Commissioners

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  • Commissioners
    P.O. Box 850
    500 Broadway
    Eagle, Colorado 81631-0850

    Phone: 970-328-8605
    Fax: 970-328-8629
    eagleadmin@eaglecounty.us


Meet the Commissioners

 

Contact all three commissioners: eagleadmin@eaglecounty.us  


Runyon
Peter Runyon, Chairman
District 1
peter.runyon@eaglecounty.us 

Peter Runyon was elected to his second term of office in November 2008. Peter’s tenure has included working to create a bipartisan commission to ensure smart growth, forming an economic development council, intergovernmental cooperation, water quality and home rule.

Peter will serve as chairman of the board in 2012. Peter is chair of the Intermountain Transportation Planning Region. He is co-chair of the I-70 Mountain Corridor Coalition and chairman of the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments Executive Committee. He is the county's representative to NWCCOG's Rural Resort Region; Riverview Affordable Housing Corporation; Berry Creek/Miller Ranch Design Review Committee.

 

   

Stavney 
Jon Stavney, Vice Chairman
District 2  
jon.stavney@eaglecounty.us 

Jon Stavney was elected to office in November 2008. Jon's decade working as a project manager in the high-end second homebuilding industry provided him insight into the regional resort economy. His goal is to further his commitment to the working families of Eagle County by enlarging the stock of workforce housing, and by managing the county budget responsibly with an eye to the long term.

Jon is vice-chair of the board for 2012 and serves on the National Association of Counties Public Lands Steering Committee. He is the county's representative on the Colorado River Water Conservation District Executive Committee; Ruedi Water and Power Authority; Alexander J. Allen Education Committee; Partnership for Education; and is an officer of the Lake Creek Affordable Housing Corporation, Eagle County Housing and Development Authority and the Eagle County Housing and Development Corporation.
 
Jon is proud to serve people of Eagle County and proud of being able to cut the budget at the county while providing high level customer service. He’s lived in county since 1994 and resides in the Town of Eagle with his wife Maryann and two kids.

   
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Sara Fisher
District 3 sara.fisher@eaglecounty.us 

Sara grew up on a cattle ranch in Montana. She arrived in Eagle County in 1978 to spend a ski season and to work in the hospitality industry. Sara served as the Eagle County Clerk and Recorder from 1993 to 2003. Upon retiring from that position, due to term limits, she capitalized on her experience in the successful management of elections as a consultant for SysTest Labs of Denver. Her work included projects in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the states of Wisconsin and Florida and in Ohio for the County of Cuyahoga.

Sara has been an active volunteer in community service programs including Mountain Hospice, 9 Health Fair, Bright Future Foundation, Eagle County Fair and Rodeo, 4-H, Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration,The Salvation Army and The New America School Advisory Board.

Sara served as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners for 2009 and 2010. She is the county's representative to the Eagle River Youth Coalition, Chairman of the board of the Golden Eagle Elderly Housing Corporation, on the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority, the Regional Advisory Council of Alpine Area Agency on Aging, the Immigrant Integration Collaborative.

Sara and Bill Fisher, a nearly lifelong resident of Eagle County, live in Gypsum with their dog Sage.