Visit Estes Park Board of Directors

For board terms and appointment process, please see the bylaws starting at Section 201.

Current Members

Sean Jurgens, Chair

SJurgens at VisitEstesPark dot com

Deborah Gibson, Vice Chair

DGibson at VisitEstesPark dot com

Jerusha Rice, Treasurer & Secretary

JRice at VisitEstesPark dot com

Town Trustee Kirby Hazelton, Director

KHazelton at Estes dot org

Pat Murphy, Director

PMurphy at VisitEstesPark dot com

Rich Chiappe, Director

RChiappe at VisitEstesPark dot com

Nick Smith, Director

NSmith at VisitEstesPark dot com

Board Meetings, Videos & Minutes

Click here to join virtual board meetings.

Upcoming Board Meetings & Agendas

Thursday, January 23, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, February 27, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, March 27, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, April 24, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, May 22, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, June 26, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, July 24, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, August 28, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, September 25, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, October 23, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, December 4, 2025. Public Budget Hearing 2 p.m. - Online.
Thursday, December 18, 2025. Budget Approval. 2 p.m. - Online.

Past Board Meeting Minutes & Marketing Videos:

December 19, 2024 - Regular Board Meeting. Presentation
December 8, 2024 - VEP Holiday Party
December 5, 2024 - Regular Meeting & Public Budget Hearing. Draft Minutes Top 5 Video, Presentation
October 24, 2024 - Regular Meeting. Minutes, Top 5 Video, Presentation.
September 26, 2024 - Regular Meeting. Minutes, Top 5 Video, Presentation
September 17, 2024 - Special Meeting. Minutes
September 9, 2024 - Special Joint Study Session with the Town of Estes Park Trustees and Larimer County Commissioners. More information.
August 22, 2024- Regular Meeting. Minutes, Top 5 Video, Presentation
August 15, 2024 - Special Meeting. Minutes
August 1, 2024 - July Regular Meeting. Minutes, Top 5 Video, Presentation
June 27, 2024 - Regular Meeting. Minutes, Top 5 Video, Presentation
May 23, 2024 - Regular Meeting. Minutes, Top 5 Video, Presentation
April 24, 2024 - Regular Meeting. Minutes, Top 5 Video, Presentation
March 28, 2024 - Regular Meeting. Minutes, Top 5 Video, Presentation
February 22, 2024 - Regular Meeting. Minutes, Marketing Video, Presentation
January 25, 2024 - Regular Meeting. Minutes, Marketing Video, Presentation
December 15, 2023 - VEP Holiday Party
December 14, 2023 - Budget Approval. Minutes, Presentation
November 30, 2023 - Regular Meeting & Public Budget Hearing. Minutes, Marketing Video, Presentation
October 26, 2023 - Regular Meeting. Minutes, Marketing Video, Presentation
October 10, 2023 - Executive Session.
September 28, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting. Minutes, Presentation
September 26, 2023 - Joint Meeting: County/Town/VEP. Minutes, 2024 Operating Plan
August 24, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting. Minutes, Presentation
July 27, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting. Minutes, Marketing Video, Presentation
June 2023 - No board meeting. Presentation
May 25, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting. Minutes, Marketing Video, Presentation
April 27, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting. Minutes, Marketing Video, Presentation
March 16, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting. Minutes, Presentation
February 23, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting. Minutes, Marketing Video, Presentation
January 26, 2023 - Regular Board Meeting. Minutes, Marketing Video, Presentation

*Minutes will only be taken if more than two board members attend.

Board Policy Manual:

View the full policy manual here.

Board Public Emails:

Board public emails can be viewed here:

New public viewing platform: https://groups.google.com/u/1/a/visitestespark.com/g/visit-estes-park-public-email
Old public viewing platform, archived emails: https://boardemails.visitestespark.com/

Or for public access to the Town Trustee emails go here: https://groups.google.com/a/estes.org/forum/?hl=en#!forum/elected-officials-public-email

Visit Estes Park Board emails will be uploaded and available for public viewing via a link located at www.visitestespark.com/partners/board. Emails containing private, confidential, personnel or personal in the subject line or the Visit Estes Park Attorney’s email address anywhere in the message will not be publicly posted. Any emails which are not public record or are not allowed to be publicly inspected pursuant to the Colorado Open Records Act or any other State or Federal legislation or regulation, will not be posted. Posted email may be removed by Visit Estes Park under the following circumstances: posted email is found to not be allowed to be physically inspected under the Colorado Open Records Act or any other State or Federal legislation or regulation, email contains obscene, libelous or false information, or any member of the public may request removal of posted emails if they expected the email to be confidential or the email contains a personal or private matter. Emails posted to the site are not monitored in real-time. Visit Estes Park is not responsible for the content of the emails sent by users.