Ten full-time administrative staff are employed by Montana ExpoPark and are responsible for the Montana State Fair. Feel free to contact the appropriate staff member as your subject matter relates to their duties.
Bill Ogg, CFE, General Manager
Responsible for overall management of Montana State Fair and State Fair Race Meet, oversees all State Fair manager functions, is general manager for Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup, and is executive secretary of the Montana ExpoPark Advisory Board. |
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Stan Steen, CFE, Assistant General Manager
Responsible for booking top events/concerts and grounds acts, assisting general manager with management duties. |
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John Scott, Operations Manager
Manages daily operations of facilities, including preparing grounds for State Fair functions, coordinating maintenance crew and change-out of formats between activities. |
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Laura Lynch, Controller
Laura is responsible for budgeting, fiscal reporting, forecasting and overseeing accounting functions of the financial team.
Laura oversees the finance and box office managers. |
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Lori Cox, Marketing & Development
Researches, plans, implements and evaluates marketing strategy for Montana State Fair. Recruits supporting partners/businesses for events and activities. |
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Lois Thomas, Financial Manager
Manages finances for Montana State Fair. Responsible for box office, financial records, reports and all accounting. |
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Karen Rossberg, Food & Beverage Manager
Coordinates food vendors for State Fair. Responsible for all State Fair concession sales during events and working with deliveries and food sales. |
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Debby Wiggers , Box Office Manager
Debby is responsible for all box office management, event ticket sales and event receipts. She also handles payroll and accounts payable for Montana ExpoPark.
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Sue Lorang, Entry Office
Sue handles all entries for the State Fair from horticulture to photography to 4-H. She maintains a crew to record entries,
keeps track of premiums and assembles displays. |
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Carmen Thorsen, Commercial Exhibits
Carmen recruits commercial exhibitors to the Montana State Fair. Beginning in winter, she is responsible for maintaining current clients and pursuing new vendors. |
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Marcie Mangold Brown, Marketing Assistant
Marcie assists the marketing director with sponsorship functions, media placement, budgets and event coordination.
Marcie also doubles as the Junior Livestock Show Superintendent
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Amelia Nardinger, PR Intern
Amelia is responsible for all media relations including press kits, press contacts, developing content on the website and local/regional relations. |
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