President - Laura has over ten years of experience in marketing, PR, and communications, she has a strong knowledge in digital marketing, content distribution and loves helping clients grow their business. For the last eight and a half years, Laura has worked in the outdoor industry in roles like 'Associate Media Director', where she was responsible for full funnel media planning strategies and 'Account Director and Senior Strategist’ where she has worked on developing and implementing brand strategy. One of her greatest passions is working with storytellers and film makers to ensure that their stories are being seen by as many people as possible. She believes that film has the power to move people and spark change.

Treasurer - Roger Hennefeld and his wife moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 1998 after he completed business school. A firm believer in 5Point, Roger believes everyone needs the spiritual uplift that being in nature brings, and feels that film and great social events are an amazing facilitator.

Ryan is a product manager, marketer, and technologist, most recently at Google Creative Lab. He has deep experience with experimental technology; defining what it is, what to do with it, and how to explain it to the world. Ryan has also produced many advertising commercials and branded films for ESPN and others. He has been madly in love with snowboarding since 1993 and has spent seven years working at ski/snowboard shops in his native New York and in Aspen. Ryan currently resides in Los Angeles.

Originally from Aspen, Chris Dirkes recently moved back to the Roaring Fork Valley in the fall of 2020. Chris is a Charted Financial Analyst, specializing in corporate credit analysis and responsible for managing institutional fixed income portfolios at New Century Advisors, a Washington, DC based investment firm. Prior to joining New Century Advisors, Chris lived in New York City and worked in Fixed Income at Morgan Stanley. Chris received his undergraduate degree in Business Economics from Brown University in 2002. Chris currently lives in Aspen with his fiancée, has a love of the outdoors and enjoys skiing, ice hockey, mountain biking, fly fishing and elk hunting.

Michael lives in the Roaring Fork Valley with his Fiancée and Swiss Mountain Dog named Tater. He works as an attorney for the firm Kalamaya Goscha. The 5Point Film Festival has been inspirational to him in many ways, and he looks forward to growing their mission and presence.

Derek Johnston has been a professional artist for over thirty years and his fine art landscape photography has been widely collected and exhibited. It is included in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago and has been honored with a Colorado Council on the Arts Grant in Visual Arts. Derek is currently a professor and Director of Professional Photography at Colorado Mountain College, where he initiated a partnership with 5POINT to help inspire young storytellers.

Candice is a Texas Native with an Ozark mountain pull and resides in Northwest Arkansas. She's an avid mountain biker, van-lover, kayaker, and explorer. Over the year's she's worn many professional hats, including bookkeeper, marketing manager, mental health therapist, and most recently Development Director for a regional cycling advocacy organization. Candice is a big believer in the healing power of immersing oneself in nature; her favorite way to do this is taking off into the wilderness in her van or biking down a long flow trail. She's currently halfway through her goal of exploring every National Park in America before she turns 40 and is working on building the van community through her side-gig, Vanarchy in the Ozarks.

Keile is a 3rd generation Roaring Fork Valley native, with a passion for the outdoors and the stories that inspire action sports communities to engage, feel, and work together around a bigger picture. She works professionally as an Associate Media Director at Backbone Media, spending time in marketing strategy for a number of category-leading retail brands such as Patagonia and Smartwool, as well as non-profit organizations Protect Our Winters and The Wilderness Society. She is also a member of Backbone’s DEI Community committee, where she works to organize and rally the Backbone team around opportunities for employees to give back to underrepresented groups both in Carbondale and Denver.

Arriving in the Roaring Fork Valley after graduating from the University of Denver, Summers has been an integral part of the community. Her love for the area is immeasurable. Her latest passion finds her in the art/photography scene while raising two beautiful daughters.

Bodhi Stewart is a Principal Digital Product Designer at REI; leading innovation design for the Activity categories, specializing in cycle and run. Before joining REI, Bodhi designed experiences for an eclectic range of companies and startups including Asurion, Poolsuite, Philz Coffee, and Verizon. As a Latina, Bodhi cares deeply about making the outdoors an accessible and equitable place for all. As Jacques Cousteau once said “People protect what they love, they love what they understand and they understand what they are taught.” and she is motivated by that same desire to cultivate an enduring love of the outdoors in others so that they will strive to protect it.

Greg joined Backbone Media in 2005 after managing the advertising team at Climbing magazine and co-founding the Philadelphia Rock Gym. At Backbone, Greg has worn many hats both on the PR and media team and has been instrumental in establishing and growing the media buying and planning side of Backbone’s business. Backbone’s media work spans all channels and includes award winning digital campaigns and national TV brand campaigns. Greg is an all-around outdoor enthusiast and lives in Carbondale with his family – Carolyn, Sage and Luke.