Board of Regents Members

Norris Blossom is a senior at Montana State University studying industrial management systems engineering and economics. Norris was elected to serve as the Student Body President of Montana State University during the 2021-2022 academic year. During his term as Student Body President, Norris spearheaded the creation of the Off-Campus Life office, providing resources for students seeking housing in Bozeman, and partnered with community organizations to host the first ever Rail Jam snow sports festival at MSU.

While at MSU, Norris has also served as an ASMSU Senator, a Financial Planning Intern at Xtant Medical through the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center, a Program Development Intern at the MSU Science and Math Resource Center, a Research Assistant in the Economics Department, and an Ambassador for the MSU Honors College. He currently serves as a Boardroom Bobcat partnering with nonprofits in the Bozeman area.

As a fourth generation Montanan from Helena, Norris enjoys hiking, skiing, hunting, and kayaking through Montana’s outdoors, and is committed to preserving Montana’s land for future generations.

Loren Bough is an active community member and philanthropist residing in Big Sky. He has served his community in a number of capacities including successful efforts to create a public high school, a performing arts center and a local hospital.

As a graduate of one of the smallest public schools in the state, Highwood High School, Loren benefitted from and remains committed to affordable public educational opportunities for all Montana students.

He remains an active angel investor and board member, globally, in real estate, technology and the consumer sector. Mr. Bough serves on multiple boards and advisory committees of select portfolio companies.

Mr. Bough serves on the board for Harvard University/Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and Chairman of the Property and Environment Research Center, Warren Miller Performing Art Center and Big Sky.

Todd Buchanan is a Co-Owner and Advisor for Buchanan Capital, based in Billings, MT. Buchanan Capital Inc. serves individual and institutional clients, helping share and support asset management and financial planning strategies and plans with their clients across the region. After graduation from MSU Bozeman Todd served in the US Peace Corps, serving as a Small Business Development Volunteer in Nicaragua.

Todd and his family have had many opportunities to serve their communities and stay committed to numerous local, regional and statewide efforts and organizations. Past experience includes serving as a director on the Nature Conservancy Board for Montana, Chairman of Montana Conservation Corps, Chairman of Billings based corrections organization Alternatives Inc.  and Todd currently spends a lot of time advocating for greater stewardship of the outdoor, cultural and natural assets of this great state.

Todd previously served a seven-year term on the Board of Regents from 2007-2014 and held a variety of leadership roles (Vice Chairman of the Board, Chairman of Academic and Student Affairs Committee, Chairman of the Budget Committee and Chairman of The Taskforce on Reform).

Raised in Billings, MT, Todd and his wife Brooke met while attending Montana State University in Bozeman and have been married since 2003. They live in Red Lodge, MT, where they stay busy raising, loving and keeping up with their two active teenagers in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains.

Joyce Dombrouski has been with Providence St. Patrick Hospital since April 1995. She joined the team early in her career and had responsibilities for critical care, emergency services and quality. She joined the executive team in 1999 as the Vice President of Marketing and Communications. In 2001, Joyce accepted the leadership position of Vice President of Nursing, later earning the regional role of CNO. In 2011, Joyce was named Chief Acute Services Officer and in 2016, Joyce became the Chief Operating Officer for the Western Montana Service Area of Providence Health & Services. Her current position is the Chief Executive for the Montana Service Area, which includes St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula; Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson; and Providence Medical Group, overseeing approximately 2,500 employees and providers.

Joyce holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Montana State University in Bozeman and a Masters in Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Joyce earned her Certificate of Public Health through the University of Montana. Most recently, Joyce completed The Healthcare Academy Fellows Program. Joyce was instrumental in leading St. Pat's to earn its first Magnet Accreditation for Nursing Excellence in 2013. She was named Distinguished Nursing Alumni for MSU in 2014. Joyce serves as an adjunct faculty member for Washington State University.

Joyce’s current board appointments include the Family Medical Residency of Western Montana, Montana Graduate Medical Education Council; Montana Hospital Association; Montana Economic Partnership and Providence Montana Health Foundation. Her past board memberships include the Montana Board of Nursing, the National Catholic Health Association and Partnership Health Center.

