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.   

• Co-Board Chair:  Jeanne Doremus, Attorney, Law Office of Jeanne C. Doremus
• Co-Board Chair:  James Bradford, Garfield County Clerk of Combined Courts, Retired 
• Vice President:  Fred Lodge, Attorney 
• Treasurer:  Nick Chimerakis, CPA, Reese Henry & Company
• Secretary:  Jordan Matthews, Law Office of Jeanne C. Doremus
• Richard H. Hart, Retired Judge, Attorney 
• Leslie Emerson, Assistant Director of RFSD Pre-Collegiate Program
• Diana Ettlinger, Attorney 
• Ryan Kalamaya, Attorney 
• Helen Ward Obermeyer, Development Director
• Lisanne Rogers, Attorney 
• Edward P. Sands, Attorney 
• Sue Smedstad, Retired VP, Aspen Skiing Company
• Vallerie Sullan, Attorney 

• Jennifer Wherry, Executive Director
• Kathryn Wentzel, Managing Attorney, Glenwood Springs
• Eric Sandoval, Staff Attorney, Aspen
• Daniela Leon, Administrative Assistant, Glenwood Springs
• Emily Simeone, Supervising Attorney, Aspen
• Sue O'Bryan, Attorney Of-Counsel, Aspen
• Bob Spuhler, Senior Ombudsman, Garfield County