Board of Directors

[Meeting schedules and minutes below]

General Information:

The Board of Directors of Crested Butte Mountain Educational Radio, Inc (dba KBUT) consists of nine volunteer members elected to serve three-year terms. New board members are elected by sitting members at the annual board meeting.

The board’s duties include hiring and evaluating the executive director, developing and implementing a long-range strategic plan outlining the goals and objectives of the station, fundraising and fiscal accountability.

Board meetings are scheduled for the 3rd Wednesday of alternating months, starting with January. Dates are subject to change. Special board meetings may be called on occasion. KBUT meetings are open to the public. Board minutes are ratified at the following meeting and are available at the link below.

For more information and meeting agendas contact the KBUT Executive Director at 970-349-5225 or by email.

2026 Board Members:

Chris Coady – President

Laura Silva – Vice President

TJ McIntyre – Treasurer

Dan Bostick – Secretary

JC Barber

Rob Carney

Anna Legere

Brian Lynch

Dylan McKnight

Bios

Chris Coady- President

I moved to Gunnison from the Phoenix area in 1995 where I was in the culinary arts working as a Pastry Chef. Since that time, I have worked as a chef (Soupcon), a baker (Crested Butte Bakery Café), a restaurateur/owner (Gunnison Valley Bakery), a sales manager for broad-line food service distributors (U.S. Foods, Shamrock), and I am currently a ski instructor in the winter, and a whitewater raft guide in the summer. I am also a performing Americana Folk-Rock singer-songwriter and recording artist. I have been in local bands and have released several studio-produced albums of original songs. I am married to the love of my life, Briony, and together we have an amazing son, Asher, who was born and raised in Gunnison/Crested Butte and now lives in Rotterdam NL where he works as an Artist and Designer. I have been a KBUT DJ since 2008 (Song in the Walls) and I am super stoked to serve on the Board of Directors!

Laura Silva- Vice President

I arrived in Crested Butte in 1997 and KBUT was on every single radio, in every business, throughout the Gunnison valley. It had such a profound impact on me that I knew I needed to become a KBUT volunteer DJ. My first show, Lunch Lady Laura’s Late Night Snack Show, Thursdays from 8 to 10 PM, started in August of 1999. Many years of volunteering at that slot I changed over to the Thursday 2 to 4 PM slot and still currently DJ bi-weekly with my same show. In past years I was KBUT’s events Coordinator and have also been the main DJ and coordinator for KBUT’s Disco Inferno since the year 2000. In addition to my relations and commitment to KBUT, I am also involved intricately in the Crested Butte and Gunnison communities with additional ties in business. I am the current Secret Stash restaurant manager and in arts and entertainment as the owner of High Mountain DJ’s. I have worked, DJ’d, collaborated, and coordinated with a large part of every nonprofit in the Gunnison Valley for over 20 years. I also helped to create and coordinate the one and only three day Jazz fest in Crested Butte. I have worked in the service/restaurant industry for the last 26 years and have been part of many other organizations and businesses such as the Crested Butte Academy Lunch Lady, Crested Butte News/Weekly newspaper sales rep, advertising sales for the Mountain Express bus ads and multiple local maps, Acli-Mate mountain sports drink- senior sales representative, several years of highway construction with Gunnison Traffic Control, volunteer soccer coach for the West Elk Soccer Association, and parent volunteer and coordinator with West Elk Hockey Association. I am the Mother to two amazing, beautiful, human beings, my son Jordan Hendrix and my daughter Gabriella Violet, and have been together and married to my husband Junior for over 20 years. I am proud and honored to be a part of KBUT and the Gunnison Valley and look forward to serving the KBUT board.

TJ McIntyre- Treasurer

From high atop CB South since 2000, TJ has enjoyed witnessing the sounds of KBUT soothing the Gunnison River Valley’s soul… Dead Head Ed’s tireless dedication to his favorite band, in particular. His career has been spent growing many of the great Colorado natural foods companies, and as CEO of BOBO’S he has best been able to fulfill a lifelong dream of bringing healthy food to the masses. TJ’s key thrills in the Elk Mountains include floating and fishing the East–>Gunnison, long hikes with his dog Teo and wife Molly, and pestering kids Rowan,Shea and Cassidy to nordic ski with him and not make fun of the sport.

Dan Bostick- Secretary

I’ve been playing music since I was four years old. An early interest in electronics led me to get my amateur radio license a few years later. In college I studied music business and was a DJ. After moving to Nashville a cinnamon bun that miraculously resembled Mother Teresa was responsible for launching my career in the music industry. I played in local bands there for many years, sometimes performing for dozens of people. The police were once summoned by me playing Theremin so loudly that I set off all the car alarms in the parking lot. Combining my love of music and technology turned into a career in the A/V industry. I design and sell professional audio, video, and lighting systems. Hobbies include collecting vinyl records and restoring vintage keyboards. I currently live in CB South with with my wife, Rachel, and teenage son, Max. We love music, mountains, and all things outdoors.

