Thirty years in Billings has taught me that transformation happens when we show up fully: for our neighbors, our communities, and the work that calls us forward. Mine hasn't been such a linear career, but more of a beautiful tangle. From teaching high school to co-founding an award-winning gourmet cookie company with my sisters to leading downtown revitalization as Executive Director of the Downtown Billings Alliance, I've always believed in the power of bringing people together. My work creating Spare Change for Real Change and a city-wide Community Innovations Initiative reflects a simple conviction: everyone deserves dignity, safety, and belonging.

All of that work—the coalition-building, the advocacy, the belief in second chances—led me exactly where I needed to be. As Senior Pastor at Billings First Congregational Church, I'm the luckiest to work with a courageous and lovely congregation. I'm a 500-hour certified yoga instructor who teaches yoga at the church (free and open to the public!) and trauma-informed classes at the Montana Women's Prison. A proud advocate for 2SLGBTQI+ and Indigenous communities, I have the honor to work closely with tremendous leaders in our community.

When not at the church or living out my faith in the streets, I love spending time in my home and yard with my husband, Mike, our daughter, Bronte, and our son, William, his wife, Amanda, and their four children. I still love good cookies, small business, and believing that small acts of kindness can change the world.