Big Sky Economic Development

Creating Montana Business Opportunities

Big Sky Economic Development

Board of Directors

BIG SKY EDA 2013

  • **Elkin, Ty - Chair
    President, Yellowstone Bank
  • **Workman, Ed - Vice Chair
    Prudential Floberg Realtors
  • **Schilf, Richard - Secretary/ Treasurer
    Sr. Water Resource Planner
    DOWL HKM
  • **Roberts, John - Past Chair
    SVP Commercial Sales, Payne Financial Group/Hoiness LaBar Insurance
  • **Kohn, Greg - Member-at-Large
    VP of Human Resources & Community Relations Rocky Mountain College
  • Chesarek, Scott - President
    J&S Properties
  • Goplen, Mitch - Executive Director of Facility Services, Billings Clinic
  • Gustainis, Kevin
    President/Owner, Montana Peterbilt, LLC
  • Hill, Lyle
    Financial Advisor, Waddell & Reed Suite 2
  • Ostermiller, Rod
    Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal
  • Porter, Kirk
    CEO, Altitude Technologies, LLC

EX-OFFICIO:

  • Jani McCall
    Billings City Council
  • Terry Bouck
    School Dis. #2
  • John Brewer
    CEO, Billings Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Bill Kennedy
    Yellowstone Co. Comm.
  • Heidi Jensen
    Chief Administrator Officer , City of Laurel Rep.

**Denotes Executive
Committee member

BIG SKY EDC 2013

  • **Riplett, Susan - Chair
    Vice President, First Interstate Bank
  • **Singer, Debbie - Vice Chair
    Manager, Community Relations, NorthWestern Energy
  • **Walsh, John - Secretary Treasure
    Community Outreach Director, Montana State University
  • **Leuthold, Rick - Past Chair
    President, Sanderson Stewart
  • Peete, Duncan - Member-at-Large
    Attorney, Moulton Bellingham PC
  • Barker, Jason
    President/CEO, St. Vincent Healthcare
  • Brewer, John
    President/CEO, Billings Chamber of Commerce/CVB
  • Cook, Dennis
    Broker/Owner, Crown Realty
  • Ferkin, Jeremy
    VP/GM of MT & WY, CenturyLink
  • Glennie, Bruce
    Wells Fargo Bank
  • Hansen, Doug
    Dir, Rocky Mountain Region, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
  • Hurley, John
    General Manager, KTVQ Communications
  • Hotaling, Michael
    Technical Dept. Manager, ExxonMobil Billings Refinery
  • McCall, Jani
    Ward IV City Council, Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch
  • Nelson, Wayne
    President, Stockman Bank
  • Ostlund, John
    Yelstne Co. Commissioner, Yellowstone County Courthouse
  • Pierce, Jon
    General Manager, Pierce Flooring & Design
  • Smith, James
    Professor, Business Administration and Economics, Rocky Mountain College
  • Trost, David
    VP Management/Outreach, St. Johns Lutheran Ministries
  • Walker, Jim
    President, Western Security Bank

** Denotes Executive
Committee member