JC Barber

A New Hampshire native, I feel fortunate to have found, and moved to, Crested Butte for the first time in October of 1986, 3 months before KBUT first hit the air. After being canvassed passionately a few times times by Jim Michael, our de facto house DJ at the time, I decided to help relieve him of some of his extraordinary load of airtime. Being an agreeable sort, I got further coerced into doing 3 early morning shows a week for much of the first couple of winters I was on the air. A public radio baptism served by walking to that frigid bus barn at 5:30 am 3 days a week as a young adult. 9 years and a few hundred radio shows later, life led me to Alaska in the spring of 1995, where I continued as a volunteer DJ at KUAC in Fairbanks for several years.

27 years later, I have been able to return to my CB roots to raise my daughter here in the community where I expect to spend the rest of my life. Music has often defined me, becoming the basis of my career for the last 24 years, firmly embedded with a crew of former CB locals, and roommates, who found success as touring musicians. Shout out to 17 Elk Ave and the Forest Queen, our origin story.

I started in the non profit arena at an early age as a canvasser with the PIRGS and Greenpeace in New England and then CO. I caught back up with this and the Denali Foundation, now the Denali Education Center, during my decade plus up north. I am excited to be back in that field with KBUT, an entity that has meant so much to me for so many years.

I am grateful to be back “home”, the upper end of the East River Valley, where you’ll likely find me outdoors, on skis, a bike or boots exploring what I consider to be the most wonderful wilderness area in the world. Go KBUT!

Dylan McKnight

My name is Dylan McKnight, I’ve been a DJ here at KBUT since 1998 , originally the Ital Show, Reggae every Saturday night. I left for a time and returned to create ADD radio in 2008 , heard every Friday from noon till two. I am from the Catskills of New York , Woodstock area to be exact and moved to Crested Butte in 1996 after a year in Boulder and Ouray Colorado.

I was raised by a family that loved music and was around amazing artists and musicians growing up.I made mix cassette tapes for friends as a young man and this help blossom my love of DJing.

Upon arriving here in CB I became aware of KBUT while cleaning rooms for my pass at the Grand Butte Lodge. We would turn on the clock radios in the rooms and groove to the Station while we cleaned. I was amazed that this little radio station boomed so loud across the Gunnison valley and like many Djs I said to myself I want to do that! Since those early years as a Dj here, this Station has grown with the Community around it, and has thrived with amazing Djs and Staff. I was asked to join the Board of Directors in 2024, and am very happy with my role as an advocate for this amazing station!

Anna Legere

A Massuchsetts native, I’ve been enjoying the Gunnison Valley since 2015 and have been tuning in to KBUT ever since. My love for community radio began long before moving to the valley. My family was always tuned into our local station in Massachusetts. That early exposure inspired me to become involved in radio during college at 91.3 WXPL, a student-run station, where I hosted a weekly show and served as the Public Relations Manager. I became a fill-in DJ at KBUT in 2023 and am now the host of Tonight You Might, airing alternating Saturdays from 6–8 p.m playing Soul, Funk and R&B. KBUT is a vital staple of our valley, building community and culture while providing trusted information, news, and connection and I am honored to serve on the board. When I’m not in the DJ booth you can find me floating down any river with a current, hiking with my dog Gerogie, finding hidden pow stash and riding my bike.

Brian Lynch

I’m based in Crested Butte and work in tech sales, but a lot of my energy outside of work goes into music, community, and creative projects. I grew up outside Sacramento in the Sierra foothills, where being outdoors and around independent culture early on shaped how I think about connection, creativity, and local communities.

After college, I spent a few years living in Australia, where I co-founded and ran a silent disco company. That experience really sparked my interest in producing events that bring people together through music. When I moved back to the U.S., I continued building my career in tech sales with stops in Austin and Denver before eventually finding my way to Crested Butte.

Since landing in the Gunnison Valley, I’ve tried to plug into the local arts and community scene as much as possible. I host Hot Like Sauce on KBUT, where I focus on sharing a mix of emerging artists and sounds that might not always get airtime elsewhere. I’m also involved in a local improv troupe, help produce music-focused shows and community events around the valley, and have been playing shortstop for the KBUT softball team since 2024.

At the end of the day, I just really believe in what KBUT stands for in giving people a platform, bringing the community together, and keeping things a little weird, creative, and local in the best way possible.

Rob Carney

I have lived in Crested Butte for more than 46 years and have been a dedicated voice on KBUT for over 30 years. I began DJing in 1988, often hosting multiple shows each week in the station’s early days, and was involved in KBUT’s formative festivals. My background in music production, years of working directly with bands, and experience as a Production Coordinator for festivals have given me a strong understanding of artist collaboration and community-based events. My lifelong passion for music and deep commitment to the Crested Butte and the Gunnison Valley drive my dedication to supporting KBUT’s mission and long-term sustainability.

KBUT’S 2023 Strategic Plan:

https://kbut.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/KBUT-Strategic-plan-2023-FINAL-2.pdf

KBUT Board Meetings Schedule:

Regular Meetings of the KBUT Board of Directors occur on the 3rd Wednesday of odd-numbered Months. The next meeting is 5/20/26 at the KBUT Studios. Minutes for each meeting are published after approval by the Board at the subsequent meeting.

KBUT Board Meeting Minutes:

2026

January

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

November
September
July
May 12
March 12
January 13

2017

November 13
October 30
September 5
June 26
May 5
March 13
January 14