Shawn Smith is the founder of Silver Sage Capital, LLC, an impact capital company focused on conservation values coupled with the financing and investment in socially responsible real estate development. Previous to Silver Sage, Shawn was President of Convergence Management Co. and a member of Convergence Investments, LLC, a real estate development and investment firm located in Jackson, WY. // An avid angler and outdoorsman, Shawn can be found spending his free time exploring streams and duck marshes with his wife, Beverly, and daughters, Virginia and Harriet. He achieved his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, IL and received a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Bob Peters first visited Jackson Hole as a kid in 1961 during the classic family station-wagon marathon trip through the West. He’s never forgotten the view of this valley as they drove down from Teton Pass. His next visit was on a ski trip during sophomore year at Iowa State University in 1969. In the winter of 1974/75, Bob and his wife Ruthie spent the first of what has now been over 40 winters skiing at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. In the winter of 1979, Bob was hired as a backcountry alpine ski guide at the resort and spent the next 8 seasons taking clients out of bounds.

In 2002, Bob and Ruthie moved to the Valley full time and Bob became a partner in the North 40 Realty real estate brokerage. Since that time, he’s also been a part-time adult private ski instructor at JHMR. Bob loves skiing so much that he did a streak of skiing at least once a month for 200 consecutive months, a string that ended in the summer of 2014 when he had both knees replaced. Coincidence? We’ll probably never know. In addition to serving as board member and Open Space Council chair at the Land Trust, Bob is active in the community and serves on the boards of the Community Resource Center of Jackson Hole, Friends of Fish Creek, and the Snake River Fund.

Lori and her husband, Marlin Risinger, joined the Jackson Hole community in 2005. Lori and Marlin raised their three sons in London, where they lived for 17 years. In January 2016 they returned to the US, and now reside in Jackson.
In her early career, Lori worked as a trial attorney at the US Department of Justice, and later became Assistant Special Counsel to the US House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary.
Lori has been actively involved in education related charities. Currently she serves on two non-profit education boards. In addition, for many years she served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the American School in London, a K-12 independent school in central London.
Lori studied as an undergraduate at Stanford University and received her law degree from the University of Virginia.

Recently retired after 38 years of federal service with the Forest Service, Michael has a long career of land and resource management, and many years of volunteer work.

Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Science Landscape Architecture (1974), from the University of Wisconsin. He entered private practice, working with many Wisconsin communities, helping residents and elected officials develop parkland systems; early years of collaboration. Michael moved to public service, beginning at the county-level as liaison between parks and freeway departments. He worked with neighborhood groups to locate and develop freeway systems. Michael moved to city-level public service, again working with neighborhood groups, developing parks and resolving recreation and land use issues.

Michael entered federal government as Landscape Architect for the Forest Service in northern Minnesota. He moved to Vermont as District Ranger; and then to the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming as Ecology Resource Group Leader. At the time of his retirement, he served as Planning and Lands Staff Officer, preparing for Forest Plan revision.

In his “free time” Michael and his wife Claudia spend many hours giving back to our community by volunteering. He has served on the Board of the Community Resource Center, and Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole. In his early years in Jackson, he volunteered with Ducks Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Trout Unlimited. Later he joined The Jackson Hole Lions Club, where he has served several times as President. Today he and Claudia are active with the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Center for Arts, and Lions activities.

Even after retiring, Michael remains active, working behind the scenes, on land adjustment cases, and meeting with private landowners to help them move their private land to public land.

Michael has positive energy, always working to resolve issues and concerns. He believes the glass is always half-full.

Jennifer Sparks is a Senior Portfolio Manager and Partner at Friess Associates, managers to the Brandywine Mutual Funds. She has worked at Friess Associates for over 15 years. After graduating from the University of Vermont in 1989 and travelling West, Jennifer thought she would stay in Jackson Hole for just one year. She fell in love with the Valley and has been here ever since.

She has been an active member on Teton County Search and Rescue for 16 years and has dedicated her time to serve on numerous Boards of Directors. She believes volunteering and community involvement are an important part of what makes Jackson Hole so special. Jennifer and her family brave the wilds of Town living and she enjoys fishing, trail running and winter time activities.

Jan Phillips Davis has been coming to Jackson Hole since her college days in the 1980’s. Born and raised in New York City, Jan has called Pacific Palisades, CA home for the last 24 years. Jan received her BA in History from Brown University and MBA from Columbia University and is an Outward Bound graduate.

Jan serves on the Resource Council of the Grand Teton National Park Foundation. She also spends time counseling first generation inner city students through CollegeMatch in Los Angeles and is a member of Women Helping Youth, an LA philanthropic group providing after school activities for local youth. She is also a member of the Director’s Circle at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Jan, her husband Chuck, and children Jared and Jenna (all Brown graduates) support scholarship students at Brown from Africa and inner city Los Angeles. Jan enjoys skiing, snow shoeing, hiking, horseshoes, yoga, and vegetarian cooking.

