Sam is a fitness instructor and certified personal trainer, and she owns and operates a cleaning business. Since joining the YWS board in 2014, she has worked on fundraising and assisted with building remodeling, habitat construction, and cleaning. In addition to presiding over YWS board activities, she is very active in promoting the Sanctuary on social media. Before joining the board, she was an active and passionate YWS volunteer.

Victoria retired after working for 37 years at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. She moved to Red Lodge in the summer of 2017 and joined the YWS board in 2020. She has extensive technology experience with research equipment, network design and management, and database systems. She worked as a teaching assistant before receiving her PhD in chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry. Her areas of interest on the YWS board include volunteering, education, and community outreach to support fundraising efforts.

Susan has an elementary education degree from the University of Kansas, and she also studied library science and the Cecchetti method of ballet. Following her interest in teaching dance, she founded the Academy of Dance in Dickinson, ND, and taught all levels of ballet, tap, and jazz. Susan joined the YWS board in 2022. She volunteered at YWS from 2001-2017, working in our gardens with her friend Clare Witcomb, long-time and well-known supporter of our campus.

Sue is originally from Chicago and has fulfilled a lifelong dream of living near the mountains and wildlife that she has always loved. She manages a lawn care company in Red Lodge and co-owns a contracting company with her husband, bringing to the YWS board a varied background in management and accounting. Educating people about responsible land ownership and learning to appreciate and coexist peacefully within our local ecosystem is very important to her. She joined the YWS board in 2022.

Sue and her husband lived and worked as writers for client organizations in Washington DC from 1976 to 1998, when they moved to Red Lodge, retiring in 2011. Her experience includes serving as president of the Washington (DC) Humane Society, writer on projects for wildlife advocate groups and government wildlife agencies, and founding board member of Beartooth Humane Alliance. She joined the YWS board in 2021.

Lindsey is a born and raised Montanan. After graduating from Montana State University, she began a long tenure with the State of Montana as a multidisciplinary Investigator. She has an extensive investigative background focusing mainly in Employment law.  She moved to Red Lodge in 2021 to join the Red Lodge Mountain team as the Director of Human Resources. Lindsey, her husband, and their children all share a love of skiing, camping and enjoying the all the Montana outdoor activities the Beartooths have to offer. 

Holly was born and raised in Billings, spending many weekends and summers in my dad’s hometown of Red Lodge. All spaces between the Beartooth and Bull Mountains were her stomping grounds where she took advantage of any time allowed to camp alongside the area’s wildlife including deer, mountain lion, rattlesnakes, and tortoises. She moved to Red Lodge in 1998 and have enjoyed the years since staying involved with the community and supporting it in the best ways she can: volunteering with special events, fundraising, and marketing. YWS gives me a much-needed connection with nature and provides an outlet for my innate call to help any being thrive and paying it forward.

Alyson was raised in Billings and visited our campus often in her youth. A National Board Certified middle school teacher, she taught middle- and high-school science for more than 20 years, and she was Montana’s Teacher of the Year in 2004. In 2007, Alyson left the classroom to work with nonprofits, designing and implementing online learning. She serves as the Dean of Faculty and General Education at the University of Silicon Valley and supports a statewide mentoring program for new educators. Alyson joined the YWS board in 2022.

Dave’s professional life covers nearly 45 years in wildlife rehabilitation, including 5 years in animal control, 4 years in humane society work, and the last 30 years as field responder for the Humane Society of the U.S., conducting disaster response and wildlife conflict management missions. Today, his field work focuses on management of feral animals, contraception programs for deer, hobby turtle/reptile rescue, and other efforts. Dave serves on several Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks committees, and he is board chair of the Billings-based Science and Conservation Center. As a facilities inspector for HSUS and the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries, he has visited hundreds of shelters, zoos, and sanctuaries around the globe. Recently, he became a certified Montana Master Naturalist.

As someone who was born and raised in Montana, Aimee has always had a healthy appreciation for the mountains and a love for wildlife.  She spent the bulk of her teaching career in rural Alaska as a teacher, counselor, and administrator.  Although Aimee is new to the board, she is looking forward to supporting the mission of the YWS and participating in fundraising efforts.

Dan has lived in Red Lodge for 23 years and enjoys living south of town with his wife, Lindsey, and their blended family of 6 children in and out of the house. They are surrounded by wildlife where they live but frequently see more in town. He has been visiting the Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary since moving here and has seen lots of changes. He joined the board as a way to give back to the community and looks forward to volunteering in support of the Sanctuary and Board activities.