Board of Directors
Pete Wadden
President
Pete is the Watershed Education Coordinator for Town of Vail. Previously, he was Stewardship Coordinator at Walking Mountains Science Center and an Environmental Science instructor at Colorado Mountain College. Pete is a graduate of Prescott College (MA) and Bowdoin College (BA). He’s an avid rafter, kayaker, angler, hunter, backcountry skier, dog dad and lover of water in all its forms.
Gary Brooks
Vice President
Gary Brooks is the owner of Cutthroat Consulting, LLC working on a variety of community housing projects in the Eagle River Valley. He is a past president of the Eagle River Watershed Council, a current board member of the ECO Trails Committee and sits on the Eagle County Housing and Development Authority Advisory Committee. When he’s not sitting through board meetings, you can find him flyfishing the local waters, heading off to go bird hunting with his two Springer Spaniels or working in his backyard vegetable garden with his wife Linn.
Jessica DiToro
Secretary
Born and raised in Vermont, Jessica moved to Colorado in 2013 to pursue her graduate degree in environmental engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. After graduating she began working at LRE Water. At LRE, Jessica manages projects that encompass a broad range of topics related to environmental compliance and permitting including Colorado Water Quality Control Commission rulemaking hearings, wastewater treatment discharge permits, National Environmental Policy Act, CERCLA (superfund), 303(d) Listings, water quality sampling and data analysis, and water supply resource planning. Jessica and her partner moved to the Town of Eagle in 2020, where she works remotely when not commuting to the LRE office in Glenwood Springs. Jessica is an avid hiker, backcountry and alpine skier, biker, CrossFitter, reader, and dog mom.
Rose Delles
Treasurer
Rose Delles is a Senior Manager at Walking Mountains Science Center. She has worked for a variety of nonprofits, foundations and outdoor education centers throughout Washington and Montana. Happy to be settled in her home state of Colorado you can find her fly fishing, hiking in the high alpine, skiing with friends or adventuring with her pup.
Michael Browning
Director
Mike Browning is a retired Colorado water attorney who now lives in Vail. A mountain lover, he has climbed all the Colorado 14’ers, the Seven Summits, and over 500 other peaks around the world. He also serves on the Boards of the Eagle Summit Wilderness Alliance and Wilderness Watch and remains an avid hiker, skier, rafter, and adventure traveler.
Staunton Golding
Director
Staunton is co-founder and CEO of MBHE Holdings LLC, a diversified holding company. Prior to creating MBHE, Staunton led all acquisitions, development, capital formation, and growth initiatives as EVP and a Director of Sage Hospitality Resources, a national hotel investment, management and development company. Staunton has significant experience in building asset based operating companies, real estate related service companies, and hospitality focused platforms. Staunton has served on numerous corporate and non-profit boards over the past 25 years. He spends his free time mostly outdoors enjoying fly fishing, hunting, skiing, hiking, snow shoeing and chopping wood.
Robyn Janssen
Director
Robyn Janssen is a Communications Specialist with Eagle River Water & Sanitation District. She spent 10 years directing a successful river advocacy non-profit in Oregon and has been a guide on the Colorado River through Grand Canyon (and on other western rivers), for 26 years. On and around rivers is where she’s happiest and working to protect them is her calling. As an Oregon native, she is happy to be settled in the Rockies near her sister, niece, and river family of friends.
Lizzy Owens
Director
Lizzy Owens moved to Eagle County from the Washington, DC area with her husband, two daughters, and dog in 2018. She has been in fundraising and development for about fifteen years; locally, she worked at Mountain Recreation Metropolitan District and Walking Mountains Science Center. Lizzy serves on the Town of Eagle Open Space and Recreation Advisory Committee, the Town of Eagle Marketing & Events Committee, and is a board member for The Literacy Project. Lizzy is a graduate of Smith College (BA) and the University of Manchester, England (MA). Hiking, skiing, and walking along our local rivers and creeks are among her favorite activities (but reading is her absolute favorite thing to do).
Matt Ratner
Director
Matt is an independent film producer and director. He most recently produced HEIGHTENED and WE BROKE UP, and directed STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN starring Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz. He currently serves as a board member of both the Jewish Democratic Council of America and Conservancy Guardians USA. Prior to his work in the film industry he worked in politics and government, most recently at the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He graduated from Northwestern University and is a long-suffering Cleveland sports fan. He loves rivers.
Martha Tyler
Director
Martha Tyler, BSN, MPH, is a retired registered nurse and licensed massage therapist, and holds a Master’s Degree in public health. Martha is a certified Integral Hatha Yoga teacher, a certified mindfulness meditation teacher, and an avid hiker, swimmer, back country skier, snowshoer, and paddler. She moved to Eagle from Richmond, VA in 2020 and is grateful for living in this remarkably beautiful place, and even more grateful for her two little grandchildren in Eagle, who are a constant source of joy.
