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Elaina Zempel
Southwest Regional Director
Lincoln, Sublette, Uinta
Location: Quality Plaza;1100 Pine Avenue, Suite 3F; Kemmerer, Wyoming 83101
Phone: (307) 877-2203 E-mail: e.z@wybusiness.org
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Elaina Zempel was named Southwest Regional Director in July 2008 after serving as deputy director since 2007. Zempel replaces former Southwest Regional Director Ray Sarcletti who retired in 2008 after holding the position for the past seven years.
She was previously employed by South Lincoln County Economic Development. Prior to that, Zempel spent more than ten years in rural economic development in north central Montana. She is a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional through the National Development Council and a new generation Cooperative Developer.
She also established and managed a $460,000 revolving loan fund through a Community Block Development Grant. She is a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) through the National Development Council and a new generation Cooperative Developer.
 Tim Young
Executive Director
Tim started at Friends of Pathways in November 2006, and while new to the Director role, Tim arrived with a long history with the organization. He was one of the founders of Friends of Pathways back in 1994, and also served as the first Chairman of the Pathways Task Force that was started in 1991. Tim was employed from 1992-2002 as the Pathways Director for Teton County and the Town of Jackson, where he managed the development of the first pathways and initiated programs to enhance national forest trail systems, established partnerships with government agencies, and worked on alternative transportation planning for local government.
Tim has served on a number of local, state, and national bicycle committees and alternative transportation boards, and was recently appointed to the Board of the League of American Bicyclists, the oldest and largest bicycle advocacy organization in America. Tim is an accomplished bicycle adventurer, having completed a seven-year 45,000-mile bicycle tour around the world, as well as successful bicycle expeditions in Europe, Tibet, and the Silk Road in Central Asia. He lives with his partner, Stephanie, in Wilson, WY.
 Rick Collignon
Rick is a native of South Dakota having spent his early years learning the business trade while growing up working in his dad’s small town hardware store. Rick followed his years of hardware store experiences by building a professional career working in the State Park field as a park manager in a variety of park locations including historical parks, resource parks and heavily used recreation areas. His small town main street customer service training carried over into his 31 years of service in State Park Management. Rick’s management philosophy followed one simple rule, “Parks were to be managed for park visitors to enjoy”. This simple philosophy has been carried over as he and his wife became the third owners of a great old campground in Dubois in 2005, after they retired.
The move to Dubois was not much of an accident since the two of them and their family had never missed a year returning to Dubois since their first visit to the area in 1982. The campground they purchased was converted to a KOA and completely renovated to meet the new standards for modern RV campgrounds. They also incorporated their love and appreciation for western traditions by starting up the “Circle Up Chuck Wagon Dinner Show” which operates with live traditional western entertainers throughout the summer season.
Rick currently serves as one of the Dubois Representatives on the Fremont County Lodging Tax Board and has served as Chairman of the Wind River Visitors Council for the past two years. When Rick is not tied up with the day to day operations of the campground or working with folks on new ways of promoting the tourism industry in the Upper Wind River Valley you will often find him, his wife and if lucky their grandkids enjoying the back country on horseback.
Rick was involved with the group that started a new marketing initiative that became known as “Destination Dubois,” a valley wide collective effort of area community and business leaders to market Dubois as a destination and to make the Dubois tourism industry sustainable. The goal was to attract folks to the area who valued the same values held supreme by those who call Dubois home. Destination Dubois is based on one simple premise “If our community does well, we as individuals will succeed”.
Sidney Smith began work with the Forest Service as a naturalist in a pilot partnership program with northern Minnesota fishing resorts, engaging resort guests with the natural world in ways that would grow relationships and keep them coming back. She has also worked as a back country guide in Yellowstone and the Jedediah Smith Wilderness. Smith has worked on the Greys River district since 1998; as recreation specialist, she coordinates with local outfitter businesses and community organizations on a regular basis.
As a resident of the area since 2000, Shelly Strickler has long enjoyed the beauty and magnificence the National Forests have to offer. During ten years guiding youth in the back country, she strived to share the importance of appreciating every aspect of nature including local flora and fauna, geology, weather patterns and how each component relates to one another. Shelly's passion for the outdoors eventually led her to return to school, where she received a bachelor’s degree in recreation resource management in hopes of being better able to make a difference in how our natural resources are cared for.
Sarah Buche’ grew up in California and moved to Star Valley in 2005 as a freshman. She has worked in local businesses including the Wolf Den, the Alpenhaus and currently the Thayne Maverik. She’s participated in several Young Women in Science camps in Jackson and at Utah State, and is the first SVHS student to participate in the high school’s Career Research Training program at the Forest Service. Since she plans on majoring in zoology and ornithology at UW beginning this fall, the district has her working on several wildlife- and fisheries- related projects, including this one.
Emmett Mavy - After graduating from Star Valley High School in 1994, Emmett Mavy went on to study at the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business where he obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.
When the opportunity presented itself, Emmett moved back to Wyoming and started the Star Valley internet directory StarValley.com in 2004. As the popularity of StarValley.com grew, Emmett expanded his business to include the internet directories JacksonHoleWyoming.com and IdahoFalls.com. These websites provide an avenue for businesses to promote themselves to locals and visitors alike, as well as provide a place for the public to find community information.
As an avid outdoorsman, Emmett would like to encourage visitors to discover all the wonderful recreational activities that Star Valley has to offer including, fishing, camping, hunting, snowmobiling, boating, golfing, and much more…
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