The Town of Cedaredge has six town trustees elected at large, all of which are elected for four-year terms.

The current trustees and their elected terms are:

Nelson Cederberg was born in upper N.Y. State and resided in N.J. for 22 years before receiving his B.S. Degree at Rutgers University.  Following graduation he served 4 years of Active Duty in the U.S. Coast Guard.  The next 30 years he was employed in the metal container industry.  This assignment saw him relocate to many cities in the U.S. and England.

In October he will be married to his wife Marilyn 50 years and boasts 5 children and eleven grandchildren.  Retiring in 1992 he has been active in numerous Church, Community and Charitable Organizations.  Nelson is one of the newest Trustees.

Clayton Ryan is currently serving a four year term as Trustee in the town of Cedaredge. He was elected to the council in 2006 and has been active in the community since he moved to Cedaredge in 1998. He was born in Warren, Michigan and moved to Basalt, Colorado during his high school years. He went on to build a career in Marketing Management where he has spent the last 30 plus years. He currently resides in Cedaredge with his wife and two daughters; his third daughter is grown and resides in Delaware.

Patricia "Pat" Means was born in Arkansas and raised in southern Indiana where she obtained a nursing degree.  While working for Indianapolis Methodist Hospital she was deployed to the Indy 500 race track for the day to treat injured spectators and drivers.  In 1968, she moved to Colorado where she earned graduate degrees in education and business.

Since the 70's Pat became a hospital manager, college instructor, and a trainer/recruiter for an insurance investment company.  She has extensive experience in building outreach medical service programs, and in private business.  She also served on several state an local professional boards.  In 2002 she retired to Cedaredge, became an Applefest vendor, avid golfer and a crafter, as well as an active community volunteer. 

Bruce is a Cedaredge native and graduated from Cedaredge High School, earned a professional engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines.  He worked over twenty three years in oil and gas exploration and development advancing from a staff geologist through two companies to a Division Manager for another company conducting business in the Rocky Mountains, West Coast and Canada. 

Currently, Bruce is the Solid Waste Coordinator and Oil and Gas local governmental designee for Delta County, Fire District member, member of the Public Lands Partnership, Cedaredge Rotary member and member of two Colorado State waste management committees on recycling and composting.  He is married with two daughters and grandchildren.

Gene was born in Denver, the first of 10 children.  He graduated from Mapleton High School in 1964.  He has taken two Dale Carnegie courses and several management classes. 

He married his high school sweetheart Judy in 1965.  They have two children DeAnna that lives in Wyoming with her husband and son, and Dewayne that lives in Cedaredge.