FLATHEAD LAND TRUST STAFF

Marilyn Wood became our Executive Director in May 2007. Marilyn joined the Flathead Land Trust as the Conservation Director in August '05 after 13 years as the NW Montana Program Manager for the Nature Conservancy. Marilyn started her career as a wildlife biologist working with grizzlies in Yellowstone Park and later worked as a special projects biologist for Montana Department Fish, Wildlife and Parks. When not working to save special landscapes in northwest Montana, Marilyn enjoys refining horse training techniques through understanding the horse’s ability to learn. Other favorite pastimes are hiking in Glacier National Park, kayaking, and dreaming about world travels.

Dawn Tacke became our new Operations and Membership Manager in October 2007.  She comes to Flathead Land Trust from a background in human services and case management—she worked as a case manager with the Flathead Job Service and prior to that, a  Production Supervisor and Employment Specialist with Flathead Industries.  From her human services work, she brings valuable management and organizational skills, communications and writing experience, and a strong desire to continue doing work that is meaningful to the community.

Laura Katzman joined FLT in March, 2010, as our new Land Protection Specialist, focusing on the River to Lake Initiative project area. She earned a Master’s degree in Fish and Wildlife Management from Montana State University, Bozeman in 1998, and has twelve years experience in the natural resource field. Most recently Laura worked as a fisheries biologist for Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks serving as the Aquatic Program Leader for a large-scale hydropower mitigation program in the lower Clark Fork Valley. She took a few years off from her career to raise her two children and moved with her family to the Flathead in 2008.
 
Ryan Hunter became the new Land Protection Specialist in July, 2009. He earned a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning, with an emphasis on environmental and community development planning, from Portland State University in 2004. Prior to moving to Montana, Ryan worked as an Assistant Planner for Jefferson County in Port Townsend, Washington. Ryan has also previously worked for environmental non-profits, including forest conservation and salmon recovery organizations. He enjoys backpacking and kayaking the great wild places of Northwest Montana with his wife Eve.

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