The Chamber
Board of Directors & Ex Officios
The purpose of the Board is to see to it that the Loveland Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center is best representing the Chamber investors interest (or share) in the organization. Simply stated, the board is governing on behalf of you, the Chamber investor.
Please know your Chamber board takes this responsibility very seriously and meets on your behalf at least monthly. The Loveland Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center Board meets the fourth Thursday of the month from 4 - 5:30 p.m. at the Ken & Helen Erion Conference Room in the Loveland Chamber of Commerce.
The board also has set bylaws and governing policies guiding them in how they govern. Both the bylaws and governing policies are based on the Carver theories of Policy Governance.
You may apply for the Chamber Board of Director's by completing an application found by clicking here.
Please meet your current Board of Directors and Ex officios governing the Loveland Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center.
Dave Clark
Chair
Candlelight Dinner Playhouse4747 Marketplace Dr.
Johnstown, CO 80534
744-3747
dave@coloradocandlelight.com
Nathan L. Klein
Chair Elect
Loveland Commercial, LLC
1043 Eagle Drive
Loveland, CO 80537
667-7000x109 F: 635-2514
nklein@lovelandcommercial.com
Nathan joined Loveland Commercial in February 2004 as an intern through Colorado State University and became a full-time Broker Associate and Project Manager upon graduation shortly thereafter. Nathan became a partner of Loveland Commercial in June 2006 and has quickly become one of the leading real estate brokers in Northern Colorado. A few of Nathan’s recent brokerage accomplishments include representation of the City of Loveland in the purchase of 90 acres of strategic Interstate Interchange land, representing Colorado vNet in a corporate relocation and consolidation to a 42K s.f. flex/office location in South Loveland, and work with King Soopers to secure a new location for a 123K s.f. Marketplace store in North Ft. Collins. Nathan’s ability to analyze and develop property values, analyze market conditions, and identify market opportunities is exceptional. Nathan is currently working on his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation.
Nathan graduated Summa Cum Laude from Colorado State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate. Nathan’s previous experience includes two and a half years with Bank of Colorado and an internship with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Christine Kapperman
Chair Emeritus
Loveland Reporter-Herald
201 East 5th Street
Loveland, CO 80537
669-5050 F: 667-1111
Christine Kapperman is the Chair-Elect for the Loveland Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. She has served the Chamber Board since 2005 and will become the Chair of the Board in 2011. Christine is also the managing editor of the Reporter-Herald, one of Loveland's oldest businesses and longest-running chamber members. She has held several positions at the newspaper in her 15 years with the company including as special sections, features and business editor as well as assistant managing editor. Raised in an entrepreneurial family, she has always worked for family or family-owned companies, including while in high school and college and as she does now. She moved here from Jackson, Wyo., where she worked for the Jackson Hole Guide newspaper.
Philip Kembel
Treasurer
Philip C. Kembel CPA, LLC
(970) 635-1823
pkembel@gmail.com
Phil Kembel is the 2012 Treasurer for the Loveland Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He is the managing member at Philip C. Kembel CPA, LLC. Phil has lived in Loveland since February 2003 and appreciates Loveland being a smaller community environment, conveniently located near the mountains and Fort Collins/Greeley area.
Serving on the board is an opportunity to contribute Phil’s experience and participate in the management of the Loveland Chamber while further learning about the community. As a Chamber investor, Phil enjoys the networking opportunities the Loveland Chamber offers and meeting people. He also participates in the Chamber Business After Hours, STIR, serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He also volunteers at the Annual Corn Roast Festival and has attended various leads groups.
