Gallatin-Park Chapter

MCV has a community chapter in Gallatin and Park Counties for grassroots action and accountability work.

Gallatin-Park Chapter Contact:

MCV Bozeman Office
P.O. Box 1215
Bozeman, MT 59771
406-586-0109 p/f

Gallatin-Park Chapter Board of Directors:

• Co-Chairperson:
  
  Norm Bishop served thirty-six years with the National Park
  Service, where he was based seventeen years in Yellowstone National Park, leading wolf restoration interpretation and ecological programs. Norm holds a botany degree and completed graduate studies at Colorado State University in Forest Recreation and Wildlife Management. Norm served as a chapter officer in '06-'07 and has also worked as a field representative for the International Wolf Center, and board member of Wild Things Unlimited and the Wolf Recovery Foundation. He enjoys the outdoors with his wife, Dorothy and competing in Nordic skiing.
  
  
• Co-Chairperson and MCV Board Representative:
  
  Brad Webb is a program associate with the Institute for Conservation Leadership, where he manages the Great Lakes Executive Director Program and leadership training programs in the Pacific Northwest. Brad's career has centered on developing experiential educational opportunities for a wide range of organizations, including: Elderhostel, the Colorado Outward Bound School, and private companies. Brad has volunteered for the Gallatin-Park Chapter during various elections, assisting MCV's work to elect conservation candidates and helping with voter turnout efforts. In his free time, Brad enjoys exploring the outdoors with his three children, gardening and renovating houses.
  
  
• Alternate MCV Board Representative:
  
  David Chambers is the president of the Center for Science in Public Participation, a non-profit corporation that provides technical assistance on mining and water quality to public interest groups and tribal governments in the US and Canada. Dave is a registered professional geophysicist with a Professional Engineering Degree in Physics from the Colorado School of Mines, and a Masters Degree in Geophysics from the University of California at Berkeley. He also has a Ph.D. in Environmental Planning from Berkeley. Dave and his wife, Sigrid, have resided in Bozeman for 12 years.
  
  
• Officers:
  
  David Mann has owned and operated Bozeman's Wild Birds
  Unlimited for the last 10 years. With two masters degrees in engineering and environmental-industrial health from the University of Michigan, David served as director of
  environmental health for Gallatin County prior to taking the
  helm of Wild Birds Unlimited. He served as a chapter officer in '06-'07 and worked on the candidate interview and endorsement teams for legislative and county elections. David is also a board member of National Audubon Society's local chapter. He spends his free time in the outdoors, bird watching and hiking.
  
  Debbie Deagen served as chapter chair last year. Debbie has also worked on chapter endorsement committees and assisted several MCV-endorsed candidates in past elections. Debbie currently works as assistant director in MSU's Thermal Biology Institute and she holds a masters degree in natural resource policy and communication. Prior to her current position, Debbie worked in the land trust arena for 10 years, serving as executive director for the Gallatin Valley Land Trust. Debbie and her husband, Rick, like to hike, cross-country ski, bird watch, and garden.
  
  Linda Phillips is a Research Scientist in the Landscape
  Biodiversity Lab in the Department of Ecology at Montana
  State University. Her research uses satellite data to better
  understand patterns of biological diversity at broad spatial
  scales. Prior to beginning her current position, Linda received her M.S. from the Earth Sciences Department at MSU in 2000. Linda has three children and is actively involved in the Bozeman public schools, local youth athletics and regularly works on city commission and legislative political campaigns. Her husband Mike is now seeking re-election to the Montana Legislature representing House District 66.
  
  Linda Clark has served on the Chapter's candidate
  endorsement teams for city commission and legislative
  endorsements, in conservation voter turnout efforts, and as a chapter officer in 2006-2007. A former college English teacher, Linda has an extensive background in experiential and cross-disciplinary education and emergent literacy. She currently directs Hopa Mountain StoryMakers, a new homebased literacy/learning initiative serving families with children aged 0-5 in Montana's rural and tribal communities.
  
  Peter Aengst