Graham Jackson - WPH Foundation Director

Graham was born and raised in Nashville, Tenn., and met her husband, Bob, in college. Graham is a "closet" artist as she loves to oil paint and do pen-and-ink drawings and needlepoint. With Bob's work in geology, they gave been able to live in many interesting places, even overseas in Indonesia. Graham has worked in banking since 1976 and has been able to continue that profession as they moved around for Bob's career. Graham and Bob moved to Cody in fall 1994. They had been fortunate to often come to Cody visiting friends and decided that it would be a wonderful place to call home. Their goal was then - and still is today - to retire in this community.

Graham is a huge believer in the area and has always thought that becoming involved in one's community was important. Over the years, she have been honored to serve on numerous committees, boards and fundraisers, some of which are listed below:

Co-Chair for first two years of The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life; board member for Northwest Wyoming Family Planning and chair of the Crab Crack Fundraiser; Park County Boys and Girls Club board member; board member and treasurer for Cody County Chamber of Commerce; past president, vice president and secretary with Soroptimist International of Cody; Park County Library Foundation board member and treasurer; committee member as well as previous Chair of the Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale Committee.

Graham also served as a West Park Hospital trustee for eight years and chaired the West Park Hospital Foundation Board for two years before becoming an employee.

 Becky Stern

Becky Stern was raised on the East Coast. She and her husband, Terry, retired to Cody in 2000 after owning a house here for four years. They spent many years fishing around the West, always coming back to Cody. At first, they divided their time between Sarasota, Fla., and Cody, but after realizing that they were not really part of either community, they came to live here permanently. They have two children, a son Charles and a daughter Caroline, and two grandsons. 

Becky attended Vassar College. Before and after their marriage 49 years ago, Becky worked in advertising. After her children were older, she was the administrative assistant at two thoroughbred breeding and racing operations as well as the president of the board for many years of the oldest Audubon Sanctuary in the United States. She presently also serves on the Yellowstone Behavioral Health Center Foundation Board.

She and her husband live on the upper South Fork relishing the beauty, the wildlife and the serenity. They both enjoy fishing, photography and cooking.

 Doug McMillan
Doug McMillan is the chief executive officer at West Park Hospital. Doug has been CEO at WPH since 1997 and has been a hospital CEO since 1984.

Doug received his bachelor's degree in hospital administration from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., and a master's degree in hospital administration from the University of Colorado. Doug grew up in Absarokee, Mont.

Doug is a past Cody Rotary Club President and serves on several regional boards of directors. Doug is married to Debbi McMillan, and they have three boys, Darrick, Dayton and Drew. Doug enjoys watching his boys' sports activities, fishing, skiing and physical fitness training.

 Doug Weedin

Doug is the president and chief executive officer of Pinnacle Bank-Wyoming. Doug has been the CEO at Pinnacle since 1982.

Doug grew up in Aurora, Neb., and received his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln in 1976. Doug is the chairman of the Cody Recreations Foundation and serves on the Northwest College Foundation Board as well as other local and regional boards of directors.

Doug's family includes his wife, Sarah; son, Jeff, and his family in Bozeman, Mont.; and daughter, Lezlee, of San Francisco. Doug enjoys fly-fishing, golf, basketball and traveling with family and friends.

 Michele Keith

Michele and her husband Rob live on a ranch on the North Fork which they purchased in 1991. Prior to that date they lived full time in Minnesota outside of Minneapolis.

They have two grown children and while in Minnesota she was active in the community and served on the following Boards: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Minneapolis Foundation, and chaired the Boards of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, Sister Kenny Institute and Sister Kenny Foundation.

After purchasing the ranch, she and her husband began spending more time Cody. In 1997, they became full time residents, although they still travel to Minnesota each month.

Since moving to Cody, she has been involved with the Boards of Park County Mental Health, Northwest Family Planning and chaired the Boards of the Wyoming Health Council and Bright Futures Mentoring.

Her interests outside of volunteer activities are enjoying the beautiful outdoors, gardening, knitting, pottery and yoga.

 Fran Baker, M.D.

Fran is a retired pediatricianwho moved to Meeteetse with her husband, Lenox, a retired cardiothoracic surgeon. They met at medical school and have been married 48 years.

After graduating from Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1966, training in their specialties in Pittsburgh and living in Phoenix for five years, they spent 30 years in Norfolk, Va.

