About Us

Alpine Legal Services, Inc. is a private, non-profit civil legal assistance agency dedicated to providing legal services and upholding fundamental legal rights in Garfield, Pitkin and western Eagle Counties for more than a quarter century.   

• President:  Ryan Kalamaya, Attorney, Kalamaya Goscha
• Vice President:  Diana Ettlinger, Attorney, Sherman & Howard
• Treasurer:  Nick Chimerakis, CPA, Reese Henry & Company
• Secretary:  Jordan Matthews,  General Counsel, Whitman Fine Properties 
• Bryan Alvarez-Terrazas, Manaus
• Bret Hirsh, VP, Investments and Client Advisory, Obermeyer Wood, LLP
• Michael Karpowicz, Principal, Cornerstone Holdings, LLC
• Will McCullough, Sotheby's International Realty
• Kenia Pinela, Manager, Community Based Care, Valley Settlement
• Caroline Bess Pearce, Attorney, Wood Pearce Nelson
• Alejandra Rico Bustillos
• Edward P. Sands, Principal, Sands Law Office, LLC
• Lucas Van Arsdale, Attorney, Balcomb & Green
• Kathleen Wanatowicz, Founder, PR STUDIO

• Jennifer Wherry, Executive Director
• Kevin Murphy, Staff Attorney, Glenwood Springs
• Tony Mendez, Staff Attorney, Aspen
• Lauren Haefliger, Attorney, Colorado Civil Justice Corps, Rifle
• Andrea Hernandez, Paralegal, Glenwood Springs
• Trinity Stebleton, Administrative Assistant
• Sue O'Bryan, Attorney Of-Counsel, Aspen
• Candace Goodwin, Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Garfield County