Who We Are

Bill Latoza moved to Steamboat Springs after more than 30 years as an award-winning preservation architect and founding member of Bauer/Latoza Studio in Chicago, Illinois. He is also LEED certified and a Registered Energy Professional. Bill has innovated techniques for preservation and restoration in over 250 projects, including forts, schools, monuments, and public buildings throughout the United States, and most recently helped Save Arnold Barn. Now retired, Bill enjoys skiing, international travel, and working with Historic Routt County to preserve the area’s built environment and cultural landscapes.

Larry holds an engineering degree and an MBA degree both earned at the University of Oklahoma. He is also a history buff and leads the Downtown Historic Walking Tour. Together, Carol and Larry have four grandchildren aged 6 to 14.

After moving to Steamboat, she worked at Gerber Berend for 7 years designing homes. Currently, she is embarking on a new career path in Librarianship. Beyond the walls of the Bud Werner Library, she enjoys the various Steamboat perks, such as hiking, skiing, and camping. As any prospective Librarian, she is an avid reader at home while she continues to tame her polydactyl feline, Pippa. She looks forward to school and the opportunity to develop her skills, feeling right at home among the books and the people.

Leslie’s love of winter and backcountry skiing led her to be involved in helping to preserve these precious “quiet-use” areas on our public lands. She became the Director of the Friends of the Routt Backcountry, a chapter of the Colorado Mountain Club and Winter Wildlands Alliance. The work of this dedicated group of local volunteers resulted in one of the first USFS designations of a winter non-motorized use area of almost 25,000 acres on the Routt National Forest.
Leslie is currently on the BOD of the Hahns Peak Area Historical Society (HPAHS).

Moving to ski Steamboat in 1984, Wendy worked seasonal jobs and professionally in environmental chemistry, conservation, and public land management.

In 2022, she retired after 26 years with the USDA Forest Service.  She now enjoys volunteering with Historic Routt County and the Hahns Peak Area Historical Society. She loves spending time with her husband and sons, also enjoys socializing, reading, learning, exploring, and enjoying outdoor activities like hiking, boating, skiing, & stargazing.

“I’ve been involved with the local non-profit community for over twenty years, and I recognize the importance of taking care of not only our residents and visitors, but also our unique natural and historic resources. I truly appreciate the interest and valuable help from others in the community to preserve our sense of place and history through conservation of our open land resources and historic preservation of our unique buildings, for “once they are gone, they are gone forever…'”

Kathy is the former Finance Director at Yampa Valley Land Trust. Kathy first came to the Yampa Valley from Michigan in 1975. Drawn back by the natural beauty and western heritage of the area, she returned in 1978 to call the Yampa Valley her home. With a background in economics and finance, Kathy has taught at Colorado Mountain College and worked in accounting in the hospitality and non-profit industries.