~ Board Members ~

Janet Smith, Vice President
Janet Smith became a Board Member when the owners took over the Board in the mid 1990’s when they discovered property taxes had not been paid for some time on the property and later discovered money had been embezzled from the Association by Management. Janet lives in a suburb (Cumberland) of Indianapolis where she has lived since 1986. She has been retired from Roche Diagnostics since 2006 where she was a Documentation Consultant. She has three children, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren and will celebrate her 66th wedding anniversary this year. She loves using their timeshare for traveling with their family to many different destinations and for a couples getaway with friends to Mexico and America.

Since retiring, she spends the winters in Florida where she enjoy tennis, pickleball and line dancing. During the summer in Indiana she has a large vegetable garden that she enjoys planting, picking and canning for the winter and also playing pickleball nearby. In Florida she opened and directed a Faith-based transition home for women released from prison from 2015-2020. We closed the home due to Covid-19 but continue with our ministry of financially helping women who have unexpected expenses and struggle to make ends meet as a result of their record. She went on a mission trip to Poland for two weeks in 2022 to help the churches with the Ukranian refugees and again in June 2025 to help with the 1 ½ million refugees who remain in the country. She loves traveling to England where her family roots are and Europe because of all the history.

Janet’s favorite thing to do whenever they come to Indian Peaks is horseback riding and eating at the Grand Lake restaurant overlooking the lake. As a Board member she is committed to making sure we have excellent management who will keep the facility in top shape for owners and visitors and provide a pleasant vacation spot at an affordable price.

Walter Steiner, Board Member
Captain Walter K. Steiner, U. S. Navy (Ret.), owns three timeshare weeks at Indian Peaks, and has served as an Indian Peaks Interval Owners Association (IPIOA) Board Member since 2015. In addition to being a retired Navy helicopter pilot, squadron commander, and Vietnam veteran, Walt also retired after three decades as a senior Civil Servant in four U.S. Federal Departments: Labor (Analyst), NASA (Senior Analyst, Comptroller), DIA (Director, Investigations/Inspections, IG), and Navy (Deputy Director). He also retired from the Reserve Officers Association (Director, Sea Services), The Boeing Company (strategic business development) and SRA International (management consulting). He was President of the non-profit Association of the United States Navy (AUSN) and served on the Board of Directors for the Naval Reserve Fund for a decade. His final Navy tour was at NATO as Chief of Navy Mission supporting the enlargement of the defense alliance after the fall of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.

Walt and his spouse of 51 years, Michelle, reside in Lakewood Ranch, Florida in the Sarasota area. They have three grown children. He is a graduate of Tennessee Tech (BS) and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (MA). While semi-retired, Walt continues to consult, as Vice President of Hartwell Capitol Consulting. He is also politically active in his community and serves on a Congressional Representative’s Veterans Advisory Committee as well as on a U.S. Senator’s Military Service Academy Nominating Board. Walt and Michelle are avid international travelers and pursue every opportunity to utilize their timeshares at Indian Peaks or anywhere else in the world. They enjoy skiing and hiking in the beautiful Grand Valley and touring great cultural, historical and archeological sites worldwide.

Walt seeks to represent, collaborate, and support the continuing development of sound strategic corporate policy for the Indian Peaks community to enhance the viability and mutual benefit of the enterprise for all owners, employees and guests.

Dani Hecker, Treasurer
Dani Hecker purchased their first week at Indian Peaks in 2010. Shortly thereafter, they purchased a second week. She was elected to the Interval Owners HOA about 10 years ago.

She has been a CPA for more than 40 years and held licenses in 5 states, including Colorado. Earlier in her career, she lived and worked in Vail, CO. There, she managed a large condominium complex.

She has been married for 36 years. Her husband is from Colorado but they’ve made their home in Lincoln, NE, where he was employed by the University. They have 3 married children and now, 2 grandchildren. As a family, they love spending time together in Grand County, from Winter Park to Grand Lake and RMNP.

Lee Anderson, Secretary
Lee Anderson grew up on a farm in Iowa and, after college, spent 18 years managing an auto shop and parts store. From there, he served as a deputy at the Polk County Jail before moving on to the State of Iowa Corrections, where he worked for 8 years and retired as a lieutenant.

His next chapter took him into education, teaching 8th Grade Science at Des Moines Public Schools for 18 years. After retiring from teaching, he's enjoyed giving back to the community through volunteering at the Polk County Senior Center, Angel Food at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, the Des Moines Food Pantry at King Elementary and Moulton Elementary, and the Temple Mission Church food pantry.

About 14 years ago, John invited Lee to serve on the Indian Peaks Board, and he's been grateful for the opportunity to contribute since then.

His family includes twin sons and a daughter, two daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, and six wonderful grandchildren. Through it all, the person who has kept everything organized and moving forward is his better half, Pat.

Kevin Schneider, President
Bio coming soon

Tom Overton, Board Member
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Mark Landrum, Board Member
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Becky Fairchild, COA Board Member
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