4CORE Board of Directors

Richard Farrington

Board Chair

Rich Farrington retired from a 40 year career in architecture working from Boston and Portland, Oregon to Iran, on large and small projects. He designed a net zero energy home with a solar PV array and ground source heat pump near Durango where he and his wife, Deborah, live. Rich loves the mountains and spending time with his new granddaughter. He is passionate about doing what he can to address climate change, from advising on how to improve the built environment to driving an electric vehicle. He looks forward to contributing to 4CORE’s mission of addressing the climate crisis, the greatest challenge of our time.

Terra Anderson

Secretary

Terra has called Durango home for over 40 years. Professionally she has worked as a Registered Nurse and Licensed Counselor in medical, educational, and human service organizations throughout the region. She retired in 2013 from Senator Bennet’s southwest Colorado office as a constituent advocate.

She enjoys riding her e-bike, reading, hiking, traveling, and being a grandmother to a collection of 8 grandchildren.

Terra is grateful to be a new member of the 4CORE Board where she can put her values of sustainability and energy efficiency into action.

Robert Galin

Member at Large

Robert Galin is a former university associate professor of English, literature, and communications, as well as a lifelong journalist. Publications include books as both editor and contributor, academic articles, and journalism in national and international print, digital, and broadcast media. He was the 2014 Writer-in-Residence at Mesa Verde National Park, the first national park in the United States set aside primarily for its cultural resources. He also was a first-place co-winner for reporting from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters.

Robert also was a board member of several academic, journalism, and environmental organizations. He also has given presentations at professional, academic, and business conferences worldwide, including three times at Oxford University. He helped develop a number of environmental education curricula, including contributing to the State of Colorado environmental education standards as well as curricula for the National Park Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

Kelsey Morales

Member at Large

While fairly new to La Plata County, Kelsey has lived in the greater Southwest since 2010. She works full time for the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals doing climate adaptation and mitigation planning on a national level. Kelsey has also been an educator since 2015 and currently teaches in the Environment and Sustainability Program at Fort Lewis College and for the Wild Rockies Field Institute. Kelsey has a background in renewable energy systems, social justice, democratic teaching methodologies, sustainability, and Indigenous climate adaptation work.
In her freetime, she enjoys being outside, and most often is hiking, cross country skiing or taking a nice forest stroll with her pup. As a new member, Kelsey is excited to further her passion around climate justice issues and striving for cleaner energy solutions and economics in La Plata County.

Bruce LeClaire

Member at Large

Bruce LeClaire is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. He was born and raised in South Dakota. Bruce moved to Durango in 1982, where he graduated from high school. Bruce served in the United States Army as a Combat Engineer. He then attended Ft. Lewis College, where he met his wife, Mary. They have raised their four children in Durango and now have five grandchildren. 

Bruce has worked with Native American Youth for 35+ years. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Boys & Girls Club of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.

He enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, traveling, dancing at powwows and spending time with his grandchildren. 

Lindsay Snyder

Treasurer

Lindsay – originally from the East Coast – has lovingly called Durango home since 2016. She began her career at a climate change research & education non-profit and has since moved on to renewable energy. Currently, she is the Business Operations Manager for the local solar and energy storage expert, Shaw Solar. Lindsay is excited to bring her life-long passion for sustainability to the 4CORE Board. In her free time, she can be found on her mountain bike, up at Purg, or out pushing the limits on where her Prius can go. 

Dick Grossman

Member at Large

Dick Grossman has been concerned for decades about the disparity between the human enterprise and the natural world.  He and his wife chose Durango in 1976 as the best place for their children to grow up. He practiced obstetrics and gynecology for 40 years here and is now retired. “The work that 4CORE performs is important because it decreases our use of energy and helps to preserve our environment.”

Becca Robison

Member at Large

Becca Robison is a Colorado girl raised on mountain air, cold rivers and the smell of pine needles.  She was very excited to bring her family back to the mountains when they moved to Durango eight years ago.  She can frequently be found out trail running or mountain biking with her children and their dog, Chippie.  She has a BA in English Education and a JD with an emphasis in environmental law and sustainability.  She has worked with the Sierra Club, Trust for Public Land and the Minnesota legislature in days past and is currently finishing an LL.M in Indigenous People’s Law and Policy.  This last year she taught as adjunct professor at Fort Lewis College, currently serves with the Southwest Colorado Bar Association, and loves bridging the gap between education and real-world solutions to build communities that value and protect the environment.