Clarene Law
The role of mentoring came with the territory for Clarene Law since mothered a community for more years than one would shake a fist at. She’s served her town and the state by keeping services in check, watching businesses thrive, making growth a well-conceived process, and maintaining Jackson Hole as a place to call home.
Though Law knows she was in the right place at the right time, she still learned her lessons. “You’ve got to be part of progress rather than afraid of it,” she says. “And that’s hard to do.” Serving seven terms in the Wyoming Legislature, Law essentially seeded the Wyoming we see today and left a word or two about how she’d like to see it tomorrow.
“You have to develop confidence in yourself to be a good leader,” says Law. “You have to want to share the responsibilities of leadership along the way or you won’t accomplish anything. Life and leadership continue on, and that is what I hope to leave as a legacy to young women.” She believes in charging girls with responsibility, achievable goals, and letting them rise to the occasion.
Law is a big fan of the saying that goes: one has to know oneself, then control oneself, then give oneself. “Young women have so much to offer and they need to understand that,” says Law. She’s mentored students from Jackson Hole High School and spoken up about issues that affect business. She’d still like to see women’s wages a little closer to that of men, to see a balancing in all the fields.
Starting with the Antler Inn, Law and her own family made their way into the hospitality tradition that is the root of Jackson Hole. And it’s no surprise either, that she’s the kind of lady who treats her employees and townsfolk like family. Stability and character are virtues that Law’s held since she pioneered her way from Idaho to Jackson as a young woman. She hopes that with her leadership, love, and the infrastructure in place, her daughters and granddaughters will have the opportunity to carry on the same kind of legacy. “I’m mainly about family as much as anything,” she says.
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