Ed moved to the Yampa Valley in December of 1979 after graduating with an Accounting degree from Colorado State University. The concept of being only an accountant didn't fit the long term goal of entrepreneurship. In June of 1981 Native Excavating Inc. was created by Ed and his wife June. In the early 90's Ed and June along with another partner created Frontier Structures inc. , a concrete installation contractor, as a complementary business to Native Excavating. A few years later as a method to help construction workers have year round work High Mountain Snowmobile Tours was created. In 2002 the MacArthurs purchased Hochin Gravel and upon completion of reclamation of that operation started Alpine Aggregates, a gravel mining operation on the south valley floor. Ed and June have ventured into Mini Storage with the Copper Ridge Mini Storage , mobil van storage with Northwest Mobil Storage and into banking as founding members of Yampa Valley Bank. 

Entrepreneurship has been a key part of the MacArthur's adventure through life and Ed looks forward to helping others navigate the maze to achieve it.   

Tracey is currently an administrative specialist working in Steamboat Springs for the State of Colorado’s 14^th Judicial District.  She has over 25 years of management experience in government and private sector environments including fifteen years of administrative leadership roles with Houston law firms.  After twelve years serving as Court of Clerk and Jury Commissioner for the Routt County Combined Court, Tracey was hired as Director of Administration by a global firm in Houston to lead client service excellence initiatives and increase employee engagement.  Her passion is delivering service excellence and identifying new and better strategies for building and maintaining productive team and customer relationships.  She is a dedicated lifelong learner and enjoys opportunities for contributing to the success of others by sharing experiences gained during her personal and professional journeys.

Roger is a School Board Member for  Steamboat Springs District Re-2. Roger Good retired from a thirty-five-year career in the high tech industry where he had the opportunity to spend much of his career involved in international operations. He received his MBA degree from CSU and was recruited to serve on the advisory board to the business college in 1995. Since then, Roger has remained very active in education related activities for the past twenty years including serving on the Steamboat Springs granting organization that provides funding to multiple local school districts and community groups that support educational opportunities for k-12 students.

Marty has been an educator in the Steamboat Springs School District since 1980.  He was a high school teacher for 27 years teaching Public Speaking, Drama, Upper levels of Social Studies, Alternative Education and Career and Technical Education.  He was the Assistant Principal at Steamboat Springs High School for three years and for the past 5 years has been the Director of Teaching and Learning for the District.  He received his BA and MA in Speech Communications and completed his Educational Leadership Program from the University of Northern Colorado,   He is passionate about finding as many educational opportunities for students of all backgrounds and abilities so that they can have bright and promising futures.

Rich and his Wife Anne (Pharmacist) have lived full time in Steamboat Springs for 8 years. They have 3 grown children.

Rich worked for a total of 34 years for xpedx, a Division of International Paper. Having held a variety of positions from part time warehouse work while in college to President and CEO of xpedx, Rich gained a wide variety of experience in the business world. When heading xpedx the sales were $8 billion across 254 locations in the U.S. and Mexico with 7,500 employees.

 Some of Rich’s involvement in Steamboat include:

            Score Counselor

            Yampa Valley Housing Authority Board

            Old Town Hot Springs Board

            Yampa Valley Medical Center Board

            Steamboat Bike Town Initiative

Paul is the Executive and Special Education Director for Northwest Colorado BOCES.  He has served in this role since July 2015.  Prior to coming to Steamboat Springs, Paul served as the Superintendent for a rural district outside of Colorado Spring for five years.  Paul graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara where he continued to receive his Secondary Education Credential.  He earned his credentials for Special Education and Education Leadership from California State University, Sacramento.  Paul served as a Special Education teacher, department chair, program specialist and director.  He has also been a principal.  Since moving to Colorado, Paul has been passionate about supporting students in rural areas to have great educational opportunities and serves as the project director for Northwest BOCES i3 Innovation in Education Grant supporting the seven districts in the region to provide high quality professional development opportunities to educators.

Graduated from SUNY Oswego with a B.S. in accounting- 1990

Obtained CPA License – 2002

Member of AICPA

Partner with THPK since 2004

BOD Member/Treasurer for Ski Town USA Morning Rotary since 2007

Past BOD member/Treasurer for Partners in Routt County and Routt County Humane Society

Tara Weaver is a Broker/Owner at Central Park Management. She was born and raised in Steamboat Springs, but left the Yampa Valley to attend school at Drake University in Iowa where she earned her bachelor degree in marketing. From there she moved to New Zealand for her love of travel and adventure. After a year in New Zealand and work with TrekAmerica, Tara found herself back in Steamboat Springs where she joined Central Park Management. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs where she serves on the Board and many other committees. She is also a Yampa Valley Community Foundation Board Member. Tara is an advocate for serving and giving back to the Community.

Karen Wolters, using her knowledge of 20 years of international living and her passion for cooking, started a total of 4 companies. These companies range from product design, engineering, and manufacturing in Asia to private equity. She has been a finalist of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award—2003, Inducted into The Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame—2007, featured in Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America—2011. She has also been featured in newspapers throughout the country and as a keynote speaker at summits and universities.  

In 2013 she sold the last of her companies. In 2014, she started Wolters-Althoff Investments, a family office and private-equity company, located downtown Chicago. Since that time, they have purchased 6 companies throughout the US, Scotland, and Italy. The majority of companies are 100% owned by the family.

Karen’s focus is entrepreneurship. She was instrumental in the formation of the first CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities) class and Chairman of the Board.

She is now Chairman of the Board of the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship, whose purpose is to take the CEO class to all corners of America. Karen believes what has made America great are the founding principles of our capitalist country.

Karen is married to her high school sweetheart for 53 years and has one son and three granddaghters. She resides in Jupiter, FL and Steamboat Springs, CO.