Missoula Downtown Foundation Board of Directors
Rob Fleming is a lifelong resident of Missoula and is more than proud to call it his “forever” home. After graduating with a business degree from the University of Montana in the early 1990’s, he found his way into mortgage lending in 1995 and is still actively helping Missoulians achieve home ownership at Synergy One Lending.
Over the last 15 years Fleming has also served on the boards of Missoula International School, Habitat for Humanity and the Montana Association of Mortgage Bankers. He joined the MDF Board in January 2022 and looks forward to helping serve the wonderful community of Downtown Missoula!
Fleming is passionate about continuing to nourish what has always made Missoula such a special place: an engaged, diverse and welcoming community, amazing outdoor access, incredible educational opportunities and a first-class downtown.
Rob is proud to have two young adult daughters who are as in love with Missoula as he is. When he is not working or with family, he gets out on his bike, snowboard, cross country skis or into his favorite Montana rivers as much as humanly possible!
Hailey Kern and her husband, Peter, own the Bicycle Hangar (two locations), and she is the co-founder of Cancer Support Community Missoula. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, she came to Missoula in 2005 for college at the University of Montana.
She has long had an affection for the Missoula community since the commencement of her philanthropic journey through UM’s Alphi Phi sorority. Kern has served on the Board of Directors for both Living Art of Montana and Cancer Support Community Missoula. She is a courageous cancer survivor and supports blood drives at the Bicycle Hangar throughout the year.
Hailey is married to Peter, and their son, Hank, is a sixth-generation Missoulian. She and her family cherish our community and all that makes it unique. Like many others in Missoula, she is proud to call this place home.
Jared Kuehn is a native Missoulian who has worked in the banking industry since 2007. He currently serves as a commercial lender at First Security Bank and previously worked for the Consolidated Community Credit Union from 2006-2013. The son of Downtown business owners Jim & Jennifer Kuehn, who own Hunting & Gathering. Jared has a Business Finance degree from the University of Montana. He is married to Tiffany, and has a daughter, Claire.
Travis Neil joined the Missoula Downtown Foundation in 2020 with over 16 years of Construction experience and 12 years with Dick Anderson Construction. Neil also has a plethora of experience being on several Board of Directors and Committees. He was a part of the Great Falls Development Authority, Neighborworks Great Falls, and the Business Improvement District. Neil brings years of experience to the MDF board and will help to further the MDF's mission to support and promote Downtown Missoula.
Dan moved to Missoula from Helena in 2016. He brings enthusiastic energy and passion for the downtown community and experience serving on the boards of Downtown Helena Inc, and the Downtown Visioning Partnership (2004-2008), helping to revitalize Helena's historic walking mall. Originally from Great Falls and a fourth generation Montanan, he attended Carroll College and studied Political Science and Business Management.
As the Loss Control Development Coordinator and a licensed claims adjuster at ATTIC RRG, he coordinates the integration of safety technology for the company's membership fleet. Dan's previous experience includes medical device sales, restaurant and bar hospitality and professional baseball grounds maintenance.
Dan enjoys exploring Montana's beautiful outdoors, volunteering for local events and spending time on Missoula's amazing lakes and rivers.
Molly Bradford has lived in Missoula since 1998 and been engaged with the Missoula Downtown Association ever since through volunteering and service to committees. She is a tech-forward marketing and communications professional, with a human-centered and place-based approach to sales, connection, consensus and negotiation.
Bradford's career has spanned digital phone technology with Blackfoot Communications, newspaper sales and marketing at the Missoula Independent, online news and events at NewWest.net, online affiliate marketing at Vanns.com, and in her current work as Co-founder and CEO at GatherBoard, a community events software platform which power dozens of sites across North America. You may know it locally as MissoulaEvents.net (plus Missoula Indoor Ads).
In addition, she is a consultant, helping businesses and organizations streamline their 21st-Century tech tools, and implementing a human-centered approach to marketing and events. She volunteers for the YWCA, Missoula Art Museum, Garden City Harvest, the ZACC and at her kids' schools.
Molly and her husband, Spencer, have two active kids, EB & Will. They all spend much of their free time recreating in all sorts of weather in the mountains and on the rivers of Montana.
For over 15 years, Libby worked in academia, giving her extensive experience in creating engaging professional development, program development and management, public speaking training, personnel supervision and evaluation, branding and promoting new programs, event organization, solution orientated problem solving and building efficient and effective teams.
As a senior consultant with Cascadia Business Development, she reviews, designs and facilitates change management initiatives to create lean, conscious growth through operational and team excellence. Building organizational capacity helps businesses take the right actions, at the right time for the right reasons.
In addition to her commitment to organizational capacity development and design, as well as professional development training, Libby actively volunteers for numerous local non-profit organizations, including the Missoula Downtown Foundation, and is also a member of Leadership Missoula 34.
