kirk works with Horizons Specialized Services and has also been actively involved in Steamboat’s performing arts community. He was a founding member of the Chief Players and has appeared in numerous Piknik Theatre and Cabaret productions.

His many years of service to Steamboat Creates reflect a deep commitment to supporting creativity, connection, and the arts in the Yampa Valley.

Jack Dysart has been a board member since January 2021. He currently serves as Chair of the Infrastructure Committee, working on preservation of the Depot and public art. He recently became the coordinator for the Performing Arts Alliance, ten local nonprofits, and acts as their representative to Steamboat Creates. From 2009-2022 he was the Board Chair and acting Executive Director for Opera Steamboat.

Jill Gilliland is a business leader, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor with extensive experience helping organizations and leaders grow and thrive. She is Founder and President of HPX-Leaders, where she works with executives and organizations on strategy, growth, leadership, and execution. Previously, Jill founded and led Melnic Consulting Group, a national healthcare recruiting firm, for 17 years before successfully selling the company. She earned her undergraduate degree in Business, with an emphasis in Finance, from the University of Southern California and her MBA from the University of Virginia. Jill brings entrepreneurial experience, strategic thinking, and a strong commitment to organizations and communities.

Carrie Requist is a retired entrepreneur and educator with a background spanning technology, startups, and higher education. She co-founded and served as CEO of U Grok It, a technology startup focused on smartphone RFID, which was acquired in 2017. Carrie also worked at major technology companies and taught entrepreneurship and leadership at her alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley.

A longtime Steamboat Springs resident, Carrie is passionate about supporting the arts, and the people and organizations that make a community thrive. Carrie and her husband raised their three children in Steamboat, and all three are musicians, giving her a particularly personal connection to the arts and creative community, she also dabbles in photography and crochet. She holds an MBA from Penn State University and a BA from UC Berkeley.

Wlliam Stumpf brings more than two decades of leadership experience in finance, business, and organizational management, along with a longstanding passion for art, architecture, and the performing arts. Throughout his career, he has built and led teams, guided complex initiatives, and worked collaboratively across diverse organizations. His nonprofit experience includes holding various positions or volunteering for organizations as diverse as Trout Unlimited, Habitat for Humanity, youth sports, and other charitable organizations. Bill is drawn to the arts as a powerful means of creativity, connection, and community.