Abbey was born and brought up in Alpine. She founded the Alpine Historical Association in 2019, merging it with Historic Alpine while also maintaining her commercial product shop, BRANCH, out of Houston. Her parents live in Alpine, and she lives in both Alpine and Houston. She has three children, the youngest of whom is 16. 

Scarlet was born and brought up in Alpine and is the dean of education at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. Her work and volunteer experience have been mainly in education and child welfare. Her family has lived in Alpine for six generations. She lives now in San Angelo and has two grown children, both of whom graduated from Alpine High School. 

Paul Cox is a Nebraska native with a love for Far West Texas. His work has largely been in financial management, with a foray into Alumni relations at his alma mater, Trinity University in San Antonio. Paul shares five children with his wife, the youngest of whom is 11.

Kirsten Moody was born and brought up in Alpine. Her education is in public affairs. Her work and volunteer experience has been in education, child welfare, and local government. Her parents live in Alpine, and she lives in both Alpine and Austin. She has a seven-year-old daughter.

J.D. Newsom is a West Texas native and moved to Alpine three years ago. His graduate degree is in law, and he is currently the executive director of the Big Bend Regional Hospital District. His work and volunteer experience is broad -- he has served as executive director of the Big Bend Conservation Alliance, as chief operating officer of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County, as VP of operations for Refugee Services of Texas, and as a station manager with the Red Cross in Iraq and Afghanistan. He lives in Alpine and has a four-year-old daughter.

Katy was born and raised in Northeast Texas and moved to Alpine in 2022. Her education is in agricultural leadership, education, and communication. She works at Sul Ross State University as the director of Civic Engagement & Student Assistance. Her work and volunteer experience has been in fields of education, adaptive sports, hunger/food insecurity, child welfare, and community engagement. She lives in Alpine and enjoys hiking the Big Bend region.