BENEFIS HEALTH SYSTEM - Key Persons


Barbara L. Moe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Bekki Hashley

Job Titles:
  • Development Specialist

Bill Bourret

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors

Brad Garpestad

Job Titles:
  • Benefis Community Care / Community Care Chief Operating Officer

Bridget Brennan

Job Titles:
  • Medical Group Chief Medical Officer

Bruce Houlihan

Job Titles:
  • / Senior Vice President and System Chief Financial Officer

Carter Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Casey Buckingham

Job Titles:
  • / Senior Vice President of System Human Resources

Cathie Tronson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President, Eagle Beverage

Danielle Pepper

Job Titles:
  • Nurse
Danielle Pepper is an aesthetics nurse who aims to enhance patients' natural features and bolster their confidence. She offers skin services such as microdermabrasion and microneedling, injections of fillers and Botox, and laser treatment for hair removal and vein minimizing. "We have the ability to therapeutically or cosmetically help people by altering something that is bothering them," she said. "With Botox and fillers, the results are instantaneous." Danielle also has been a postpartum and labor and delivery nurse. She grew up in Colorado and moved to Montana with her husband, who is stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, and with their young dog, Stevie. They enjoy spending time outside, fishing, and traveling. Danielle finds reality television relaxing. Her beauty advice is: "Find products and treatments that make you feel good and enhance what you want to enhance."

Dave Krebs

Job Titles:
  • Benefis Senior Services / Senior Services Chief Operating Officer

David Richards

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors

Dean A. Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Attorney, Scott, Tokerud and McCarty, PC / Dean a. Nelson

Debra J. Ammondson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Vice Chair / Retired Manager of Outpatient Therapies

Don Hamilton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors

Dr. Andrew Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Internal Medicine Physician
Dr. Andrew Anderson is an internal medicine physician who has worked as an EMT and was an active-duty physician in the U.S. Army. After earning his bachelor's degree at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs and his Doctorate of Osteopathy from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, he was stationed at the Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Georgia. He then practiced at the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in Texas, a teaching facility. Dr. Anderson is part of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health and said he finds gender care rewarding. He also is a former COVID-19 hospitalists team coordinator. A native of Colorado, Dr. Anderson enjoys time spent in the great outdoors with his wife, and he's developed an expertise in wilderness medicine to carry into the wild. Education Medical School Kansas City University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri

Dr. Hanna Konarzewska

Dr. Hanna Konarzewska - you can call her "Dr. Hanna" - specializes in the treatment of heart rhythm problems and implantation of pacemakers, defibrillators, and heart failure devices. She's also board-certified in cardiovascular diseases and is passionate about preventative care. One thing that hasn't changed in Dr. Hanna's three decades of experience is that her patients are what matter most. "I just like my patients," she says with a smile. Dr. Hanna cherishes the relationships she's built with her patients over time. She has honest expectations for her patients, adding that she tries to live what she preaches by mindfully eating and getting enough activity. Outside of work, Dr. Hanna enjoys being outdoors, hiking, skiing, and reading, and she loves watching movies. Education Medical School Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Edward Buttrey

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors

Eric Hinebauch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Insurance Agent, Farmer 's Union

Erin Townsend

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Business Banking Officer, Bravera Bank

Eugene McAllister

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors

Evie A. Ugrin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Forrest G. Ehlinger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ex - Officio Board
  • / Executive Vice President and System Chief Resources Officer
  • Chief Resources Officer and Executive Vice President

Frances M. Wylder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Gene Thayer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors

Gregory J. Hatley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Gregory Tierney

Job Titles:
  • / Executive Vice President and System Chief Medical Officer

Hannah Dean - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Finance Director

James D. Eidson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

James R. Simmons

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Sales and Service Manager, National Laundry Company

Jami Wald - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Jamie Leonard

Job Titles:
  • / Director of Pharmacy

Jamie Wood

Job Titles:
  • Development Director

Jane C. Hibbard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Jared Brown

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Managing Partner and Founder, PathWise Partners

Jerry L. Lehman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Chairman / Certified Public Accountant, JCCS Certified Public Accountants

Joan Tierney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Registered Nurse, Benefis Health System Community Volunteer

John Goodnow

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors
  • / System Chief Executive Officer

Jon McCarty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Attorney, Scott, Tokerud and McCarty, PC / Dean a. Nelson

Julie Wall - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President

Kaci Husted

Job Titles:
  • / Vice President of System Business Development and Communications

Kassie Longfellow

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Financial Advisor, D.a. Davidson Companies

Kathy Hill

Job Titles:
  • Benefis Provider Practices / Provider Practices Chief Operating Officer

Louie King

Job Titles:
  • Benefis Community Hospitals / President of Community Hospitals

M. Kathy Rice

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Mary Koppy

Job Titles:
  • Development Assistant II Gift of Life Coordinator

Mike Milburn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors

Nancy M. O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Paul C. Husted

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Paul Dolan

Job Titles:
  • / System Chief Medical Information Officer

Randy Boysun

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Treasurer / Certified Public Accountant, Douglas Wilson & Company PC

Richard D. Blevins

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Physician

Richard E. Lauritzen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Rodney C. Thorne

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Samantha Wester

Job Titles:
  • Development Assistant

Sandi R. Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Secretary / Office Manager, Cascade Electric

Sandra L. Geske

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Shannon E. Hoiland

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ex - Officio Board
  • Vice Chair of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors
  • Regional President, Bravera Bank

Shawna Cantrell

Job Titles:
  • Registered Nurse
Shawna Cantrell is a registered nurse who works in plastic surgery and at the Benefis Med Spa. She is a certified operating room nurse and a registered nurse first assistant (RNFA). She has a wide role in the operating room and beyond, providing direct patient care during plastic surgery and helping patients when they visit the Med Spa. Shawna earned her RN degree from Montana State University Northern in Havre. She went on to the Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York to earn her RNFA. She works with patients who need plastic surgery after breast or skin cancer treatment as well as with patients who have defects from facial fractures and lacerations. At the Med Spa, Shawna performs Botox injections, Rejuvapen treatments, and derma-filler procedures for people who want to look and feel better. "I like helping people through stressful times in their lives," she says.

Stephen L'Heureux

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Owner, Stephen L'Heureux Architecture

Tanya Cameron

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors

Vickie Nelson

Job Titles:
  • / Vice President and System Chief Information Officer

Virginia H. Wieck

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

William McGregor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Benefis Health System Board of Directors