Incumbent
Regional Directors Re-elected
Incumbent Regional Directors from
Billings, Helena and Great Falls were nominated to MPEA’s Board of
Directors, without opposition, at the May 5 and 6 Annual Meeting in
Billings. Each will serve another two-year term.
Sheryl
Stinchfield will again represent members in the Billings region, an area
that includes all members with zip codes that begin 590, 591 or 593.
Stinchfield has been a Board member since 1997 and she also serves on the
Employees Political Information Committee (EPIC). Stinchfield is a member of
the Yellowstone County Public Assistance Office. She has also served as
President of the Montana Eligibility Workers Association.
Steve VanTighem, Great Falls, was also
nominated without opposition. He was first elected to represent MPEA members
in his region in 1998 and has been re-elected since. VanTighem is a Great
Falls native and has worked for Job Service since 1977. VanTighem
represents all MPEA members with zip codes that begin with 592, 594 and 595.
Bob Silberling will represent Helena
area members on the Board. Silberling has been on the Board since 1999. As a
member of MPEA’s State Fund Chapter, Silberling has been involved in many of
the changes in its way of doing business. Silberling represents all MPEA
members with a zip code that begins with 596.
MPEA Bylaws provide that those
qualified members nominated unopposed at the Annual Meeting are elected.