Brady Henthorn joined the Missoula Downtown Foundation Board in 2023. He was born and raised in Missoula, graduating from Hellgate High School and the University of Montana. With a degree in Health and Human Exercise (2018), Henthorn has a passion for sports and basketball. He helped kick-start the UM Lady Griz practice player programand served as the co-head coach of the Hellgate Girls’ Basketball Team, alongside his father Rob, from 2015-2021.
Henthorn is a Health & Benefits Consultant at PayneWest Insurance and has the privilege of working with employers throughout Montana. He focuses on developing a 2-to-4-year benefit strategy plan for businesses, incorporating employee health, productivity, and benefit designs that support choice, education, direct-to-consumer services, and incentives that create and sustain a healthier workforce.
As a life-long Missoulian, Henthorn feels fortunate to be part of such an amazing community and enjoys all that Missoula has to offer, including opportunities to fish, golf, ski and enjoy the outdoors.
Christine Littig joined the Missoula Downtown Foundation board of directors in April 2018 and served as its chair in 2022. But her commitment to downtown Missoula began in 1993 when in 1997 she served as president of the Missoula Downtown Association.
Littig has a history of successful business ownership having spent 25 years working in the food service industry as a manager, chef-owner, and owner of Missoulaʼs Old Post Pub, RedBird, and Berniceʼs Bakery respectively. Currently, Littig is the Business Development Director at the Missoula Economic Partnership; a position working in partnership with Missoula’s Business Improvement District to continue outreach, innovation, and resource for businesses in Missoula County seeking new opportunities while evaluating what works and what doesn’t.
As a lifelong Missoulian, Michelle McCue loves Downtown and all it has to offer. After 10 years at Neptune Aviation in a Community Relations role, Michelle recently embarked on a new career as Director of Operations at Sentinel Health where she focuses on connecting people and local businesses with premium, personalized, affordable healthcare.
McCue has a B.A. in Communications from the University of Montana. After graduation, she worked in the wireless industry before embarking on her most fulfilling role as a full-time, stay-at-home mom to four children. She is an avid volunteer for many organizations including Sentinel Kiwanis, St. Francis Xavier parish, Girl Scouts, and Missoula Catholic Schools.
Michelle is married to Mike, and they have four grown children, Emily, Meagan, Finn, and Bridget. Mike owns Northwest Tower.
Kia Liszak has been the Executive Director of the Zootown Arts Community Center (ZACC) for ten years. She spearheaded and led the visionary process and multimillion-dollar campaign efforts to bring the ZACC downtown and triple its size and ability to build community through accessible arts experiences for all. She was recognized by the Missoulian in 2013 as one of Western Montana's top 20 business leaders under 40 years old to have made a positive impact through exceptional entrepreneurship, leadership, creative vision, innovation and dedication to the community, and recognized by the Missoula Downtown Association in 2019 as the Downtowner of the Year. She has served as a volunteer on many committees including The Missoula Public Art Committee and on Missoula's Community Arts Team to implement the Kennedy Center’s support of the SPARK arts program. She was able to travel to Thailand and Laos to enrich her work through the YSEALI professional fellows program in 2017 and subsequently invited to participate in the US State Department’s seminar, “Art, Culture, and Transforming Conflict" in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She is extremely passionate about empowering people of all ages through the arts and creative community building.
Matt Muhsam is the owner of Worden’s Market and a proud member of the Downtown Missoula community. Born overseas in a Navy family, Matt was raised in Bellevue, Wash., where he spent the majority of his time until he and his family moved to Missoula in 2015.
Matt graduated from Washington State University in Hospitality Business Management and has enjoyed a life filled with entrepreneurial pursuits, career-building positions, active pastimes, and fun with the family. From an early start and long career in the kitchen to brewing beer, promoting sustainability, and manufacturing high recycled content solid surfaces, Muhsam balances his work life with time well spent on the mountain, in the garden, on the trail, and in new places.
In addition to serving on the Missoula Downtown Foundation Board, Matt also serves as a Board Member for United Way of Missoula.
Todd Rahr is the Community Relations Manager for NorthWestern Energy overseeing the Missoula Division which includes the Kalispell, Hamilton, Thompson Falls, Plains, and Browning district offices. Rahr moved into the power industry after 32 years in professional sports and college athletics, most recently as the General Manager of the Learfield office overseeing the multi-media rights for the University of Montana Athletic Department since 2017.
Before that post, Todd was in various roles for five minor league baseball operations in Savannah, GA; Eugene, OR; San Bernardino, CA; Springfield, MO; and Boise, ID from 1991-2015. In 2016 he was asked to consult for the Texas Rangers in establishing a minor league team in Kinston, NC while also establishing a short-lived group insurance benefits business in Nampa, ID.
As a kid, he grew up in Western and Central New York state until relocating to Bothell, Washington. He moved back east to attend Ohio Unversity in Athens, OH, and graduated with a BS in Sports Sciences. He resides in Lolo, MT with his wife and 10-year-old son while his two older boys live in Boise and one daughter resides in Oklahoma City.