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Leadership

    2023 Montana State Council SHRM

    Leadership Team

    State Council Director
    Ronda Wakefield, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, CPHR
    Director of Employee Development & Success
    Quinn’s Hot Springs Resort
    Cell:  406-250-1120
    rwakefield@quinnshotsprings.com
     
    State Council Director-Elect
    Andre Mehan
    Director of Human Resources
    Whitefish, MT
    andre.mehan@gmail.com
    Past State Council Director

    Kristina Hanninen, SHMR-CP, PHR, PMP
    Business System Analyst III- HR Applications
    Energizer Holdings, Inc.
    Missoula, MT
    khanninenphr@gmail.com

     
    Secretary / Conference Coordinator 2024
    Amanda Hawley, SHRM-CP, PHR
    Program Manager, A Plus Health Care
    Kalispell, MT
    Work: 406-725-3697
     
     
     
    Treasurer
    Maureen Bryan
    SVP HR, Parkside Federal Credit Union
    Kalispell, MT
    mbryan@parksidefcu.com
    Certification Director
    Dr. Deanna Keller, SHRM-SCP
    Missoula, MT
    406-240-2012
    College Relations Director

    Sarah Lappin, Interim Manager, HRBP Hi-Line
    Human Resource Business Partner
    Logan Health

    Cell: 406-407-4282
    slappin@logan.org
    Communications Director

    Austin Hobza, SHRM-SCP
    HR Manager
    PDT, Inc.
    Work: ​406-541-4255
    austin.hobza@pdtdental.com

     
     
     

    Diversity Director
    Michelle Cohens
    HR, Sletten Construction Company
    Great Falls, MT
    Work:  406-454-6418
    Cell: 406-750-3623
    mcohens@sletteninc.com
    Foundation Director
    Alona Simonovich, SHRM-SCP
    Director of Human Resources
     
    Hospitality Director
    Adam Ragsdale
    Operations Director, Missoula Housing Authority
    Missoula, MT
    Work: 406-549-4113 x128
     
     
    Legislative Director
    Grover Wallace

    President - Grover Wallace and Associates Leadership and HR Resources LLC
    719-233-8722

    wallace_grover@yahoo.com
    Membership Director
    Brittany Waiss
    Human Resources Manager
    Kettlehouse Brewery
    brittanywaiss@gmail.com
    406-370-4636
     
    Technology Services Director
    Deborah Derrick Gass, SHRM-CP, PHR
    MT Department of Labor - Workforce Services Division
    Workforce Consultant
    Missoula, MT
    Work:  406-218-7488
    Workforce Development Director
    Diana Piccono

    HR Manager-Helena
    Montana Department of Transportation
    dpiccono@mt.gov
    Cell: 406-461-1789

    2024 Director-Elect
    Amanda Hawley, SHRM-CP, PHR
    Program Manager, A Plus Health Care
    Kalispell, MT
    Work: 406-725-3697
    ahawley@aplushc.com

     
    Katie Slick, SPHR, SHRM-CP
    Field Services Director
    AR, CO, GU, HI, ID, LA, MP, MT, NM, TX, WY
    Katie.Slick@shrm.org