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Ruth Reineking, President, is Assistant Vice President of First Interstate Bank. She manages loan collections, including workouts, repossessions, foreclosure, bankruptcy and other legal actions for the Missoula, Flathead and Great Falls/Helena offices of First Interstate. Ruth has taught Financial Fitness classes for homeWORD, and she has served on the board of directors of Missoula Food Bank and West Slope Chapter of Trout Unlimited.

Joe Easton, Vice President, is President of 10M Investments, Inc., a real estate development and investment firm. 10M Investments pursues rehabilitation and redevelopment projects within urban cores. Joe is a Missoula native, with degrees from the University of Oregon and University of Montana. Joe is married to Erin Williams, and they have a toddler, Fiona Bea.

Rena Hansen, Treasurer, has been a CPA with Boyle, Deveny & Meyer since 1991 and became a partner in 2002. She was born and raised near Darby, Montana. Her practice focuses on business and individual tax preparation, small business setup and consulting, and financial statement preparation. Rena has been involved with several nonprofits including Fort Courage Childcare, the Missoula Food Bank, Child Care Resources, Leadership Missoula and Play Ball Missoula. She enjoys skiing, fishing, hiking, Grizzly football and especially her little boy Connor.

Julie Maturen, Secretary, is the Development Director at YWCA Missoula whose mission is to eliminate racism and empower women. She is responsible for all the fundraising at YWCA. Prior to that she was the Membership and Annual Fund Manager at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. Julie is interested in affordable housing, especially for single women and their children. She is married and has a beautiful son, Greyson.

KD Dickinson is Broker/Owner of Portico Real Estate in Missoula, a firm concerned about our community, our environment and promoting sustainable practices. KD has worked with NMCDC on their community land trust projects and has a strong interest in affordable housing issues.

Jack Wade is a certified broker for Montana and Idaho. Jack brings experience and certifications from the Council of Residential Specialists and Certified Commercial Investment Member. He is a Board member to Lambros Community Foundation as well as member of National Association of Homebuilders, Missoula Building Association, Montana Landlord Association, and Missoula Sustainable Business Council. Jack has years of experience volunteering with non profits and will be an asset to homeWORD’s Property Management Committee.

Forrest Senterfeit LEED AP™ , is a construction manager specializing in commercial building and renovation projects for the Federal Government. His clients include Federal agencies such as; the US Forest Service, the National Park Service and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Forrest has a passion for energy-efficient and sustainable construction and strives to incorporate both into his work. Originally from South Carolina, Forrest moved to Missoula for the skiing and mountain biking. He and his wife, Stacy, spend their free time following the sports careers of their two young children, Sage and Rogge.

Mirtha Becerra is the Transportation Information Specialist for the Missoula Office of Planning and Grants where she has worked for more than 5 years as a Planner. During her graduate school years in Buffalo New York Mirtha worked for the Center for Urban Studies on inner city neighborhood revitalization and community and economic development. Prior to moving to Missoula she worked for the National Park Service in Washington DC on natural resource preservation issues. Mirtha is a native of Chile where she has worked on rural community development and environmental education/outreach.

Kim Shappee is Assistant Vice President of the Bank of Montana. Her role includes working as a commercial lending specialist and acting as the Creative Director for the Bank. Prior to returning to her native Missoula, Kim worked in South Africa at the University of Stellenbosch teaching Entrepreneurship and micro lending, and in Boston at the Gillette Corporation in its Latin American Global Business Development sector.

Kathy Headlee is a Real Estate Loan Officer at Missoula Federal Credit Union’s Downtown Branch. She has been in the business for the past 12 years and has been involved in numerous organizations in the community, such as Missoula Building Industry Association, Missoula Organization of Realtors, and Missoula Chamber of Commerce. Kathy has served on the Missoula Businesswomen’s Network Synergy Board as Treasurer for the past 6 years.

Dave Glaser is the Business Consulting Manager at the Montana Community Development Corporation in Missoula. MCDC is a non profit bank that provides financing and business consulting with the goal of building stronger community in Montana by engaging traditionally underserved people in the economy. Dave works directly with new and established small businesses to help them reach the next level of success. Dave also serves as Board Vice President for the Wild Rockies Field Institute. Dave and his wife Minette spend (just about) every free minute with their infant twin daughters Isobel and Sabine and are loving (almost) every bit of being parents.

Trent Baker is an attorney at Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, P.C. He received his Law Degree and Masters in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana. Trent is experienced in many areas of commercial, real estate, landlord/tenant and personal injury law. Trent participates in several charitable and community organizations and non-profit boards, and enjoys recreating in Montana’s mountains and rivers with his wife, Kimberly, and two daughters, Elise and Lucia.

Deb Halliday is self-employed as an affordable housing and health care policy analyst and political organizer. Current clients include the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, where she works in Congressional districts across the nation on federal reforms to Section 8 housing and the Low-income Housing Tax Credit program; and two national health care advocacy organizations, where she is helping launch statewide coalitions in Louisiana and New Hampshire. The author of over eight studies on housing, health care and the social safety net, Deb is also the happy mama of Mae and Hannah and an aspiring bass guitar singer in a local rock-n-roll band (working title: Stimulus Package).