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121 Hickory St., Ste. 1
Missoula, MT 59801
Telephone: 406-728-7434
Fax: 406-728-7445
General Information: krhoades@owaa.org
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OWAA Headquarters Staff
 Kevin Rhoades
Executive Director
A 1998 recipient of OWAA's Bodie McDowell Scholarship, Rhoades earned a master's
degree in journalism from the University of Montana. Rhoades has overseen the
production of OWAA's monthly newsletter Outdoors Unlimited for over five
years, and in April 2004 he was promoted to OWAA executive director. Rhoades has
a bachelor’s degree in biology education, has worked in finance, sales and
wildlife management and has worked as a freelance writer and photographer. He
and his wife, Andrea, their sons, Lamar and Laird, and dogs, Hana and Kona, make
their home in Missoula, Mont. Contact Kevin at krhoades@owaa.org.
 Robin
Giner
Director of Membership & Conference Services
After working as OWAA’s executive assistant in 2000-‘01, Robin Giner re-joined
OWAA’s staff in May 2007 after returning to Missoula from her native Chicago. In
the past three years Robin has worked for the Urban Libraries Council, a
non-profit membership-driven organization similar to OWAA. There she honed her
skills in membership, programming, development, board governance and conference
planning. While away from Montana Robin earned a bachelor’s degree in English
and another in linguistics from Chicago’s Northeastern Illinois University.
Robin will tackle all things related to membership services including database
management, credentials reviews and she’ll often be the first voice heard when
members phone OWAA headquarters. Robin will also coordinate all things related
to OWAA’s annual conference. Contact Robin at rginer@owaa.org.
 Sarah Prodell
Publications Editor
Sarah Prodell brings 26 years’
experience editing, proofreading, writing and paginating pages for the Missoulian newspaper. Originally from Virginia, Sarah earned a bachelor’s of
science degree in wildlife biology and another bachelor’s in botany from the
University of Montana. Hired in August 2007, Sarah solicits and works with
editorial submissions for Outdoors Unlimited and edits, designs and oversees
publication. Other duties include overseeing production of conference
publications and OWAA’s annual membership directory. Contact Sarah a sprodell@owaa.org.
Ashley Schroeder
Executive Assistant 
Ashley Schroeder,
OWAA’s journalism intern for the autumn 2008 semester, is the most recent addition to OWAA's staff. Her duties include bookkeeping, bill pay, assistance with annual conferences and various clerical tasks including solicitation of Outdoor Market listings. Other responsibilities include coordination of OWAA’s Excellence in Craft Contest program and development and implementation of Outdoors Unlimited Online. Last December Schroeder graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in print journalism and a minor in media arts. She hails from Gillette, Wyo., where her outdoors experience included summer backpacking trips and surviving windy winter blizzards. Schroeder enjoys her relocation to Missoula and gets her fill of fresh air by snowboarding and soaking in hot springs.
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 Paul Queneau
Web Development Advisor
After getting hired as webmaster of the student newspaper back in college, Paul arrived at 6 a.m. on his first day to find a broken Web site maintained with an application he'd never used before. Five hours later, the site was up -- just barely. He's gotten much better since then, and has designed and maintained numerous other sites. He's also gotten married, had two gorgeous sons with his wife Laura and now works as conservation editor of Bugle magazine at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
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OWAA Officers
PRESIDENT
Philip M. Bloom, Indiana
OFFICERS
1st Vice President: John L. Beath, Washington
2nd Vice President: Tony Dolle, Tennessee
3rd Vice President: Mike Walker, Arizona
Secretary: John McCoy, West Virginia
Treasurer: Kris Thoemke, Florida
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Board Members
Board Members Term Ending 2009
Paula J. Del Giudice, WA
Bill Graham, MO
Ann Hirsch, AZ
Wayne van Zwoll, WA
Board Members Term Ending 2010
Jim Foster, ID
James T. Smith, AZ
Dave Stalling, MT
Patricia Stockdill, N.D.
Board Members Term Ending 2011
Lisa Densmore, N.H.
Bill Hilts Jr., NY
Mark S. Taylor, VA
OWAA board members are elected each spring by the active membership. Board
members serve three-year terms. The slate of candidates for the board is
determined by the Board Nominating Committee. If you would like to nominate an
OWAA member for consideration by the Board Nominating Committee, or if you are
interested in running yourself, contact the Executive Director. He will put you
in touch with the committee chair. Nominations should be provided to the
committee by October 15.
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with your contact information, we will be able to reach you in case we
have any questions. Thank you!
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