Phil graduated Baylor University with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration and a Masters of Accountancy. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
Miki Roth
Secretary
The Group, Inc. Real Estate
5401 Stone Creek Circle
Loveland, CO 80538
613-0700 F: 667-7955
mikiroth@groupinc.com
Loveland native Miki Roth is the 2012 Board Secretary for the Loveland Chamber. She has been a Chamber member for five years and a Board member for two years. As a local area expert with knowledge of the communities, Miki has extensive experience with buyers purchasing existing homes, new construction, and relocation to and from the area. Additionally, she is a director on the Loveland/Berthoud Association of Realtors Board and is the community relations chairperson for LBAR this year. Roth is a Leadership Loveland graduate.
Stephanie Fancher
Board of Directors
Loveland Ready Mix Concrete, Inc.1811 W. 12th St.
Loveland, CO 80538
Stephanie represents Loveland Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. Loveland Ready Mix has been family owned and operated for over 55 years, by 3 generations. Their roots run deep in Loveland, and through the support of Loveland businesses and support of business growth in Loveland they strive to contribute to an active community with a healthy economy where the next generation will also want to live.
Since 1955 Loveland Ready Mix supplies ready mix concrete to Loveland, Fort Collins, Greeley, Boulder , and the northern Front Range. Loveland Ready Mix has plants in Loveland, Johnstown, and Boulder. Stephanie is in charge of Engineering and Permitting for their gravel mining operations and water augmentation requirements.
Stephanie has her BS in Civil Engineering from University of Colorado, Boulder, and MBA in Marketing, University of Phoenix. She currently serves on the Loveland Planning Commission. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Stone Sand and Gravel Association, and is an active member of their Land Use and Environmental Committee.
Being a Chamber investor, she appreciates the chance to work with all the other investors who are hard working, community minded people, and the chance to be part of the great programs the Chamber has to offer. Stephanie was a graduate of the 2010/2011 Leadership Loveland Class.
Pete Gazlay
Board of Directors
Total Facility Care, LLC
5155 Coral Burst Circle
Loveland, CO 80538
(970) 412-4346
PeteG@TotalFacilityCare.com
Pete is a lifelong resident of Northern Colorado having grown up in Greeley, attending Colorado State University and living in Fort Collins for 21 years and living in Loveland since 2003. Pete graduated cum laude from Regis University in Denver with a B.S. in Business Administration.
Pete believes the chamber is a single voice on issues that affect business and the business climate in Loveland, Larimer County and the State. The chamber advocates for businesses at a level that individual business owners don't have the time or resources to do on their own. There are great opportunities in Loveland and the chamber has a vital role in continuing to make the community a great place to live and do business. Being involved with the Chamber, Pete enjoys the connections with other chamber members and doing business locally with people he knows and trusts.
Rick Hontz
Board of Directors
Budweiser Events Center / The Ranch
5290 Arena Circle
Loveland, CO 8538
619-4105
Rick Hontz, employed by Global Spectrum, is the General Manager at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, CO. Global Spectrum is a facility management firm that manages over 95 arenas and convention centers throughout the country. The management company is a subsidiary of Comcast-Spectacor where Hontz began his career. With a degree in Mass Communications and Advertising from Bloomsburg University, Hontz began his career as Marketing Manager in 1996 at the Well Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA. Here he developed and implemented successful marketing plans for various events including the Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers, managed budgets, solicited sponsorships, managed a marketing team, and had record-breaking grosses for many events. He later was named Director of Marketing for Sun National Bank Center in Trenton, NJ by Global Spectrum in 2000. As Director of Marketing, he orchestrated marketing and public relation campaigns for the new facility. He was responsible for record ticket sales that helped rank the arena #5 in the world by Billboard Magazine. He accepted a promotion to Assistant General Manager at the arena. As a supervisor of eight departments, he worked to establish and attain show budgets, generate additional arena revenue, and negotiate contracts with promoters, vendors, tenants, and agents. Continuing to grow in Global Spectrum, Hontz accepted a position at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, CO as General Manager in March of 2004. During his tenure at the Loveland arena, he helped lure acts to Northern Colorado such as Rod Stewart, David Bowie, Motley Crue, Disney on Ice, Cirque Du Soleil to name a few. In 2009, Global Spectrum named him a Regional Vice President for the company in which he now oversees other sports and entertainment arenas in multiple states while continuing being the General Manager of the Budweiser Events Center. Hontz is also a member of the IAAM (International Association of Arena Managers).
