Our Leaders

THE NORTHERN PLAINS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Northern Plains Resource Council is its members. Each year, members vote to elect new organizational officers and at-large members of the Board of Directors. In addition, each affiliate elects its own representatives to the Northern Plains Board. The Board meets frequently throughout the year to manage the affairs of Northern Plains. Northern Plains' leaders are ordinary Montanans that are extremely active with either their local affiliate, a council-wide campaign, or a special committee. Board members for 2010 include:

BOARD Officers

• Chair: Ed Gulick, Billings
• Vice Chair: Lana Sangmeister, Nye
• Treasurer: Frank Kuehn, Billings
• Secretary: Jeanie Alderson, Birney
• Assistant Treasurer: Mary Ellen Wolfe, Bozeman
• Assistant Secretary: Janet McMillan, Greenough
• Past Chair: Beth Kaeding, Bozeman

AT-LARGE BOARD MEMBERS

• Mark Fix, Miles City
  
• Kelly Radue, Miles City
• Deborah Hanson, Miles City
• Brad Sauer, Miles City
  

AFFILIATE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD

• Bear Creek Council: Julia Page, Gardiner, and Richard Parks, Gardiner
  
• Beartooth Alliance: John Oldemeyer,  Cooke City, Nellie Israel, Cooke City
  

• Bull Mountain Land Alliance: Jeanne Charter, Shepherd, and Ellen Pfister, Shepherd

• Carbon County Resource Council: Clare Witcomb, Red Lodge
  
• Cottonwood Resource Council: Cindy Webber, Big Timber, and Bizz Green, Big Timber
• Dawson Resource Council: Irene Moffett, Fallon
  
• McCone Agricultural Protection Organization: Lyle Quick, Circle
• Rosebud Protective Association: Clint McRae, Forsyth
• Sleeping Giant Citizens Council, Jim Kammerrer, Helena, and Mary Ann Mackay, Helena
  
• Stillwater Protective Association: Joan Brownell, Fishtail
  
• Yellowstone Valley Citizens Council:  Paul Miller, Billings, and  Sandy Abraham, Billings

STANDING TASK FORCES

In addition to the Board, Northern Plains members work together on standing issue task forces to help keep Montana a great place to live, work and raise a family. Task Forces deal with specific concerns or projects that affect the lives and livelihoods of our members and affiliates. For 2010, the Chairs of Northern Plains' standing task forces include:

• Agriculture: Dan Teigen, Teigen
  
• Coal Bed Methane: Mark Fix, Miles City
  
• Clean Energy: Connie Keogh, Absarokee
  
• Good Neighbor Agreement: Jerry Iverson, Big Timber
  
• Organization and Finance: Frank Kuehn, Billings
• Tongue River Railroad Task Force: Jeanie Alderson, Birney