from the President and CEO of Special Olympics Montana

Board of Directors Seats New Officers for 2010

   Board of Directors   

(Great Falls, MT – February 10, 2010)  Special Olympics Montana, a 40 year-old statewide organization that provides year-round sports training and competition to more than 2,000 individuals with intellectual disabilities across the state, wishes to announce that the Board of Directors has seated new officers.   The officers elected:
Meghann McKenna – Chairwoman and New York Life Insurance agent, Bozeman;
Dean Nelson – Vice Chairman and RBC Wealth Management Investment Advisor, Great Falls;
Kathy Sampson – Treasurer and CPA, Office Vice President & Partner with Employee Benefit Resources, LLP, Helena;
Greg Pinski – Secretary and a partner with Conner & Pinski, PLLP, Great Falls;
Steve Brookstein – Immediate Past Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, Bresnan Communications, Purchase, NY; and
Jack Haffey – Member-At-Large and former Montana Power Company officer and principal of Jack Haffey & Associates.

Other directors include Steve Cawdrey, Nancy Cawdrey Studios Inc, Bigfork; Grant Holle, retired Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Bigfork; Scott Lind, Transystems LLC, Great Falls; Beth McFadden, N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, Great Falls; Kyler Morrison, Athlete, Kalispell; Brenda Peterson, Wendt Integrated Communications, Great Falls; Kalli Ryti, First Interstate Bank, Bozeman; Randy Scott, First Interstate Bank Foundation, Billings; Kerrie Sheets, Athlete, Billings; and Jeff Vandergrift, Value Source Partners, Missoula.

Bob Norbie
CEO and President
Member, Special Olympics International Board of Directors
bnorbie@somt.org

Special Olympics Montana
PO Box 3507
Great Falls, MT  59403
800-242-6876
406-216-5327

About Special Olympics
Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown from a few hundred athletes to more than 3.1 million athletes in over 170 countries in all regions of the world, providing year-round sports training, athletic competition and other related programs.  Special Olympics now takes place everyday, changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities in places like China and from regions like the Middle East to the community playgrounds and ball fields in every small neighborhood’s backyard across Montana.  Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and experience joy and friendship. Visit Special Olympics Montana at www.somt.org.