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Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Health Care Workforce Shortage Members

Jim Ahrens, President
Montana Hospitals Association
1720 9th Ave.
Helena, MT 59604-5119
Phone: (406) 442-1911
Fax: (406) 443-3894
jim@mtha.org

Sami Butler, Executive Director
Montana Nurses Association
104 Broadway, Suite G-2
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: (406) 442-6710
Fax: (406) 442-1841
subtler@mtnurses.org

Rose Hughes, Executive Director
Montana Health Care Association
36 South Last Chance Gulch, Suite A
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: (406) 443-2876
Fax: (406) 443-4614
rhughes@rmsmanagement.com

Joyce Scott, Deputy Commissioner
Academic and Student Affairs
P.O. Box 203101
Helena, MT 59620
Phone: (406) 444-6570
jscott@oche.montana.edu

Sharon Kott
Area Health Education Center
P.O. Box 170520
Bozeman, MT 59717-0520
Phone: (406) 994-6001
sak@montana.edu

Wendy Keating, Acting Commissioner
Montana Department of Labor
P.O. Box 1728
Helena, MT 59624-1728
Phone: (406) 444-3299
wkeating@state.mt.us

Brian Zins
Montana Medical Association
2021 11th Avenue
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: (406) 443-4000
Brian@mmaoffice.com

Mary McCue, Executive Director
Montana Dental Association
P.O. Box 1154
Helena, MT 59624
Phone: (406) 443-2061
Fax: (406) 443-1546
mda@mt.net

Steve Yeakel
P.O. Box 4893
Helena, MT 59604-4893
Phone: (406) 443-1674
Fax: (406) 443-0979
msae@sy-key.com

Loren Soft
161 Norris Ct South
Billings, MT 59105
Phone: (406) 248-4393
Work: (406) 655-2100
lorenjsoft@aol.com
lsoft@ybgr.org

Representative Edith Clark
P.O. Box 34
Sweetgrass, MT 59484
Phone: (406) 937-6905
ejclark@northerntel.net

Joe McDonald, President
Salish Kootenai College
Box 117 Hwy 93
Pablo, MT 59855
Phone: (406) 675-4800
Fax: (406) 675-4801
joe_mcdonald@skc.edu

Jim McGarvey
President, Montana State AFL-CIO
Vice President, MEA-MFT
810 Hialeah Court
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: (406) 442-2123
jmcgarvey@mea-mft.org

Gail Gray, Director
Montana DPHHS
P.O. Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604
Phone: (406) 444-5622
Fax: (406) 444-1970
ggray@state.mt.us

Bob Bartholomew
Montana AARP
1325 Euclid # 2
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: (406) 441-2277
Direct: (406) 457-4701
bbartholomew@aarp.org

Jody Messinger
Office of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620-2501
Phone: (406) 444-9019
jmessinger@state.mt.us

Jani McCall
Consulting with Communities
2331 Spruce Street
Billings, MT 59101
Phone: (406) 256-3585
Fax: (406) 256-3347
janimccall@qwest.net

Desiree Taggart
Office of the Governor
Office of Economic Opportunity
P.O. Box 200801
Helena, MT 59620-0801
Phone: (406) 444-3111
Fax: (406) 444-5529
dtaggart@state.mt.us

Patty Ehrhardt, President
Mt. Clinical Laboratory Managers Association
26 Cub Drive
Great Falls, MT 59404
Phone: 1-800-541-7891 ext 8960
Home: (406) 452-3881
Fax: (406) 761-6562
pehrhard@paml.com

Rita Harding
Billings Area Indian Health Service
P.O. Box 36600
Billings, MT 59107
Phone: (406) 247-7122
Rita.Harding@mail.ihs.gov


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