State of Montana Directory
Last Update: 09/10/2025

Montana State Fund

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855 Front Street, Helena, MT, 59601

PO Box 4759, Helena, MT, 59604-4759

406-495-5000

800-332-6102

 800-332-6102 406-495-5020 888-682-7463 Website Organizational Chart

Executive Office

Person Email Phone
President/CEO, Holly O'Dell holly.odell@mt.gov 406-495-5015

Finance and Actuary

Person Email Phone
Collection Specialist, Vince Justice vjustice@mt.gov 406-495-5243

Enterprise Services

Person Email Phone
Chief Information Officer, Matthew Coy matthew.coy@mt.gov 406-495-5407

General Counsel

Person Email Phone
Vice President Legal Services, Nicholas Mazanec

nick.mazanec@mt.gov

 406-495-5163
Asst. General Counsel, Claims, Melissa Quale mquale@mt.gov 406-495-5237
Claims Attorney, Erik Coate erik.coate@mt.gov 406-495-5255
Claims Attorney, Mark Meyer mark.meyer@mt.gov 406-495-5276
Claims Attorney, Haocheng Wang Haocheng.Wang@mt.gov 406-495-5443
Corporate Paralegal, Kathleen Gowen kgowen@mt.gov 406-495-5201

Operations

Person Email Phone
Chief Strategy Officer, Bruce Johnsen

bruce.johnsen@mt.gov

 406-495-5192
Assistant Vice President - Policy Services, Matthew Mandell mmandell@mt.gov 406-495-5266
Assistant Vice President - Policy Services, William Anderson will.anderson@mt.gov 406-495-5395
Assistant Vice President - Claims Operations, Pamela Byers pbyers@mt.gov 406-495-5139
Return to Work Consultant, Eric Schorer eric.schorer@mt.gov 406-495-5330
Claims Assistant, Barbara Allen ballen@mt.gov 406-495-5460
Claims Assistant, Brandi Kilgariff bkilgariff@mt.gov 406-495-5194
Claims Assistant, Hannah Reguin hannah.reguin@mt.gov 406-495-5385
Claims Assistant, Kelly House kprincipe@mt.gov 406-495-5230
Claims Assistant, Kimberly Erickson-Reece kerickson@mt.gov 406-495-5177
Claims Examiner, Ashley Horne

