Professional Members

  • Brett Axton

    Brett is the owner of Rocky Mountain Roosters and a dedicated hunter and sportsmen advocate.

  • Dean Riggs

    (bio forthcoming)

  • Gaspar Perricone

    Gaspar is a Partner at Freestone Strategies. Previously he served as policy advisor in the US Senate, a Legislative Director for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, as well as serving on the Colorado Parks & Wildlife Commission and the GOCO Board.

  • Jeni James Arndt

    Jeni is the current mayor of Fort Collins, and was a Colorado State Representative representing District 53 and a legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus member from January 2015 until she was elected mayor in April 2021.

  • Jim Wilson

    Jim served as the Colorado State Representative for District 60 from January 2013 through the end of 2020, and was a member of the legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus. His political career followed a 40-year career as an educator. Jim was raised on and operated a farm in Kansas, hunts anything with everything, and currently has 2 mules: Apache and Jack.

  • John Howard

    John is the current past Chair of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. Howard is a decorated upland hunter, avid angler, and active in wildlife habitat conservation efforts across the state.

  • Jon Holst

    (bio forthcoming)

  • Perry Will

    Perry is currently the Colorado State Senator representing District 5, and the co-chair of the legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus. He also represented District 57 in the Colorado State House and was a leader of the Sportsmen’s Caucus from 2019-2022. Prior to that, Perry spent over 40 years serving the state as a Parks and Wildlife Game Warden in rural and Western Colorado.

  • Rick Cables

    (bio forthcoming)

  • Ron Velarde

    (bio forthcoming)

 If you are interested in becoming a Professional Member of CWCP please email us at: COWildlifeConservationProject@gmail.com