Executive Committee

Natalia Macker

President 

Teton County

Natalia D. Macker has served on the Teton County Board of Commissioners since 2015, including as Chairwoman from 2019-2022. Prior to being elected President of the WCCA, she served on the Executive Committee as Vice President and Treasurer as well as chair of the Health, Safety & Social Services Committee. Macker is also a gubernatorial appointee to the Wyoming Community College Commission, the Wyoming Council for Women, and the DEQ’s Land Quality Advisory Board.

Macker’s work includes affordable housing, health-in-all policies, wildlife crossings, human services, early childhood education, and water quality and access. She is passionate about women’s representation in leadership and government and collaborates with a variety of organizations across the state on issues related to the economic status of women. Outside of public service, Macker is the Producing Artistic Director of Off Square Theatre Company, a professional theater company based in Jackson. She loves to spend time on the water and in the woods with her husband and three sons.

Commissioner Macker was recognized by her WCCA’s colleagues with the 2019 Riding for the Brand award for “commissioner of the year” — the first woman to receive the award. She was included in the Wyoming Business Report’s 40 Under 40 and recognized as Woman of Influence in the Government/Economic Development category in 2021. In 2020, she received the Ruby Award from the Soroptimists of Jackson Hole for her service to women. She holds a BA cum laude from Yale University.

Robert Short

Vice President

Converse County

Robert Short grew up in Glenrock.  After working in power line construction and uranium mining he attended school in Denver for electrical engineering and computer science where he graduated in 1987 as class valedictorian.  Robert pursued a career in technology which ultimately led to working in universities across the country and internationally in the field of nuclear science.  As a result of this career, Robert has worked with scientists from more than 100 countries, worked in most states in our country, lived abroad, and speaks Japanese as a second language.

Twenty years after pursuing education in Colorado, Robert and his wife Janella moved to Douglas to raise their family and start multiple businesses.  At the height of their entrepreneurial endeavors they had seven companies employing more than 120 people in Converse county.  Robert has been involved with WCCA since he was first elected as a Converse County Commissioner in 2014.  He has served as Chairman of the WCCA Energy and Environment Committee for the past four years.  Robert served as the Chairman of the Converse County Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Abuse 2017-2021. He currently serves on the Wyoming Workforce Development Committee, the DEQ Air Quality Advisory Board and other county boards. Robert is a tireless advocate for Converse county, our Great State, and the people who call this place home.

Robert is a dedicated dad and husband.  He and Janella have four kids. Robert has a passion for outdoor activities including rock hounding, single track biking, skiing, fishing, and anything involving his family.

Gunnar Malm

Treasurer

Laramie County

Gunnar is a sixth-generation lifelong Laramie County resident and real estate agent/owner with Coldwell Banker The Property Exchange. The Malm family came to the U.S. from Sweden settling in eastern Laramie County in the 1880’s. They farmed the land for nearly a hundred years until a few of them turned their focus to banking, business, and real estate in the 1980s. His parents, Jody and Julie Malm, grew up in Albin and Pine Bluffs where their extended family still reside.

Gunnar graduated from Central High school where he excelled on the debate team. After graduation, he attended the University of Wyoming (UW) where he studied Political Science and sharpened his debate and leadership skills while lobbying for the Wyoming Medical Society. After leaving UW in 2008, he began his career in Cheyenne as a residential and commercial realtor with Coldwell Banker The Property Exchange.

What started as a real estate career for Malm, quickly developed into an interest in the political process where Malm exhibited his passion and care for Laramie County. As a realtor for more than a decade, Malm has worked diligently to protect private property rights and responsible land use. To this end, he has served on many civic and professional boards in key decision-making roles, all with the goal of improving and protecting the interests of Laramie County residents.

Most notably, he served as the Public Policy Chair for the Wyoming Association of Realtors (WAR), the President of the Cheyenne Board of Realtors, Past President-Elect for WAR.

Malm’s passion and care is not limited to property rights and land use, he has also volunteered with several Laramie County non-profits serving as a mentor with Special Friends of Cheyenne, and has served on the boards of both Recover Wyoming and Wyoming Housing Opportunities Association.