ashley.horne@mt.gov

 406-495-5133
Claims Examiner, Stephanie Rose

stephanie.rose@mt.gov

 406-495-5146
Claims Examiner, Brianna Quist

brianna.quist2@mt.gov

 406-495-5398
Claims Examiner, Claire Palmer

claire.palmer@mt.gov

 406-495-5123
Claims Examiner, Kyle Steyaert

kyle.steyaert@mt.gov

 406-495-5480
Claims Examiner, Brittany Yarn brittany.yarn@mt.gov 406-495-5267
Claims Examiner, James Casada james.casada1@mt.gov 406-495-5155
Claims Examiner, Jodi Burk jodi.burk2@mt.gov 406-495-5375
Claims Examiner, Abraham Moore abraham.moore@mt.gov 406-495-5347
Claims Examiner, Brittania Shephard brittania.shephard@mt.gov 406-495-5352
Claims Examiner, Cassie Smith cassie.smith@mt.gov 406-495-5454
Claims Examiner, Christine Chelini christine.chelini@mt.gov 406-495-5108
Claims Examiner, Cole Vecchio-Miller cole.vecchio-miller@mt.gov 406-495-5329
Claims Examiner, Daniel Wendel daniel.wendel@mt.gov 406-495-5326
Claims Examiner, Destiny Briski destiny.briski@mt.gov 406-495-5268
Claims Examiner, Elizabeth Ekola elizabeth.ekola2@mt.gov 406-495-5371
Claims Examiner, Emily Gary emily.gary@mt.gov 406-495-5164
Claims Examiner, Jodi Blixt  jodiblixt@mt.gov 406-495-5254
Claims Examiner, Kellie Smith kellie.smith@mt.gov 406-495-5195
Claims Examiner, Kory Gleed kory.gleed@mt.gov 406-495-5290
Claims Examiner, Kristina Carpenter kristina.carpenter2@mt.gov 406-495-5142
Claims Examiner, Michael Sell misell@mt.gov 406-495-5319
Claims Examiner, Randi Carter rlcarter@mt.gov 406-495-5199
Claims Examiner, Sadie Caltrider sadie.caltrider@mt.gov 406-495-5410
Claims Examiner, Shelley Widhalm shelley.widhalm@mt.gov 406-495-5143
Claims Examiner, Stacie O'Dell-Dodd stacie.o'delldodd@mt.gov 406-495-5247
Claims Examiner, Alisa Cornwell acornwell@mt.gov 406-495-5402
Claims Examiner, Ashley Makowski asmakowski@mt.gov 406-495-5452
Claims Examiner, Ashton Feller afeller@mt.gov 406-495-5117
Claims Examiner, Brendon Quebedeaux bquebedeaux@mt.gov 406-495-5451
Claims Examiner, Bridget DeFord bridget.deford@mt.gov 406-495-5130
Claims Examiner, Cheryl Poelman-Allen cpoelman-allen@mt.gov 406-495-5240
Claims Examiner, Colton Rugotska crugotska@mt.gov 406-495-5206
Claims Examiner, Courtney Brooks cbrooks@mt.gov 406-495-5227
Claims Examiner, Jennifer Moore jenmoore@mt.gov 406-495-5286
Claims Examiner, Jonathan Fagerlund jfagerlund@mt.gov 406-495-5353
Claims Examiner, Leslee Haylett lhaylett@mt.gov 406-495-5210
Claims Examiner, Matthew LeBrun malebrun@mt.gov 406-495-5344
Claims Examiner, Samuel Warkentin sam.warkentin@mt.gov 406-495-5244
Claims Examiner, Sarah Steinmetz ssteinmetz@mt.gov 406-495-5364
Claims Examiner, Colton Passmore colton.passmore@mt.gov 406-495-5196
Claims Examiner, Layla Bullington-Hines layla.bullingtonhines@mt.gov 406-495-5180
Claims Examiner, Cassidy Horne cassidy.nangle2@mt.gov 406-495-5412
Claims Examiner, Cory Felde cory.felde@mt.gov 406-495-5275
Claims Examiner, Devin Byers devin.byers@mt.gov 406-495-5179
Claims Examiner, Jessica Coe jessica.coe2@mt.gov 406-495-5272
Claims Examiner, Katrina Schmith katrina.schmith@mt.gov 406-495-5191
Claims Examiner Kirsten Virag kirsent.virag@mt.gov 406-495-5416
Claims Examiner, Lauren Simpson lasimpson@mt.gov 406-495-5369
Claims Examiner, Miles Anfinson miles.anfinson@mt.gov 406-495-5241
Claims Examiner, Tyler Urlacher tyler.urlacher@mt.gov 406-495-5357
Claims Manager, Christian Simonson csimonson@mt.gov 406-495-5310
Claims Manager, Jacqui Garcia jgarcia@mt.gov 406-495-5392
Claims Manager, Janis McArthur jmcarthur@mt.gov 406-495-5232
Claims Manager, JoLin Poppler jpoppler@mt.gov 406-495-5355
Claims Manager, Kevin Wallace kewallace@mt.gov 406-495-5218
Claims Manager, Nichole Tiefenthaler nichole.tiefenthaler@mt.gov 406-495-5459
Claims Manager, Jeannie Pocha jpocha@mt.gov 406-495-5158
Claims Manager, Ruth Ann Lloyd ruthann.lloyd@mt.gov 406-495-5356
Claims Specialist, Karen Horne khorne@mt.gov 406-495-5303
CSS Manager, Dawn Lucas dlucas@mt.gov 406-495-5246
CSS Manager, Barbara McAlmond Barbara.McAlmond@mt.gov 406-495-5382
Customer Service Specialist, Shawna McDunn

