Here are the Candidates!
Current Director: Brian Boyer has been a member of LCWA since fall of 2021 not long after he and his wife bought a home in Santa Fe. He is retired after working in the investment industry for 25 years, most recently as a investment director for Wespath, the pension board of the United Methodist Church in Illinois, where he had oversight of real estate and private equity funds. He enjoys skiing and golf as well as exploring the SF area through hiking and biking.
New Candidate: Phil Neufield has been a New Mexican since 2018, when he visited for his first time and fell in love with Santa Fe. He was previously employed as a firefighter in California for 30 years and spent his free time managing a film society dedicated to international cinema. He also spent a couple of decades managing a food co-op that fed families and shaved dollars off grocery bills. He’s been a member of LCWA after six months of suffering data caps on a satellite ISP (here un-named). He has shared his satisfaction with LCWA by volunteering as an installer since about two months after he joined as a subscriber.
Current Director: Ken Perlow has been a member of LCWA since 2012. A retired Bell Labs computer engineer and strategic planner from Chicago, Ken is also an old hand at co-ops, co-founding several housing co-ops in Madison, WI, and is the current treasurer of a housing co-op in Cerrillos. Ken strongly feels that LCWA must differentiate itself from garden-variety alternatives like NMSurf and new technologies like Starlink by providing an exemplary service model—a model that recognizes members not simply as customers, but as fellow co-op members. If reelected, Ken says he will be dedicated to keeping LCWA viable in a rapidly changing technology environment.
Current Director: Dana Simmons has been a member of LCWA since 2006 and on the board since 2013. He has been Board President, Board Treasurer, and Board Secretary. As New Member Orientation and Training Coordinator from 2008 to 2010, Dana helped LCWA grow to 400 members. He established the Tech Support Line 800 number. Dana is currently the Eastside New Member and Training Coordinator.
Current Secretary & Director: Julian Winter has been an LCWA member since 2018, first receiving service on a lone pole at his off-grid building site which is now finished, except for the planned geodesic dome greenhouse. He enjoyed/endured/survived a business career initially working in operations at a large corporation before jumping into Internet startups in the ‘90s. After that he consulted for Internet firms before finishing his business life in financial planning. Presently, he’s a screenwriter exploring futuristic subjects, as well as an LCWA volunteer installer.