Meet the Board

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Rosemary Aquilante, President

Rosemary’s previous life was as a life sciences project manager and a marketing and sales professional. In 1999, she discovered Elkhorn where she resides part-time with her two shelter dogs, Bandit and Tippin.  Before becoming a Director, Rosemary was an active volunteer for the shelter as a Pet Pal and dog foster parent.  Rosemary, Tippin and Bandit are passionate hikers and especially like those long back country hikes to the many beautiful lakes in the area.

Priscilla Pittiglio, Vice-President

Priscilla moved to the Wood River Valley from the San Francisco Bay area in 2001.  She has extensive local non-profit experience, including with the Croy Canyon Ranch Foundation, Council Circle, and the Wood River Women's Charitable Foundation.  She was a 2nd grade school teacher and also spent 15 years as an interior designer.  Now retired, Priscilla says she plays as often as possible, skate skiing, downhill skiing, swimming, doing pilates, hiking and golfing.  She lives in East Fork with a dog and her cat Gracie, who she adopted at a Shelter benefit a few years ago.

Sam Christian, Treasurer

Sam Christian is a finance executive with experience in financial cost management and strategy consulting for the Fortune 1000, web strategy for startups, as well as an array of finance, technology, strategy, and line management responsibilities. He is currently a Partner with Propeller Industries. Prior to Propeller, Sam spent nine years in retail and consumer products functional & financial roles. You may also have seen some of Sam’s amazing photographs of our senior Shelter dogs on recent marketing materials from the Shelter.  Sam graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Comparative Religion. He is an avid skier, mountaineer, and surfer, and shares his adventures with his wife, Casey Dove, and their Golden Retriever, Bodhi.

Christine Ferguson, Secretary

Christine has been volunteering for the Animal Shelter for over 12 years, including a long stint as a board member.  After a few years off the board, she decided to rejoin because of her ongoing passion for the shelter.  Her extensive advertising, graphic design, and production experience, gained over the last 25 years, is an immense benefit to the shelter.  After a successful career in the field, Christine spends almost countless hours designing and producing the shelter’s newsletters, cards, posters and advertising, in addition to managing the Marmaduke Society.  She says she is happy to be “once again working fulltime, but now not getting paid for it.  Life is good.”

Chris Koch

Christopher Koch comes to the board after years of volunteering at Shelter events, adding to his many other community responsibilities and jobs.  In addition to a full-time job as a Paraprofessional in the Special Education department at Wood River High School, Chris also works part-time at the Sun Valley Garden Center and is the mayor of Bellevue. Originally from New Hampshire, Chris has immersed himself in the Wood River Valley community with his involvement in local government and nonprofits, and brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the Shelter board.  He manages to keep busy by volunteering, officiating weddings, tending to his artichoke garden, and hiking with his wife Kim and their four dogs-Stan, Olie, Aurora, and their most recent Shelter adoption, Huck.