Through my involvement in the Ashton Chamber of Commerce, I caught wind that Island Park was looking to remodel their website. I cold-called Collette Rinehart who had already started looking at companies to do the job. After showing her some of my work, we met up, and I must have passed her vetting because I was awarded the job. The website project is funded by a generous grant from Yellowstone-Teton Territory

Collette also passed on responsibilities for managing the summer and winter trail map projects. Using the e-commerce functionality of the website I was already creating, existing tools the chamber had at its disposal, such as Square, and setting up new tools like Mailchimp and Google WorkSpace, I was able to develop a system that streamlined the sales process. From communicating with Forest Service and Parks and Rec about map changes, to ad sales and artwork, to working with our great printer, QuickPrint, I am working hard to make sure these projects go smoothly.

Recently, I was nominated to the board, then appointed treasurer. I have never served as a treasurer before, but I do use QuickBooks Online to manage my business books (WMD Solutions) and feel that I can help develop the effectiveness of this awesome tool in many aspect of chamber administrative tasks. My access to QBO is a huge benefit to streamlining map ad sales as well.

Even though I live in Ashton, my band, Lines and Tines, plays in Island Park often. I grew up playing and causing mischief in Island Park and love the area. In fact, my band is always talking about how much we love all of Fremont County.

You can email me at [email protected]

Jake Amen