Stephen C. Miller, JD

Stephen Miller has been with Peak Trust Company since 2009 and currently serves as General Counsel. 

After trusts associated with the Horejsi family acquired Peak in 2009, Mr. Miller served as the primary liaison between Peak’s management and Peak’s sole shareholder. Mr. Miller previously served in management roles serving on Peak’s Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Mr. Miller became in-house counsel to the family and business affiliates of the Horejsi family in 1998 and has served in a number of executive management capacities for Horejsi affiliates since. He previously served as vice president and general counsel of Rocky Mountain Advisers, LLC, and Boulder Investment Advisers, LLC, each an SEC registered investment adviser with over $1.1 billion of assets under management. Mr. Miller also served as a director of Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc., Boulder Total Return Fund, Inc., First Opportunity Fund, Inc. and The Denali Fund, Inc., all publicly traded closed-end investment companies previously listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 

Prior to joining the Horejsi family enterprise as in-house counsel, Mr. Miller practiced law in the Denver office of Kirkland & Ellis from 1987 to 1992 and started a private practice in Boulder, Colorado in 1992.   Mr. Miller maintains his law firm, Stephen C. Miller, P.C., and “of counsel” status with the law firm of Krassa & Miller, LLC.  Mr. Miller holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Georgia and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law.

Our Team


Abigail O’Connor, JD

Chief Fiduciary Officer


Donn Lassila, CFIRS

Chief Compliance Officer


Lisa Russell, CFA

Chief Investment Officer


Michelle Stahle

Chief Operations Officer


James Meier, CPA, CMA

Chief Financial Officer


Stephen C. Miller, JD

General Counsel, Director


Chelcie Ashwood, CSOP, CTOP

Senior Operations Specialist


Kelsey Baldridge

People Development Coordinator


Sandra Barta

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Patti Blattmachr

Executive Officer


Erica Bradley

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Johnathon Brandt

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Josephine Cangemi

Fiduciary Assistant


Kristine Casteel

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Daria Davis

Fiduciary Tax Coordinator


Danaya Dews

Fiduciary Assistant


Heather Dolan

Fiduciary Assistant


Jeannie Fanning

Fiduciary Team Manager


Gretchen Grau, CSOP, CTOP

Senior Operations Specialist


Jenelle Green

Fiduciary Tax Coordinator


Daniel Grondahl, CIPM

Investment Relationship Officer


Amber Gunn-Holt, CTFA

Senior Fiduciary Officer


Mariam Hall, CFMP

Marketing & Communications Coordinator


Jillian Johnson

Fiduciary Officer


Nichole King, CTFA

Fiduciary Officer, Head of Nevada Office


Lars Laundrup, CISSP

Information Security Specialist


Geoffrey Longhurst, CFIRS

Compliance Specialist


Erica Martirez

Operations Specialist


Heather Popowych

Policy & Procedure Unification Specialist


Faydra Ross

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Tali Salima-Emerson

Operations Assistant


Andre Sears

Business Development Officer


Jade Statz

Executive Assistant to the CEO


Janet Tempel, JD

Senior Fiduciary Officer


Autumn Tremont

Associate Fiduciary Officer


Sabrina Volstad

Front Desk Receptionist & Fiduciary Assistant


Kate Wheeler

Fiduciary Assistant


Brianna Williams

Operations Specialist


Dawn Wilson

Fiduciary Officer

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