APPOINTMENTS
TBD - Administration CIO
Misty Ann Giles - Administration Director
Mike Foster - Agriculture Director
TBD - Budget Director
Scott Osterman - Commerce Director
TBD - Community Service Director
Brian Gootkin - Corrections Director
TBD - Economic Development Director
Chris Dorrington - Environmental Quality Director
TBD - Fish, Wildlife & Parks Director
Misty Kuhl - Indian Affairs Director
Laurie Esau - Labor and Industry Commissioner
Major General John "Pete" Hronek - Military Affairs
TBD - Montana Lottery Director
Amanda Kaster - Natural Resources Director
TBD - Public Health and Human Services Director
Brendan Beatty - Revenue Director
Malcolm "Mack" Long - Transportation Director
STAFF
Kurt Alme - Budget Director
Charlie Brereton - Health Care Policy Advisor
Sonny Capece - Economic Development Specialist
Will Emery - Research/Press Assistant
Mike Freeman - Natural Resources Policy Advisor
Travis Hall - Senior Advisor & Director of Strategic Communications
Christine Heggem - Chief of Staff
Karli Hill - Director of Engagement
Elizabeth Klinker - Constituent Services
Rachel Meredith - Counsel
Anita Milanovich - General Counsel
Mike Milburn - Senior Advisor
Glenn Oppel - Policy Director
Celia Rigler - Staff Assistant
Tory Scribner - Scheduler
Brett Simons - Economic Development Specialist
Hannah Slusser - Executive Assistant to the Lieutenant Governor & Chief of Staff
Brooke Stroyke - Press Secretary
Liane Taylor - Boards & Nominations
Garrett Turner - Director of Media & Content
COVID-19 TASK FORCE
Don Beeman - member of the Bozeman Health Board of Directors; former VP of U.S. Commercial Operations for Merck’s Vaccine Division
Father Patrick Beretta - parish priest at St. Patrick and Immaculate Conception Churches in Butte
Daniel Bierschwale - Executive Director of Big Sky Resort Area District
Dax Cetraro - Owner of Village Inn Pizza, Grand Plaza Casino, Rialto Bar
Greg Chilcott - Ravalli County Commissioner; Trustee for Montana Association of Counties
Brenda Connelly - chief operation officer for The Springs Living
Pamela Cutler, M.D. - emergency room physician and president of the Western Montana Clinic; president of the Montana Medical Association
Heidi M. Duncan, MD, FAAFP - Medical Director at the Billings Clinic
Randy Edwards - regional vice president for EmPres Healthcare Management; licensed nursing home administrator
Scott Gottlieb, M.D. - 23rd commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
Wayne Leiker - VP of Refining Operations at Calumet Refinery
Scott Malloy, LCSW - program director at Montana Healthcare Foundation
Liz Moore - Executive Director of the Montana Nonprofit Association
Hannah Nieskens - Superintendent of Whitehall; 2018 Montana Principal of the Year & 2019 NASSP Principal of the Year finalist
Rick Norby - President of Montana League of Cities and Towns; Mayor of Sidney
Todd O’Hair - President and CEO of the Montana Chamber of Commerce
Gwyn Palchak, BSN, RN-BC, ACM-RN - president of District 7 Nurses Association of the Montana Nurses Association
Adjutant General Matthew Quinn - Commander of Montana Air National Guard; currently leads Governor Bullock’s Coronavirus Task Force
Brian Rigby - president and apprenticeships coordinator of Iron Workers Local No. 732
Carley Robertson, M.D. - primary care physician and vice president of the Montana Medical Association
Sheryl Scheafer - President of Montana Parent Teachers Association
Dan Schmidt - Superintendent of Poplar Schools
Jesse Slaughter - Cascade County Sheriff
Rich St. John - Chief of the Billings Police Department
Karen Sullivan, MA - Butte-Silver Bow Public Health Officer
Randy Swenson - Owner of TenderNest Assisted Living
Cherie Taylor - CEO of Northern Rockies Medical Center
Steve Wahrlich - Owner of Best Western Plus Clocktower Inn & Stella’s Kitchen and Bakery
Kaci Wallette - Ft. Peck Tribal Executive Board member and nurse
Tony Ward, Ph.D. - professor and chair of the School of Public and Community Health Sciences at the University of Montana
Elsie Arntzen, ex officio - Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction
Troy Downing, ex officio - Montana State Auditor-elect
Christi Jacobsen, ex officio - Montana Secretary of State-elect
Austin Knudsen, J.D., ex officio - Montana Attorney General-elect