Jimmy Anderson | Board Member

Jimmy was born in Rockland, Maine, a small lobster and fishing village in Penobscot Bay. The family moved to Philadelphia when Jimmy was twelve. After high school, he became fascinated with snow skiing and read about the famous Corbet’s Couloir ski run in Jackson, Wyoming, aptly named “America’s scariest ski slope.” In 1967, Jimmy got the notice he would get drafted to go to Vietnam, so he headed out for Jackson. Figuring he wasn’t likely to make it back home, he figured why not risk his life trying to be the first person to do a front flip into Corbet’s Couloir?

Pictured: Jimmy executing the first front flip into Corbet’s Couloir

Jimmy fell in love with the old-timers of Teton County, seeing how honest and truthful they were. This was something that he identified with to his core. Later, when he got into the concrete business, he marveled that contracts were still done with a handshake in Wyoming. 

His customers were the salt of the earth, and they would even have each other over for dinner.

The attitude was different than anything he had experienced traveling in big cities and living back east, which deeply resonated with him. He saw a good thing and wanted to be part of it as he really identified with Wyoming’s traditional conservative values. So he never left.

Jimmy met his wife Grace in Jackson, owned several construction businesses over the years, and 55 years later now runs an invisible dog fencing business called “Thunderpaws.”

When asked why he is part of Honor Wyoming, he told us, “I understand the types of people and values that make Wyoming special, and I want to make sure it stays that way for future generations.”