Haub School Advisory Board

Liliane Haub carries on the Haub family’s long-time commitment to the environment and sustainability. She serves on the boards of several nonprofits, including: the College Board of Advisors at Georgetown University; Tacoma Art Museum, WA; American Prairie, MT; Pace University, NY where her focus is on the Elisabeth Haub School of Law, and the Leadership Council Steering Committee at the Yale School of the Environment. She also served on the Board of Regents at Boston College as well as the Patron Steering Committee of the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Liliane led the effort to develop the Haub Family Galleries housing the family’s American Western Art Collection. Currently she runs the family office in Munich, Germany and leads the family company’s history project of the Tengelmann Group. She has worked as a cataloger for Impressionist and Modern Art at Habsburg, Feldman in Geneva, Switzerland, and New York. Liliane loves the outdoors and is an avid hiker, horseback rider and skier, and has run the New York City Marathon several times. Liliane’s passion for Wyoming comes from managing the family’s bison ranch near Cora, WY.

Dr. Joe Hiller served over 34 years on the faculty of the Universities of Wyoming, Alaska, and Arizona, including service as head of two different academic departments and agriculture college administration. He managed federal agricultural research funding through the Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station and provided national leadership for the Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Program (FRTEP). Joe has trained over two dozen master’s and doctoral students in agriculture and natural resources: Arid Lands Studies and American Indian Studies. Dr. Hiller earned bachelor’s degrees at South Dakota State University Master’s Degree and a Doctorate in Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management from the University of Wyoming. He was awarded an honorary degree in Lakota Leadership from Oglala Lakota College. He is nationally prominent as a land grant university leader working with tribes and tribal colleges. Joe serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Native American Agriculture Fund; and spent over 9 years on the Board of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation. He is also a veteran of the US Army Special Forces, having served in conflict areas worldwide; and is a life member of the Special Forces Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans. He is an instrument-rated private pilot and journeyman blacksmith and lives in rural northwestern Nebraska.

Chip Jenkins is the superintendent of Grand Teton National Park and the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. He has more than 34 years of experience working in and leading national parks including working in 8 parks, two regional offices, the Denver Service Center and, NPS headquarters in Washington DC. He began his career as a seasonal ranger at North Cascades National Park. Chip graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s degree in geography and environmental studies and he is a graduate of the Department of the Interior Senior Executive Service Development Program.

Holly Krutka is the executive director of the School of Energy Resources at the University of Wyoming. She came to the university after serving as the vice president for coal generation and emissions technologies at Peabody. Dr. Krutka has spent much of her career focusing on technology and policy pathways to reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption, especially carbon capture, use and storage. She led an international coal technology and policy journal, sponsored by the Chinese state-owned energy company, Shenhua Group. She has also held a leadership position in the Carbon Utilization Research Council, has participated in the Carbon Capture Coalition, and is a judge on the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition. She holds a BS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

Todd Parfitt was appointed director of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality by Governor Mead in October 2012. He has over 29 years of experience in the environmental field, including 19 years with the DEQ. Prior to becoming the director, Mr. Parfitt spent seven years as the DEQ deputy director and as the administrator of DEQ’s Industrial Siting Division. Mr. Parfitt has a bachelor’s degree in natural resources, fisheries management and a master’s degree in public administration with an emphasis in environmental policy both from The Ohio State University. Mr. Parfitt is a graduate of Leadership Wyoming, Class of 2008.

Rebecca Watson began her legal career in Wyoming and is now a Special Counsel at Welborn, P.C. in Casper and Denver. Her career includes representation of natural resource clients and federal service. As Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, U.S. Department of Interior, she managed federal energy and public lands policy. Earlier, she served as Assistant General Counsel for Energy Policy, U.S. Department of Energy. She taught law as the 2011 Distinguished Natural Resources Practitioner-in-Residence at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, her alma mater. Rebecca was elected as the 66th (4th woman) President of the Foundation for Energy and Natural Resources (2019-2020). Rebecca lives in Cody, Wyoming where she is currently a Trustee for the Buffalo Bill Center of the American West.

Justice Kite was sworn into office June 2, 2000. She received her BA from the University of Wyoming in 1970 with Honors and her JD from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1974. Prior to her appointment to the Wyoming Supreme Court, Justice Kite served as senior assistant attorney general for the State of Wyoming from 1974 through 1978. She entered private practice when she joined the law firm of Holland & Hart in 1979, and she was a partner in the Jackson office until her appointment to the Wyoming Supreme Court. She was appointed as Chief Justice on July 1, 2010.