John Metcalf
Board of Directors
Perfect Square1151 Eagle Drive, Suite 182
Loveland, CO 80537
970-290-7061 (work)
john@perfectsquare.net
John Metcalf is owner of Perfect Square, a graphic design company whose mission is to provide ‘design with the right angle,’ and has operated in Loveland since 2007. Metcalf’s professional graphic design experience encompasses logo, branding, print advertising, marketing collateral, event graphics, direct mail, annual reports, online promotions and website design projects. Metcalf has had the pleasure of working with some of the finest businesses in northern Colorado, the state and the country, both large and small.
Metcalf’s community involvement includes Steering Committe Chair for Stir—Loveland Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Group, current member and past Chair for the Loveland Chamber of Commerce’s Marketing Resource Committee, Leadership Loveland Steering Committee member, Chair for the Warren Tech/JeffCo Public Art Advisory Committee, invited speaker and guest instructor at Colorado State University Graphic Design department.
Metcalf graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with concentrations in Graphic Design and Sculpture. Metcalf’s previous experience includes four years as the Creative Director for bieMEDIA and eight years as Senior Graphic Artist for the Design Group, providing agency services to Denver Post advertisers and promotional events.
Jean Mooney
Past Chair
Larimer Humane Society
5137 South College Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80525
P:530-2951
jmooney@larimerhumane.org
Jean Mooney served as Chair for the the Loveland Chamber of Commerce in 2008. She has been a Chamber board member since 2006. She has also served on the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance board from 2000 to 2007. Currently serving as the Director of Human Resources for the Larimer Humane Society, Jean was previously employed by Agilent Technologies (1999-2009) and Hewlett-Packard (1992-1999). Prior to leaving Agilent, Jean was the company's Colorado Public Affairs & Communications Mgr as well as the Global Business Communications Mgr for the Materials Science Solutions business unit. Additional Agilent and Hewlett-Packard positions included PR/Comms Mgr, HR Generalist and Marcom Mgr.
Jean earned her BA in Communications from Texas A&M University. Additionally, she holds HR Generalist Certification from the Society for Human Resource Management and Corporate Community Involvement Certification from Boston College Carroll School of Management.
Marilyn Schock
Chair Emeritus
Banner Health McKee Medical Center
2000 Boise Avenue Loveland, CO 80538
350-6044 F: 350-6644
Marilyn.Schock@bannerhealth.com
Marilyn Schock is the 2010 Chair for the Loveland Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. She has been on the Chamber Board since 2007. As the CEO of McKee Medical Center, she oversees a 132-bed nonprofit, acute-care hospital that offers excellence in health care including cancer care, women's services, orthopedics and surgical care.
Marilyn has been employed at Banner Health in various positions since 1986 and more than 23 years of increasing leadership roles in the health care industry. Her most recent positions include Associate Administrator at North Colorado Medical Center and Mckee Medical Center, and Interim CEO for Torrington Community Hospital.
Schock received an Associate of Applied Science from Northwest College from Powell Wyoming in 1982, a BS in Occupational Therapy from Colorado State University in 1985; and an MBA from Colorado State University in 2002. She is currently a Registered Occupational Therapist, a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is active in many community programs.
John Shaw
Board of Directors
DaVinci Sign Systems, Inc.
4496 Bents Drive
Windsor, CO 80550
203-9292 F: 203-9293
john@davinchisign.com
John J. Shaw is founder and general manager for the award winning custom sign manufacturing company, DaVinci Sign Systems Inc. located in Windsor, Co. He is a member of the Loveland, Fort Collins and Denver Chambers of Commerce. Shaw is the 2010 Chair for the Loveland Chamber of Commerce Local Legislative Affairs Committee, and is currently serving on the 2010 Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance Board. Additionally he is a member of the International Sign Association, and the education committee.
