Welcome Our Newest Rotarian

Our newest Rotarian, Lynne Boomgaarden, is an attorney with the Schultz & Belcher Law Firm where she practices Energy, Natural Resource and Public Land Law. 

Lynne served from March 2003 – April 2010 as Director, Office of State Lands & Investments, the administrative arm of the Board of Land Commissioners and the State Land and Investment Board.  As Director, Lynne administered five divisions responsible for managing approximately 4 million acres of state trust land and minerals and more than 7 grant and loan programs.  Lynne also chaired the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and served on Wyoming’s Enhanced Oil Recovery Commission. 

Prior to her service with the State, Lynne was an Assistant Professor at the University of Wyoming, College of Law, teaching Oil and Gas Law, Mining Law, Agriculture Law, Constitutional Law and Legal Writing.  Lynne worked for the Honorable Wade Brorby on the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1991-92 and 1996-2001.  She worked as an associate at Holland and Hart in Cheyenne from 1992-1996, specializing in natural resources law. 

She earned two Bachelors’ of Science and her Law Degree from the University of Wyoming. 

She is in the American Inns of Court, the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Association, and has published several legal articles.   Her community activities include being a Graduate of Leadership Cheyenne, Past Chairman of the Cheyenne DDA, and Past Chairman of the Indian Committee for Cheyenne Frontier Days.