Archive for the ‘ Team Member Profiles ’ Category

Meet Margeaux Candlin, Team Member

Margeaux Candlin grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She moved to Boulder, Colorado in 2000 to attend the University of Colorado and earned her degree in sociology. In 2004, Margeaux moved to Aspen and returned to school to study. She is a Registered Nurse and works at Aspen Valley Hospital in the recovery room and at the emergency clinic on Snowmass Ski Resort. Margeaux is an avid outdoor enthusiast; she enjoys hiking, skiing, and jogging. Margeaux has recently acquired her registration as a Certified Yoga Instructor and teaches yoga once a week. Margeaux’s parents still live in Minneapolis, Minnesota and her sister lives in Brooklyn, New York. She sees them as often as possible.

Margeaux Candlin

Meet Amanda Hayes, Team Member

Amanda Hayes grew up on the Western Slope of Colorado. After graduating from Mesa State College she began working at the Justice Center in Grand Junction, CO and for the past four years has worked with District Court Judge Richard Gurley. Amanda enjoys the summer and fall activities that Colorado has to offer, including hiking and river rafting. Her favorite activity is painting, followed by horseback riding and archery.

Amanda Hayes

Meet David Owens, Team Member

David is a native of the Pikes Peak region and was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In high school, he was an active member of Rotary’s Interact Club. In 2003, David was selected as the recipient of the North Colorado Springs Rotary Club Foundation Scholarship. He received his bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in the spring of 2009. In 2010, David had the opportunity to teach Public Speaking at the same University where he received his degree.  Currently, David works in the telecommunications industry as a supervisor for T-Mobile’s technical support department.

David Owens

Meet Samantha Bruner, Team Member

Samantha resides in Colorado Springs in Southern Colorado. Her father serves in the military, and her mother is an entrepreneur and the person with whom Samantha started a food tour business with her just one year ago. Samantha has a degree in Business Marketing and seven years of professional experience. In addition to running the company and serving as a tour guide, she also offers her marketing consulting expertise to small businesses. Samantha loves travel, cheese, chocolate, wine, reading, expressing her faith, flowers, art, and laughter among friends and family.

Samantha Bruner

Meet Amy McBride, Team Leader

Amy’s family was among the pioneers to settle western Colorado in the 1800s. She graduated with a degree in Anthropology and Sociology from Smith College, and has spent twenty years working for nongovernmental organizations and local governments in Montrose. She currently is the development director for the Montrose Regional Library District, where she raised $800,000 to build the Naturita Community Library, chosen as the 2011 Best Small Library in America. She joined the Montrose Rotary Club in 2006, and is Secretary and Literacy Committee Chair. Amy has two sons, Aidan (14) and Liam (11), and enjoys hiking, fishing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, reading, and Scrabble.

Amy meets Rotary International President Elect Kalyan Banerjee