Joyce is a native Montanan and lives with her husband in Missoula. She is very proud of both of her daughters who are pursuing careers in health care.

Mr. Lozar is vice president and director of the Center for Indian Country Development for the Federal Reserve based out of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.  The Center is a national research and policy institute committed to assisting tribes across the country reach their full economic potential, on their own terms.  In this role, he brings to life actionable research and policy development to advance economic and community development in Indian Country with a focus on access to affordable capital, tribal public finance and advancing economic infrastructure.  In 2021, he served Indian Country as a detailee at the US Department of the Treasury where he was responsible for distributing $20 billion of American Rescue Plan Act funds to tribal governments to help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Before leading the Center for Indian Country Development, he served as the executive at the Helena Branch of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve.  

Prior to joining the Federal Reserve, Mr. Lozar served as an administrator and tribal policy advisor for the State of Montana and directed the State Tribal Economic Development Commission.  Additionally, he served Indian Country through national Native organizations as vice president of the American Indian College Fund and chief marketing and development officer at the Notah Begay III Foundation.  Casey started his professional career as a middle school Social Studies teacher and worked for Salish Kootenai College helping to lead their math, science, and culture camps for Native youth.  

Mr. Lozar holds a B.A in history from Dartmouth College, a M.Ed. from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Colorado-Denver.  He has completed executive education coursework at MIT, Columbia University and University of California-Berkeley.  Mr. Lozar previously served as the chair of the Montana Board of Regents, the first Native American to serve in this capacity.  Past board membership include:  Montana Community Foundation, S&K Technologies, S&K Electronics and Montana Higher Education Student Assistance Corporation.  Born and raised on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, Mr. Lozar is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and a descendent of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.  Casey lives in Helena with his wife Reagen and their four children: Leighton, Winn, Mary Mac, and Asher. 

Brianne Rogers has over a decade of political, policy, communications, and management experience, having held director positions in both Washington, D.C. and Bozeman, Montana for Montana’s longest-serving U.S. Senator, Max Baucus, as well as serving as Montana Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator John Walsh. She rocketed into the private sector in 2015, launching her consulting business, Bird Dog Strategies, LLC, and quickly became an essential asset to her clients.

Bree is a native Montanan committed to making the state a better place, and known by colleagues across the state for getting things done and building lasting relationships.

In 2017 she was Sarah Calhoun’s right-hand woman, helping to produce the most successful Red Ants Pants Music Festival to date with over 16,500 attendees. In 2013, she co-produced Senator Baucus’ Economic Development Summit in Butte, a 4,000-attendee business conference featuring eleven keynote presentations including: Google’s Eric Schmidt, FedEx’s Fred Smith, Tesla Motors’ Elon Musk, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, and Ford’s Alan Mullaly. In 2011, she produced the two-week, 2,500-attendee Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Second Senior Officials Meeting in Big Sky, Montana in conjunction with the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. 

Bree spends her free time enjoying Montana’s great outdoors. You’ll find her chasing upland birds and waterfowl hunting with her father year-round. She lives in Bozeman with her two black labs, Scully and Foxx.

Jeff Southworth is the Co-Owner and President of Allied Steel, a structural steel fabrication company located in Lewistown. From its base in central Montana, Allied Steel services clients and projects across the western United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Jeff is also a custom builder and entrepreneur and co-owns the Central Feed Grilling Co. and Calvert Hotel, also located in Lewistown.  

Jeff has been active in the Lewistown community for many years and has served as a member of the local chamber of commerce. He is also an active member of the Big Sky Young Presidents’ Organization and is an elected member of the Lewistown Public Schools Board of Trustees. 

Jeff graduated from Fergus High School and is passionate about his family, community, and state. Jeff and his wife Brook met in 1997 while attending Montana State University in Bozeman. They have four children. Three of their children attend Montana State University and one is a senior at Fergus High School. Jeff enjoys spending time outside and can be found skiing and hunting across Montana.