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Board of Directors
Diane Cannella, Secretary – I grew up in Upstate New York and then lived in Florida for many years where I met my husband, Jim. We moved to Colorado (Littleton) in 2007 and just love the Colorado landscape and weather. We took a road trip one weekend to Salida and fell in love with the town and said, “We could live here” and in 2016 we made that move and absolutely love it. I have spent my career in Corporate Accounting/Com I have assisted with the Peak-to-Peak Pickleball tournaments, and I look forward to expanding my support of this wonderful club by serving on the Board of Directors. Pickleball is such a popular and growing sport, and it is great to be a part of the Pickleball community.
I was born and raised in Cincinnati. I lived in Minot ND for 7 years before moving to Evergreen Colorado. As an OR nurse, I needed to be closer to work, so I moved to Arvada where I met my husband, Jim. We started a consulting business in 2003. I wrote a book titled Sterile Processing In Healthcare Facilities: Preparing for Accreditation Surveys. The consulting business allowed us to travel all over the world educating and helping hospital prepare for their accreditation surveys. I was introduced to pickleball in Arvada and was immediately hooked on the sport. We wanted to get out of the big city and move to the mountains. One of the criteria for the move was to make sure the community had Pickleball. So in 2018 we moved to Salida. I am now retired and I love this community and our Peak to Peak Pickleball Club.Ashlee Cerda, Board Member - I was born and raised in Wisconsin, studied in Indiana, and moved to Costa Rica before ultimately making my way to Colorado to receive my Master's in Public Health from the University of Colorado in 2014. I coached high school girls and club lacrosse during my time in Denver. For the last 10 years, I have worked in the healthcare IT space and currently work in External Affairs for a national healthcare information technology I have called Salida and Poncha Springs home since 2021 and love everything about this magical place. I enjoy camping, fishing, archery, backcountry skiing, mountain biking, my dogs, and traveling to Central and South America. |
Cheryl Piderit, President Lucky for me, I am a Colorado native born in Denver and raised in Golden. Following a brief stint in Kansas to attend a small liberal arts college and 10 years in Chicago, I choose Colorado as my forever home. Both of my children and two grandkids live in Denver. Six years ago, I retired after a 40 year career in closing operations for the title insurance industry. After spending 3 years in Fairplay, I followed my boyfriend, Kevin, to Salida and have never looked back. We love to hike, play golf, ride bikes, try out new breweries, work around our home and now play pickleball. In the past, I have served on several Board of Directors. In Denver I was on the Board at Senior Resource Center an organization dedicated to keeping seniors in their homes as long as possible. In Fairplay, I was on the Board at the Chamber of Commerce and the Friends of the Fairplay Community. I fell in love with pickleball three years ago. While I enjoyed my years playing tennis, I am now passionate about this new sport. I especially love all the new friends we have met through playing pickleball. It was a fun and a learning experience helping with the tournament this year. I welcome the opportunity to support the Peak to Peak Pickleball Club in any way I can.
My time growing up was split between Sacramento, California, and a small town in eastern Kansas. After high school I studied Music Therapy and Music Education at the University of Kansas, returning to the same university for Masters work in Social Welfare. I worked for years in the mental health setting until my interests took me to North Africa, working with Peace Corps. After my time working there and traveling afterward, I was drawn to holistic health, went back to school and received certification in massage and bodywork. Darrell, my husband, and I have traveled to Colorado for recreation for as long as I can remember. In 2005 he found our place in Salida, and we eventually moved here full time. I have sat on boards as we raised our boys in Lawrence, Kansas, and have run a couple of businesses, responsible for overseeing significant budgets. I have also developed and taught various workshops through the years for peers and community. I have enjoyed pickleball for many years, and while my skill improvement has been slow and steady, I mostly find the recreational and social aspect of it enjoyable. The game has given me a lot of joy and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve on the board. Stephanie Rumold - Board Member I grew up all over the place, from Michigan to South Korea, before my family settled in Boise, Idaho, where I attended high school and college. After graduating, I moved to Los Gatos, California and enjoyed the wonders of hiking the great mountains around there, spending time at the ocean, and eating my way through the fabulous restaurants of Northern California with friends. In 2020, the pandemic allowed me to work remotely, and I fulfilled a dream of moving to the mountains. I have called Buena Vista home ever since. I caught the Pickleball bug in 2022 and have spent a ton of time learning and growing as a player since then. Along the way, I've made many friends who also tend to love (be obsessed with) pickleball as much as me. Outside of pickleball, I love to hike, snow shoe , snuggle with my fur babies, hang with friends, and cross country ski badly. I also love all of the wonderful live music our county has to offer. And whenever possible, I get out and travel the world. Only now, I bring my paddle with me. |
Clint Lawrence, Past President (non-voting) - I was born in Ohio and after serving in the Army in Texas, I moved to Fort Worth and spent most of my life there. After retiring in 1998 and a lot of travel around the c
 ountry, we decided on Salida for our next home. In addition to pickleball, I enjoy skiing, fly fishing, golf, woodworking and model railroading.John Vandewalle, Board Member – John sits on the Boards of various businesses and philanthropic organizations and is very involved with the Helzberg School of Management at Rockhurst University as an advisory council member, and was an adjunct marketing professor. He is a m He has been involved with sports all his life and loves tennis, squash, pickleball, skiing, hiking, bicycle riding and gardening. He was responsible for organizing the neighborhood tennis group for 30 years where they played outdoors year-round. He has been playing tennis and pickleball sporadically in Salida during his visits and now wishes to get more involved. He really wants to see pickleball expand to attract more age groups and become a family activity that becomes a beacon of the lifestyle in Salida. He believes that all the social and well-being benefits that pickleball brings is deserving of a strong presence in every community. Terry Pintane, Board Member - I moved to Chaffee County in 1995 with my wife Laura and our daughter Shannon. We started our own business and then became partners in Cami Jamerson - Board Member I grew up in Maryland playing lots of different sports, mainly tennis, soccer, and horseback riding. I studied Education at Wake Forest University. In high school and college I competed in cross country and track. After school I continued to train and compete in local road races. I taught kindergarten in New Hampshire and Connecticut before having kids. I was a stay-at-home mom for many years coaching Colin and Robiny's soccer teams, volunteering in their school programs, horseback riding and taking care of our farm in Massachusetts. The mountains and the outdoor lifestyle drew me to Buena Vista 9 years ago. I joined Adventure Unlimited Ranches in its HR department and outdoor programming. I enjoy hiking, pottery, reading, growing an indoor succulent garden, and PICKLEBALL. I've loved meeting the awesome Peak to Peak members and supporting the club through learn-to-play, drilling, and guided-play clinics I'm grateful to be involved with such an vibrant, well-run organization that is encouraging the local community to get outside and be active! |
Rose Seavey, Vice President
Brenda Sampson, Board Member -
entor in The Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring program, a mentor at Rockhurst University for the executive MBA program and was a mentor at Southwest High School and Big Brothers Big Sisters in Kansas City. He was a member and the past President of The Overland Park South Rotary Club as well as a 2 term District Governor for Rotary. John also serves/d on the Board of AlignED (The Alliance for Childhood Education); the Board of Reaching Out From Within and volunteer mentor in the prisons; the Board of the Kansas City Tech Academy, the Board of the Kansas City
Peak to Peak Pickleball is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Salida, Colorado 81201