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Missoula Chapter

Missoula ChapterMCV has a community chapter in Missoula County for grassroots action and accountability work.

Missoula Chapter Staff Contact:

Ross Prosperi
MCV Missoula Office
P.O. Box 9335
Missoula, MT 59807
406-542-1055 p/f

 

Missoula Chapter Leadership

  • Chairperson & Alternative State Board Rep - Jackie Corday leads the City’s open space acquisitions program. Previously, she was a planner for the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants. She also practiced real estate, land use and environmental law in Oregon and Montana. Jackie received her B.A. in Environmental Biology from Humboldt State University and her law degree from University of Oregon School of Law.

  • Secretary - Derf Johnson grew up in the Gallatin Valley and received his undergraduate degree from the U of M in Environmental Studies. Derf’s broad activism includes former service as the board chair and lobbyist for MontPIRG. He currently attends the UM Law School.

  • State Board Rep - Robin Saha is assistant professor in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of Montana. His teaching and research interests focus on environmental justice, health and policy with an emphasis on community engagement and empowerment. He is committed to providing assistance to contaminated communities and works actively on tribal environmental issues in Montana. Robin served on the MCV Missoula chapter steering committee and on the statewide board as a Missoula chapter Representative.

  • Board Members at Large
    Rob Roberts     works for Trout Unlimited out of Missoula, Montana. He organizes stream restoration projects in historic mining areas - with a focus on improving habitat and connectivity for bull trout and westslope cutthroat, mostly in the Middle Clark Fork River sub-basin. Before coming to Trout Unlimited, he spent more than two years with the Peace Corps at the end of a dirt road in Madagascar and graduated with a degree in Psychology from Wake Forest University. He is currently saving money to learn how to paraglide.

    Heidi Kendall grew up in Missoula, lived on the east coast for 20 years and is now glad to be back raising kids here with her husband Dave. Heidi served a term on the Missoula City Council and remains involved in community activities as a volunteer.  

    Cassidy Randall began working as an activist among the waves of California, and the work followed her north to the mountains of Montana. She has an M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana to accompany her B.A. from UCLA. She currently works with Womens' Voices for the Earth and Wildlands CPR, and is the author of Fighting for the Dream: Voices from a New Generation of Maya Women. In her free time, Cassidy likes snowy slopes, fast rivers, and pulling weeds out of her garden.

    Eleanor Morris graduated from the University of Montana with degrees in Forestry and Biology. After working for the Forest Service out of Hungry Horse, she ventured to Washington, D.C to work on federal policy issues. She has returned to Montana over a year ago to focus on western conservation issues.

    Andrew Greiner is currently a student finishing his undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies this year from the University of Montana. He was recently the 2009 Missoula Research Assistant and Legislative intern helping with indirect lobbying for the Conservation Working Group’s priority legislation and also the Missoula City Conservation Scorecard recently released in July. Andrew is the newest member of the Missoula County Chapter Board and serves as the President of the Montana Conservation Voters Students group started in the spring semester of 2009.

    Deborah Richie Oberbillig writes articles, interpretive signs, and books, often with a focus on the natural world. She has an M.A. in Journalism from University of Montana and a B.A. in Biology from University of Oregon. Deborah has served on Missoula’s Open Space Advisory Committee and currently is a board member of Raptors of the Rockies. She facilitates a fabulous group of women in Missoula called Earth Care Connection and welcomes new names to the email list—about 200 so far.

    David Loos