Keep Montana Open
Governor-elect Gianforte’s COVID-19 Task Force
Don Beeman – member of the Bozeman Health Board of Directors; former VP of U.S. Commercial Operations for Merck’s Vaccine Division
Father Patrick Beretta – parish priest at St. Patrick and Immaculate Conception Churches in Butte
Daniel Bierschwale – Executive Director of Big Sky Resort Area District
Dax Cetraro – Owner of Village Inn Pizza, Grand Plaza Casino, Rialto Bar
Greg Chilcott – Ravalli County Commissioner; Trustee for Montana Association of Counties
Brenda Connelly – chief operation officer for The Springs Living
Pamela Cutler, M.D. – emergency room physician and president of the Western Montana Clinic; president of the Montana Medical Association
Heidi M. Duncan, MD, FAAFP – Medical Director at the Billings Clinic
Randy Edwards – regional vice president for EmPres Healthcare Management; licensed nursing home administrator
Scott Gottlieb, M.D. – 23rd commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute
Wayne Leiker – VP of Refining Operations at Calumet Refinery
Scott Malloy, LCSW – program director at Montana Healthcare Foundation
Liz Moore – Executive Director of the Montana Nonprofit Association
Hannah Nieskens – Superintendent of Whitehall; 2018 Montana Principal of the Year & 2019 NASSP Principal of the Year finalist
Rick Norby – President of Montana League of Cities and Towns; Mayor of Sidney
Todd O’Hair – President and CEO of the Montana Chamber of Commerce
Gwyn Palchak, BSN, RN-BC, ACM-RN – president of District 7 Nurses Association of the Montana Nurses Association
Adjutant General Matthew Quinn – Commander of Montana Air National Guard; currently leads Governor Bullock’s Coronavirus Task Force
Brian Rigby – president and apprenticeships coordinator of Iron Workers Local No. 732
Carley Robertson, M.D. – primary care physician and vice president of the Montana Medical Association
Sheryl Scheafer – President of Montana Parent Teachers Association
Dan Schmidt – Superintendent of Poplar Schools
Jesse Slaughter – Cascade County Sheriff
Rich St. John – Chief of the Billings Police Department
Karen Sullivan, MA – Butte-Silver Bow Public Health Officer
Randy Swenson – Owner of TenderNest Assisted Living
Cherie Taylor – CEO of Northern Rockies Medical Center
Steve Wahrlich – Owner of Best Western Plus Clocktower Inn & Stella’s Kitchen and Bakery
Kaci Wallette – Ft. Peck Tribal Executive Board member and nurse
Tony Ward, Ph.D. – professor and chair of the School of Public and Community Health Sciences at the University of Montana
Elsie Arntzen, ex officio – Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction
Troy Downing, ex officio – Montana State Auditor-elect
Christi Jacobsen, ex officio – Montana Secretary of State-elect
Austin Knudsen, J.D., ex officio – Montana Attorney General-elect
Meetings
November 24, 2020 – audio recording, minutes
December 2, 2020 – audio recording, minutes
December 4, 2020 – audio recording, minutes
December 8, 2020 – audio recording, minutes
Keep Montana Open
We want to hear from Montanans on what’s working, what’s not working, and what you think the state could do better in response to COVID-19.