Meet the Board of Directors & Staff
The Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meets the second Thursday of every month at 8:00 a.m. in the Board Room at the Third Street Center.
Interested in serving on the Carbondale Chamber Board? Please complete the form to submit interest.
View the Carbondale Chamber Bylaws.
Mission: The Carbondale Chamber is committed to working together with business and the community to provide leadership, education, and support for its members in order to make the Carbondale Area a more vital and dynamic place to live, work, and visit.
Chamber Staff
Andrea Stewart, President & CEO
Andrea is the President & CEO of the Carbondale Chamber with 14+ years of Chamber experience. She graduated from the University of Wyoming with a degree in Communication and a minor in Marketing Communication. Andrea also has an associate degree in Resort Management & Hospitality from Colorado Mountain College. She specializes in member relations and communications, and proudly serves on a number of advisory councils and boards, including the Association of Colorado Chambers of Commerce as Chair-Elect. In 2015, Andrea was recognized by the Small Business Development Center as an Emerging Business Leader and was named Colorado Association of Commerce & Industry’s Chief Executive Director of the Year in 2017. Outside of the office, Andrea is an accomplished runner, and in 2015, ran the Boston Marathon. She takes pride in family, and enjoys spending time outdoors, and cheering on the Wyoming Cowboys with her husband and their two boys!
Heather Beach, Bookkeeper
Heather Beach joins the Chamber staff with over 16 years of accounting and office management experience, having been the CFO of Beach Resource Management for 12 years before she and her husband sold the business in 2015. Heather also served as volunteer Treasurer for the Chamber for two years and has several years of volunteer experience as treasurer for other nonprofits, including her church, Snowmass Chapel. A native Texan (born and raised in Houston), Heather attended The University of Texas at Austin and graduated from UC Berkeley, where she was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa academic society. She enjoys skiing, hiking, gardening, and reading fiction in her spare time. Heather’s two adult children live in Colorado, and she resides in the Roaring Fork Valley with her husband, Gary.
Sara McMillan, Office and Operations Coordinator
Sara McMillan has been in the valley since 2017, hailing from Minnesota. She is passionate about all things Carbondale and strives to help others thrive in the community. Her background includes working in operations, hospitality, and the arts. She is an active volunteer for non-profits, including being a resident Disc Jockey on KDNK radio and board secretary.
Sara enjoys snowboarding, mountain biking, camping, and is a live music enthusiast. She lives in Carbondale with her two wild dogs and husband.
Chamber Board of Directors
Board Chair:
Garret Jammaron
Alpine Bank
Vice Chair & Secretary:
Jamie Abbott
Carbondale Arts
Treasurer:
Ashley Worthington
Valley View Hospital
Board Members:
Brion After
Independence Run & Hike
Cindy Dady
Sunlight Mountain Resort
Denise LeFort
Colorado Mountain College
Carly Passchier
eXp Realty
Andrew Reed
FirstBank
Lauri Rubinstein
Step into Great
Steve VanDyke, PGA
River Valley Ranch Golf Course and The Homestead
Tourism Council of Carbondale Co-Chair:
Erkko Alm
Alpine Bank
Michael Stout
Carbondale Arts
Town of Carbondale Trustee Liaisons:
Jess Robison
Christina Montemayor
