Watch this video to learn about why Tom and Margie Gart support the Eagle River Fund.
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Tom and Margie live in Denver and Vail and have three married children, four grandchildren, and two labs.
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Margie Gart is the former Director of Philanthropy at Rose Community Foundation, where she worked with individuals, families and groups to structure their philanthropy. She is a current board member of the Vail Valley Foundation, Tattered Cover and Theater Mitu, and has served on the boards of The Kent Denver School, Rose Community Foundation, Women’s Foundation of Colorado (chair, 2014), and Colorado Women’s College (chair, 2020). She received an A.B. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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Tom is a passionate outdoorsman, skier, fly fisherman, Iron Man Triathlete, Race Across America 4-man team winner, and endurance athlete. Tom is President of The Gart Companies and is a board member of Gart Properties, First Western Trust Bank, and Work World. In addition, he is a board member of National Jewish Health, where he was formerly the Board Chair. Tom was formerly on the board of The Colorado Nature Conservancy, Beth Nehamah Hospice, Colorado Succeeds, and Shalom Park. He is a member of The World Presidents Organization (WPO) and was a YPO member for 20 years. Tom graduated from Stanford University with honors in 1980 where he was Student Body Co-President. He received an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business in 1984.
