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President
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Where do you live?
How long have you lived in Grand County?
Where did you grow up / live before Grand County?
Tell Us About Yourself and Your Business or line of work!
What do you love most about where you live?
What are the best and worst parts of running a business or working in Grand County?
What do you hope to accomplish serving on the NW Grand Chamber Board of Directors?
Place of Business
Rachel Regenold
Vice President
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Where do you live?
Granby
How long have you lived in Grand County?
2 Years
Where did you grow up / live before Grand County?
Pontiac, Illinois
Tell Us About Yourself and Your Business or line of work!
We have been in business since May of 2023. My Husband Matthew and I own the company, MCR Plumbing, together. Matthew is a Master Licensed Plumber and runs that portion of the business while I handle all the office and financial portions. We are very passionate about helping Grand County locals with their needs. Normally when people need plumbing, it’s an emergency, so we try to be as quick as possible getting back to you. Our main goal is to help the community by helping grow it with the supporting causes and non profits that are important to the community and for the children.
What do you love most about where you live?
The friendliness of everyone and how people are willing to help one another.
What are the best and worst parts of running a business or working in Grand County?
Getting to know so many people and befriending so many locals and other business owners has been the best. We have not found a bad part yet.
What do you hope to accomplish serving on the NW Grand Chamber Board of Directors?
I hope we continue to grow, becoming a supportive space where business owners can thrive. My goal is to continue to help the community and ensure every business owner feels welcome and supported. Truly, there is room for everyone to succeed!
Jessica Smolleck
Treasurer
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Where do you live?
Granby
How long have you lived in Grand County?
20 years
Where did you grow up / live before Grand County?
Ligonier Pennsylvania
Tell Us About Yourself and Your Business or line of work!
I am a mother of 2 and a community member, but I work as a business manager for The Bowerbird’s Den, Autumns High Country Nest and High Country Autumn Estate Liquidators.
What do you love most about where you live?
I love the small community here. It’s similar to where I grew up. I also love supporting all the small town businesses through my skills I learned coming from a small town. It truly takes a village.
What are the best and worst parts of running a business or working in Grand County?
The best is the people I get to work with! I am fortunate to always be able to learn something new each day. Meeting new people is amazing too.
Worst I’d say is that sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day!
What do you hope to accomplish serving on the NW Grand Chamber Board of Directors?
Connecting people and continuing to support all of the small businesses here in Grand County.
Seth Stern
Director
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Where do you live?
Granby
How long have you lived in Grand County?
Born in Kremmling in '79, raised in Granby
Tell Us About Yourself and Your Business or line of work!
After graduating (miraculously) from Middle Park High School in '97, I enlisted active duty in the US Air Force. I started my career in Security Forces (Military Police) and laterally trained into Combat Arms Training & Maintenance in '02. As a CATM instructor I taught small-arms and crew-served weapons handling, inspection and repair.
I deployed to Kuwait in '99 in support of Operation Southern Watch and Iraq in '03-'04 for Operation Iraqi Freedom. My active duty bases included FE Warren in Cheyenne, WY; Clear Air Station outside of Anderson, AK; Hill in Ogden, UT and I retired out of Hanscom, Concord, MA.
After retiring, I returned home to Colorado, attending Colorado State University in Fort Collins, graduating in 2012 with degrees in Journalism (Computer Mediated Communication) and Sociology (Criminal Justice Administration). The December after graduating I was hired to work in a small gun store in Windsor, CO, Bear Arms. After managing the store for 2 years, I moved over to auto sales with Ford in Greeley.
2016 was the beginning of my journey as an entrepreneur and I started teaching concealed carry classes, running my father's FFL High Mountain Firearms & Supply as an e-commerce local gun store and taking on the occasional private security contract as an Independent Contractor.
Grand Lake Constitution Week brought me in as a guest speaker September of '21, and I realized while I was in town, I wanted to stay and make a run as a brick & mortar business. After a couple of major setbacks, I signed a lease in July 2022, and started working towards the business operation I run today and you will find me at High Mountain Firearms & Troublesome Tomahawks a couple doors down from Java Lava on main street in Granby.
What do you love most about where you live?
The views and the people
What are the best and worst parts of running a business or working in Grand County?
Marketing and an abject absence of understanding from local government of the challenges small businesses face make operations a challenge of frustration and annoyance.
The best part is providing exceptional customer service and saving my clients a trip to the Front Range by carrying and ordering modern equipment and accessories at an urban center price.
What do you hope to accomplish serving on the NW Grand Chamber Board of Directors?
Make life easier for the small business owners by communicating with local government, help my peers understand the local market and improve services and products.
Jo Pfaff
Director
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Where do you live?
Granby
How long have you lived in Grand County?
2 years
Where did you grow up / live before Grand County?
I grew up on the eastern plains of Colorado in a small farming town called Flagler. Only 500 people! I’ve live many places throughout my life from Wyoming to Utah to Western New York for 17 years and all over Colorado. I love to travel.
Tell Us About Yourself and Your Business or line of work!
I found my passion in massage Therapy 5 years ago. Prior to this, I had been a stay at home mom as well as a home health aide for patients with Dementia & Alzheimer’s.
