Les Dames d'Aspen Executive Boards
Les Dames d'Aspen, Ltd. is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization
Les Dames d'Aspen Executive Boards
2024 EXECUTIVE BOARD
From Left to Right: Sara Woodward, Karen Hartman, Christine Aubale Gerschel, Billie Pierce Erwin, Nancy Mayer
Missing: Shirley Millard
Christine Aubale Gerschel
President/Executive Director
Billie Pierce Erwin
Karen Hartman
Nancy Mayer
Vice Presidents
Sara B. Woodward
Vice President / Treasurer
Shirley Millard
Vice President Advisor
Founder
President/Executive Director of Les Dames d'Aspen, Ltd.
Christine Aubale Gerschel
Vice Presidents
Nancy Mayer
Billie Pierce Erwin
Vice President/Treasurer
Vice President Advisor
Karen Hartman
Sara B. Woodward
Shirley Millard
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 41st Anniversary. Over the years, this prestigious organization has contributed approximately $4.6 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
with 2022 Les Dames d'Aspen Beneficiaries in 2023
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with 2018 Les Dames d'Aspen Beneficiaries in 2019
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with 2021 Les Dames d'Aspen Beneficiaries in 2022
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with 2017 Les Dames d'Aspen Beneficiaries in 2018
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with 2016 Les Dames d'Aspen Beneficiaries in 2017
Christine Aubale Gerschel
with 2015 Les Dames d'Aspen Beneficiaries in 2016
Les Dames d'Aspen 2024-2025 Beneficiary Allocation
All funds for the 2024-2025 season will be placed in our account at Vectra Bank. Funds raised through dues, auctions and buyout sales will benefit the following recipients:
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