Our People
The amazing folks making it happen
Our Team
Professional Advisors
David Guiney
Interpretive Planning
Kelly Karmel
LEED and Green Globes Certification
Mike Milodragovich
Legal Counsel
Drew Rieker
JCCS, PV, Accountant
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors reflects the national scope of the museum and lends their broad professional experience in careers across the Forest Service, the forest products industry, as well as in the environmental and business communities. The members-at-large are a diverse group representing expertise in economic development, museum operations, university administration and political action.
Tom Thompson
President
Gray Reynolds
Past President
David M. Stack
Vice President
Mike Paterni
Treasurer
Beryl Johnson
Secretary
Liz Agpaoa
Regional Forester R-8, USFS (Ret.)
Georgia
Phil Aune
Program Manager, PSW USFS (Ret.)
Washington
Richard Bacon
Deputy Regional Forester R-1 USFS (Ret.)
Montana
Dale Bosworth
Chief USFS (Ret.)
Montana
John Drake
Director Wilderness, Recreation & Heritage, R-1 USFS (Ret.)
Montana
Larry Gadt
Director of Minerals & Geology, USFS (Ret.)
Kansas
Nancy Gibson
Forest Supervisor Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, USFS (Ret.)
California
Beryl Johnson
Director of Engineering, R-1 USFS (Ret.)
Montana
Jim LaBau
Affiliate Faculty Univ AK Research Scientist USFS PNW (Ret.)
Alaska
Patricia Limerick
Board Chair, Center of the American West & Professor of History, University of Colorado
Colorado
Pat Lynch
Western Heritage Company
Wyoming
Andy Mason
Director National Agroforestry Center USFS (Ret.)
Arizona
Mike Paterni
Director of Program & Budget, R-1 USFS (Ret.)
Montana
Michelle Pearson
Historic Preservationist and Educator
Colorado
Tom Pettigrew
Director of Engineering, R-1 USFS (Ret.)
Idaho
Jim Reaves
Deputy Chief for Research & Development USFS (Ret.)
Georgia
Mark Rey
Michigan State University
Washington DC
Tony Schoonen
Chief of Staff, Boone and Crockett Club
Montana
Zane Smith Jr.
Regional Forester USFS R-5 (Retd)
Oregon
Lynn Sprague
Regional Forester, R-5 USFS (Ret.)
Idaho
David M. Stack
District Ranger, R-1 USFS (Ret.)
Montana
Richard Stem
Deputy Regional Forester Rocky Mountain Region (Ret)
Montana
Tom Thompson
Deputy Chief, USFS (Ret.)
Colorado
Onno Wieringa
General Manager Alta Ski Area (Retd)
Montana
Ex-Officio Directors (Non-Voting):
John Engen
Mayor, City of Missoula
Montana
Chairman
Missoula County Commissioners
Montana
USDA Forest Service Liaison (Non-Voting):
Tracy Connell Hancock
Director of Knowledge Management and Communications
Forest Service Research and Development
Washington DC
Brandon Smith
Lands Special Use Program Manager Region 1
Montana
Director Emeritus:
Doug Leisz
Max Peterson
Gray Reynolds
Dave Scott
Our National Council
Members of the National Council advise and assist the Board in achieving the goals and objectives of the Museum. The council includes industry executives, former federal agency administrators and representatives of recreation, energy, wildlife, academic, tribal and forestry interests. Their breadth of experience and associations with the U.S. Forest Service will help the Museum reflect the role that cooperators and partners have played in shaping the conservation legacy of the agency.
Michael Berry
President, National Ski Areas Association
Colorado
Robert Bibb
Chairman/CEO, Bibb Engineers
Missouri
Dr. Bill Whitsitt
Executive Vice President, Devon Energy Corporation
Oklahoma
Derrick Crandall
President and CEO, American Recreation Coalition
Washington, DC
Stanley Dempsey
Chairman, Royal Gold, Inc.
Colorado
Smoke Elser
Wilderness Outfitters Consulting Group, LLC
Montana
Merv George, Jr.
Program Manager, Region 5 Tribal Relations, U.S. Forest Service; former Tribal Chair of the Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe
California
Nils Johnson
Director of Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Holland and Hart
Washington, DC
Dr. James Earl Kennamer
Chief Conservation Officer, National Wild Turkey Federation
South Carolina
John Turner
Managing Partner, Triangle X Ranch; former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International and Scientific Affairs; former Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wyoming
Pat Williams
Senior Fellow Emeritus, O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West at the University of Montana; former nine-term Congressman for Montana
Montana
Advisory Panel of Historians and Social Scientists
The National Museum of Forest Service History’s Advisory Panel of Historians and Social Scientists is a group of fourteen nationally recognized authors, researchers and academics who advise in the development and programming of the National Conservation Legacy and Education Center.
The advisory panel includes award-winning authors and lecturers whose specialties range from U.S. environmental history, natural resource and public land policy, the history of the American West, tourism in the upper Midwest, the creation of eastern National Forests, Native American history and the history of the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service.
Patricia Limerick
PhD, Panel Chair, Faculty Director and Chair of the Board, Center of the American West and Professor of History at the University of Colorado
Steve Anderson
President & CEO Forest History Society, North Carolina
Thomas Glen Alexander, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Brigham Young University
Richmond Clow, PhD
Professor of Native American Studies, University of Montana, College of Arts and Sciences
Char Miller, PhD
Director of Environmental Analysis Program; and W. M. Keck Professor, Pomona College
Mark T. Fiege, PhD
Associate Professor, Colorado State University
John Freemuth, PhD
Senior Fellow, Cecil D. Andrus Center for Public Policy and Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
Anthony Godfrey, PhD
President, U.S. West Research, Inc.
Aaron Shapiro, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Auburn University
Paul Sutter, PhD
Associate Professor of History, University of Colorado, Boulder
Sara Gregg, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, The University of Kansas
Joseph Jones, PhD
Independent Research Historian, Houston, Texas
Nancy Langston, PhD
Professor, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lincoln Bramwell, PhD
Ex Officio Member, Chief Historian, U.S. Forest Service
Regional Directors
The NMFSH is represented throughout the country by a volunteer Leadership Corps of Regional Directors and Representatives with an outstanding commitment to sharing the history of the US Forest Service and its partners.
Active in the US Forest Service Retirees Regional Associations and a variety of community, nonprofit conservation and educational organizations, these NMFSH representatives have helped attract more than $1 million in support from individuals, corporations and foundations. They meet monthly and are organized by Forest Service region and by special subject area.
Larry Gadt*
National Campaign Director
Kansas
Dave Wright
Region 1
Idaho
Bjorn Dahl
Region 2
Colorado
Dick Smith
Region 4
Idaho
Jerry Gause
Region 5
California
Steve Mealey
Region 6
Oregon
Dave Jolly
Region 8
Alabama
Theodore Beauvais
Region 9
Massachusetts
Jim LaBau*
Region 10
Alaska
* Museum Board Members
