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Meet our PPOS Board Members

Board member Lawrence Rugar sitting with his dog

Lawrence Rugar, President

lrugar@ppos.co

Lawrence and his wife Carolyn moved to Pagosa Springs in April of 2021. Lawrence and Carolyn  moved to Pagosa to live close to their son Tim and daughter-in-law Laura who have been here for about 12 years and have added to the family three wonderful and happy grandchildren. Tim and Laura own and operate the Thingamajig Theater and The Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts.

Lawrence, by history, was a high school teacher and coach prior to entering the military service as an Army Ranger. Most of his post military experience has been in Corporate Risk Management with children and adolescent RCCF and psychiatric hospital,  acute rehab hospital, and high end senior living experiences. The later of which comprised of 50 large senior living communities in 10 states. Lawrence is a life long learner and as such joined the PPOS Board with the goal of reinforcing the PPOS mission and values which includes the development of life long learning instilled in our students for generations to come.

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Pamela Meade, Treasurer

pmeade@ppos.co

Pamela Meade is the President/CEO of Designs for Learning, a consulting company that supports charter schools with the complex and inter-related tasks of founding, developing, managing, and growing self-sufficient schools.  Pamela incorporates her management skills to coordinate Designs for Learning operations, spearhead strategic initiatives, and create systems and procedures for DL’s core services. She was a Business Manager with Minneapolis Public Schools, and for three charter schools in MN (including a founding staff member), and assisted PPOS with some pre-operational support.  

Pamela has a Master of Art Degree in Professional Communications (MPC) and a Master of Science in Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution (MSCM). She has worked in the fields of legal compliance, contract negotiation, project coordination, grant management, and school finance. 

Now living in Pagosa full time, Pamela, husband Sean and her 2 kids were part-timers since 2009, splitting their time living in Northeast Arizona on the Navajo Nation and enjoying weekends of skiing, music, and fun here in Colorado.  Her continuing work on the Navajo Nation supports Evaluation and Program support for Domestic Violence Prevention, Drug and Suicide Prevention programs and SEL Enrichment for youth and families. 

Bill Hudson, Secretary and Co-founder

billhudson@ppos.co

After briefly attending Stanford University on a scholarship, Bill Hudson escaped to Juneau, Alaska where he raised three children, built musical instruments, operated a successful graphic design business, served on the founding board of the Alaska Folk Festival, developed a visual arts program for the Juneau Fine Arts Camp, worked in the state-sponsored Artist-in-the-Schools program, and produced family-oriented theater productions at Perseverance Theatre.

Bill moved to Pagosa Springs with his family in 1993, and promptly founded the Pagosa Pretenders Family Theater, a unique family-centered theater company that won an El Pomar award for artistic excellence in 2004. He currently serves as president of Pagosa Housing Partners, working to address the lack of workforce housing in the community. He’s also on the board of the San Juan Water Conservancy District.

Bill is currently editor and publisher of the Pagosa Daily Post, an online community news magazine that he founded in 2004. He has written extensively about education issues in Colorado’s southwest.

 

Elly Osmera, Board Member

eosmera@ppos.co

Elly grew up in Pagosa Springs and works in the field of wellness and wellness arts. A former spa owner, Elly now owns Balanced Body where she practices yoga, biofeedback, therapeutic massage and stretch to win stretching. Elly was a member of the Sunrise Foundation in the Phoenix area and also owns Heitkamp Farms, which supplies produce to local restaurants and the farmers market in Pagosa Springs.

Board member David Pribble in front of a window with dog behind him.

David Pribble, Board Member

dpribble@ppos.co

Born and raised in Durango Co., David moved to Pagosa Springs in 2018. After graduating from Durango
High School, he served in the US Marine Corps, prior to moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. David entered
into a career of commercial development as a General Contractor and has since worked in that capacity
for 29 years.

David had 2 sons that were born in Las Vegas, NV. while residing there, and raised both as a single
parent. David devoted most of his spare time coaching youth sports and putting his boys as priority
during their upbringing. Both of his son’s, Dalton and Weston, still reside in Durango, Co.

Since returning to Durango in 2010, David met his current wife, Jennifer Pribble, and was married in
2013. David has been with FCI Constructors, based out of Durango, for the last 10 years. David feels his
biggest assett that he brings to the PPOS community is his experience and knowledge in school
building/code compliance and future planning, growth and expansion of the school needs.