About Us

BOARD CHAIR

Doris Van Ness was raised in Saguache, Colorado she married Jerry Van Ness in 1972, they have two children son Monte who lives in Texas, and a daughter Jessica who lives in Arizona, four grandsons. She moved to Bedrock in 1997 where her and her husband own Van Ness Angus Ranch. They raise registered Angus bulls and cows for resale and sale meat.   Doris was an EMT for Paradox Valley Ambulance service for 16 years. She was the EMS Coordinator for 14 of them years. In 2005 She was county commissioner appointed to the RETAC board and continued until 2016. She served on the Montrose County Fair board for 7 years. She served a board member on the Montrose County Hospital Board of Trustees. She was Western Slope Cattle women president for four years and was a member of the cattle women for twelve years. Her and her husband have been members of the Western Colorado Angus Association sense 1992. Doris was a board member of The WEFLC board for three years and took a reprieve and came back on in 2016 where she served as secretary until July of 2021 and is now the chair.  

Jim Womeldorf relocated to Colorado in 1977 from the Finger Lakes region of western New York State. He had careers in teaching solo guitar, land surveying and massage therapy prior to nearly three decades of employment in upper-level management of nonprofit agencies supporting people with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. The last 19 of those years, prior to retiring in 2021, he served as Adult Services Director at Community Options in Montrose, Colorado.  He and his wife moved to Nucla in 2021, along with their corgis.  Jim especially enjoys hiking, trail running, bicycling, cross-country skiing, solo guitar, photography and generally being out in nature.