Board of Directors
2 months ago
Andrew Karow
Andrew is Chief Digital Officer at Alpine Bank and part of the five-person Senior Executive Team responsible for all aspects of Alpine Bank's more than 130,000 customers and 800+ employees. Andrew’s experience includes leadership development strategy, corporate governance, compliance, and change management. He has extensive experience serving on various local boards since 1996 and is a board member of the Charter School Institute in Denver, as well. He was awarded the 2021 Founder's Day Award and is the dad of a Ross graduate.
Erik Kushto, Treasurer
May 2021 - June 2023
board.erikkushto@rossmontessori.org
Erik has 20 years of experience advising corporate and private equity clients globally on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, strategic initiatives, and debt and equity financings as well as expertise in all aspects of financial review and analysis, including planning and budgeting. Erik served on the Board of Directors for The Peterson Garden Project which converted abandoned city lots into pop-up victory gardens, providing over 800 raised-bed plots to urban gardeners in Chicago along with educational programming focused on gardening, cooking, nutrition, and food security.
Michelle Skagen, Vice President
Paul Smith, President
May 2021-June 2024
Paul is a member of the State Bar of Colorado and the State Bar of New Mexico. Paul specializes in the areas of estate planning, business planning probate, trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, elder law, and long-term care planning. Paul is published in Colorado Law periodicals regarding trust and estate law and has regularly presented to the Colorado Bar Association on trust and estate case law. Locally, he serves on the Valley View Hospital Foundation Internal Funding and Legacy Committees. He received the Founder's Day award in 2021/22.
Sarah Oates, Secretary
Growing up in Aspen and having worked in both the local government and non-profit sectors prior to becoming a lawyer, Sarah has an extensive understanding of the local community. Sarah also has strong local ties to Aspen. Sarah has served on the RMS board in the past and provides us with a community member's outlook.
Kristin Davis
Kristin Davis
board.kristindavis@rossmontessori.org
Kristin has lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for the past 21 years. She and her husband Joe have two children: a Ross alum high school son and a lower el daughter. Kristin received two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Management and Marketing. Since attending Texas Lutheran University, she has pursued the entrepreneurial path and owned and operated a small appliance company in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for seven years, then moved to Aspen and began her career at Bishop Plumbing and Heating in 2001. Now the owner, she brings the experience of leadership and vision and has an extensive background in accounting, performing all financial duties for the company. She has continued management training throughout her career. Kristin brings board experience,having served on the Blue Lake Preschool board for several years.She volunteers as a former hockey player as a Grizzly Hockey team manager for her son's team. She heads up the training for new managers and coordinates goalie training sessions. It is rumored that she always gets in 10,000 steps a day and sometimes more than that. She has also volunteered at Ross, most recently as an Annual Fund captain.