I also have experience working as a paraprofessional in the public school working with autistic children. I served on many committees with our local school as well as president and member of several other groups and organizations within my religious community and town. Throughout all of these years of experience with adults and children, I’ve learned we ALL just want to feel heard and validated.
I, from a young age (and by the examples of my grandparents and other amazing people) knew that no matter what, I wanted to serve others and help take the burdens of everyday life off their minds and shoulders, if even for a little while. I love what I do. Getting to know my clients and working through what their needs are, is what drives and challenges me. I live for helping others find their way to a more complete balance of body, mind, & spirit through massage and energy work.
What do you love most about where you live?
THE MOUNTAINS! Plain and simple. The beauty is breathtaking. I love our small town and when we come together.
What are the best and worst parts of running a business or working in Grand County?
The best part of having a business is here is the overwhelming support from our fellow business owner friends. From referrals to using our services themselves, it means the world. Our community members that support us by shopping local as often as possible. The hardest part is high rents for commercial space, good location for marketing and advertising.
What do you hope to accomplish serving on the NW Grand Chamber Board of Directors?
I want to help my fellow business owner friends increase business exposure, income, and to help them continue to stay in business. I have a desire to help those who have ever thought about opening a business but not known where to start or how. I want people to feel comfortable to come to the chamber for guidance and help with the many processes involved with opening a business. I want to encourage our existing businesses (as well as new businesses) to stay in the county and know they have a strong support system. We LOVE to network!
Jason Weddingfeld Director
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Where do you live?
Grand Lake
How long have you lived in Grand County?
Full time for last 6 years. Have owned property here for 15 years.
Where did you grow up / live before Grand County?
Born and raised in Denver area. I lived in many different places (including Europe) prior to making Grand County my forever home.
Tell Us About Yourself and Your Business or line of work!
I own and operate SureLock Security- a full service mobile locksmith business (residential, commercial, automotive and safes). I am also the General Manager for North Shore Lodge on Lake Granby. Prior to my current roles, I was a naval submarine officer, consultant and corporate executive where I focused on driving operational excellence and organizational performance transformation.
What do you love most about where you live?
Being in the heart of Grand County. I love the outdoors and enjoy hunting and fishing.
What are the best and worst parts of running a business or working in Grand County?
I enjoy proving valuable services to my neighbors and visitors to Grand County. The hardest part of running a business here is the seasonality of visitors to the area.
What do you hope to accomplish serving on the NW Grand Chamber Board of Directors?
I aspire to provide structure and focus to help us successfully pursue our vision, execute our mission and live our values.
Kevin Flanagan Director
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Where do you live?
Parshall
How long have you lived in Grand County?
10 years
Where did you grow up / live before Grand County?
I grew up in Sarasota Florida
Tell Us About Yourself and Your Business or line of work!
My fiance Tiffany Lenherr, a 16 year Grand County resident and I currently live out by Ute Pass in Parshall. We have 3 Labrador Retrievers who are as passionate as us about hiking and exploring. We opened our furniture store, Mountain Valley Furniture Store at the end of February 2025. We are grateful for how it has gone since opening and are excited as we grow and expand. Tiffany and I have done a lot of traveling and still have never discovered a place that we’ve wanted to call home more than Grand County, we love our community!
What do you love most about where you live?
The people, the animals and the beautiful scenery in every direction!
What are the best and worst parts of running a business or working in Grand County?
Our favorite part about our Furniture, art and accessories store is our customers! All of us at Mountain Valley Furniture Store love nothing more than building new relationships with the customers that make up our community. Worst part is less about Grand County and more about the state of Colorado and its high taxes haha!
What do you hope to accomplish serving on the NW Grand Chamber Board of Directors?
I hope to be able to contribute as much as I possibly can as well as making long lasting connections with other board of director members, chamber members and their businesses.
Rachael Thackston
Director
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Where do you live?
Fraser
How long have you lived in Grand County?
Seven Years
Where did you grow up / live before Grand County?
Georgia
Tell Us About Yourself and Your Business or line of work!
I am currently the owner of Mountain House Solutions, a Grand County based concierge service for both locals and second homeowners. I offer services such as grocery delivery, event planning, housekeeping, itinerary planning and gift basket delivery.
What do you love most about where you live?
We love Grand County for its beauty, slow pace and community vibes. Fridays off from school is most assuredly a bonus, too!
What are the best and worst parts of running a business or working in Grand County?
Meeting new people is definitely the best part of running a business here. I love to meet and engage with our second homeowner community, as I find them to be tremendously supportive of small business in Grand. The worst part for me has been learning the balance of our busy winter and summer seasons with the slower in between seasons.
What do you hope to accomplish serving on the NW Grand Chamber Board of Directors?
I hope to contribute to building and bettering our local business community by donating my time, creativity and passion for our continued growth and development in all of Grand.
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Where do you live?
How long have you lived in Grand County?
Where did you grow up / live before Grand County?
Tell Us About Yourself and Your Business or line of work!
What do you love most about where you live?
What are the best and worst parts of running a business or working in Grand County?
What do you hope to accomplish serving on the NW Grand Chamber Board of Directors?
Director