State of Montana Directory
Last Update: 09/11/2025

Montana School for the Deaf & the Blind

Agency Information 3911 Central Ave Great Falls, MT 59405-1697

Website Main Number Main Video Phone FAX Number
msdb.mt.gov 771-6000 205-0016 771-6164

Administration Office

Name Email Phone
Superintendent, Paul Furthmyre pfurthmyre@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6001
Executive Secretary, Paula Mix pmix@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6005

Business Office

Name Email Phone
Business Manager, Donna Schmidt dschmidt@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6002
Benefits Secretary, Shirley Wermling swermling@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6058
Accounting Technician, Jaime Walker jwalker@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6007
Office Secretary, Carman Turnbow cturnbow@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6011

Education Program

Name Email Phone
Principal, Julie-Dee Alt jalt@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6017
Outreach Director, Carol Clayton-Bye cclayton-bye@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6088
School Secretary, Judy Scharhag jscharhag@msdb.mt.gov  771-6030
School Secretary, Kristina Rosenburg krosenberg@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6060
School Counselor, Trudy Hill thill@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6053
Audiologist, Katie Lynch klynch@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6027
Speech Language Pathologist, Sherri Widhalm swidhalm@msdb.k12.mt.us  771-6006
Outreach Consulting Audiologist, Lisa Cannon lcannon@msdb.k12.mt.us 422-6095

Student Life - Cottage

Name Email Phone
Director, Jim Kelly jkelly@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6120
Counselor, Erin Faulkner efaulkner@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6116
Counselor, Cheri Luongo cluongo@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6134
Secretary, Fay Schwieger fschwieger@msdb.k12.mt.us  771-6120

Maintenance and Facilities Department

Name Email Phone
Maintenance Supervisor, Alex Sebik asebik@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6000

Technology Department

Name Email Phone
Network Manager, Josh Rutledge jrutledge@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6018

Health Services

Name Email Phone
Director, Diane Eddy deddy@msdb.k12.mt.us  771-6100

Dining Services

Name Email Phone
Cook, Bobbi Fritz bfritz@msdb.k12.mt.us 771-6118