About Us

Wes Stout – Board Chair

Wes has been a resident of Park City for 10 years and currently works as a sales leader for Pepsi where he leads teams across the west coast.

Previous to Pepsi, Wes ran Young Life in Park City for several years and helped start Capernaum, Young Life’s neurodiverse outreach to students ages 12-21.

He and his wife Hannah, of 11 years, both have siblings with special needs and are passionate about making Park City a place where neurodiverse adults can have a thriving life.

In his spare time, Wes enjoys cooking for friends and traveling with Hannah.

Stephanie Polukoff – Board Member

Stephanie is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist with 30 years of experience running her own business, SAP Services, providing healthcare/therapeutic services to a variety of schools and clinics that support special needs children and their families. 

She worked in the Park City School District for 17 years as well as Primary Children’s Hospital, Blue Sky Therapeutics, and private practice.  The very *definition of her profession has prepared her for developing a co-housing inclusive community. She is a founding member of Bridge21 Park City and considers it her final act to create an inclusive, sustaining, nurturing community for her special needs friends to thrive and succeed in life.  She has also been an advocate for her own children growing up in Park City where she was President of school PTO’s, member of PCEF and PCSTF, Jans Winter Welcome volunteer and NAC volunteer when it was just one building and a barn.  Currently, Stephanie is dedicated to B21, Walter, the pug, and her family, Jerry, Izaac and Natalya.

*Definition:

Occupational therapy (OT) is a global healthcare profession. It involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or occupations, of individuals, groups, or communities.

Liza Howell – Board Member

Liza Howell is a founding member of Bridge21 Park City.

She is the mother of a young man on the autism spectrum and his 3 adoring sisters.  An artist and children’s book author, Liza has volunteered countless hours to organizations she believes make a difference in the world. 

Liza is president of the Kenan Family Foundation and co-director of the Hope through LIFE foundation with her husband Drew. Running, hiking, gardening, and leading Bible studies are some of her favorite activities. 

Clay Weldon – Board Member

Clay has been with B21 from the very beginning. 

My early years growing up back East outside Philly were spent living an adventurous life riding freestyle BMX, go-carts, unicycles, dirt bikes, playing all the sports, and… delivering lots of wedding cakes. My parents owned a bakery that’s still around today and I’m one of six kids who all worked in the bakery.

I have a beautiful wife, Cristy, and some amazing kiddos with one being a special needs son, Luke, who lights up everyone’s life.

I founded a fitness software business back in 2011, absolutely love what I do, and am surrounded by incredibly supportive people. Be content, but never settle.

Ed Aloe – Board Member

Mr. Aloe is the Founder and CEO of CALCAP Advisors.

CALCAP was founded in 2008 and sponsors alternative real estate investment opportunities for individual and institutional investors. Ed is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations and performance of the company and its affiliates, CALCAP Lending, CALCAP Properties, CALCAP Asset Management and CALCAP Strategic Opportunities. Mr. Aloe is also Chairman of the company’s Investment Committee responsible for guiding the overall investment strategy of the firm. CALCAP has over $700 million in AUM and has raised money from over 350 high net worth individuals. 

Mr. Aloe graduated from the University of San Diego with a B.B.A. degree in Business. He founded CALCAP Cares, a 501(c)(3) Foundation created to raise money for autism awareness and currently serves on the Board of Bridge21, a non-profit, based in Park City, Utah. He has also served on the University of San Diego Emerging Leaders Council as well as the USD Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate. 

Ed is also the host of “The Real Estate Wealth” podcast, and resides in San Marino, CA with his wife and three children.

Dwight Flenniken III – Board Member

Mr. Flenniken is an entrepreneurial minded executive, focused on consumer centric digital innovation and transformation. Over the course of his career Dwight has worked in the financial sector, including banking and fintech startups. He has helped these companies develop plans to scale and grow their businesses through data insights and market driven technology. 

In his nearly 20 years of marketing experience, specializing in enterprise level campaign planning, strategy & execution, team building & management, cross-channel advertising and digital marketing platform design and integration. 

Prior to joining Sunwest Bank, Mr. Flenniken served as an executive for some very successful startups including Americor, Goldco, Loanpal and Quinstreet.

Mr. Flenniken graduated from California State University, Long Beach in 2002 with a B.A in Journalism, having recently moved from Huntington Beach, CA, he and his family currently reside in Park City, Utah.

Safia Keller – Board Member

Safia has been the Director of Development for the College of Education at the University of Utah since 2019.

Before this position, she was the Chief Employment Development Officer at Columbus Community Center for 3 ½ years, Director of Corporate Relations at Westminster College for 10 years from 2006-2016, and Director of Group and Corporate Ticket Sales for Broadway Across America for 11 years from 1995-2006.

She sits on several boards, including the AFP Utah Chapter, the University of Utah Marriott Library Ski Archives, the Rotary Club of Millcreek, CNS Home Health & Hospice, and MS Society Utah/So. Idaho Board Emeritus Board Member. She is also the past Chair of the Utah Women’s Giving Circle, which is part of the Community Foundation of Utah. She received her BA in International Relations at the University of Colorado in Boulder. 

She has one son, Maclane, who is 27 years old and is the light of her life. She is a fierce advocate for the inclusion of people with disabilities in all aspects of life and making sure that DEI statements include disabilities as a form of diversity. When not working or volunteering, she loves to ski, go camping, and enjoy a nice glass of wine with a good book!