Chamber Board
John Osborn
President (Board Member since 2020)
When John started Ride - Need a Ride? his main goal was to serve the community and to be a very active part of the community. He has stayed true to that, and that desire has increased even more so over the company's tenure. His desire is to see the community and businesses thrive! He is always looking for and thinking of ways of how that thrive can happen, and practices that by participating in many community events and organizations
Kristin Judy
1st Vice President (Board Member since 2021)
Kristin is a native from Conifer and graduated from Conifer High School in 2000. She is the “it girl” at Spectrum Electric, Ltd. where they sell, maintain and install Generac generators. Kristin joined the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce in 2014 and has been an active member ever since. She loves to network and volunteer whenever possible, especially if it involves pouring beer. CHEERS!
Bill Aubin
2nd Vice President (Board Member since 2022)
Mike Thompson
Treasurer (Board Member since 2021)
Mike Thompson is the owner of Snowpack Taproom & Pizzeria in Conifer. After over a decade of running a highly successful web development and consulting business started at the age of 22, Mike decided it was time for a change of pace. In late 2016 after a trip to the Pacific Northwest, Mike decided to start a restaurant in Conifer with a focus on high-end craft beer and artisan, scratch-made food. In early 2017, Snowpack Taproom & Pizzeria was launched to a very welcoming community. Both of these careers have given Mike a wealth of experience in management, team building, event organizing, and financial planning. Mike spends his free time snowboarding, offroading, camping, traveling, and refining his palette for everything the craft beer and food worlds have to offer.
Katie Burgoyne
Secretary (Board Member since 2022)
Vivian Rosso
(Board Member since 2020)
Vivian has lived in the mountain community of Conifer and Bailey since 1987. Boy, has she seen some changes! Through the years she has enjoyed watching the area grow. As a natural networker, she finds it easy to meet new folks and loves making new connections. Vivian's current job is with Chimney Doctors of Colorado. She loves to brainstorm and share ideas and wants to help the community band together and thrive!
Mindy Hanson
(Board Member since 2021)
Vanessa Acree
(Board Member since 2021)
Vanessa and her husband are the owners of Morse Evergreen Auto Body and are honored to call themselves Colorado Natives. Vanessa was raised in Conifer and has worked in the community for about 22 years. They are now raising their two children in the same small town. They are lucky to be surrounded and supportive by Vanessa's parents, brother, sister-in-law and two nephews. Vanessa and her husband are often seen bouncing from lacrosse practice to the soccer fields and cheering on their nephews at baseball and taekwondo. In between sports they are off, camping, hiking, mountain biking, or taking a deep breath and enjoying life at a local restaurant with good friends and family.
Tyler Coomes
(Board Member since 2021)
Tyler Coomes is the owner of Conifer Gutter Service & Best Awning Company. He is also a native to Conifer. Tyler purchased Conifer Gutter & Best Awning at the 30 year mark on 1/1/09. When Tyler isn’t busy meeting with homeowners, he enjoys camping, dirt biking, snowboarding, and scuba diving with his wife and son.
Dual Schneider
(Board Member since 2021)
Denver Cook
(Board Member since 2022)
Staff Members
Britni LeRoux
Executive Director
Britni joined the chamber in July of 2021. She has over a decade of non-profit leadership, community engagement, membership, and non-profit/for-profit store management experience. She is a pragmatic, creative, passionate and collaborative non-profit leader, adept at bringing people together to solve complex problems. Britni approaches issues holistically and with a sense of humor, to help her team think strategically about solutions and foster a strong network of partners with a shared interest in strengthening the local business community.
Prior to CACC, Britni served as the Director of Visitor Services with Wings Over the Rockies, and Operations Manager at Denver Zoo. She chaired the Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility Committee, as well as chaired the Audience Diversity and Inclusivity Committee and the Multilingual and Spanish Access Committee. She is deeply engaged in the Colorado community where she is a member of Women of Denver, a Women’s Foundation of Colorado Ambassador, and she resides in the Conifer area with her husband and their two dogs, Bella and Cooper. In her free time, Britni enjoys baking, exploring the mountains, and is an avid wildlife and lifestyle photographer and self-proclaimed National Park junkie.
Marilynn Bell
Bookkeeper
Marilynn was born and raised in Colorado and lived in the Evergreen area for 35 years before relocating. Prior to joining the Conifer Chamber, she worked for the Evergreen Chamber of Commerce after working for a CPA firm in Denver for 16 years. Marilynn has a degree in education and taught junior high school for several years. She missed living directly in the mountains and working at the chamber gives her an opportunity to enjoy the area.
Katie Rothman
Member Engagement Coordinator
Katie has lived in Conifer since 2019 after moving from Chicagoland where she started her career in the non-profit development field at the Art Institute of Chicago after graduating from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul Minnesota, in 2008. She is passionate about her community and helping others thrive by setting both professional and personal goals. She enjoys finding creative solutions and exploring new opportunities.
Katie is currently a board member for the Conifer Area Council and holds an Illinois real estate license. Katie holds a B.A. in Marketing Management, a B.A. in Business Communications and has extensive experience with chamber of commerce programs and events. Katie chaired one of the longest running fine art fairs, with the Naperville Illinois Woman’s Club, for 4 years and loves being a part of creative spaces. Katie enjoys cooking, traveling, trying new restaurants, needlepoint, painting and getting to know new people.