Officers of the Corporation:
Chair - Neil Meyer
Vice Chair - Russ Abolt
Treasurer - Steve Ellis
President/Secretary - Anne Dahl
Board of Directors: The Swan Ecosystem Center Board of Directors reflects community demographics. It is a mixture of recent and longtime residents; philosophical and political viewpoints, including loggers and environmentalists; a range of backgrounds and life experiences, including workers and retirees.
Russ Abolt,
since 2003 Retired trade association manager in Washington D.C. - Robert McMoran Service Award for exceptional service during career - Washington Society of Association Executives acknowledged as one of two industry visionaries - American Trakehner Association board - Straight Incorporated board - Past President and active member of Alpine Artisans - Board member of Swan Valley Senior Services - Abolt is on the Swan Lands Coordinating Council developing a Swan Valley conservation strategy.
Kvande Anderson, since 2009 Logging contractor - Owner of Double Ott Trucking - Swan Valley native.
Steve Ellis, since 2004 Colonel, USAF, Retired. Active in Montana Wilderness Association, serving as president of Island Range Chapter (Great Falls Area) and representative to MWA council. Chair of Visitor Information Center committee of SEC. Past volunteer firefighter with Swan Valley Volunteer Fire Company. On the Swan Lands Coordinating Council, developing a Swan Valley conservation strategy.
Pam Hamilton, since 1998 Partner of a family-owned Heavy Hauling business - President of Swan Valley Saddle Club - Past Salmon Prairie school board member - Member of SEC Education Committee - Hamilton is on the Swan Lands Coordinating Council developing a Swan Valley conservation strategy - Swan Valley native.
Joan McGuire, since 2010 Artist, pen & ink illustrator, mapmaker. Participating in the Swan Valley Community Council's Growth Policy Committee planning process. Interested in issues surrounding the integration of people and places. Full time resident since 2007.
Neil Meyer, since 1996 Retired logging contractor - Montana Woods Products Association Logger of the Year in 1995 - Meyer is on the Swan Lands Coordinating Council developing a Swan Valley conservation strategy - Full time resident in the Swan Valley for 55 years.
Bill Moore, since 2002 Retired industrial hydraulics specialist serving timber mills in the region - Moore is on the Swan Lands Coordinating Council developing a Swan Valley conservation strategy.
Jerye Motschman, since 2008
Retired Delta Airlines Captain - Formerly lived in Anchorage Alaska. Swan Valley part-time resident beginning early 1990 and became a full-time resident in 2004.
Gene Tingle, since 2006 Owner/president of Tingle Associates, Inc., an Atlanta based commercial real estate company specializing in industrial, office and land brokerage, 25 years experience. Formerly a natural resource/ environmental planner for the National Park Service preparing management plans and development concept plans and associated environmental assessments, eight years experience. Education: Masters in Forestry - Natural Resource Management. Swan Valley landowner and part-time resident.
