CO-PRESIDENT
Libby moved to Durango in 1980 with her then husband and 2-year-old son. As the pastor’s family at the First Presbyterian Church, they lived next door to the church for 12 years and welcomed two more children, thoroughly enjoying the beauty of 3rd Avenue and unique opportunities to engage with church friends, neighbors and tourists who stroll The Boulevard. Several years later after her divorce and life changes, Libby moved back to this neighborhood in 1998. When she and her husband Dave married in 2000 they bought the house she had been renting on the 800 block.

Libby’s career has been in education—primarily with young children and their families in a private preschool, with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and for 20 years in the Durango School District as a program director and school administrator. She retired in 2021 and enjoys traveling, hiking, volunteering with a wide variety of local organizations, reading, and engaging with new and old friends. She appreciates the history of our neighborhood and wants to bring lots of people together to ensure it continues to thrive as a centerpiece of the Durango community.

CO-PRESIDENT

Karen Brucoli Anesi is a charter member and one of the founders of the Boulevard Neighborhood Association, having lived on the north end of the Boulevard since 1979.  Karen has served on the City of Durango’s Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Board and remains committed to preserving East Third Avenue as a Historic Residential District on the National Register of Historic Places.  Originally from the Buckeye state, Anesi completed both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at The Ohio State University. For several decades Anesi free-lanced for newspapers, including the Durango Herald where she was a special assignment reporter, columnist and food and nutrition writer. Additionally, Anesi taught at Fort Lewis College and later restored a small family recreational resort on a Nationally Designated Wild and Scenic River in Lisbon, Ohio. She and her husband, Frank, have two grown sons, both of whom attended Durango schools and graduated from Colorado public universities. Now retired, Karen spends most days outdoors in her garden with her two dogs, where she perseveres in an uphill fight to grow a flavorful tomato despite a summer season too short and an altitude too high.

TREASURER
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SECRETARY
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Board Member
Nancy Wilson Mills is the third generation Wilson living in her house on Third Ave.  I grew up in Durango, went to all the schools that no longer are schools, and spent two years at Ft. Lewis.  My degree in physical therapy is from CU and I used that profession to work and travel around the world.  My longest stint was in Bend, OR, where my husband and I reared our two children.  I was president of the HOA there during and after a large fire. My husband died several years ago and both my children live in Portland, OR.  I came back here in 2013 to care for my mother, and, lo and behold, am still here. Much of my life has been spent on the Boulevard, and I am keen to keep it as a distinct but not separate part of Durango.  I strongly believe that understanding, compromise and cooperation are essential to communities of any size.  

Board Member
Having enjoyed a wonderfully varied career, Nancy is now happily retired and able to focus on community involvement. Her background includes marketing in the mail order food business and computer industries, bookkeeping and teaching high school business. Her two sons are grown and out in the world, one of whom is lucky enough to call Durango home. She enjoys spending my time cooking, knitting, exploring family history and cultivating a beautiful garden.