Yellowstone Chapter

MCV has a community chapter in Yellowstone County for grassroots action and accountability work.

Yellowstone Chapter Contact:

Email Form

P.O. Box 63
Billings, MT 59103

406-254-1593

Yellowstone Chapter Leaders:

• Chairperson and Alternate Representative to MCV Board:
  Bill Walker - is a relatively new member in MCV, joining in 2007. He previously lived in Juneau, where he worked for 18 years Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Air Permit Department as the supervisor over road construction permits for air quality. He decided to retire and move to Billings to be closer to family, and his motivation for joining the Conservation Voters stemmed out of personally witnessing the devastating impacts and that global warming was having on Alaska’s glaciers. He still works consulting part-time for his previous department, and enjoys his free time by hiking, fishing and learning about all of the great outdoor activities that Montana has to offer.
   
• Vice-Chairperson:
  Add Sessions - Add currently serves as the Chapter Board vice chair 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.
   
• Secretary:
  Bob Pumphrey 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.
  
  

Directors:

• Daryl Beam has been a member of MCV since 2000 and currently serves as the cahir of 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.
   
• Cara Chamberlain 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.
   
• Nancy Curriden 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.
  Connie Landis 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.
   
• Pat Harn
   
• Connie Landis 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. She enjoys creating artist’s books, often with a nature theme presenting conservation and politically orientated ideas. She is a MWA member and serves on the boards of MUSECO and the Montana Energy Education Council.
   
• Mike Penfold 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.
  
• Ron Tussing is currently an adjunct professor in the Sociology Department of Montana State University, Billings. Ron enjoyed a 36 year career in law enforcement serving as a motorcycle officer, detective, SWAT team leader, Sheriff of Lancaster County Nebraska, Superintendent of the Nebraska State Patrol and Chief of Police in Billings before being elected mayor of Billings in 2005. During his tenure as mayor, Ron created the Energy and Conservation Commission to help the city become more energy efficient, started a recycling program in the public schools which is now sponsored by local businesses and continues to promote non motorized transportation. He also created the Mayor’s Committee on Homelessness and was instrumental in Branding Billings “Montana’s Trailhead.” Ron and his wife Darlene have four daughters and 10 grandchildren. Ron’s leisure time is spent , hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, reading and writing his first novel, a mystery set in late 19th century Montana.