MCV Member Profiles
Peter grew up in California and attended college in Massachusetts where he earned a Bachelors of Arts in Geology and a Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Studies in 1991. He then continued his education at the University of Michigan where he obtained his...
Daryl has lived in and been an active citizen of Montana for 60 years. Energy, dedication, kindness, and a pure love of life seem to radiate from his presence. Montana conservation and preservation is important to Daryl. “We must be gentle to the...
Since his childhood, Dave has always felt more comfortable outside, “When Nature Functions as your touchstone and muse, you find yourself compelled to protect her”, he says.
Dave moved to Montana from Ohio in 1974 to attend University of...
Heidi hails from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her interest in Montana was spurred by her family’s trips to Montana, where they enjoyed camping, hiking, and backpacking. She chose to attend University of Montana in Missoula because of her adventures while...
Diana Bjorgen, a member of Montana Conservation Voters, grew up on a Montana farm. Her parents’ property boasts a wood post that marks the corners of Montana, North Dakota, and Canada, right in the middle of no-man’s-land on the U.S./Canadian...
For Louise Cross of Glendive, MT, service is simply a part of her moral fiber and value system.
She was instrumental in urging the 1972 revision of the Montana State Constitution to include "the right to a clean and healthful...
I’m a Montana Conservation Voter,” says Gallatin-Park Chapter board member Debbie Deagen, a resident of Bozeman.
Debbie Deagen is an Oregon native who moved to Montana after living in the Willamette valley for 40 years. After receiving her...
Part of the mission of Montana Conservation Voters and MCV Education Fund is to recruit local conservationists to serve on appointed boards and commissions. Montana Conseration Voters Yellowstone County Chapter member Mary Fitzpatrick serves on the local...
Ed Gulick can remember being in the school library in the sixth grade where he found books on alternative energy sources. He credits that and Dr. Suess’s The Lorax as the beginning of his awesome environmental attitude.
Ed was raised in Billings and...
Neva is a one of the many fascinating members of Montana Conservation Voters. Her biography, in her own words, is below:
I am primarily interested in social change with respect to environmental problems and sustainability. Much of my work focuses...
Jean LeBar is one of those rare commodities that no volunteer organization can do without, she is a worker. Jean, a Montana native, can trace her conservation roots back to dusty days on the family ranch in Sweetgrass County when she remembers her mother`...
Robert Lubbers has been an active member of Montana Conservation Voters for six years, and has co-chaired the Yellowstone Chapter of MCV for the past two years. His duties as co-chair of the chapter included presiding over meetings and assisting with the...
Mary McNally, a three-year member of Montana Conservation Voters and current co-chair of the Yellowstone Chapter, became involved with MCV because she appreciates its focus on education and raising voter awareness. She also appreciates the fact that it is...
Cassidy Randall grew up as a “California Girl” outside of Los Angeles. She graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts cum laude, majoring in English with a minor in Political Science.
MCV, as they say, was “not her first rodeo”....
McGregor Rhodes is a 31 year resident of Montana and has been active in conservation issues since arriving.
He lead the successful effort to stop the US Army Corps of Engineers from building another dam 10 miles below the Libby Dam and adding four more...
Bev Ross has always been interested in politics, especially the movement to get more women involved in government. Even before becoming a member of MCV, she was well aware of environmental issues, partially due to that fact that a close friend of...
Denise Roth Barber has been a part of MCV from the start. She was MCV’s first staff person, working for several legislative campaigns in the spring and summer of 1998. Prior to this endeavor, Denise spent six years as the community...
When looking back over a lifetime of accomplishments, Pat Seidlitz maintains an attitude of astonishing humbleness given the scope of her achievements. Born in Oklahoma City in 1935, Pat Jodlowski grew up as the eldest of three children, frequently moving...
Tim Stevens is a lifelong conservationist. He was born in Illinois and attended Colorado State University. After graduating he worked for the National Wildlife Federation. He moved to Montana in 1994 to work for The Greater Yellowstone...
Brock Whittenberger can often be found wading through rivers in Montana with a fly rod. The avid angler and outdoorsman got involved with MCV after Mary McNally, current co-chair of the Yellowstone Chapter, encouraged him to become a member. ...