Kelly Davis is an avid equestrian and owner of Old Oak Farm, LLC and international show jumping stable. She is married to George Davis. They have two children, Lucy and Clay. Kelly and George are past Chairs of the Stanford Parents Advisory Board. Kelly was on the Board of the Sullivan Canyon Preservation Association for 8 years. Kelly currently serves on the California Committee South for Human Rights Watch and the Director’s Circle at the Los Angeles County Art Museum. When not riding horses, Kelly enjoys skiing, mountain biking, fly fishing and running, and has recently taken on the big challenge of learning golf.

Mike is an avid outdoorsman who lives and works in Pinedale. He attended the Air Force Academy and earned a degree at the University of Wyoming. Mike has over 30 years of experience in construction management and has developed and operated several business ventures in the energy industry. He owns two ranches outside of Pinedale; one of which was recently conserved through The Nature Conservancy with help from the Green River Valley Land Trust. Mike previously served on the GRVLT board and was the Lands Committee Chair. He is an active member of the community and is passionate about conservation and wildlife.

Peggy has been personally and professionally involved as a member of the Jackson community since moving to Jackson in 1995. As an architect, most recently as a partner in GYDE Architects, her extensive portfolio embodies her passion for commercial and residential projects, including workforce housing.

Peggy’s community engagement includes serving on the boards of The Center for the Arts, Teton Science Schools, and as a former board president of the Jackson Hole Land Trust. She has also served on numerous committees and panels in varied capacities over the years.

She is a 1984 graduate of The Cooper Union in New York City and has worked with Davis Brody Bond and Toshiko Mori Architects while in NYC. As an architect, citizen, partner and mother, Peg enjoys tennis, skiing and travelling, as well as great cuisine in some of the most beloved dining spaces she has designed in Jackson, including her home. She shares a blended family with Maho Hakoshima, and raised her children in this special place.

JJ founded Healy Capital and is a technology industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience with companies including EMC Corporation, CS First Boston and Yahoo! Inc. JJ is the Vice Chair of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, was appointed by the Governor of Wyoming to the Select Committee for Split Estate Reform, and also serves on Saint Anselm’s Board of Trustees. He owns the Double J Ranch LLC, in Daniel, WY, and was on the Green River Valley Land Trust Advisory Board.

Des’ personal history with Jackson Hole dates back to the mid-1990s on a family vacation which led him to return nearly every year since that time, including five years working at the Teton Valley Ranch Camp in Dubois, WY. Originally from Rhode Island, Des made the Valley his permanent home following his graduation from Middlebury College in 2008 and has worked in the sale of residential, ranch, and commercial investment properties in Wyoming and Idaho since 2011. Des is currently an associate broker with Jackson Hole Sotheby’s International Realty.

Des is the 2021 President of the Teton Board of Realtors, a trustee and committee chair at the National Museum of Wildlife Art, and serves on the board as treasurer for Jackson Hole Public Art. Des is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys spending his free time hiking, skiing, and fly fishing in the Greater Yellowstone area with his wife, Chloe, and two daughters.

Pete Lawton’s familiarity with the valley makes him a tremendous asset to the Land Trust board. Pete grew up in Jackson Hole and attended the University of Wyoming. He further augmented his credentials with several more business and banking related degrees outside of the state. The CEO of Bank of Jackson Hole since 2011, he previously served as Jackson Market President for Wells Fargo and President of Jackson State Bank & Trust. The Land Trust appreciates Pete’s steadfast commitment to this community.

Alexander Muromcew moved to Jackson full time from San Francisco in 2010 with his wife and four children. A native of Washington, D.C., he has lived on the East and West Coasts as well as in Tokyo. While living in San Francisco, he served on the board of the San Francisco Parks Alliance and was Finance Chair. He is also very involved with the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation in Massachusetts. Alex graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in East Asian Studies and has an MBA from Stanford University. Professionally, Alex’s career has been in international finance. Most recently, he was a Managing Director at financial services firm TIAA and was lead portfolio manager of the TIAA Emerging Markets Equity Fund. Alex is an avid skier (alpine and nordic), cyclist (road and mountain) and hunter.

Marion is the current owner of M Home Design Group – Luxury real estate properties. Marion grew up in Texas and received her BS in Radio Television Film & Advertising from the Moody School of Communications at The University of Texas, Austin in 1986. Upon graduation, she worked for several years in commercial and public television. Marion has been extensively involved in child-centered and education-based philanthropies both in the United States and globally with a focus on providing support for students in at-risk communities and she and her husband, David, serve on national committees and boards for Duke and Tulane Universities. Marion and David support land and ocean conservation efforts in Rhode Island and Boston where they have raised their four grown children. When not visiting family in Texas and Alabama, Marion and David spend as much time as possible in Wyoming.

