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WCC's Offices and Staff
124 North Sixth Street
P.O. Box 1931, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81502
(970) 256-7650 ph; (970) 245-0686 fax
Heather Tischbein, Executive Director
Claudia Crowell, Development Director
Matt Sura, Energy Organizer
Mark Schofield, Public Lands & Director of Organizing
Andy Whipple, Renewables, WCC of Mesa County & WeCAN Organizer
Frank Smith, Oil Shale & GVCA Organizer
Hannah Holm, Water Organizer
Lee Gelatt, Grassroots Fundraiser
7A N Cascade Avenue
PO Box 472, MONTROSE, CO 81402
(970) 249-1978 ph; (970) 249-1983 fax
Bill Patterson, ROCC & UVA Organizer
Brenda Bafus-Williams, Office coordinator
PO Box 772695
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS 80477
(970) 846-8488
Steve Aigner, Interim Organizer
1010 Morgan Street
FT COLLINS 80524
(970) 493-2958
Paul Chubbuck, Membership Coordinator & Technical Support
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WCC's Board of Directors
President : Bill Grant, Grand Junction
Vice President: Gene Goffin, Crawford
Secretary: Noalani Terry Montrose
Treasurer: Cara Golden, Montrose
Past President: Charles Kerr, Grand Junction
Community Alliance of the Yampa Valley: Jack White, Steamboat Spgs
WCC of Mesa County : (rotating), Mesa County
Grand Valley Citizens Alliance: Kim Phillips, Rifle
Ridgway-Ouray Community Council: Rein Van West, Ridgway
Sheep Mountain Alliance: Hilary White, Telluride
Uncompahgre Valley Association: Bob Connor, Montrose
WeCAN: Jason Sullivan, Grand Junction
Western Slope Environmental Resource Council: Monica Wiitanen, Paonia
Director-at-Large: Peter Crowell, Montrose
Director-at-Large: Curtis Imrie, Buena Vista
Director-at-Large: Dean Moffatt, Glenwood Springs
Director-at-Large: Tony Prendergast, Crawford
Director-at-Large: Peggy Rawlins, Grand Junction
Director-at-Large: (open position)
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WCC's Mission
Western Colorado Congress (WCC) is a grassroots, democratic organization dedicated to challenging injustice by organizing people to increase their power over decisions that affect their lives. WCC's community groups and members work together to create healthy, sustainable communities, social and economic justice, environmental stewardship and a truly democratic society.
As a member of Western Colorado Congress, you can:
- Contribute to developing solutions for our issues.
- Stay informed on local and regional issues through WCC's newsletter, fact sheets and action alerts.
- Take advantage of trainings and leadership development opportunities.
- Participate in community affairs. If this involvement is new to you, you can learn on the experience of other members.
- Meet other people who are concerned about Colorado's people, communities and natural resources.
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WCC's History
In the late 1970s, local citizens groups sprouted across the Western Slope of Colorado in response to threats to their local communities - coal and molybdenum mining, oil shale development, and plans for powerlines were a few of the concerns. As the scope of their concerns broadened, members of these local groups decided to band together to create a unified citizens voice. From these groups and their members, the Western Colorado Congress formed in 1980.
Over the past 24 years, Western Colorado Congress members have tackled — and won on — a wide variety of issues. For instance, we have:
- Safeguarded the health of people on the Western Slope by blocking the creation of a radioactive waste dump;
- Protected consumer interests by preventing excessive utility rate hikes;
- Added to the legacy of future generations by winning wilderness status for low-elevation canyon country;
- Stopped corporations from polluting our air and water in many of our local communities;
- Ensured more sustainable management of our public lands by limiting aspen clearcutting; and
- Enhanced our members’ abilities to participate in our democracy over the long haul by providing trainings and real-life experience.
Because we take on such a variety of issues, WCC has come to mean different things to different people. However, Western Colorado Congress has always maintained its commitment to organizing citizens on issues that directly affect their lives.
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Foundation Support
Western Colorado Congress would like to thank the following foundations for their generous support of our members' efforts:
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