Big Sky Economic Development

Creating Montana Business Opportunities

Big Sky Economic Development

Board of Directors

BIG SKY EDA 2011

  • Kohn, Greg - Chair
    Director of HR Resources, Rocky Mountain College
  • Roberts, John - Vice-Chair
    SVP, Commercial Sales, Payne Financial Group/Hoiness LaBar
  • Gallup, Jim - Past Chair
    President, Golden Steel & Recycling
  • Tryan, Gordon - Secretary/Treasurer
    General Manager, Brown’s Auto Service Inc.
  • Elkin, Ty - Member at Large
    Senior Vice President, Yellowstone Bank
  • Elliot, Patrice
    President, Wells Fargo Bank
  • Goplen, Mitch
    Exec. Dir. of Facility Services, Billings Clinic
  • Mills, Justin
    General Manager, N.I.L.E.
  • Porter, Kirk
    CEO, Altitude Technologies, LLC
  • Schilf, Richard
    Senior Water Resource Planner, DOWL HKM
  • Workman, Ed
    Prudential Floberg Real Estate

EX-OFFICIO:

  • Jani McCall
    Billings City Council
  • Keith Beeman
    Superintendent, School District #2
  • John Brewer
    CEO, Billings Area Chamber of Commerce
  • John Ostlund
    Yellowstone Co. Comm.
  • Ken Olson
    Mayor, City of Laurel

BIG SKY EDC 2011

  • Walker, Jim - Chair President
    Western Security Bank
  • Leuthold, Rick - Vice-Chair
    President, Sanderson Stewart
  • Riplett, Susan - Secretary/Treasurer
    Vice President, First Interstate Bank
  • Reid, Rick - Past-Chair
    Region Manager, Montana-Dakota Utilities
  • Singer, Debbie - Member-at-Large
    Manager, Community Relations NorthWestern Energy
  • Brewer, John
    President/CEO, Billings Chamber of Commerce/CVB
  • Cook, Dennis
    Broker/VP, Prudential Floberg Realtors
  • Hamlin, Kate
    Pres/Owner, Life Launch, Inc. & Realtor/ Century 21 Hometown Brokers
  • Lundberg, William
    President & COO, Roscoe Steel & Culvert Co
  • McCall, Jani
    Ward IV City Council, Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch
  • Nelson, Wayne
    President, Stockman Bank
  • Nitz, Steve
    President, Executive Properties
  • Peete, Duncan
    Attorney, Moulton Bellingham PC
  • Pierce, Jon
    General Manager, Pierce Flooring & Design
  • Reno, Jim
    Yellowstone County Commissioner
  • Smith, James
    Asst. Professor, Rocky Mountain College
  • Trost, David
    VP Management/Outreach, St. John’s Lutheran Ministries
  • Walsh, John
    Co-Dir. Grants & Sponsored Programs, MSU Billings
  • Whitman, John
    Site Manager, Allied Wastes BFI