Amy Margerum Berg
Board Chair
Amy Margerum Berg is President of The Better Angels Society, a non-profit organization that supports the work, legacy and educational outreach of documentarian Ken Burns and other like-minded filmmakers.
Mrs. Berg served as Executive Vice President of Operations at the Aspen Institute from 2000 – 2016.
Amy was the City Manager for the City of Aspen, Colorado from 1991- 2000. From 1989 to 1991, Mrs. Berg served as the Planning Director for the City of Aspen and Pitkin County. Prior to that she worked in Santa Barbara County as the Director of Comprehensive Planning and in the Energy Division focusing on offshore oil development.
She sits on the boards of the Jacksonville Civic Council, the Aspen Music Festival and School, Jacksonville University and the Colorado Mountain College Board of Overseers.
Mrs. Margerum Berg received a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Masters in Marine Policy with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Washington. She lives in Jacksonville, Florida and Aspen, Colorado with her husband, Gilchrist Berg.
Jeffrey E. Bernardo, CFA
Vice Chairman and Program Committee Chairman
J. Randall Evans
Treasurer
Barbara C. Johnston, J.D.
Secretary
Ellen A. Wiss
Development Committee Chair
Kiki Karpen
Education Committee Chair
Ricardo (Rick) Morales III
Governance Committee Chairman
H. Martin Chomiak
Kathy McIlvaine
Membership Committee Co-Chairs
At Large Members
Bill Armstrong
Tracy K. Arthur, Esq.
Joshua Ashby
Lori N. Boyer
Scott S. Cairns
John P. Caulfield
Frank M. Denton, Ph.D.
Ajani (AJ) Dunn
Robert B. Grune
Robert M. Harris
Kevin E. Hyde, Esq.
Richard N. Margulies, Esq.
Ann S. McCullen, MBA, CFRE
Whitney Meyer
Richard A. Mullaney, Esq.
Alan E. Ridge
Melissa Shrader
Darnell Smith
Herschel T. Vinyard Jr.
Aundra Wallace
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