Our Innkeepers and Staff
With 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry, we take your comfort seriously
Bruce is a successful veteran of the hospitality industry, nearly 40 years of experience running award-winning Lodges, Inns, Boutique Hotels, and Bed and Breakfasts. With the Frisco Inn on Galena, Bruce saw an opportunity to create a special Bed and Breakfast and Boutique Inn experience for the discriminating traveler, reminiscent of the fine, small hotels and B&B’s of Europe. The wonderful design of the Inn, its peaceful location just off Main Street, yet near the center of Frisco, coupled with Bruce and his staff’s knack for providing unmatched hospitality, fine cuisine, and service have come together to create the exciting and inviting sport hotel and spa, the Frisco Inn on Galena.
BRUCE – Our owner Bruce Knoepfel has traveled extensively worldwide, having visited 80+ countries through his various passions, both professionally and recreationally. He loves bringing the influences of his favorite visited places to his favorite place of all – the Frisco Inn on Galena.
Bruce is an avid skier and competitive road cyclist. He enjoys photography, trail running, golfing, mountain biking, flying, scuba diving, inspiring new creative projects, and traveling to discover hidden gems, often on his bicycle. He would love to hear stories about your adventures and share some of his own with you. Through all of his ventures, he is amazed at the aloofness of the travel industry throughout the world and has vowed that all of his patrons will feel pampered, and no one will ever feel neglected, as a guest of the Frisco Inn.
Bruce invites each of you to join him and his staff, to experience the unique comfort, service, and insights about the area, that the Inn provides. Bruce lives in Frisco.
CHAD – Resident Innkeeper / Manager Chad Sherfey says: “
I am an ‘old sole’ with a technology twist.” Father of three great young men. Born and raised in Bellingham Washington, had a “normal” upbringing. I played sports in high school, got in a little trouble and had a bunch of fun, like most kids during those years. I have been told that I am a “dichotomy wrapped in an enigma” I love to scuba dive, yet I find myself landlocked… I have a degree in political science, work in an industry where you don’t discuss politics. Anyway, after college I started working at a casino, where I learned a great deal under the tutelage of two great mentors who “gave me enough rope to hang myself” yet taught me a great deal. 15 years in hospitality and I wanted to try something new (I have also been told I’m seriously ADD) so I sold health insurance for a year or so. I met a guy that was starting a construction company and said to myself “hey that might be fun” and went to work. I had a great time but still had hospitality in my heart, so I joined the team at the Frisco Inn on Galena….
ALEX – Front Desk Manager Alex is a 3rd generation Frisco native, born and raised in Summit County, Alex enjoys all things Colorado. No matter the activity: biking, hiking, backpacking, camping, long boarding, skiing and riding or the like, Alex can be found doing a myriad of activities around town and the county. “A Colorado slice of paradise, the amount of adventures to be had are staggering and I’d like to do them all, although that may be a challenge, this area has so much to offer. I’m chalking them off the list as I go.”
Alex has a passion for traveling and the mountains. He is delighted to share his knowledge with guests at the Frisco Inn and share stories of awesomeness. So far, he has traveled to Brazil, England, France, Peru, Bolivia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain, Corsica, Egypt, and all of southeastern Europe. He spent 3 months exploring Costa Rica on an Outward Bound adventure, backpacking from the Atlantic to the Pacific, whitewater rafting, and learning to surf in the tropical waters.
