Dave Picard has been involved with the Wyoming Taxpayers Association for nearly twenty years.  In 1997, Dave formed The Wyoming Group, LLC, a government and public affairs firm serving the Rocky Mountain region with special emphasis in Wyoming. The firm specializes in representing fortune 100 companies in the lobbying and public affairs arena. Since its inception, he and his colleagues have served clients in the areas of lobbying, strategic planning, coalition building and mobilization, issue management and public relations in the government policy-making arena.

Dave is 4th generation pioneer ranching family in Wyoming residing in Cheyenne with his wife Annemarie and children Jacy and Vincent.

Scott Wells is the Internal Audit Manager at True Companies in Casper, Wyoming. Prior to True Companies, he was an Audit Manager at KPMG LLP and Moss Adams LLP in Portland, Oregon. He also worked a number of years in Silicon Valley during the Dot Com Bust as an independent corporate financial consultant. Scott is a Chartered Financial Analyst as well as a licensed CPA (inactive). In addition to serving as the Treasurer of the Wyoming Taxpayers Association, he is also on the board of the Casper Children Development Center and the Natrona County Library Foundation. He is a graduate of both University of Oregon and Portland State University. Scott resides in Casper with his wife and four children.

Dave is the Government Affairs Manager for Black Hills Energy in Wyoming. Prior to that he was Communications Director for Governor Matt Mead and spent time in the private sector and on Capitol Hill. Dave graduated from the University of Wyoming (GO POKES!) and lives in Cheyenne with his wife Sheila and their two boys. In his free time, Dave enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, golf and chasing his kids down the ski hills.