Officers
Colorado River Watershed: Scott Jones, President - Gypsum, CO
Scott Jones serves as the president of CACD and represents the Colorado River Watershed. He is also on the Eagle County Conservation Board and has served on the board since 2008. Scott and his wife Jennifer, along with their two beautiful children work together as managers of the Colorado River Ranch where they raise cattle, grow hay and train horses. Scott also enjoys team roping in his spare time. |
Rio Grande River Watershed: Tyler Neely, Vice-President – Del Norte, CO
Tyler Neely is a fourth-generation farmer from the San Luis Valley. He and his wife, Margaret own and operate Rio West Farms, LLC in Rio Grande County where he has served as supervisor for the Rio Grande Conservation District, as well as a member of the board for the Rio Grande Watershed Conservation Education Initiative since 2014. Tyler also serves as the vice-chair for the Rio Grande Watershed and as a board member for the San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District, where he is proud to continue a family legacy of land and water stewardship. |
Executive Director - Bobbi Ketels
Bobbi started as CACD's Executive Director in April 2017. Bobbi comes from a corporate world background; which included developing and running a national in-house finance and insurance division; meeting the demands of an affordable and enjoyable retirement lifestyle for many families nationwide. Bobbi lives in Lamar, Colorado, with her husband and together they have six children and eight wonderful grandchildren.
Office: 719-336-3437, ext 130
Cell: 719-686-0020
Mailing Address: PO Box 1175, Lamar, CO 81052
Physical Address: 1501 S. Main Street, Lamar, CO 81052
Bobbi started as CACD's Executive Director in April 2017. Bobbi comes from a corporate world background; which included developing and running a national in-house finance and insurance division; meeting the demands of an affordable and enjoyable retirement lifestyle for many families nationwide. Bobbi lives in Lamar, Colorado, with her husband and together they have six children and eight wonderful grandchildren.
Office: 719-336-3437, ext 130
Cell: 719-686-0020
Mailing Address: PO Box 1175, Lamar, CO 81052
Physical Address: 1501 S. Main Street, Lamar, CO 81052
Directors
San Juan Basin Watershed: Gary Thrash, Director - Durango, CO
Gary Thrash is a Colorado native and farms with his wife on Florida Mesa, SE of Durango, CO. He has been a supervisor on the La Plata CD since 2012. He retired from the Bureau of Land Management with 36+ years in public land resource management. Gary serves as the San Juan Watershed Director for the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts and is an alternate representative for Colorado with the National Association of Conservation Districts. 
Upper South Platte River Watershed: Charlie Carnahan, Director - Kiowa, CO
Charlie Carnahan is a 4th generation rancher. He serves as a director for the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts, representing the Upper South Platte Watershed Districts. Charlie and his wife Jane have 4 children and 4 grandchildren, He and his son Chris, run a cow/calf operation and he also produces hay crops south of Kiowa in Elbert County. Charlie has served as a director on the Kiowa Conservation District Board for over 30 years. He is deeply committed to conservation practices. 
Gunnison-Dolores River Watershed: Mike Cleary, Director - Crawford, CO
Mike Cleary serves as a director and vice president of CACD, representing the Gunnison and Dolores watershed. Mike and his wife Kristina live on their cattle ranch which is situated on the Western Slope near the town of Crawford in Delta county. Mike is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines and a professional engineer with 40 years of field experience. He started ranching operations in 2004 and he manages his cow calf operation and supporting hay production. He also serves as a board member on both the Clipper Ditch and the Grandview Ditch. 
Lower South Platte Watershed: Nancy Berges, Director - Julesburg, CO
Nancy Berges and her husband, Raymond, are 3 rd generation owners of their dryland family farm located in southeast Sedgwick County. They have three sons: Ron, Rory, and Ryan. Berges represents the Lower South Platte Watershed District. Nancy recently retired from Highline Eclectic in Holyoke where she served as Member Services Director. Currently she also serves on the Holyoke Community Federal Credit Union Board. Berges enjoys gardening and canning. She shares many canned foods with friends plus donating many baskets of canned foods for area fund raisers. |
Republican River Watershed: Jim Cecil, Director - Cope, CO
Jim Cecil serves as a director to the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts, representing the Republican River Watershed. Jim and his wife, Vickie, live near Cope in Washington County. They manage the cow/ calf and yearling operation and grow wheat, corn, and hay crops. Conservation and sustainability are essential to this 4th generation family farm. Jim serves on the Cope Conservation District Board of Directors. Jim’s father and grandfather also served on this board and were always mindful of conservation of the soil, air, and water. 
Upper Arkansas River Watershed: George Fosha, Director - Calhan, CO
George Fosha is serving as CACD director representing the Upper Arkansas Watershed. George is a consulting water resources engineer, with over 45 years of experience in water rights, water infrastructure and project construction management for a variety of industrial, governmental, municipal, and agricultural clients throughout Colorado. In his spare time, George and his wife Sally operate a small cow-calf operation on Big Sandy Creek, near Calhan, Colorado, a family ranch dating back to the 1870’s. George has served as a supervisor for the Double El Conservation District since 2000. 
North-Platte, White, Yampa Watershed: Nick Charchalis, Director - Meeker, CO
Nick Charchalis, a northwest Colorado native, represents the Yampa, White and North Platte River Watershed on the CACD board. Nick is a lifelong farmer/rancher having raised sheep, cattle, hay, and dry-land wheat. Nick and his wife, Ann, live near Craig in Moffat County. 
Lower Arkansas Watershed: Joe Pope, Director - Boone, CO
Joe Pope comes from a long history of family farming and ranching. He moved from Missouri in the early 1900's to farm and raise cattle in the Olney Boone area and has a successful history of implementing best management practices on his land. |
Additional Member/Partner Contacts:
Bob Warner, NACD CO Alt Board Member & CACD Alternate Board Member – Fort Lupton, CO
Bob Warner is presently serving as Colorado Director to the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and serves on the Board of Trustees for the National Conservation Foundation (NCF). He also serves on the NACD/NCF Joint Funding Committee. He is a member of the NACD Stewardship and Education Committee and supports the Inspirational Program each year at the Annual Meeting. On the local level, Bob is President of the Southeast Weld Conservation District Board of Supervisors. Bob is a rancher/farmer with a small cow/calf and private feedlot natural beef operation near Fort Lupton. He also raises corn and hay for his livestock and some local buyers. Bob has participated in Conservation District activities for about 45 years. |
Brett Moore - CACD Lobbyist
Brett Moore is the principal of OnTheBallot Consulting and has represented CACD since 2011. He hails from a 5th generation family of farmers and ranchers in Northwest Kansas but calls Denver home. OnTheBallot Consulting, LLC - Denver, CO Cell: (303) 900-8154 |