Board Of Directors / Staff

The Board of Directors meets twice monthly:

• The second & fourth Wednesdays of each month from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Rifle Area Chamber of Commerce
2008 Board of Directors

2008 Chamber Board President
Mark Fergen
Mark Fergen is the President/Owner of Mountain Air Mechanical. He has lived in the valley for most of his life. He graduated from Glenwood Springs High School and joined the military after high school. After his time in the military he came back to the area and started to work for his father in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning industry. He started Mountain Air Mechanical in 2002. In Mark’s free time he enjoys a variety of outdoor activities including golf, snowmobiling, camping, and jet skiing.

2008 Chamber Board Vice President
Shari Neuroth
Shari Neuroth is the Vice President of the Rifle Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. She is co-owner of Metro Brokers Real Estate Offices in Rifle, and specializes in Residential Real Estate. Having lived in the area for more than 25 years, she has a unique understanding of what you and your family will experience everyday that you live, work and play in this and the surrounding communities. Shari and her husband Ben have two daughters and devote much of their free time to their education and sporting activities. Currently, Shari is also the President of the Rifle Middle School PTA and has served on numerous charitable boards, coached many of her daughters' teams and volunteered in many of the City's events over the years.

2008 Chamber Board Treasurer
Jim Voorheis
Jim Voorheis of American National Bank: Jim has 25 experience years in lending; spent 6 years as an owner / operator of retail store; 4 years in the grocery business and 8 years as an environmental biologist. Jim is a member of the Rifle Area Chamber of Commerce, the Rifle Economic Development Corporation, the CMC Advisory Board and the Silt Board Of Trustees. Jim has BA from CU in biology & anthropology as well as a post-graduate Regis MBA. Jim’s interests are music, motorcycling, bicycling, and hiking.

Scott Becker
Scott Becker is Vice President and Branch Manager at Bank of Colorado, in Rifle. He came to Rifle in June 2006 from Kirkland, WA where he was very active in that community, as well as, on the boards of the Kirkland Chamber of Commerce and Kirkland Rotary. He is a Rifle Chamber Ambassador and serves on the board of the Rifle Rotary Club as its President-Elect for 2008. Scott is also an active volunteer in the community, along with his wife and daughter.

 

Lisa Caskey
Lisa has been a resident Garfield County for over 30 years. For the last 14 years Rifle has been home. She opened Patriot Mortgage in Rifle in March 2006 and immediately joined the Chamber. “The Chamber has been a great source of support and networking opportunities for my business. I am proud to be a part of such an important aspect of our Community and hope to assist other small businesses to grow and prosper.” She is a past volunteer and board member of the Friends of the Rifle Animal Shelter and is currently involved with the Chamber Ambassadors Program.

Jeanice Freeman
Jeanice Freeman is a certified paralegal, a licensed real estate agent, and has been an office manager for over fifteen years. For almost three years now she has owned and operated The Ranch House Western Furnishings, a business which she started myself. She also recently opened another store in Rifle, The Ranch House Western Wear, and hopes to merge both of her stores into one location soon. Jeanice and her husband reside in Battlement Mesa and really love living and working in this area.

Chris Pearson
2008 begins Chris’s 28th year of living in the community of Rifle. She retired in 2004 from Garfield School District, having taught at Rifle Middle School for 23 years. Having free time and wanting to give back to the community, she was elected in 2006 to the Rifle Chamber Board of Directors. She was also recently elected (November 2007) to the Garfield School District RE-2 Board of Education. Chris is actively involved in helping her husband with the George Pearson Agency / American Family Insurance office in Rifle. She also work part-time as a cruise specialist for New Dawn Travel Service in Rifle. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, RVing, cruising, and boating at Lake Powell. Family time with her husband, daughters, their spouses, and grandchildren still rank #1 on her list of favorites.

Randy Winkler

Randy moved to Rifle in 2002 when he had purchased his current business, MicroPlastics, from Rifle resident Jeanice & Urban Quint (which so happens to be Jody's - Randy's wife- aunt & uncle).  Since then he has been very active within the community as a board member of the Rifle Downtown Development Authority (DDA), Community Newspapers of Colorado, Inc.  and the Rifle Planning and Zoning Commission.  Randy graduated from Arizona State University with a BFA in Graphic Design and had owned and operated a "Winkler Sign and Design" for 14 years in Phoenix, AZ.

 

Joy Wentzel
Joy is the Vice President and Branch Manager of the South Rifle Alpine Bank Location in Rifle Colorado. She has completed a Degree in Business Management at Colorado Mountain College and Finance Degree from the University of Colorado. Joy is also involved in the community with the Chamber Ambassadors and has been on the Chamber Board of Directors for one year.