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Ed
Messerlie joined SDTDC in March 2005 as a
project leader in the forest management program. He received a bachelor's
degree in forest management from University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and
a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from University of Wisconsin-Platteville.
As a seasonal forestry technician on the Arapahoe and Roosevelt National Forests,
he conducted regeneration surveys, stand exams, and precommercial thinning.
Ed prepared forest management plans and monitored contracts for the Colorado
State Forest Service, spent a year as an owner/operator in timber harvesting
and management, and worked as a consultant on forest management and inventory
and monitoring projects. Ed is interested in building better software tools
for forest and fuels management and in improving the efficiency of harvest
systems. His other interests include alternative energy production and use.
Michelle (Sunni) Bradshaw became an MTDC career intern as a library technician
in February 2006. Sunni is assigned to the Equestrian Design Guidelines recreation
project. Previously she worked for MTDC as a contractor, researching and writing
for fire, engineering, and recreation projects. Sunni holds a bachelor's
degree in recreation management from the University of Montana.
R.L.
(Lance) Collister began working for MTDC in April 2004 as a temporary
employee with the wildland fire chemical systems group. In April 2005 he became
a physical science technician under an internship program. Lance holds a bachelor's
degree in physics from Middlebury College and has worked for three decades
in the private sector as a design engineer, technical project manager, general
manager, and independent consultant. He holds six patents from his previous
product development work.
Jacob
Cowgill began working as a Web designer at
MTDC during 1998. He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts with a minor
in computer science from the University of Montana in 2001. Jacob is now completing
a master's degree in environmental studies at the University of Montana.
Heather
Matusiak joined MTDC in May 2005 as a temporary receptionist. In
October 2005, she became an office automation assistant in the student temporary
employment
program. Heather is a senior at the University of Montana earning her bachelor's
degrees in accounting, marketing, and international business.
Andrew
D. McLean accepted a full-time position as a program analyst with MTDC after receiving
his bachelor's degree in May 2005 from the University of Montana. He
works primarily in the recreation and safety programs, while also serving as
a contact for Information Resources Management. Andrew began working at MTDC
in January 2001 in the student temporary employment program. In 2002, he entered
the student career experience program as an information technology trainee.
Lisa
Outka-Perkins started a career internship as a sociologist with MTDC
in January 2005. She received her master's degree in sociology with an emphasis
in criminology from the University of Montana in 2001 and had been working
for MTDC under temporary appointment. The fire, recreation, and safety and
health programs have been the focus of Lisa's most recent project work.
Joyce
M. Shafer joined MTDC in September of 2005. As a warranted purchasing agent,
she is responsible for procuring services and supplies up to $25,000.
Mary
Trankel began working at MTDC in January 2002 as an information technology
specialist and was promoted to Webmaster in November 2003. She had been a self-employed
consultant since 1991, performing research, program evaluations, database management,
and Web site development for numerous private businesses and Government agencies
throughout Montana. Mary earned a bachelor's degree in sociology, with
an emphasis in criminal justice, from Carroll College in 1980. She worked for
2 years in the criminal justice system as a deputy sheriff/community corrections
specialist before starting her graduate work. Mary completed her Ph.D. in sociology,
with special emphasis in criminology and applied research methods, from the
University of Montana, Missoula, in 1991.
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