Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MONTANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION MEDA IS AN ASSOCIATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS. WE ARE PROFESSIONAL "LEAD" ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS, BUSINESS SPECIALISTS, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AND STAFF MEMBERS OF AFFILIATED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WHICH PROMOTE AND FOSTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN MONTANA.
THE MONTANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION SPONSORS EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSION. MEDA IS A COORDINATOR FOR THE STATEWIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS THAT PROVIDE INTENSE TRAINING FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS INTERESTED IN OBTAINING CERTIFICATION. THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTS RESEARCH TO STIMULATE THE INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS WITH MUTUAL GOALS AND INTERESTS. THE ASSOCIATION ALSO DEVELOPS NETWORK AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND ACTS AS A CLEARINGHOUSE AND CONTACT POINT WITHIN MONTANA FOR OTHER STATE, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES.
INFORMATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAMS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT WERE CONTRACTED OUT TO VARIOUS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
IN MID-2019 THE MONTANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MONTANA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION COMMISSIONED A STUDY OF EXISTING ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMMING, BEST PRACTICES, COMPARATIVE REGIONAL STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMMING AND POSSIBLE NEXT GENERATION RECOMMENDATIONS. MORE THAN $150,000.00 WAS RAISED BY THE PARTNERS IN LATE 2019 AND EARLY 2020 TOWARD FUNDING FOR THIS STUDY.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Gloria O'Rourke | SECRETARY | 40 | $82,782 |
| Marie Hirsch | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Sara Converse | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Toni Schneider | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Chris Cerquone | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jim Atchison | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Joe Willauer | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kim Morisaki | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Leslie Messer | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Paul Reichert | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Paul Tuss | PAST PRESIDENT | 0.5 | $0 |
| Rick Edwards | TREASURER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Russ Fletcher | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Sarah Hudson | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Steve Arveschoug | PRESIDENT | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tim Guardipee | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tori Matejovsky | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Tracy Macintyre | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Brian Obert | VICE PRESIDENT | 0.5 | $0 |
| Grant Kier | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Kathie Bailey | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Paddy Flemming | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Beth Elpey | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Craig Erickson | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Adam Vauthier | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Brett Doney | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
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