Board of Directors

Steve Thompson   (Chair) 

Steve Thompson is a retired non-profit executive and co-founder of Climate Smart Glacier Country. An active outdoorsman, Steve is passionate about working on climate solutions on behalf of his neighbors, wild critters and natural places of Montana.

JEFF MOW (Vice-Chair)

 

  

Jeff Mow retired after a 34 year federal career having served most recently as the superintendent of Glacier National Park from 2013 to 2022. Previously he served in Alaska National Parks for over 24 years from the panhandle of the state to the Arctic. Currently he serves as a Board member for: the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Center, the Montana Conservation Corps, and the Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks. He and his wife Amy live in Whitefish and their son Peter lives in Japan.

Jami Belt, Treasurer

Jami lives in Columbia Falls with her lego-building, snow-loving family. She is a Wildlife Biologist at Glacier National Park, leading citizen science initiatives that engage the public in natural resource research and monitoring.  She is also the Chair of Glacier's Green Team, helping to celebrate and catalyze the Park's sustainability efforts.

Kate McMahon (Secretary)

Kathleen McMahon founded her consulting firm Applied Communications in 1997.   She has a degree in City Planning and regularly works with local governments and non-profits on a wide range of projects that often contain sustainability components.

CASEY LEWIS 

Casey is the Executive Director of the Western Montana Conservation Commission. She has an MS in Environmental Science and Management and has volunteered on marine conservation projects around the world. Casey is passionate about protecting the environment as well as exploring through skiing, backpacking, hiking, and fishing.

LISA JONES

Lisa Jones (aka LJ) is a semi-retired Communications professional, an activist, and a consummate volunteer for ecological and social causes. She moved to Whitefish in 1989 to work at Big Mountain Ski Resort and explore Glacier National Park, and she knew she had found her forever home. She and her husband (who works for Glacier National Park in Fire Ecology), split their time between Whitefish and Polebridge, and are both deeply passionate about doing their part to affect Climate Change globally and in their beautiful backyard.