Business Council elects two

CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Business Council Board of Directors elected two new members, Lee Lockhart and Larry Caller, at their March meeting in Torrington.

Lockhart and Caller fill positions left open by Jim Davis and Ted Ladd.

Both Davis and Ladd served six years and were term limited by statute. The new board appointments run until March 1, 2012.

Lockhart has been the publisher of the Northern Wyoming Daily News in Worland since 1989. He has served as past president of the Wyoming Press Association and as a board member of the Science, Technology and Energy Administration from 1990 to 1998. He received a degree in business administration from the University of Wyoming.

Caller is a Rock Springs businessman and former state senator and county commissioner. He has been active in the local economic development group, the Sweetwater Economic Development Association. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Wyoming.

The board also elected the following officers to the executive committee: Clarene Law, of Jackson, as co-chair; Cliff Root, of Riverton, as vice chair; Gus Fleischli, of Cheyenne, as secretary/treasurer; and Donna Kinskey, of Sheridan, and Nathan Bekke, of Casper, as members at large. Bekke is publisher of the Casper Star-Tribune. They will serve in their positions until March 2010. Their bios can be found on the Web at http://wyomingbusiness.org/about/members.aspx .

Members of the Board of Directors include: Gov. Dave Freudenthal, co-chair with Clarene Law;� Nathan Bekke, of Casper; Richard Bratton, Sr.; Larry Caller, of Rock Springs; Karla Fiebelkorn, of Gillette; Gus Fleischli, of Cheyenne; Donna Kinskey, of Sheridan; Lee Lockhart, of Worland; Richard McGinity, of Laramie; Matt Mead, of Cheyenne; Frank Mendicino, of Westminster, CO; Gary Negich, of Laramie; Cliff Root of Riverton; Donald Russell, of Basin; and Richard Walje of Salt Lake City, Utah.