Bar-K Board of Directors

The Bar-K Association Board of Directors

The Association's business is managed by a seven-member Board of Directors, elected annually by our voting members. During these annual elections, members also set the upcoming year's dues. Members of the Board of Directors serve two-year terms.

The Board holds regular meetings every 1–2 months that are open to all Bar-K Ranch property owners. For Board Meeting scheduling details, please check The Association Page or the bulletin board near the Bar-K Ranch entrance. Please also refer to the President's Letter regarding Board activity over the winter.

Active Bar-K Association Board of Directors:

Jack Kutscher - President

Dan Walker - Vice President

Margie Airola - Treasurer

Erika Archer - Secretary

Joel Rutkowski - Project Manager

Bob Tarantino - Member at Large

John Sinclair - Member at Large

Jack Kutscher, President
Lakes Committee, Horse Committee Board Rep

Raised in the small town of Nederland where my parents moved from Ohio in 1957. There were about as many people living in Nederland as there are in the Bar- K now. Graduated high school 1966 and in 1968-71 served active duty in the US Army. While in the military I got married and in time we had 4 children. Long story short we moved to the Bar-K subdivision in1989 from Longmont and I have lived here ever since. Became involved in the Association in 1991 when I wrote the first Pasture Rotation plan. Was elected a couple years later to the Board of Directors. Have served on the Board of Directors for over 25 years. My family once had 25 llamas,12 peacocks, 5 dogs, 2 geese and a couple of barn cats all at one time. And that was after we sold our horses and one miniature burro. Now we have 2 dogs and a lot less work.

Dan Walker

Vice President, Garden Committee Board Rep

Margie Airola
Treasurer, CRMC Committee Chair

I have lived in the Bar-K since 2000, with my husband (Jim) and our 4 sons, who have now grown and flown. Our grandkids think this is the best place ever! We originally moved to CO after graduating from the Univ. of Illinois in 1985, and we rented a house up on Rock Lake Road for a year. What a learning experience that was! There were only party lines for phones. We had such fond memories of living up here that when we had the opportunity to move back and bring our family to the Bar-K, we jumped on it.

I have been on the Board of Directors since Harry Hempy first showed me the pastures in 2000. Through the years, I have been nominated to hold all of the positions on the Board, but being the Treasurer is the most fun. I have enjoyed meeting all of the wonderful families and friends in this place that I call, "Home." Together, we have lived through many different crazy years and nicknamed them," The Year of the Snow, Flood, Bear, Wind, Fire, and Caterpillar!" With a sense of Humor intact, I will continue to serve our community as best as I can.

Erika Archer
Secretary

I’ve been a proud Bar-K resident since 2000 - unwittingly part of some kind of Y2K migration, I suppose. My husband Scott and I had both finished up our grad work at the University of Hong Kong, and decided we needed some fresh mountain air in our lungs while we worked together in the midst of the Boulder tech boom. It must have been the right move because before we knew it we were raising three kids in a community we love and we have never looked back. When the 2013 Flood hit, we learned just how valuable our community is. I have fond memories of trading things like sticks of butter for cookies during those several days we were all stuck up here without power! Since then, we have worked hard to improve our sustainability, raising backyard chickens, bees, and adding solar capacity to our home. Currently, I'm a Grant Officer for the University of Colorado Boulder, as well as a real estate agent serving my mountain community. I love playing music, writing, and gardening - and that view out my window just never grows old.

Joel Rutkowski

Project Manager, Horse Committee Chair

I moved to the Bar-k since spring of 2003. I build scientific instruments at CU, primarily for NASA, to conduct earth science research. My daughter and I both have horses and are blessed to call Bar-k our home, a true horse heaven.

Bob Tarantino
Member at Large, CRMC Board Rep

I was born in The Bronx, a long time ago 😂 We moved to Colorado and the Bar K from Long Island in 2004.

My wife and I founded, owned and operated an electronics distributorship, Rodale Tech (Robert-Dale) for 30 years before selling it and retiring. My passions are Family, Music and Meditation. Dale and I have been married for 49 years, we have 4 daughters and 8 grandchildren. I studied Meditation from various teachers and at Queens College in the Science of Creative Intelligence, Meditation program. We founded the Unifying Meditation Institute, UMI, where we teach Meditation free of charge. I have played guitar since I was knee high to a grasshopper. Back in New York I became an Audio Engineer and built a studio on my property here in the Bar K.

I am happy to serve on the Bar K board and have been a board member for 10 years. I am also on the UMI board and the Colorado Friendship Board.

John Sinclair

Member at Large

I was born in Wisconsin and my wife, Karen, and I moved to Colorado in 2004. We have 3 children. We have relocated in Colorado a few times and have always wanted to live in the mountains. We moved to the Bar K in 2023 and love it. I have been concerned about wildfires and have happily hosted the Chipping Program sponsored by Wildfire Partners. I have been on HOA Boards in the past and look forward to offering any help I can to make the Bar-K a special place.

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