Jasper Welch
Jasper Welch is married (Susie Louis, 1975), with two children (Corrie & Aaron) and four grandchildren. He has been a resident of Durango, CO since 1976. Educated at the University of Colorado [B.S, 1975], Jasper has earned certifications in NxLevel®, PDP ProScan®, Growth Wheel® and Marketing for Smarties™. As a life-long entrepreneur, Mr. Welch has worked in the printing, office products, marketing, business incubation, co-working, and management consulting fields. He has previously served as an independent director on the Stoneage, Inc (water blast tools); Fast Track Communications (telecommunications) company Boards. Jasper presently serves on the Board of WSI, Inc (oil & gas field services) and Data West Corporation (utility billing systems).
For 23 years, Jasper has operated his management-consulting firm, Four Corners Management Systems. Mr. Welch has provided management advisory services to businesses, individuals, government agencies and non-profit organizations. Jasper’s depth and breadth of management and leadership experience uniquely qualifies him for a variety of client work and projects. In the pursuit of community service, Jasper has served as a local Chamber executive, including being a twice-elected Council member on the Durango, CO City Council (1991-1999) including two one-year terms as Mayor.
In February 2011, Mr. Welch & Nancy Wharton co-founded Durango Space, a full service co-working facility located in downtown Durango. Since 2013, Jasper is the Entrepreneur-in-Residence with the SW Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs (SCAPE).
From 1999 to 2011, Jasper worked at San Juan College as the director of the Enterprise Center (a business incubator located in Farmington, NM. During 2013 and 2014, Jasper served as the President & CEO at the National Business Incubation Association during the Association transition and subsequent move to Orlando, FL. He is recognized as a subject matter expert on start-ups, entrepreneurial support organizations and business incubation. Jasper has presented at NBIA, CABI, EBN and IEDC conferences on various panels, including co-presenting for NBIA’s Serving Client Companies workshop.
