The Board of Directors of WorldMontana® is made up of a cross-section of business and non-profit leaders representing both local and international businesses and non-governmental agencies.
JEFFREY TIBERI, President
Jeff Tiberi recently retired as a lobbyist for farmers and ranchers. Prior to that, he served six years as executive director for Montana’s Conservation Districts and nine years as executive director for the Montana Heritage Preservation and Development Commission. He worked for state park systems in Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Dakota, and Montana. His time with the federal government included jobs at Assateague Island National Seashore, the Statue of Liberty National Monument, and Yellowstone National Park. He served as the first deputy director of Intermountain Children’s Home. Jeff served the Bermudian Government for nearly a decade as Senior Parks Officer. He drafted legislation to establish the Bermuda national park system. Soon after he moved to Montana in 1990, he drafted legislation to establish a park ranger program for Montana State Parks. His job as the first executive to manage state properties in Virginia City and Nevada City taught him many lessons.
Jeff has spent time in Burkina Faso, Uganda, Mozambique (where his son lives), Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Croatia, Italy, England, Ireland, Ecuador, Bahamas, France, Netherlands, China, Greece, Mexico, Iceland, Nepal, and India. He and his wife Vicky have hosted visitors from England, Czech Republic, Poland, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.
NIKKI ANDERSEN, Vice-President and Treasurer
Nikki Andersen is the retired Executive Director of ExplorationWorks Science Center in Helena, MT. and holds a BA in European History and MA in Cultural Anthropology. International work experiences include a one-year USIA cultural exchange program as an employee at Sweden’s Nordiska Museet, multi-year consulting for the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam, a major project for Vienna’s Schloss Schrunbrun, and training the executive director of Dubai’s first children’s museum.
Additionally, Nikki has presented at international conferences in Oaxaca and Mexico City, Quebec, Stockholm, Helsinki, and Dubai. taken occasional art workshops in Oaxaca, and consulted on joint projects with The Canadian Museum of Civilization, The Royal Ontario and The Royal British Columbia Museums.
Extensive volunteer board work for local, regional and national non-profits include the Association of Midwest Museums and the American Alliance of Museums, Visitor Studies Association, Association of Children’s Museums, Montana Shares, Big Sky Institute, and Girls Inc. She also reviewed grants for the Institute for Museum and Library Services, and National Endowment for the Humanities and continues accrediting museums across the United States.
ERIK ROSE-Secretary
KYLE SCHMAUCH
DAVE HUNTER
REBECCA BOSLOUGH-KING
TOM LECHNER
JANE AMDAHL
Jane Amdahl is a retired attorney who loves to travel and host foreigners in her home. She has traveled to India numerous times, as well as to Nepal, Tibet, Mexico, Spain, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, and the Republic of Korea. She and her husband, Chuck, have hosted guests from Iraq, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Peru, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Ukraine, and Botswana. They hope to host many more foreign guests in the future.
Jane received her bachelor’s degree in social studies education (with a concentration in history) from the University of Minnesota, and her law degree from Northwestern University School of Law. She served as a law clerk for the Hon. James T. Moody, a federal district court judge in Hammond, Indiana, after which she practiced law in both Chicago and Indiana. She moved to Montana in 1999 and served as a special assistant attorney general with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality until she retired in 2012. She has taught classes in federal wage and hour law, as well as environmental law. She now occupies herself with volunteer work through the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP), the Helena Rotary Club, of which she is a member, the Salvation Army, where she serves on its Advisory Board, and AARP Montana, where she serves on the Executive Counsel. She also sponsors Tibetan refugees in exile in northern India, where she has helped pay for the education of three students and helps provide living expenses for a destitute Tibetan refugee elder.
STAFF
DEB MITCHELL, Executive Director
Deb became the Executive Director to WorldMontana in March of 2023, after retiring from the Montana Historical Society after 23 years as the Educational Program Specialist. At this time she also worked as Executive Director for the Museums Association of Montana, and retired after 16 years of service. She is currently also a Trustee for the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Deb loves to travel, and learn about different cultures, but has not had the time to devote to this as much as she would like. Working with WorldMontana offers this opportunity to come to her and opens the door to making long lasting international relationships.
Deb lives in Helena with her husband Brion, and they raised two boys within the community. Their boys attended MSU Western, and both are now employed as Game Wardens for the state of Montana. The oldest, Tanner, is married to Mary, and they just moved to Forsyth Montana, and their youngest son, Skyler, is married to Domonique, and they live in Edgar Montana. Deb identifies her two sons and family as her greatest lifetime achievement.