Board

Kelly Yarbrough has been in the Shadowcliff community since 2009, first as a Summer staff member and volunteer, now as a member of the board. Kelly is based in Manhattan, Kansas, and works for the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission as the Arts & Environment Specialist. She has an MFA from Kansas State University, and founded the Tallgrass Artist Residency in 2016. She is a total prairie nerd, a world...

Leslie VonHolten is a writer and cultural program director with over 15 years of experience in nonprofit development and management. A former arts executive director, she now works as the Director of Grants & Outreach for Humanities Kansas, a statewide nonprofit that works to elevate the humanities in daily life. Leslie has served on the board of directors for the Garden of Eden in Lucas, Kansas (a folk art environment), and was...

Hannah Colter was a Shadowcliff summer staff member in 2011 and 2013. She now lives in the Denver area and works for Violence Free Colorado, the state coalition against domestic violence. Hannah has her bachelor’s in Spanish from Grinnell College and master’s in Gender and Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies/University of Sussex. She enjoys running, reading, hiking, and writing, and is looking forward to reconnecting with the...

Tina Casagrand is the founder and publisher of independent print magazine The New Territory, which has published more than 300 writers and artists focused on the nature and culture of the Lower Midwest since its founding in 2015. Most of her professional career has been spent serving environmental nonprofits through coordination and communication capacities. Her clients include the Climate + Energy Project, the Missouri Prairie Foundation, and most recently the...

"Duncan is both jack and master of trades. Unverified as Jefferson City’s first male vegan yoga teacher, he has since rolled through careers as varied as home remodeler, burner of prairies, and wildland firefighter. His proudest accomplishment, other than raising his wild children to the double digits, is serving as The New Territory’s customer service manager, where he has won “best customer service” all seven years of publication." Duncan is...

Kate is a Graduate Student Coordinator for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison where she works on the administrative aspects of the department’s graduate program- everything from application through graduation. She was on Shadowcliff staff in 2008.

Sue Rempel spent almost every summer of her life with her family in Grand Lake since 1957, building and helping with every aspect of Shadowcliff.  After an injury temporarily kept her away, she’s happily serving on the board to support Shadowcliff’s future, bringing the vision and commitment that Warren and Patt Rempel held as they built each building— their dream and life’s work.  Sue’s love of Grand Lake extended to her...