SDSG

Our Staff

 

Luke Danielson is a lawyer, researcher and professor who has directed substantial research programs in the fields of sustainable development and mining and minerals policy. In the last two years he has taught all or part of courses in those areas at Tulane University, Simon Fraser University, Denver University and Western State College. He is a President of SDSG. Luke Danielson Curriculum Vitae

Kristi Disney, originally from East Tennessee, received her undergraduate degree at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she majored in social work and minored in journalism and economics.  Kristi is a law student at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she was awarded a Public Interest Law Group Clerkship to support her work at SDSG.  Prior to her work with SDSG, Kristi worked on international trade and development issues in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, India, Cuba, and Brazil; provided services to victims of violence and war trauma in the U.S., Ireland, and Bosnia-Herzegovina; and worked as a legal assistant on toxic tort claims at a leading personal injury law firm in New York City.  Kristi is a co-author of Grassroots Action for Global Change: Resources for Community-Based Organizers in Appalachia and Global Activist’s Handbook: Local Ways to Change the World. 

Mary Jo Marvel is the office manager for Luke J. Danielson. She is originally from Denver but, has been a Gunnison resident on and off for the past 28 years.  She originally came to Gunnison to attend Western State College, where she obtained her BA in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management.  Mary Jo has been an active member of the national organization of Business & Professional Women.  She loves Gunnison for its wide open spaces, exceptional scenery and easy access to hiking, biking and skiing. 

Bronte Roberts has been a professional research scientist for the past 9 years for Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. She has conducted research in the fields of ruminant nutrition, cattle epidemiology, feedlot and ranch management, wastewater quality, treatment wetlands, sustainable agricultural and domestic wastewater treatment, and food safety. She has a B.S. and M.S. in Animal Sciences and Environmental Engineering/Food Safety, respectively, from CSU. In addition, she has studied abroad in France, and lived in Porto-Novo Benin, West Africa during an internship with the Le Centre Songhai, Agricultural School. She currently lives in Crested Butte, Colorado with her husband Kris, a mechanical engineer with REG Inc.

Marketa Zubkova comes from the Czech Republic and has been living in Crested Butte for ten years. Besides her work for SDSG she volunteers as an interpreter, and ESL teacher. Marketa’s passion about immigrant integration made her to pursue her Masters in Cultural Studies with Emphasis on Latin America from the Prescott College, Arizona.  Outside of work, she enjoys skiing, biking, hiking and practicing yoga.