Emilé first laid eyes on Jackson in 2003, and made such an impact on her that she went on to pursue her undergraduate studies at the University of Montana receiving a double major in Natural Resource Conservation and Environmental Studies with a minor in International Development. At U of M, Emile spent summers researching restoration ecology and policy in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. After her graduation in 2010, she moved back to Jackson to work as an outdoor educator and naturalist, teaching at the Teton Science Schools and the National Outdoor Leadership School.

In 2020, she went back to school to pursue a Master of Environmental Management at the Yale School of Environment where she is finishing her second year. Prior to Yale, she worked at the Bureau of Land Management, where she conducted habitat assessments, collected ecological data, and worked on federal policy for the Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Plan. As a field ecologist, she researched and studied pollination ecology in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

During her time at Yale, she has produced a solar feasibility study for the Nature Conservancy’s Ten Sleep preserve that is now being installed. She served as the Co-Executive Director of the Environmental Film Festival at Yale.

In Jackson, WY, Emilé serves as an ambassador for various outdoor brands, and works as a writer, covering topics from outdoor inclusion, Western identity, and the natural environment. On the side, she works as a sustainability consultant conducting carbon accounting and sourcing offsets for clients.

Brad was born and raised in the Rocky Mountain region and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Utah College of Law in 1982. During his 34-year legal career, he served in various legal roles with several major energy companies. He spent 19 years of his career living abroad and managing legal teams and projects in all parts of the world. Brad retired in 2015 from his role as General Counsel at Royal Dutch Shell and is currently a board member of several nonprofit organizations involved in conserving some of Wyoming’s extraordinary natural resources.

Sonja Rife and her husband, Jason, own and operate Killpecker Creek Cattle Company in the foothills of the Wyoming Range, where the sagebrush plains meet the soaring mountains and pine trees reach toward the open skies. Lush grasses blanket the meadows while Cottonwood Creek and Killpecker Creek provide ample feed and water for a growing herd of Galloway cattle. Sonja grew up in the D.C. area and earned her Bachelors of Science in biology. Her and her husband’s decision to leave the east coast and raise their family in the fresh air and wide-open spaces, combined with a passion for interesting, scientific-based work led to purchase 1,100 acres in Daniel, Wyoming in 2013 and begin ranching from a scientific background. With their love of good food and home cooking, Sonja and Jason raise grass-finished, no-antibiotic, no-hormone beef that they are proud to serve at their table and offer to their community.

Amy is a local attorney with Long Reimer Winegar LLP. She is a Jackson native and focuses her legal practice on trust, estate, and tax planning, with an emphasis on international issues, wealth succession, asset protection, and state income tax. Amy received an A.B. in English from Dartmouth College, an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Texas at Austin, and a J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law. Amy has lived throughout the United States, as well as in London, Tanzania, and Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, where she served as a Peace Corps volunteer. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, hiking, and spending time on the local rivers.

Patti moved to Teton Village with her late husband Joe Albracht in 2000. Most of Patti’s career was spent working in the information technology field for the City of NY. She worked at several agencies in New York City, most recently as a Deputy Director with the Mayor’s Office of Operations under Rudy Giuliani. Prior to moving to Jackson, Patti held the position of Project Manager at the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund, better known as the TIAA-CREF. Several years after purchasing and renovating our home in Teton Village, Patti decided to return to work to start a new career in the financial services field, first with Bank of the West then at First Western Trust, prior to retiring in 2017.

After completing a B.S. in Physical Geography at the University of Colorado, Hal moved to Jackson to pursue his love of the mountains. He has held many jobs in the 15 years he’s lived here. He has been a foreman for a construction company, a bartender, a furniture maker, a tandem paragliding instructor, and a musician. Hal now owns The Hub Bicycles, a bike shop with deep roots in the local community. The Hub sponsors many community fundraisers including the annual bike swap and The Run and Ride for the Cure with The St. John’s Hospital Foundation. Hal meets regularly with a task force of local politicians working on community issues. In his free time, Hal enjoys skiing and biking with his wife and two sons, and playing music in his basement with local rock stars.

Lindsay lives in East Jackson with her husband James and four children, Jack, Virginia, Whitney, and Henry. She and her family are avid skiers and hikers and love the wilderness of Wyoming. Lindsay started exploring the region as a teenager backpacking in the Wind River Range and is grateful to call Jackson home.

Professionally, Lindsay has been a Private Wealth Advisor with Goldman Sachs since 2004 providing strategic financial advice to families and foundations. Lindsay is a member of Goldman’s Advisors Council representing the top wealth advisors at the firm and Women’s Council comprised of 30 female leaders within her division. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs Lindsay received an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a B.A. from Dartmouth College where she played Varsity squash for four years and studied History and Environmental Studies. Lindsay is currently a member of Tuck’s MBA Council.