Joel Bernstein

262 ranches, treasurer

Joel Bernstein has been a tenured college professor, teaching Native American art. A writer, bareback rider, cowboy and rancher, Joel has spent more than fifty years in Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico. He has been involved with rodeos as a contestant, college coach, producer and writer. In addition, he has been the president of three major western associations and twice judged the Miss Rodeo Montana pageant. He has written non-fiction books on the contemporary West and ranching and recently had a novel about the contemporary West published. He has served two elected terms on the New Mexico Veterinary Grievance Committee and was National Director of "Indian Pride on the Move." He and his wife, Gail, own the 262 Ranch in the historic San Rafael Valley in southern Arizona and the 262 Ranch overlooking the Brazos Cliffs in northern New Mexico. They live on a smaller place just outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.