Board of Directors

We have an incredible board member team supporting our staff every step of the way.
If you are interested in joining our Board, please contact us.

ANA BOWLING
Board President

  • Ana Bowling has been a resident of Telluride since 2009 when she relocated from NYC. She is active in the Telluride non-profit community.  In addition to serving as the President of the Board of Directors of SMRC, Ana is on the AhHaa School Board of Directors, the Board of Directors of the Telluride Association of Realtors and serves as a mentor with the One to One Mentoring program.  Bowling believes that giving of oneself is at the very core of being a part of society. 

    Ana’s passion for living altruistically and with compassion for others began at a very young age; volunteerism was an integral part of her upbringing.

DAVID ZOTT
Vice President

  • David Zott has spent his career as a commercial trial lawyer in private practice with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.  He and his family fell in love with Southwestern Colorado over 20 years ago, and reside part time in Telluride.  David joined the Board in March 2021, and is excited to be part of SMRC’s mission.

HANNAH MAX
Secretary

  • Hannah Max is a grant writer for the Telluride Medical Center with extensive experience in medical and government grants. She previously worked as a medical assistant and ER tech, ran the county contact tracing program for the San Miguel County Department of Public Health, and managed corporate innovation projects, product management and worked on grants for a range of city and federal partners at Newlab Brooklyn. During her time at Newlab she was on the founding team of AppliedXL where she led product management for an AI Startup focused on clinical trials data. Hannah also serves on the board of the the Telluride Medical Center Foundation, the Sancutary Collective, and ThinkSharp! Consulting. She holds a degree in photography, art history and marketing from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

ROBYN VAN GELDER
Treasurer

  • Thorough and thoughtful, Robyn is a self-motivated and dedicated individual. She is a logical and practical team player who loves to support a strong and fair leader and has an analytical mind. She is always looking for creative ideas and solutions for progress.

CLAUDIA GARCIA CURZIÓ
Board Director

  • Claudia García Curzio has been in Telluride for 7 years, having relocated from Dallas, Texas. She was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico and is a DACA recipient.  

    Claudia worked for SMRC for five years and is excited to be a part of the Board and continue to advocate for SMRC's mission. She is currently working at the Wilkinson Public Library as the Latinx Outreach Specialist. She is extremely passionate about justice, equity, diversity and inclusion and is excited to share all of her knowledge on how to be more equitable when providing resources to victims of crime.  

KATIE DOVE
Board Director

  • Katie Dove began her career with Teach for America as a 3rd grade ESL teacher in the Bronx. After five years spent in education, she transitioned to counseling at a maximum security women’s prison in New York. Katie holds a Bachelor's degree from NYU and a Master's degree from Columbia University, Teachers College. She is a full time Telluride resident. 

ALYSSA SAUNDERS
Board Director

  • Alyssa Saunders happily joined the SMRC board in November of 2024 after a 10 year hiatus from being very involved in SMRC’s biggest fundraiser, The Chocolate Lover’s Fling, for many years.

    Alyssa has lived in Telluride since 2001 and is an active community member. She owned her own fitness studio in Telluride for some time and currently volunteers with TEF (Telluride Education Foundation) and the Telluride Youth Hockey Club. Alyssa has 2 sons in the Telluride School District, which currently offers the Youth Violence Prevention Education Program through SMRC - something Alyssa is passionate about both maintaining and helping bring back to the West End of our county.

    Alyssa is very excited to be back involved with SMRC, an organization she feels is so very important to the overall health and vitality of the Telluride community.

RICK YOUNG
Board Director

  • Richard (Rick) Young and his wife Bonnie fell in love with Telluride on their first visit in the mid ‘90s and finally settled here part time in 2012. Their other life is centered in Washington, DC where Rick, after several years in the Army, had a career in medicine and Bonnie in dentistry. He looks forward to working with SMRC as an opportunity to become more involved with the community and support their mission.

KELLI DUPREY
Board Director

  • Kelli Duprey has been the Executive Director of Our Brain Bank (OBB) since September 2023. She helped Jessica Morris, our founder, start OBB in 2017.

    Kelli has 30+ years of pharmaceutical and healthcare experience. She’s held positions in sales, marketing, international, sales effectiveness, and manager markets. She’s also a licensed pharmacist.

    “I have always had a desire to make a difference in the brain cancer space since we lost my nephew over 20 years ago to a rare brain cancer. We lost him just shy of his 9th birthday. Then I met Jessica Morris in 2017, through a mutual friend, and knew her vision for Our Brain Bank was going to make a real difference in moving glioblastoma from terminal to treatable,” said Kelli.

    Kelli is a retired pharmaceutical executive who now focuses on philanthropic areas.

    Prior to retirement, Kelli was Senior Vice President of the Primary Care Franchise at Boehringer Ingelheim, she also held senior level positions at Pfizer, sanofi-aventis, Abbvie, and Merch Serono. Kelli began her career as a Pharmacist and earned her MBA from the University of Rochester and a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from Ohio Northern University.

    Kelli has extensive experience with non-profits and in advisory roles, including serving as treasurer and vice chair of OurBrainBank. She also was a victim advocate and on the board member of the San Miguel Resource center for 6 years. She recently rejoined this board. She was treasurer and board member for the Telluride Humane Society. She volunteers for Lasagna Love, making lasagna for neighbors in need. She served on the board of Women’s Health Foundation, SuperSibs, and on the advisory board for the Healthcare Businesswomen Association metro chapter, and ONU Pharmacy School. She is also on the board of Simon Women’s Alliance at Simon School of Business in Rochester, NY.

    She is married to Peter Duprey, who is a town council member of Mountain Village, CO. She also has an amazing goldendoodle named Wrigley.