Jeanie Sapp was born, raised and attended schools in Rawlins, Wyoming the daughter of William and the late Margaret L. (Sandoval) Gonzales.  Upon her graduation from high school, she attended the University of Wyoming while majoring in business administration.  There she meet her future husband, they married and raised six children. They lived in Wyoming and Colorado. 

While in Colorado, Jeanie attended the Aims Community College to further her education but also attended Hairitage School of Beauty.  While attending beauty school, she worked in sales at Sears.  Later she had an opportunity to work for METLIFE Insurance Company as a Sales Representative.  She received many awards as being top salesperson in the company’s territory to include Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

Jeanie later moved back to Rawlins and worked as a Life/Health Insurance Agent. Her career for United Way started in 2001 while still maintaining her insurance business.  Her first year as director was a milestone since she was instrumental in exceeding the $100,000.00 goal that was set.

As the executive director, she is responsible for providing an effective organization and to assist in the on-going development of United Way of Carbon County as a leader in the non-profit community.  With assistance from the board and the agencies, she is to help develop and improve community understanding, awareness and support of United Way of Carbon County’s objectives. Currently, there are 16 agencies under Carbon County’s United Way umbrella.