Les Dames d'Aspen Executive Boards
Les Dames d'Aspen, Ltd. is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization
In 1983, at the request of Lita Warner Heller, President of the Board of Ballet/Aspen, board member Christine Aubale Gerschel organized, founded and became President for three years of a group of dynamic and energetic women to be a fund raising auxiliary for Ballet/Aspen called Les Dames de Ballet.
During the fall of 1985, Christine Aubale Gerschel and Joan Bracken Bain were responsible for restructuring the group into an autonomous organization with its own 501(c) (3) renamed Les Dames d'Aspen, Ltd. In February 2002, Christine Aubale Gerschel once again became President of Les Dames d'Aspen and restructured and revived the group into a new identity.
This year marks Les Dames d'Aspen's 42nd Anniversary. Over the years, this prestigious organization has contributed approximately $4.7 million to local Aspen and Roaring Fork Valley art organizations, scholarships and children's programs.
JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS
DANCE ASPEN
ASPEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ASPEN SANTA FE BALLET
ASPEN WORDS
ASPEN FILM
THEATRE ASPEN
ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL AND SCHOOL
SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE ARTS FOR STUDENTS FROM THE ASPEN AND BASALT HIGH SCHOOLS
ROBERT J. HARTH CONDUCTOR PRIZE
THE ART BASE
RED BRICK CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Christine Aubale Gerschel
Founder
President/Executive Director
Nancy Mayer
Vice President
Billie Pierce Erwin
Vice President
Karen Hartman
Vice President
Sara B. Woodward
Vice President / Treasurer
Michele Crawford
Vice President / Recording Secretary
2025 EXECUTIVE BOARD
Christine Aubale Gerschel
President/Executive Director
Billie Pierce Erwin
Karen Hartman
Nancy Mayer
Vice Presidents
Sara B. Woodward
Vice President / Treasurer
Michele Crawford
Vice President / Recording Secretary
2025 Executive Board
Michele Crawford, Billie Pierce Erwin, Christine Aubale Gierschel, Sara B. Woodward, Nancy Mayer
Missing: Karen Hartman
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with the Beneficiaries on Zoom April 2024
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with the Beneficiaries on Zoom April 2023
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with the Beneficiaries at The Historical Society April 2022
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with the Beneficiaries
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with the Beneficiaries
Les Dames d'Aspen, Ltd. is a 501(c)3 organization that supports the arts, scholarships and children's programs in Aspen and Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley. Jazz Aspen Snowmass is the primary beneficiary of funds raised by Les Dames d'Aspen. Other beneficiaries include Dance Aspen, Aspen Historical Society, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Aspen Words, Aspen Film, Theatre Aspen, Aspen Music Festival and School, Robert J. Harth Conductor Prize, Scholarships for the Arts in Aspen and Basalt, The Art Base and the Red Brick Center for the Arts. Les Dames d'Aspen also awards college scholarships to students from the Roaring Fork Valley pursuing degrees in the arts.
Les Dames Trustees enjoy regular in-season socials including events with our beneficiaries:
Winter Season is usually from mid December to mid/end of April and Summer Season runs from last week in June or second week in July (it varies) to end of September or first week in October.
Many events attending our Beneficiaries Programs include dinners in homes, private clubs, restaurants, potlucks, dinners with concerts, lectures luncheons with skiing day at private clubs and various mountains, cross country skiing day, round of golf, biking, hiking, bicycling, picnics, night clubs, movie night at private homes, wine tasting, gallery lectures and much more.
Please see our Support Us page to submit your interest to one of the following:
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Les Dames d’Aspen is happy to welcome new Trustees with an annual membership contribution of $1,500
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Sponsors and Corporate Sponsors are welcomed at different levels
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Men are welcomed as Special Advisors
Your annual membership contribution is fully tax-deductible to the extent of the law.