In 1982 Shaw graduated from Colorado State University with a BS in Industrial Science Technology Education. Shaw has been a Northern Colorado resident since 1976, living in Boulder, LaPorte and Fort Collins, where he currently resides with his three daughters: Kali, Jeannine and Alayna.
Marv Spanbauer
Board of Directors
Konica Minolta Executive
2700 South College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80525
226-3500
mspanbauer@kmbs.konicaminolta.us
Marv is an Account Executive for Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. He has been with Konica Minolta for over 9 years. Konica Minolta Business Solutions is the direct marketing arm for Konica Minolta which is the manufacture of a complete line of copier and copier based printer devices as well as a document management company worldwide. Marv has been very successful in the business equipment industry for over 21 years here in Northern Colorado.
Marv’s financial background and training allowed him to become a stockbroker and financial planner from 1983 to 1990. Prior to that, and moving to Colorado in 1993, Marv was co-owner of family based businesses in Rockford IL.
Marv has served as past Chair of the Chamber’s Ambassador Program. He also received the Chamber’s Ambassador of the Year Award 4 years in a row from 2006 through 2009. He also was awarded the Chamber’s 2006 Customer Service Excellence Award. He stills serves as an Ambassador for the Chamber and enjoys helping the Chamber keep the message and mission of the Chamber out to the Chamber investors.
Marv’s loves the “small town” feel of Loveland and attends many of the Chamber events such as the leads groups and Business Before Hours and Business After hours.
Marv has lived in the Loveland area since 1985.
Marilyn Stone
Board of Director
Porter Industries, Inc.
5202 Granite St.
Loveland, CO 80538
667-5239
marilyns@porterindustries.com
Marilyn currently is serving as a consultant and member of the Board of Directors for Porter Industries. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business/MIS from the University of Northern Colorado and her Master of Science in Business/CIS from Colorado State University.
Marilyn and husband Bob have lived in the Loveland area since 1970 and have watched the city quadruple in size. Although Loveland now offers features that larger municipalities offer, it still maintains its small town qualities due to its greatest asset, the people.
Being a Chamber investor provides us the opportunity to participate in activities which help the community while allowing us to network with other Chamber investors. Some of our favorite activities are the annual dinner, the Valentine program, and the Corn Roast.
Prior to serving on the Board of Directors, Marilyn served as a Chamber Ambassador and is a graduate of the Leadership Loveland class of 2010-2012. Actively participating in the Chamber of Commerce has provided our company the opportunity to give back to the community by supporting local businesses and non-profit organizations.
Jodi Tabert, LL. M.
Board of Directors
Patterson Tabert Law Offices
1624 Topaz Drive
Loveland, CO 80537
612-1208
jodi@patterson-tabert.com
Wesley Fothergill
Ex Officio Member
Thompson R2-J School District
800 South Taft Avenue
Loveland, CO 80537
613-6086 F: 663-6087
fothergillwd@thompson.k12.co.us
Daryle Klassen
Ex Officio Member
Loveland City Council500 East Third Street
Loveland, CO 80537
692-2191 F: 962-2900
daryle.klassen@ci.loveland.co.us
Daryle Has been in Loveland since 1970 and has overall high appreciation of Loveland's quality of life. Klassen graduated Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas with BA Degree, majoring in speech and journalism.
Walt Elish
Ex Officio Member
Northern Colorado Economic Development
3553 Clydesdale Parkway, Suite 230
Loveland, CO 80538
667-0905 F: 669-4680
welish@ncedc.com
Rod Wensing
Ex Officio Member
City of Loveland
500 East Third Street
Loveland, CO 80537
692-2301 F: 962-2900
wensir@ci.loveland.co.us
