Chamber Board and Staff

Mission: The Carbondale Chamber is commited to working together with business and the community to provide leadership, educa􀆟on, and support for its members in order to make the Carbondale Area a more vital and dynamic place to live, work, and visit.

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. 

Click here to view the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce Bylaws.

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.


Katie Woltjer, Director of Operations

Katie, Director of Operations, has been on the Carbondale Chamber dream-team for 6 years, and values the connectivity and involvement she has in managing daily Chamber and Tourism needs. When she’s not in the office, Katie enjoys spending quality time with her husband and their three collective animals, visiting new and familiar places, participating at her local church, reading, and getting outside to enjoy the fresh mountain air.

Chamber Board of Directors

Board Chair:

Brendan Matthias
FirstBank

Vice Chair & Secretary:

Ashley Worthington
Valley View Hospital

Treasurer:

Garret Jammaron
Alpine Bank

Board Members:

Jamie Abbott
Carbondale Arts

Brion After
Independence Run & Hike

Benoit DeFrancisco
Allegria

Kiko Pena
Sopris Liquor & Wine

Lauri Rubinstein
Step into Great

Steve Skadron
Colorado Mountain College

Steve VanDyke, PGA
River Valley Ranch Golf Course and Homestead Bar & Grill

Tourism Council of Carbondale Chair:

Erkko Alm
Alpine Bank

Town of Carbondale Trustee Liaisons:

Erica Sparhawk

Jess Robison

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Events & Activities

Jul 26
>53rd Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair
53rd Annual Carbondale Mountain Fair

July 26th-28th, join Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Valley community in celebrating the best event of the summer, Mountai...

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Jul 27
>Carbondale Clay Center’s Mountain Fair Pottery Throwdown Relay
Carbondale Clay Center’s Mountain Fair Pottery Throwdown Relay

Join us for CCC’s third annual Pottery Throwdown Relay on Saturday at 6pm under the judging tent. Eight teams of four wi...

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Jul 28
>Porcupine Loop Bike Race
Porcupine Loop Bike Race

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Aug 2
>August First Friday
August First Friday

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Aug 10
>Gymkhana
Gymkhana

Sopris Gymkhana Club

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Aug 11
>Summer Park Concert Series
Summer Park Concert Series

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