shawna.mcdunn@mt.gov

 406-495-5269
Customer Service Specialist, Abby Trevor abby.trevor@mt.gov 406-495-5171
Customer Service Specialist, Jennie Berry jennie.berry@mt.gov 406-495-5225
Customer Service Specialist, Jessica Maxey jessica.maxey@mt.gov 406-495-5378
Customer Service Specialist, Kelsey Gleed kelsey.gleed@mt.gov 406-495-5112
Customer Service Specialist, Shelby Zander shelby.zander@mt.gov 406-495-5411
Customer Service Specialist, Dawn Marcinek dmarcinek@mt.gov 406-495-5151
Customer Service Specialist, Gage Rouane grouane@mt.gov 406-495-5299
Customer Service Specialist, Glen Grover glen.grover@mt.gov 406-495-5221
Customer Service Specialist, Heidi Gold hgold@mt.gov 406-495-5197
Customer Service Specialist, Janeen Eckert jaeckert@mt.gov 406-495-5253
Customer Service Specialist, Jason Hyronemus jhyronemus@mt.gov 406-495-5295
Customer Service Specialist, Krista Kamis krista.patterson@mt.gov 406-495-5174
Customer Service Specialist, Kristine Nault  knault@mt.gov 406-495-5150
Customer Service Specialist, Madison Graham madison.graham@mt.gov 406-495-5205
Customer Service Specialist, Marika Spradlin marika.spradlin@mt.gov 406-495-5368
Customer Service Specialist, Mary Ann Ruzevich mruzevich@mt.gov 406-495-5336
Customer Service Specialist, Seth Fontaine sfontaine@mt.gov 406-495-5372
Customer Service Specialist, Sherry Kruse shrry.kruse@mt.gov 406-495-5383
Customer Service Specialist, Amanda Eslick amanda.eslick@mt.gov 406-495-5405
Customer Service Specialist, Sharae Bushman Sharae.Bushman@mt.gov 406-495-5186
Medical Auditor, Kimberly Vonada kvonada@mt.gov 406-495-5389
Medical Case Manager, Amber Borsberry amber.borsberry@mt.gov 406-495-5229
Medical Case Manager, Debra Martinez debra.martinez@mt.gov 406-495-5154
Medical Case Manager, Donna Stanford donna.stanford@mt.gov 406-495-5207
Medical Case Manager, Harley Nance harley.nance@mt.gov 406-495-5132
Medical Case Manager, Justin Kennedy jkennedy@mt.gov 406-495-5417
Medical Case Manager, Rebecca McClymont becca.mcclymont@mt.gov 406-495-5121
Medical Case Manager, Sandra Howlett sandra.howlett@mt.gov 406-495-5120
Medical Case Manager, Wendy Williams wewilliams@mt.gov 406-495-5229
Medical Case Manager/Utilization Review, Lauren Thornton lauren.thornton@mt.gov 406-495-5457
Medical Customer Service Liaison, Cynthia Gallus cgallus@mt.gov 406-495-5189
Medical Customer Service Liaison, Jamie Statton jstatton@mt.gov 406-495-5386
Medical Customer Service Liaison, Maggie Pentecost mpentecost@mt.gov 406-495-5322
Medical Customer Service Liaison, Shannon Mergenthaler shmergenthaler@mt.gov 406-495-5185
Medical Payment Auditor, Susan Bomar subomar@mt.gov 406-495-5271
Medical Services Director, Michele Lewis michele.lewis@mt.gov 406-495-5362
Nurse Manager, Charlene Nichols chnichols@mt.gov 406-495-5316
Pharmacy/Medical Liaison, Sheryl Semans shsemans@mt.gov 406-495-5346
Premium Audit Manager, Jay Duce jduce@mt.gov 406-495-5167
Premium Audit Specialist, Lisa Warwick lwarwick@mt.gov 406-495-5144
Premium Auditor, Chad Nason chadnason@mt.gov 406-495-5119
Premium Auditor, Raymond Bidwell raymond.bidwell@mt.gov 406-495-5202
Provider Relations Specialist, Shannon Hadley shadley@mt.gov 406-495-5245
Safety Management Consultant, Ayla Marjamaa ayla.marjamaa@mt.gov 406-495-5406
Safety Management Consultant, Kellie Trudgeon kellie.trudgeon@mt.gov 406-495-5198
Safety Management Consultant, Keri Maes kmaes@mt.gov 406-495-5265
Safety Management Consultant, Robert Sperle rsperle@mt.gov 406-495-5332
Safety Management Consultant, Stormy Tuffield stormy-thomas.tuffield@mt.gov 406-495-5325
Safety Management Consultant, Troy Meier troy.meier@mt.gov 406-495-5111
Safety Management Consultant, Wendy Forgey wforgey@mt.gov 406-495-5184
Safety Management Consultant, Daniel Johnson danjohnson@mt.gov 406-495-5351
Safety Management Consultant, Mark Rosenleaf mrosenleaf@mt.gov 406-495-5334
Safety Management Consultant, Sophie Magnuson somagnuson@mt.gov 406-495-5397
Safety Outreach Specialist, Taunia Cherry taunia.cherry@mt.gov 406-495-5404
Safety Services Director, Herb Byers herbyers@mt.gov 406-495-5140
Strategic Nurse Consultant, Julie Wildish julie.wildish@mt.gov 406-495-5458
Underwriter, Amanda May amanda.may@mt.gov 406-495-5239
Underwriter, Sarah Roope sarah.roope@mt.gov 406-495-5432
Underwriter, Alex Lamping allamping@mt.gov 406-495-5212
Underwriter, Allison Sims asims@mt.gov 406-495-5114
Underwriter, Suzanna Nordahl  sunordahl@mt.gov 406-495-5374
Underwriter, Keara Fairclough keara.oconnor@mt.gov 406-495-5169
Underwriter, Lyric Murphy lyric.weis@mt.gov 406-495-5187
Underwriting Manager, Brad Cozzie bcozzie@mt.gov 406-495-5335
Underwriting Manager, Brian Fast

brian.fast@mt.gov

 406-495-5102
UW Account Manager, Jamie Kurtz jakurtz@mt.gov 406-495-5306
UW Account Manager, Kimberly Pelo kpelo@mt.gov 406-495-5304
UW Account Manager, Taylor Sorheim taylor.sorheim@mt.gov 406-495-5308

Marketing and Communication

Person Email Phone
Assistant Vice President, David Jordan

david.jordan@mt.gov

 406-495-5287
Director of Government and Community Relations, Ethan Heverly

eheverly@mt.gov

 406-495-5426
Sales and Business Development Partner, Kris Anglin

kanglin@mt.gov

 406-495-5309
Sales and Business Development Partner, Kim Nemer

kim.nember@mt.gov

 406-495-5273

Organizational Health

Person Email Phone
Vice President, Verena Maeder

verena.meader@mt.gov

 406-495-5188
Talent Partner, Jennifer Butler

jennifer.butler@mt.gov

 406-495-5419

Document Processing and Facilities

Person Email Phone
Support Services Team Leader, Linda Glatz

linda.glatz@mt.gov

 406-495-5408