Andy is a Missoula‑based skateboarder, photographer, and founding member of the Montana Skatepark Association, which began as a grassroots effort in 2000 and grew into a statewide model for building skateparks in rural and underserved Montana communities. He is the co‑author and photographer of Grit to Grind: Shaping Montana Communities One Skatepark at a Time, documenting how local organizing, creativity, and persistence helped create a lasting skatepark network across the state.

Mariah Gladstone, Piikuni (Blackfeet) and Tsalagi (Cherokee), grew up in Northwest Montana on and near the Blackfeet Reservation. She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Environmental Engineering and returned home where she began her work on food advocacy. She developed Indigikitchen, an online cooking platform, to revitalize and re-imagine Native foods. She then earned a Master’s degree at SUNY-ESF in the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Mariah has been recognized as a Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow by the First Nations Development Institute, as well as a 2025 Castanea Fellow by the Earth Island Institute. She has shared the importance of reconnecting to traditional foods at events throughout North America and abroad, as well as through appearances on the Today Show, CBC, and numerous podcasts. In addition to all this, Mariah offers a variety of cultural experiences for visitors to the Blackfeet Nation and Glacier National Park. Mariah released her first book, Mountains to Oceans: Kids’ Recipes from Native Land, in January 2025.

Greg Rec is an award‑winning photojournalist and longtime staff photographer at the Portland Press Herald. As a University of Montana journalism student in 1996, Rec was part of the small group that captured the first photographs of Ted Kaczynski following his arrest, images that quickly circulated worldwide and remain a landmark moment in modern photojournalism.

Derek grew up near Bozeman, Montana, and built his photography career from 4-H livestock events to photojournalism studies and award-winning newspaper work. He later served as Chief Photographer at The Post-Star in upstate New York, and coached photographer teams into top award winners in the state. Now a County Executive Director with USDA Farm Service Agency in Southwest Virginia, Derek supports family farms through loan, price-support, and disaster-relief programs. 

Steven Adams is a Pittsburgh-based documentary photographer and former award-winning photojournalist. After studying communications and art, he worked in advertising in Boston, photographed wildlife and landscapes in Alaska, and later found his niche in photojournalism. He spent two decades at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, covering everything from Steelers Super Bowl celebrations to the war in Iraq, and now works as a freelance photographer and visual communications consultant. 

Award-winning filmmaker, producer and educator, Lynn-Wood Fields graduated with her  MFA in digital filmmaking from the University of Montana. Her work has since gone on to screen at over 50 film festivals and venues globally including “Are we There Yet”  screening at Indie Memphis Film Festival, 2016; Western History Association Conference, 2015; Frozen River Film Festival, 2014.

Her current projects include the feature film “Perma Red” in pre-production with the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, “House Calls”, which premiered on PBS in 2022, “Social Impact” with the Institute for Family and “Snqʷeyɫmistn” a documentary on Salish forever foster homes which premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.

She owns Montana Film Tax Credits and Media Training Center, which focuses on training Montana filmmakers. She is also the Executive Director of the Montana Media Coalition(MMC), which works on legislation around the MEDIA (Montana Economic Development Industry Advancement) tax credits and cap raises. She is passionate about the work to connect Montanans to film and media rapid training courses for them to economically benefit from this industry through workforce development.

Derek Rowe is a Cybersecurity Consultant at LMG Security specializing in penetration testing, social engineering, and cybersecurity awareness training. Since joining LMG in 2020, he has helped organizations identify and address real-world security risks. Derek holds several industry certifications, including OSCP, CompTIA Operations Specialist, Security Infrastructure Specialist, A+, Network+, Security+, and Pentest+.

Rio is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at ALPS. In her role she works to build flourishing relationships with legal associations across the United States, and works passionately to educate lawyers on the importance of using technology and data to build better practices and drive the legal community forward.

Chris is Chief Operating Officer of ALPS Corporation and ALPS Property & Casualty Insurance Company, and has held high-level leadership positions in ALPS since 2007. Chris oversees ALPS operations, business development teams, sales strategy and served as ALPS’ chief liaison into the bar community until 2023. He speaks regularly before bar leaders nationally and regionally on subject such as legal trends, best practices in strategic planning, mandatory malpractice insurance and disclosure concepts as well as well-being in law topics.