Our Board

 Robbie Breaux has lived in and loved Grand Junction since 1996. She had been a pharmacist for 18 years prior to her move, and she was office manager for the Pediatric Specialty Clinic at St. Mary’s Hospital for 17 years. She now teaches ceramics at The Art Center. Robbie has served on several boards and committees, including The Art Center, the Art Center Endowment Foundation, The Avalon Theatre Foundation, MusicSpark, Art On the Corner, Downtown Art Festival Committee, and the Grand Valley Creative Alliance Task Force. She was appointed by Governor Hickenlooper to the Colorado Creative Industries Council in 2017. She serves on the Grand Junction Creative District Leadership Council. She is active in her church, playing the piano and organ, and singing in the choir. Robbie and her husband, Chuck, support all things art!

Robyn Miley is a talented illustrator, graphic designer, and marketing director with over two decades of experience in visual arts and digital media. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from Brigham Young University, where she earned multiple talent awards and gained entry into the prestigious BFA Illustration Program. Robyn has worked extensively in freelance illustration, video game art, and graphic design, contributing to projects ranging from children’s books to video game character design and 3D modeling.

Currently, Robyn serves as the Marketing Director for the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, where she leads all branding and design efforts. Her previous roles include Marketing Director for Chamberlin Architects and Amanda Blu, where she spearheaded creative initiatives and worked closely with clients to develop promotional materials, websites, and digital assets.

Robyn is also an adjunct instructor, having taught graphic and web design courses at Colorado Mesa University and State Fair Community College. Her classes have focused on UX/UI design, web development, and Adobe Creative Cloud tools.

An avid runner, mountain biker, and yoga enthusiast, Robyn enjoys exploring both the natural world and the vibrant life of big cities. She brings her passion for creativity, teaching, and community engagement to everything she does.

Carlee Burnett has lived in Colorado most of her life and considers herself a native resident. She enjoys

all the beautiful natural amenities that the Grand Valley has to offer, including hiking,

paddleboarding, and camping. Her and her husband Terry Burnett live on a small farm in Fruita,

where they grow a lot of their own food and raise chickens for eggs.

Carlee has been practicing the discipline of stained glass and mosaic work for four years, and

currently teaches both at her private studio, as well as offers open studio hours for students who

don’t have a space of their own. Carlee and her husband work collaboratively on many projects

as they also have a metal and wood studio as well. Their company, T & C Customs Unlimited

LLC offers a broad range of custom artistic services, creating one-of-a-kind pieces for their

clients.

They also own Canvas 35 Gallery, a fine arts gallery and community creative space, located in

the FARM building in Fruita.

Currently, Carlee holds the position of Chairman of the Fruita Arts and Culture Board, is a

member of the Fruita Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber Legacy Board. She also

had the recent honor of attending the Colorado Creative Industries Change Leadership

Program, and is excited to put everything she learned into motion. Her goal is to invest in her

community and grow the arts culture through support and collaboration.

Lee Borden has 20+ years experience a s on-air talent in medium and major market commercial radio, and 30+ years experience as an actor, voice over artist, copy writer, and marketing consultant. He is currently the executive director of The Art Center of Western Colorado.

Voice clients have included: Caesar's Palace - Las Vegas, Banquet Foods, Village Inn, Family Restaurants INC. Rocky Mountain PBS, The Cabaret Dinner Theater, The Metro Playhouse and many others.

He also performed voice-over work on the Emmy Award winning documentary, "The Colorado National Monument: Celebrating 100 Years of John Otto's Dream." 

Leigh Ashman joins the GVCA Board as a long-time Grand Junction resident originally hailing from Albuquerque, NM.

Always appreciative of any arts, Leigh has long been exercising her creative muscles with interior design, landscape design, DIY projects, and more recently construction, stained glass, pottery, and painting. When she's not at work managing a local accounting firm, she's making art in the massive garage/art studio/car shop/apartment she and her husband built themselves in their backyard. Or rehabbing their cabin. Or finishing out the basement in their 100 year old home in Downtown GJ. They do a lot of projects. And rescue a lot of dogs. They also love to travel, scuba dive, and spend time with friends and family.

In her background, you'll find marketing, SEO, business ownership, public relations, journalism, management, volunteer work, and lots of other experiences. Her favorites thus far: working for Disney and the PGA Tour tournament it hosts as part of her Master's Degree, and living the van life while traveling the country in a Volkswagon Vanagon with her husband and two dogs.

As an artist, Leigh knows GVCA is what our community needs. We all need an organization larger than one gallery owner, group of artists, building, or idea. We need this art megaphone that lends a bigger voice to what each is trying to achieve and grow. Having personally felt the void GVCA is on a mission to fill, she's ready to start shoveling as a proud Board Member.