Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors. Matt Chandler, Dana Macy, and Stephanie Williams joined the Foundation Board in July 2022. As board members, they will help oversee TCSAR Foundation’s mission to provide direct support to Teton County Search & Rescue volunteers, offer community education, and advocacy for SAR-related issues and backcountry safety. Foundation board members serve three-year terms, and may serve for up to three consecutive terms.
TCSAR Foundation is also honored to introduce three new Emeritus Board Members, though they are no stranger to the Foundation: Bill Hoglund, Ned Jannotta, and Juliann Whelan. Hoglund, Jannotta, and Whelan were all founding members of the Foundation’s Board in 2012, and had served earlier to help raise money to build the TCSAR hangar. During their terms, they all held leadership roles and have remained closely involved in the organization even after their terms ended. Emeritus members have exceptional historical and institutional knowledge of the organization, but are not voting members.
TCSAR Foundation Board also has a slight realignment of its officers. Sara Adamson, board member since 2020, is now the Board Secretary. Dave Landes, board member since 2017, is now the Board Member at Large. To see the entire board, please visit TetonCountySAR.org/foundation.
Matt Chandler joins the TCSAR Foundation Board after serving nearly three years on the Foundation’s Education Committee. Matt brings years of government experience and is passionate about supporting first responders. Matt served in a number of senior roles at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Washington, including Deputy Chief of Staff where he managed programs and policies related to emergency management and response, law enforcement, counter-terrorism, and intelligence. Matt is a U.S. Navy veteran and deployed to Afghanistan. He currently is a Managing Director at Bully Pulpit Interactive, a communications and advertising agency working at the intersection of business, policy, and advocacy. Originally from the small mountains of Western Massachusetts, Matt can be found on skis or a bike all over the bigger mountains of Teton County. He lives with his wife, Jordan, and their pup, Oliver, in Wilson.
Dana Macy was born and raised in Mendham, NJ, and Northern Wisconsin and is a graduate of Denison University. After college, Dana worked a year for Colorado’s Sen. Timothy Wirth in Washington, DC; two years for F. Eberstadt Investment Bank; and 15 years as VP of Institutional Equity Sales for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). She currently serves on the board of trustees of Salisbury School in Salisbury, Conn., and Empowers Africa in New York City. Here at home in Jackson, she volunteers at the Sage Living Center. When she is not volunteering at these many organizations, she enjoys spending quality time with her husband, three children and good friends. Depending on the seasons, you can find her adventure hiking, playing ice hockey, skiing, running, pursuing photography, fly fishing and travel, among other things.
Stephanie Williams grew up ski racing and running through the mountains of Colorado. After graduating from UC-Boulder, she retired from ski racing and moved to Jackson for a gap year. Thirty-five gap years later, she’s still here enjoying the Wyoming lifestyle that has allowed her to work many jobs in the valley, including: ski patrol at JHMR, restaurant jobs, and ranching cattle for 20 years. Her biggest achievement is not being rescued by TCSAR and, instead, utilizing SAR volunteers as adventure buddies. She has watched the TCSAR crew grow from their infancy into the amazing professional team they are today. She can be found in the woods at any given moment with her two cattle dogs, Cletus and Thistle.