They purchased the Pitchfork Ranch in 1999 and retired to live here full time in August 2010. Their daughters and three grandchildren live in Texas and California

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For relaxation, she has played USTA tennis tournaments and is currently walking/running half marathons in hopes of finish a full marathon in the future.

Fran served six years on the Board of Trustees for Davidson College, along with numerous volunteer boards in Norfolk/Virginia Beach.

 Charlie Moore

Charlie was raised in central Pennsylvania on a farm. His father was the founder of two veterinary pharmaceutical companies. He received his BSW from Philadelphia Biblical University and took his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.

He began his business career in finance in the international broadcast business living in Europe for three years and then returned to the states to found his own studio design and integration company. That company was acquired in 1983, and Charlie and his team built the new entity into the largest audio/video/visual company in the world. In 1989, he saw an opportunity to provide business rehabilitation services for troubled companies in the professional audio industry and subsequently acquired and sold several companies.

Charlie and a group of other business executives began a successful school for precision manufacturing technologies in the Philadelphia area and that school continues now run as a manufacturing charter school.

In 1999, he contracted Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and successfully underwent treatment. This illness accelerated his desire to retire early, and in 2004, he moved to a home he had owned here in Cody since 2000.

He is now semi-retired and lives here in Cody with his wife, Lynne. He presently conducts large independent insurance inspection agency in northwest Wyoming and also operates Concierge Management services, a company that watches vacant properties for nonresident homeowners here in the Cody area. He also volunteers at a number institutions, served out the West Park Hospital Board of Trustees term of Bill Rorhbach and continues to consult back to his former industry, and, from time to time, writes for professional audio journals.

 Jan Eldredge

Jan's background includes running an Institutional Review Board for five hospitals, administering a Realtor association and various other health care administration positions.

Jan grew up in Dayton, Ohio. She received her bachelor's degree in English Literature & Composition from Ohio Wesleyan University and her master's degree in Health Policy & Administration from Washington State University.

Jan and her husband, Bruce, have lived in Cody for two years. They have two daughters: Lindsay, who lives with her husband in Seattle, and Barbara, who lives in New York City. She is a member of the Cody Rotary Club and the Cody Music Club. In her spare time, Jan enjoys volunteering at the Buffalo Bill Historical Society, assisting with the annual ENCORE used-clothing sale, reading, sewing and birding.

 Kim Slight, M.D.

Dr. Slight is a physician employed by WPH as a hospitalist and former hospital district trustee.

He attended the University of Southern California School of Medicine and completed his residency at Keesler Medical Center in Buloxi, Miss.

Dr. Slight is board-certified in Internal Medicine and worked at Sister Joanna Bruner Medical Clinic in Cody before becoming a WPH hospitalist.

 Rick Cook
Rick was raised in Cody and graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance in 1981.

He returned to Cody in 1986 to take over the operations of Cook Moving and Storage.

Rick is past president and board member of the Cody Lions Club and past president of Cody Ducks Unlimited. He and his family are members of the Cody United Methodist Church.

Rick’s family includes his wife, Laura; son, Trevor; and daughter, Julia. Rick enjoys fishing, bird hunting, golf and camping.

 David Taylor, DDS

 Carol Lea Roberts

Carol moved to Cody in 1959 with her husband, Dr. Thomas E. Roberts, who was a veterinarian until his death in 1989. She has four sons, nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Carol's roots are in Oklahoma and Texas, and she loves sunflowers.

She attended Texas Women's University and the University of Wyoming and worked in her husband's verterinary practice until becoming employed at Husky Oil Co. in 1975. Carol also owned and operated the Iron Kettle Yarn Emporium for 25 years.

Carol served on the West Park Hospital District Board of Trustees for 20 years, most of the time as chairman. She also is a member of the Cody Medical Foundation Board and has been a member of the Northern Wyoming Surgical Center Board.

In her time in Cody, Carol has been active in numberous other organizations, notably as a past president of the Wyoming Veterinary Association Auxiliary and a board member of the American Veterinary Association Auxiliary for six years. She also was the organizing regent of the Big Horn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Carol enjoys handwork, reading and her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also remains active in local organizations.

 Adair Bowlby, M.D.

Dr. Bowlby is a board-certified Family Medicine physician at Billings Clinic-Cody and a West Park Hospital District trustee.

She earned her medical doctorate from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and performed her residency at Highland Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Rochester, N.Y.