Rita Neill

Board President

Rita and her husband, Michael Kotrick, moved to Lander in the spring of 2013. They had previously resided in the San Francisco Bay Area.

They received a Season Ticket mailer from Lander Community Concerts Association in the summer of 2013. They were quite surprised that a community the size of Lander provided Live Performances throughout the fall, winter, and spring months and immediately purchased Season Tickets. Rita became actively involved with the Board in October of 2014. During her Board tenure, Rita has been very interested in continuing to provide our community with the opportunity to attend high-quality professional performances. Rita is currently serving as the President of the LPA Board of Directors.

Melody Nolan

Vice President

Melody Nolan was invited to a LPA (LCCA back then) performance by a friend shortly after arriving in Lander and soon became a patron, volunteer and board member.  When she isn’t backstage serving the artist’s and staff fresh home cooked meals, you might find her greeting guests, tending to costumes, or assisting with a variety of other duties.  During the off season, her days are filled with enjoying God’s amazing creation, gardening, spending time with her dogs and living her life verse “… for we walk by faith, not by sight…”.

Kyleen West

Treasurer

Kyleen joined the board as treasurer in 2014 when a friend challenged her to do so, thinking “5 years won’t be long to serve”.  She is still here!  

She has a strong financial background as she and her husband were self-employed for 48 years and was a VP of Financial Services for many years at a local financial institution.  

She was impressed with the work and mission of this organization and their commitment to bringing Lander residents “some amazing talent for such a small mountain town”.

She loves doing genealogy, and she and her husband love to travel, explore, camp, and visit their children and grandchildren who are “scattered all over the west”.

“I am a faith driven individual and I believe in serving in our community.  Lander provides us such wonderful blessings”.

Ariella Kamil

Secretary

Ari has been a musical theater kid their entire life, and knows firsthand that the performing arts saves and changes lives! They served as the Executive Director of Lander Performing Arts from 2021-2022, and are so grateful to be on the board. They are now Executive Director of the Lander Art Center.

Sam Dahnert

Concert Manager

After twelve years of enthusiastically supporting the live events industry in Colorado, New York and Ohio, Sam moved to Lander in the first half of 2020 and has been working to bolster Lander's repertoire of accessible, compelling media ever since.  Recent accomplishments include sixteen successful productions with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, a handful of collaborations with Communal Pancake and the Lander Art Center, and a year of programs with Lander Performing Arts.

Robin Levin

Board Member

Robin, Lander resident since 1981, has served on the LPA board for a dozen years and loves the new design for concerts in our community.  Her work as concert manager was passed on to Sam Dahnert in the past year, but will continue backstage.

"It is a measure of a town's merit when the arts and performances are of a high caliber.  Lander is a gem in the Rockies, fulfilling 75 years' commitment to bringing world-class shows, and looking forward to a new, vibrant season!"

Robin stays busy in various enterprises as librarian on the Wind River Reservation, hay and horse rancher with her husband Jack Malmberg, proud mom of two adult children, and  advocate for progressive & inclusive social programs.

Jonathan Rummel

Board Member

Mr. Rummel started dancing at the age of 3, danced competitively in high school, going on to college earning a BPA in Dance Performance from Oklahoma City University graduating Cum Laude.

After college, Jonathan performed professionally on Celebrity Cruises traveling to Hawaii, Panama Canal, and South America. He went on to receive his Master of Arts interdisciplinary studies in music, speech, and dance from West Texas A&M University. Currently works for the Fremont County Treasurer’s office in Lander. 

When not working for F.C.T. , he and his wife of 15 years (Deanna) runs JR Performing Arts, takes care of the family’s pets including dogs, cats, a cockatoo, chickens and ducks.  They also enjoy spending time in the mountains.

Vikkilyn Frank

Board Member

Vikkilyn Frank-Robledo is the owner of Purple Thistle Wellness, specializing in holistic health products and services, in Lander.  She has a degree in Theatre and Dance, has performed in Dance and Musical Theatre, taught children and adult dance classes, and choreographed for both Dance and Musical Theatre.

Margaret Proctor

Board Member

I love music. I’ve always loved music and don’t remember a time when I didn’t. I have a very early memory of watching Perry Como sing Ave Maria with my Italian grandmother Nonni,and she cried while Perry Como sang. The beauty and emotions music brings has had an impact on me ever since. I love Lander because it seems to be full of music and I go to every event I can find.
I have a long time connection to Wyoming because of my husband and his family and was lucky enough to move to Lander in 2018. I was invited on to the LPA board in January 2023 and get to work with a fun and amazing group of people to help bring music and preforming arts to Lander. This season is going to be amazing. Every concert is the chance for something special and the opportunity to make an amazing memory. You don’t want to miss a thing.