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
Town Trustee Kirby Hazelton, Vice Chair
KHazelton at Estes dot org
Deborah Gibson, Secretary
DGibson at VisitEstesPark dot com
Jerusha Rice, Treasurer
JRice at VisitEstesPark dot com
Pat Murphy, Director
PMurphy at VisitEstesPark dot com
Nick Smith, Director
NSmith at VisitEstesPark dot com
Board Meetings, Videos & Minutes
Click here to join virtual regular monthly board meetings.
Upcoming Board Meetings & Agendas
*Minutes will only be taken if more than two board members attend.
- Thursday, May 22, 2025. 2 p.m. - Online. Agenda. Packet.
- 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
2025
- Thursday, April 24, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting: Presentation Draft Meeting Minutes.
- Tuesday, April 15, 2025- Special Board Meeting. Draft Minutes.
- Tuesday, April 8, 2025 - Special Board Meeting: Hazelton Letter Response Discussion. Draft Minutes.
- Thursday, March 27, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting. Top 5 Video. Presentation. Minutes.
- Wednesday, March 19, 2025 - Special Board Meeting: CEO Search Committee. Draft minutes.
- Friday, March 14, 2025 - Special Board Meeting. Draft Minutes.
- February 27, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting. Presentation. Minutes.
- February 13, 2025 - Special Board Meeting. Draft Minutes.
- February 3, 2025. 8 a.m. Special Meeting: CEO Search Committee Agenda. Online - Viewing Only. Draft Minutes.
- Final Candidates - Cindy Mackin and Candace Carr Strauss
- January 30, 2025. CEO Candidate Finalist Interviews & Search Committee Wrap-Up
- Cindy Mackin Presentation Recording
- Candace Carr Strauss Presentation Recording
- Committee Wrap-Up Recording
- January 23, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting. Presentation, Minutes.
2024
- December 19, 2024 - Regular Board Meeting. Minutes, Presentation
- December 8, 2024 - VEP Holiday Party
- December 5, 2024 - Regular Meeting & Public Budget Hearing. 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
Board Policy Manual:
View the full policy manual here.
Board Public Emails:
- VEP Board: https://groups.google.com/u/1/a/visitestespark.com/g/visit-estes-park-public-email
- Town Trustee and VEP Town Board liaisons: 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.
