Yellowstone Chapter
Yellowstone
MCV has a community chapter in Yellowstone County for grassroots action and accountability work.
Yellowstone Chapter Staff Contact:
Theresa Keaveny
P.O. Box 63
Billings, MT 59103
406-254-1593 p/f
Yellowstone Chapter Leaders:
- Chairperson and Rep. to MCV Board:
Dr. Mary McNally - Mary currently serves as both Chapter Chairperson and the rep to the MCV Board. Mary is a professor at MSU-B Business School. She became involved with MCV because she appreciates its focus on education and raising voter awareness. Mary serves on the Billings Energy and Conservation Commission.
Officers:
Nancy Curriden - Nancy currently serves as the Secretary of the MCV Yellowstone Chapter Board and has been an MCV member since 2001. Nancy is a participant in the Billings Conservation Roundtable. She also has been involved in candidate endorsements. Nancy is retired from the Forest Service, where she served as the Custer Forest Supervisor.
Merry Ann Peters - Merry Ann currently serves on the Chapter Board. She worked for MCV and the League of Conservation Voters to help elect Jon Tester to the U.S. Senate and MCV-endorsed candidates to the legislature, in 2006. She is an avid bicyclist and activist in community trails programs. She works as a community organizer with the Northern Plains Resource Council.
Tom Tully - Tom is a new Chapter Board Member. Tom has been an MCV member since 2003 and has been active in numerous candidate campaigns. Tom is a long-time member of the Northern Plains Resource Council. He grew up on a ranch in Montana and is a life-long Montana resident. Tom currently works as the GIS Coordinator for the City of Billings.
Daryl Beam - Daryl has been a member of MCV since 2000 and currently serves on the MCVEF Board of Directors. Daryl belongs to Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Montana Environmental Information Center, MWA, National Parks Conservation Association and Montana Audubon. Daryl is the Senior Vice President at Floberg Realtors.
Mike Penfold - Mike is a new Chapter Board member. He has been a member since MCV started in 1999 working on candidate endorsements and campaigns. Mike is a former BLM State Director and is involved with Our Montana, and a member of Montana Wildlife Federation, Montana Wilderness Association and chairs the Frontier Heritage Alliance and Yellowstone River Forum.
Add Sessions - Add currently serves on the Chapter Board and has been an MCV member since 2000. Add has been very involved in candidate interviews and MCV campaigns. Add grew up in Billings, he is a local attorney and was drawn to MCV by an interest in politics and the environment. Add is a member of Trout Unlimited and the Beartooth Paddlers.
Susan Newell - Susan currently serves as a Chapter Board member. She has been involved with candidate endorsements and campaigns. She retired from a professional career in education as well as with the Forest Service. One of Susan's man concerns is people's effect on the environment. She is a member of the Montana Wilderness Association and Montana Audubon.
Bob Pumphrey - Bob has been an MCV member since 2004. Bob currently works for the Department of the Interior. Bob was involved with politics in his home state of Virginia and stresses the need for parties to work together on environmental issues. Bob is a Board Member of the Beartooth Paddlers.
Cara Chamberlain - Cara is a relatively new member of MCV, joining in 2007. Cara has been involved with MCV legislative endorsements and our 2008 primary campaign. Cara has worked for Northern Plains Resource Council, the Yellowstone Art Museum and will be teaching English at Rocky Mountain College. Cara and her husband Bernie are avid hikers and MWA members.
Connie Landis - Connie has been an MCV member since 2003. She is currently Chair of The Department of Art at MSU-B where she teaches art education classes. Creating Artist's Books are her top artistic interest, which often have a nature theme designed to present conservation and politically orientated ideas in a unique three-dimensional way. She is a MWA member and serves on the boards of MUSECO and the Montana Energy Education Council.
