Steve Yurash – State Chairman

Born and raised in Palo Alto, CA , lived there until moving to Fort Collins in 2003

B.S. Physics from San Jose State

Retired former Intel corporation computer chip engineer, doing design, test, and debug

Former member of the Larimer County Board of Health

Former member of the Fort Collins Electric Board

Political consultant for local non-partisan races as a hobby in my 20’s

Avid skier, hiker and motorcycle rider

Who is Steve Yurash: https://youtu.be/-A2u9u0JnJY

3 adult children:

Stephanie – Economics, University of Chicago

Melissa – Statistics, Denver University

Brett – P.h.d. Chemistry, UC Santa Barbara

Van Dougherty – Vice Chairman

Tim Bessler – Secretary 

Business Management Department Hewlett Packard Enterprise Corp.

Former candidate for State Legislature

Rich Herrmann – Bonus member Jefferson County

Former State Chairman of the Forward Party

a retired upstream oil & gas technology executive and holds a B.S. in Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences from MIT and an M.S. in Exploration Geophysics from Stanford University.  He is married with two adult children and resides in Morrison, CO. He is a rock drummer in several bands, an avid mountain biker, fair weather skier and a terrible golfer.

Skinny Winkler – Bonus member Adams County

Owner SSS stage productions

Former State Representative District 34

Married with 3 children

Matt Snider – Bonus member Arapahoe

Former member Aurora Civil Service Commission 

Former Democratic Candidate for State Representative

Former Center Party Candidate for State Senate

Joey Markusfeld – Bonus member El Paso

Air Force Veteran

United Airlines Pilot

Bachelor of Science, National Security Studies, United States Air Force Academy, CO

Master of Science, Aeronautical Science, Embry Riddle University, Daytona, FL

Married with 3 children

Brian McGuire – Bonus member from Jefferson County

Safety and Compliance executive with 40 years of experience leading Environmental, Health, Safety, Security, Quality, DOT, and Sustainability programs across multiple industries in the U.S. and Canada.

B.S. degree in Industrial Safety from the Milwaukee School of Engineering 

Member of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP).

Stephen Keith – Bonus member from Arapahoe county

Claremont McKenna College BA management 

Stanford University, BS/MS civil engineering 

Professional Engineer California and Colorado

47 years in design civil/structural engineering, environmental engineering, project and program management

Married with 2 children

Other Bonus members

Nick Barr – Broomfield

Lindsey Slama – Larimer