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121 Hickory St., Ste. 1
Missoula, MT 59801
Telephone: 406-728-7434
Fax: 406-728-7445
General Information: krhoades@owaa.org
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OWAA Headquarters Staff
 Kevin Rhoades
Executive Director
A 1998 recipient of OWAA's Bodie McDowell Scholarship, Rhoades earned a master's
degree in journalism from the University of Montana. Rhoades has overseen the
production of OWAA's monthly newsletter Outdoors Unlimited for over five
years, and in April 2004 he was promoted to OWAA executive director. Rhoades has
a bachelor’s degree in biology education, has worked in finance, sales and
wildlife management and has worked as a freelance writer and photographer. He
and his wife, Andrea, their sons, Lamar and Laird, and dogs, Hana and Kona, make
their home in Missoula, Mont. Contact Kevin at
krhoades@owaa.org.
 Robin
Giner
Director of Membership & Conference Services
After working as OWAA’s executive assistant in 2000-‘01, Robin Giner re-joined
OWAA’s staff in May 2007 after returning to Missoula from her native Chicago. In
the past three years Robin has worked for the Urban Libraries Council, a
non-profit membership-driven organization similar to OWAA. There she honed her
skills in membership, programming, development, board governance and conference
planning. While away from Montana Robin earned a bachelor’s degree in English
and another in linguistics from Chicago’s Northeastern Illinois University.
Robin will tackle all things related to membership services including database
management, credentials reviews and she’ll often be the first voice heard when
members phone OWAA headquarters. Robin will also coordinate all things related
to OWAA’s annual conference. Contact Robin at
rginer@owaa.org.
 Sarah Prodell
Publications Editor
Sarah Prodell, the most recent addition to OWAA's staff, brings 26 years’
experience editing, proofreading, writing and paginating pages for the
Missoulian newspaper. Originally from Virginia, Sarah earned a bachelor’s of
science degree in wildlife biology and another bachelor’s in botany from the
University of Montana. Hired in August 2007, Sarah solicits and works with
editorial submissions for Outdoors Unlimited and edits, designs and oversees
publication. Other duties include overseeing production of conference
publications and OWAA’s annual membership directory. Contact Sarah a
sprodell@owaa.org.
 Elizabeth
Harrison
Journalism Intern
Elizabeth Harrison joined OWAA headquarters in September 2007 as the
association’s intern. Elizabeth is in her first year at the University of
Montana, pursuing a master’s degree in journalism. Her duties at include writing
articles for Outdoors Unlimited, including the monthly member profile, Web
links, Supporting Group News tips, Bookshelf and Briefly items. Contact
Elizabeth at intern@montana.com.
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OWAA Contractors
 Paul Queneau
OWAA Webmaster
After getting hired as webmaster of the student newspaper back in college, Paul arrived at 6 a.m. on his first day to find a broken Web site maintained with an application he'd never used before. Five hours later, the site was up -- just barely. He's gotten much better since then, and has designed and maintained numerous other sites. He's also gotten married, had two gorgeous sons with his wife Laura and now works as conservation editor of Bugle magazine at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Contact Paul
at webmaster@owaa.org.
 Andrea Rhoades
Excellence in Craft Contest Coordinator
Andrea worked as OWAA’s administrative assistant in 2001. She has a
bachelor’s degree in communications from The University of Montana and has
volunteered for the association over the past four years as she worked to
facilitate auctions at OWAA's annual conference. Andrea contracts with OWAA in two capacities: as the coordinator of
all things related to OWAA's Excellence in Craft contests, and she keeps OWAA’s
books, pay bills and prepares tax and financial reports. Contact Andrea.
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OWAA Officers
PRESIDENT
Rich Patterson, Iowa
OFFICERS
1st Vice President: Philip M. Bloom, Indiana
2nd Vice President: John L. Beath, Washington
3rd Vice President: Tony Dolle, Tennessee
Secretary: John McCoy, West Virginia
Treasurer: Peter Schroeder, Washington
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Board Members
Board Members Term Ending 2008
Lisa Densmore, N.H.
Bob Knopf, WA
Chris Madson, WY
Mike Walker, AZ
Board Members Term Ending 2009
Paula J. Del Giudice, WA
Bill Graham, MO
Ann Hirsch, AZ
Wayne van Zwoll, WA
Board Members Term Ending 2010
Dave Carlson, WI
Jim Foster, ID
Dave Stalling, MT
Patricia Stockdill, N.D.
OWAA board members are elected each spring by the active membership. Board
members serve three-year terms. The slate of candidates for the board is
determined by the Board Nominating Committee. If you would like to nominate an
OWAA member for consideration by the Board Nominating Committee, or if you are
interested in running yourself, contact the Executive Director. He will put you
in touch with the committee chair. Nominations should be provided to the
committee by October 15.
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with your contact information, we will be able to reach you in case we
have any questions. Thank you!
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