Staff
Liz Galli-Noble
CIPM Director
(406) 994-6832
Liz Galli-Noble has been the Director of the Center for Invasive Plant Management (CIPM) since March 2008. She attended the University of Montana for her undergraduate studies and received a Master's degree from the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 1995. She has 25 years of national and international research and natural resource management experience, including: serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa; working for the US Forest Service in Montana; conducting forestry research in New England, Venezuela, and western Canada; editing scientific documents for the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project; managing the Upper Yellowstone River Cumulative Effects Investigation; and working as the Assistant Director for Research (Director of Whirling Disease and Wild Fish Habitat Initiatives) at the Montana Water Center.
Liz moved to Montana 35 years ago and graduated from C.M. Russell High School in Great Falls. She moved to Bozeman in 1987 and now resides in Bozeman's historic northeast neighborhood with her husband, Tom.
Emily Rindos
Assistant Director
(406) 994-7862
Emily has been with the Center since July 2009. In the time since, she has collaborated with CIPM and its partners on numerous projects. A few highlights include: writing the MRWC-EDDMapS iPhone app; coordinating the Weeds Across Borders 2010 conference and editing the Proceedings; designing and launching a new CIPM publication, the CIPM Quarterly; and working with the Missouri River Watershed Coalition as coordinator of the Outreach and Awareness Workgroup. Emily finds that the need for effective outreach and science communication mechanisms is great—and knowing that she can help fill these needs makes her job extremely rewarding.
Emily's duties as Assistant Director include: technical writing and editing; writing and designing reports and various other publications; collaborating with the Director on grant and other funding applications; developing outreach and education materials; coordinating and facilitating conferences and workshops; and serving as editor of the CIPM Quarterly newsletter.
A Montana resident for over 15 years, Emily enjoys traveling, cooking, skiing, and hiking in her spare time.
Scott Bockness
Project Leader, Missouri River Watershed Coalition—Conservation Innovation Grant
(406) 208-7657
In August 2010, CIPM and the Missouri River Watershed Coalition (MRWC) received a $1 million grant from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program to fund a three-year project that will provide knowledge and benefits to producers and land managers throughout the Missouri River Watershed and will serve as a pilot project for the western region and potentially the nation.
Scott joined the CIPM staff as MRWC—CIG Project Leader in December 2010. Prior to this position, he was Superintendent of the Yellowstone/Bighorn County Weed District. In previous years, Scott was involved with multiple saltcedar management projects along the Yellowstone River and became painfully aware of the ecological impacts of Russian olive and saltcedar on Montana's riparian areas. As a member of the MRWC Executive Committee, Scott became committed to pursuing funding opportunities, such as the NRCS—CIG program, to address these issues.
In his new position as MRWC—CIG Project Leader, Scott will work with the Coalition to investigate methods to effectively mitigate impacts of the target invasive plants and explore their potential as bioenergy products. Furthermore, Scott is passionate about developing solutions to regional issues, an interest that fits perfectly within the missions of both CIPM and MRWC.
Kitty Weiss
E-Communications Coordinator
(406) 994-7551
Kitty joined the CIPM staff as E-Communications Coordinator in February 2010. Among her primary duties is acting as webmaster for the Center's website, which includes coordinating website content, designing new pages, and technical programming. Kitty ensures that the website remains up-to-date, adding new jobs, events, outreach materials, and much more on a daily basis.
Kitty also designs, builds, and maintains websites for CIPM's partners, including the Western Weed Coordinating Committee and the Missouri River Watershed Coalition. Kitty's expertise isn't limited to web design, however; she also assists the Center's partners with outreach efforts such as brochures, logos, posters, and other marketing materials.
Kitty has worked in the communications and graphic design field for over 10 years. Prior to joining the Center's staff, she worked for a magazine, as a freelance graphic designer, and in event planning. Although she has no background in invasive species, she finds the topic very interesting and enjoys learning something new every day.
Kim Goodwin
Collaborative Program: Montana Weed Prevention Areas
406-994-5698
Kim Goodwin earned her Master's Degree in Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University (MSU) - Bozeman in August 2010. During Ms. Goodwin's graduate career, her research has been featured in major news outlets such as CNN International Science & Space, National Public Radio, The New York Times, The Seattle Times, Boston Herald, national magazines, and news broadcast stations. She received the Best Graduate Student Oral Paper Award at the Society for Range Management 2007 Conference and Outstanding Board Member Award at the Montana Weed Control Association 2005 Conference. Ms. Goodwin has a B.S. in Conservation Biology from the University of Nevada - Reno. Currently she coordinates the Montana Weed Prevention Program at MSU's Center for Invasive Plant Management where she is leading studies on the preservation of weed-free rangelands, weed prevention systems and early control networks, and social science in weed prevention.