Western Stock Show Association announces new director and trustees

During the recent annual meeting of the Western Stock Show Association, the Trustees elected Nancy Tuor to the board of directors and members of the association elected ten new trustees.

Nancy Tuor worked for more than 40 years in the environmental and engineering industries, including more than 32 years with CH2M. She came to Colorado in 1995 as part of the executive team hired to conduct the accelerated clean-up and closure of the Rocky Flats Plutonium Production Plant south of Boulder. She currently serves on the board of directors of Keller plc, London; Terracon, Kansas City; and IMA, Denver. She is vice chair of the Board of Governors of Colorado State University. Tuor has competed in equestrian activities throughout the west and midwest in the Hunter Jumper discipline, including at the National Western Stock Show. She served as co-chair of the equestrian group for the National Western Future Planning team and currently chairs the WSSA Nominating Committee. Tuor has been a member of the WSSA since 2013.

The ten new trustees that will serve terms from May 2018 through May 2021 are as follows:

Rob Alexander has ranched for 25 years in Elbert, El Paso and Lincoln County, Colorado. Additionally, he is founder, chairman and CEO of Stockmen’s Bank. Alexander has been an active WSSA member since 2001 and has served as a board member to numerous agricultural, rodeo and banking organizations throughout his career. He was raised in Colorado Springs, graduated from University of Colorado-Boulder, and raised his family on his eastern Elbert County ranch. Among others, he currently serves on the board of Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Co., and the Working Ranch Cowboy Association Foundation.

Erik Glenn is the executive director of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, where he has worked since 2008 serving in a number of roles, including deputy director and project manager. Glenn holds degrees from Colorado State University, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver. The Glenn family has a long history of ranching. Glenn became a member of the WSSA in 2015 with a passion for serving the Association and preserving our Western heritage and culture.

Blake Hutchison is native to Colorado and the National Western Stock Show. Hutchison is a part of the Roundup Riders of the Rockies and serves on the board of directors of the Temple Grandin Horse Therapy at the Denver Union Stockyards. Hutchison and his family have been active at the National Western Stock Show as competitors, exhibitors and sponsors for many years, and he joined as an WSSA member in 2002. Currently, Hutchison is the chief operating officer at Hutchison Western.

Mark Honnen is the president of Honnen Equipment Company, the John Deere Construction equipment dealer in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and southeastern Idaho. Honnen became a WSSA member in 2000 and now serves on the National Western Center Capital Campaign Committee as well as the Citizen of the West Steering Committee. He is the third generation of the Honnen family to be actively involved with the WSSA.

Cammie McKee is passionate about the “code of the west” and the values and culture that it exemplifies. A fifth generation Colorado native, McKee joined the WSSA in 2006 and is committed to the growth and successful continuation of the National Western Stock Show’s legacy. A mother of three children, McKee works full-time in governmental affairs, research and policy making.

Bronwyn Pepple is the co-managing partner of Lewis, Bess, Williams & Weese where she specializes in employment law. Pepple is a Colorado native and was born into a fifth-generation Colorado ranching family. Her ranching and 4-H roots fostered her commitment to agricultural education and the WSSA, which she joined as member in 2012. She is a member of the Silver Spur Club and serves on the Junior Livestock Auction and Goat Roping committees.

Hugh Rice was raised on a farm in Alabama that produced corn, ran a dairy and a cow/calf operation. Rice moved to Denver in 1979 and has been an attendee and enthusiastic stock show supporter ever since. After joining the WSSA in 2016, Rice became a member of the Capital Campaign Committee. Currently, Rice manages investments and sits on the FMI Corporation board of directors and enjoys his property in Westcliffe, Colorado.

Kent Stevinson has been a WSSA member since 2001 and has been an active supporter of the National Western Stock Show for decades. Stevinson is a Colorado business leader that is well respected and known throughout the region as a premiere automotive dealer across many brands. He has actively participated in the Junior Livestock Auction and has purchased both the Grand Champion Steer and the Reserve Champion in recent years. His passion for the National Western Stock Show and our mission of education is evident in his actions each year at the annual event.

Don Thorn is a Colorado native and a graduate of Colorado State University. Thorn taught high school agricultural education, was an FFA advisor for thirteen years, and is currently the executive director of the Colorado FFA Foundation. Thorn works closely with the National Western Stock Show Education Program, organizing the NW Nursery and Stock Show Tours. He co-founded the Growing Minds Junior Livestock Buyers Combine. Thorn is particularly focused on youth opportunities and how the stock show can continue to support youth in agriculture and attract more youth to agriculture.

Kelly Tisher, DVM, has history in the equine industry dating back to his days in South Dakota, where he was born and raised on a beef cattle farm. He is an active competitor in equine sports. Tisher became a partner at Littleton Equine Medical Center in 2000, after working in various positions since 1994. His focuses are equine sports medicine, lameness and magnetic resonance imaging. He joined the WSSA in 2015 and works closely with the National Western Stock Show rodeo and horse operations providing veterinary services.