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Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce
432 East Aspen Avenue
Fruita, CO 81521
(970) 858-3894
Fax: (970) 858-3121
info@fruitachamber.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Area code is (970), unless otherwise noted.

  President
John Burwell
Peterson Plumbing
241-1103
   
Barbara Lucks Treasurer
Barbara Lucks

Oasis Botanica / Effective Membership Services
858-9565
Barbara Lucks is the founder of Effective Membership Services, which provides executive and board assistance to non-profit membership organizations. She has been in the homeowners association (HOA) industry in operations, management and governance since 1984. Barbara holds the national CMCA certification for HOA management. She is a certified mediator, and provides volunteer mediation services to the Mesa County Small Claims Court and the Mediation Center of Mesa County.

Barbara is also a registered aromatherapist. She and her husband Tom Lucks own and operate the Oasis Botanica in Mack, Colorado, where they blend and bottle their own line of essential oils (Alma del Sol), grow potted herbs for market, and provide practical herbal education for home and business use.
Michelle Melgares
US Bank
858-0537

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), with $247 billion in assets, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the 6th largest commercial bank in the United States as of June 30, 2008. The company operates 2,556 banking offices and 4,903 ATMs, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions.
Dawn Merris Dawn Merris
The Nut Job
640-4557

Tom Oliver Tom Oliver
Alpine Bank
254-2780

Ben Wegener

GVYP Liaison
Ben Wegener

Younge & Hockensmith, PC
242-2645

Ben Wegner graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in December of 2001, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and minor in Economics. During his undergraduate years, Ben was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and participated in various community service organizations.
In 2005, Ben graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law, receiving his Juris Doctorate degree with Distinction. While in law school, Ben was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Student Bar Association, Moot Court Board, and participated in Moot Court competitions. Ben was able to obtain practical legal experience by acting as a Law Clerk for two Nebraska law firms while he was a law student.

   

CHAMBER STAFF

Leanne Ingwersen, Director
Shauna Davies, Assistant Director
Tami Biart, Administrative Assistant
Robbie Urquhart Special Projects Coordinator
  432 East Aspen Avenue
Fruita, CO 81521
(970) 858-3894
Fax: (970) 858-3121
info@fruitachamber.org
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