Meet Karen Shaw, one of our newest PJWC Board members, serving as Secretary:

Karen’s family came to Lake City in 1974 as her dad was a great lover of fly fishing and the mountains. The Carters had 2 different cabins in Riverside Estates where Karen and her family spent most summers. As a teen, Karen worked in LC during the summers at Silver Spur, then as a soda jerk at what was Lake City Drug Store and is now San Juan Soda Company. Karen and her husband, Roy moved to LC from Bacliff, TX in August 2017 and are now full time LC residents.

An Oklahoma native, Karen moved to TX in 1980 and met Roy at Trinity University and married in 1984. The Shaws have two grown, married sons – one lives in New Jersey with Karen’s first granddaughter, the other lives in Iowa, expecting Karen’s second granddaughter in March. The Shaws welcomed their adorable fur baby, Riggs (an 8 month old Golden Retriever) last year.

Karen spent most of her career as an Information Technology Project Manager managing large scale software implementation projects and retired in 2022. She currently serves on the San Juan Ranch Estates (SJRE) HOA Board and volunteers for local events, like San Juan Solstice and Alpine Loop Bike Race. The Shaws are busy with remodeling their SJRE home and this year will start to build a “grandparents” home in NJ, where they will spend about a third of their time.

Karen says, “I am in love with the mountains, especially the San Juans. I have climbed all of the 14'ers in this area except for Sunshine and have climbed Uncompahgre over 15 times. During the winter when there is snow, we do a lot of snowmobiling.” In her involvement with PJWC, Karen has enjoyed meeting new people and being involved with PJWC’s fundraising activities. Karen has enjoyed chairing the Wine/Whiskey pull for Toast to the Mountains the last few years.