HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIOGRAPHY Hall 2024Candidate Biography
Candidate: Gary Hall
Years in Estes Park: Twenty years (since November 2003)
Prior Experience - Career Information: Estes Park Health 2005 -- 2023, retired September 2023. Chief
Information Officer and operational oversight of many support and clinical departments. Administrative
team member since 2010. Staff development, coaching, retention. Budget oversight and planning.
Substantial interaction with Town and community leaders through crisis times and for other topics. 27 years
in database management/direct marketing at Metromail Corporation, ultimately part of Experian (1976 -
2003). Director of Information Tech and Director of Client Services. Frontline customer interaction and
creation of customized solutions. Staff oversight and budget creation/management.
Previous Participation on Town Boards or Committees: During my 18 years with Estes Park Health, I
interacted with the Town and other community leaders during crisis times and for various other projects. I
was involved in incident command and communications for the 2013 flood, 2016 communication outage,
2020 fire and evacuation, 2020+ pandemic, and much more. I was an active advocate of broadband
initiatives and for communication line expansions. As emergency preparedness manager at EPH for
several years, I worked with the Town and Larimer County and others to ensure hospital collaboration and
readiness.
Educational Background: Bellevue High School graduate, Bellevue, Nebraska. B.A. in English from
University of Nebraska Lincoln, 1987. Executive management courses in the 1990s, customized to my
company, from Columbia University and Indiana University. Extensive training in personnel management,
360-degree feedback courses, information technology components, and much more. My personal goal is to
continue to listen and learn throughout my life, with extensive readings in psychology, philosophy,
management, and more.
Narrative:*
I want to continue to serve the great Estes Park community. I have deep and broad management experience,
including personnel management and development, budget creation and oversight, team dynamics, and project
leadership. I have the right personality to help cultivate and maintain a collaborative, respectful, progressive
culture. I believe that Estes would find me to be a strong, wise, connected leader.
Some of the key issues facing Estes include workforce housing; daycare; financial stability; visitor relations; etc.
Retention of experienced, knowledgeable staff in all parts of town government is very important to our success.
Communication is fundamental to everything, and strong, redundant broadband and internet services are critical
for our businesses, our schools, our town, and our hospital. It's also essential that our phone systems, water
management, and electrical management are robust and healthy. Other issues include improvements in traffic
flow and appropriate road maintenance; the 1% sales tax renewal; proper all-hazards emergency preparedness
and mitigation of flood/fire danger; noise management in our peaceful mountain haven; and more. We need to
continue to strive to have a culture of respect for all and to have a strong, stable, well-managed police force.
Support of the EV Fire Protection team is very important.
My wife and I have been here in paradise for 20 years. Linda and I have done the Colorado 14ers; we have our
lifetime National Park passes. We're members of Trail Trekkers; we play occasionally in musical groups in town.
We helped found the Estes Park Marathon. We consider this our forever home, and we want Estes to continue to
be a wonderful place to live and thrive. The intent of my candidacy is to help that stay true.