Board of Regents Members
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Todd Buchanan Term Expires February 1, 2014 Buchanan is the co-owner and a financial advisor with Buchanan Capital, Inc., in Billings. He graduated from Montana State University-Bozeman with a bachelor of science in business marketing. Following graduation, he spent over two years with the U.S. Peace Corps in Nicaragua as a small business development specialist. After starting his investment advisor career in 2000 while living in Great Falls and Bozeman, he took the job as Executive Director of ZooMontana to get home to Billings, joining Buchanan Capital in 2003. He and his wife Brooke and their two children stay active with numerous community boards and statewide activities. |
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Jeffrey KraussTerm Expires February 1, 2015 Krauss is the director of finance and administration for the Museum of the Rockies. Previously, he served as the elected Gallatin County Treasurer and a Bozeman City Commissioner; and served as the city’s mayor until January 2012. Krauss also worked as an accountant with King Tool Inc. and Deloitte and Touche (Reno, Nevada). He has served in leadership posts with the Montana County Treasurer’s Association, Montana Conservation Corps, Bozeman Noon Rotary Club, Vigilante Theater and the Gallatin County Community Development Block Grant board. Krauss has a B.S. in business administration from Montana State University, and received the A.L Strand award for a “non-traditional student showing concern for people through campus or community service and exemplifying leadership and scholastic achievement.” |
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Angela McLean (Chair) Term Expires: Feb. 1, 2017 After graduating from Twin Bridges High School in 1989, Angela McLean continued her education at Western Montana College in Dillon, Montana earning her Broadfield Social Studies degree in 1994. In 2000, Angela earned her Master of Arts degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Montana. In November 2005, she became Nationally Board Certified in Social Studies-History/Adolescence and Young Adulthood. Currently Angela serves as a facilitator for teachers seeking National Board Certification. Her first teaching job was in the Arlee High School and Middle School. She taught there until 1997 when she acquired a teaching position at Anaconda Senior High School. Since 1999, Angela has taught various courses for Montana Tech's Jump Start program including: American History and Government, Sociology and Psychology. In addition to her teaching duties, Angela helped her district secure a Teaching American History Grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 2002. In 2005, 2006, and 2008, she coached three state champion We the People teams. In October 2007, Angela was named Montana 's Milken Educator. In the Spring of 2006, Governor Schweitzer appointed Angela to the Montana Board of Public Education. She was elected Vice Chair of that board in January 2007 and held that post until her appointment to the Montana Board of Regents in 2010. Angela is married to Anaconda attorney, Mike McLean. They have two children, Colin and Ellen. She enjoys spending quality time with her family, as well as, skiing, bicycling, hiking and camping. |
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Major Robinson Term Expires: February 1, 2018 Major Robinson is President of REDSTONE Consulting which provides organization, business and project development services to Tribes, Indian organizations and private businesses. Prior to establishing REDSTONE Consulting, Mr. Robinson was Governor Schweitzer's acting Coordinator of Indian Affairs and senior economic development specialist. He co-founded the Montana Indian Business Alliance, as well as the Montana Tribal Tourism Alliance and The People's Partners for Community Development. Since earning his degree in architecture from the University of New Mexico in 1986, he has lived and worked in Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York and Orlando working as a creative manager for companies such as Disney, Universal Studios, Landmark Entertainment, Iwerks Entertainment and Sussman & Prejza. Major and his wife, Michelle, reside in Billings with their three children. |
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Joseph Thiel (Student Regent)Student Regent Appointment Profile Term Expires June 30, 2013 Joseph Thiel has been an active member and leader in many student clubs and organizations since arriving at the MSU-Bozeman campus in 2008 with the intention of studying chemical engineering and liberal studies. Thiel served as vice president and project manager for Engineers Without Borders at Montana State University, a student organization, which serves an agricultural district in Kwhisero, Kenya. He has traveled to western Kenya twice to prepare for a large-scale pipeline project and has helped to raise several thousand dollars through events and grants. In addition to his work with Engineers Without Borders, Thiel has served as a student senator in the Associated Students of Montana State University, President of the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society and as a member of MSU-Bozeman's nationally ranked Ethics Bowl team, the Ethicats. When he is not studying or participating in club activities, Thiel enjoys hiking, skiing and all other outdoor pursuits Montana has to offer. |
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Paul TussAppointed November 1, 2011 Paul Tuss serves as the Executive Director of Bear Paw Development Corporation in Havre, a federally-recognized, nonprofit Economic Development District in northern Montana that covers 17,665 square miles, five counties and two Indian Reservations with a total population of approximately 35,000 residents. He previously worked for five years as the Executive Director of Glacier County’s economic development organization, an area that includes Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Indian Nation. He is Past President of the Montana Economic Developers Association, Past Chairman of the Montana State Employers Council and is a member of the Montana Economic Development Advisory Council and Judicial Nomination Commission. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Montana Nonprofit Association, Montana Cooperative Development Center and Northern Montana Hospital. Paul previously held gubernatorial appointments to the Tourism Advisory Council and the Montana Heritage Commission. Prior to his appointment as a member of the Board of Regents, Paul served as a member of the President’s Advisory Council for the University of Montana and as an Advisory Board member for the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana. He served as a member of the Cabinet for the MSU-Northern Foundation’s Capital Campaign and was a member of the Presidential Search Committee for Montana State University that resulted in Dr. Waded Cruzado becoming President of MSU. Paul has served as Aide to the Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives, Assistant Secretary of the Montana Senate and was a candidate in 2000 for Montana Secretary of State. A native of Anaconda, he is a graduate of the University of Montana, is married to Pamela Hillery and has two children, Dolan and Caroline. |
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