Board of Trustees

Dave True

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2360
Casper, WY 82602

Shipping Address:
455 North Poplar Street
Casper, WY 82602

Phone: (307) 266-0254

Email: dtrue1@uwyo.edu

Spouse: Melanie

Appointed 2013; Reappointed 2019; term expires 2025; Republican

President of the Board (2018), Previously Vice President of the Board (2016-2017), Treasurer of the Board (2014-2016).

Bio:  B.S., business administration, University of Wyoming, 1973. Partner/co-owner, True companies, including True Oil, True Drilling, Eighty-Eight Oil, Black Hills Trucking, Belle Fourche and Bridger pipelines, Toolpushers Supply, and True Ranches. Chairman of the Board for the True-owned community bank, Hilltop National Bank. Member of the All American Wildcatters, International Association of Drilling Contractors, Petroleum Association of Wyoming, Independent Petroleum Association of America, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Casper Area Economic Development Alliance, Wyoming Stock Growers Association, the Republican Party, Casper Rotary Club, American Petroleum Institute, Farm Bureau, and Rotary Foundation. Former member, Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Council, University of Wyoming College of Business Advisory Board, United Way of Natrona County, Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, and Wyoming Beef Council. Former Board of Directors, Wyoming 4-H Foundation. Member, Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society. Sigma Chi Fraternity-Delta Delta and Gamma Xi Chapter, 2011 Significant Sig Award. Member, Cattle-Fax. Former Member UW College of Ag. Advisory Council. Children Stacy (deceased), Shane, Christy, Bryce, and Ashley and thirteen grandchildren.