Herb Depp

Vice-Chair | Hamilton, MT

Herb joined the Teller board in July 2014.  He currently serves on the National Advisory Group for Griz Athletics at the University of Montana, and on the Board of Advanced Metallurgical Group.  He is a long-time supporter of athletic programs at his alma mater, California State University, Fresno, as well as the University of Montana. Herb retired from General Electric, where he served as Vice President of Commercial Aircraft Programs for GE Aviation.  He retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel.  He and his wife reside on their ranch near Hamilton, Montana.  Herb became involved with Teller Wildlife Refuge as he strongly believes we must maintain the beauty of nature in its present form for the enjoyment of future generations, and he will do whatever he can to ensure that occurs.

Nina Bonnie

Prospect, KY | Hamilton, MT

Nina joined the Teller board in October of 2011. Nina presently serves on the Kentucky PACE Board, a state commission which receives and monitors agricultural easements. In her home state, she also is a board member of Oldham Ahead, a local organization which monitors county development. In Montana, she serves on the Greater Ravalli Foundation and the Stock Farm Homeowners board. Her honors include the United States Equestrian Federation Lifetime Achievement Award, and she was named a Louisville Woman of Distinction in 2002. In 2012, Nina and late husband, Ned, placed a conservation easement on their 525-acre farm in Kentucky.

Bill Dagley

San Rafael, CA/Corvallis, MT

Bill joined the Teller board in January 2017.  He is president of Private Wealth Partners, LLC, with a corporate office in Larkspur, CA. Bill enjoys being an active member of the Bay Area & Bitterroot Valley communities. His hobbies and interests include tennis, golf, fishing, backgammon, travel and wine tasting. He and his wife, Edie, have a home in Corvallis and look forward to spending time in the Bitterroot Valley as often as possible. They have been avid supporters of Teller for nearly two decades.

Lisa Henske

Victor, MT

Lisa Henske is from Cincinnati, Ohio and loves education and all things outdoors.  She earned a double major at Yale, completed a Harvard M.B.A., and was a strategy consultant at Bain & Company in Boston, then Chicago, and later in San Francisco.  She also served as Director of Business Planning at PepsiCo’s Taco Bell and was the first female Vice President at Del Monte Foods, where she oversaw Strategy, Growth & Development.  She is a year-round Montana resident who moved to the Bitterroot in 2018 where she and her husband co-manage a small cattle operation in Victor, as well as a family conservation ranch in the Stevensville hills. 

Lucy Tompkins

Portola Valley, CA/Hamilton, MT

Lucy joined the Teller board in 1994, and served as its Chair from 2005-2010. She is a professor of medicine in infectious diseases at Stanford University Medical School, and is the hospital epidemiologist for Stanford Hospital and Clinics. She is a musician and patron of the San Francisco Opera and the Stanford arts program. She and her late husband, Stan Falkow, have spent summers in the Bitterroot since 1983, and have a home on the river near Hamilton. She is an avid fly fisher and loves horse packing in the Bob Marshall wilderness.  One of her major goals is for Teller Wildlife Refuge to serve as a national model of conservation education.

Scott Woolfolk

Hamilton, MT

Scott grew up in Billings, MT where he developed a love for the outdoors and his childhood working at his family’s successful plant nursery business.  After graduating from Billings West High School, Scott attended Abilene Christian University.  From 2002-2017 he served as the president and CEO of DOCUmation, a business solutions company based in San Antonio, TX. His core competencies are in the office technology space, but his desire has always been outdoors.  Wanting to begin a new chapter from his successful business enterprises, he followed his dream to purchase a conservation property and connect guests with the Bitterroot experience.  Scott and his wife Danka now reside in Hamilton, MT where they own and operate The Bitterroot Mile Club.

Wendy Raynal

Corvallis, MT

Wendy earned an undergraduate degree in Comprehensive Biology and Business Administration from Western Colorado University in Gunnison.  Her graduate level experience included a Rare and Endangered Species Internship studying an isolated population of alpine butterfly species on Uncompahgre Peak in Colorado.   Additionally, she studied at the Environmental Law Institute in Jackson Wyoming; ecology and forest management at Oregon State University; and wildlife habitat and plant management at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA.  Wendy has served as a Park Ranger with the National Park Service Regional Office in Denver and has been fortunate enough to have worked and lived in many beautiful parks including Grand Teton NP, Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountain NP, Redwood NP and at that time the named Custer Battlefield NM here in Montana.  She has also served as a Forestry Technician for the Klamath NF and then as the District Wildlife Biologist for Six Rivers NF in California.  Wendy and her husband eventually found their way to Montana where they were hired as a couple to build and manage Tucker Crossing Ranch (TCR) in beautiful Corvallis (25 years ago).  Over the years they have completed many successful habitat enhancement projects including a 200+ acre wetland area, pond enhancement and stream restoration projects.  As the resident biologist, Wendy worked closely with the MT Department of Transportation in writing and implementing a five-year monitoring plan of the ranch wetlands.  Teller's mission mirrors her own values, as she has a passion for wildlife, conservation and education.   

Chad Bishop

Board Emeritus

Missoula, MT

Chad Bishop joined the Teller board in December, 2019. He currently serves as the Director of the Wildlife Biology Program and as an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at the University of Montana. Dr. Bishop attended Montana State University majoring in Wildlife Ecology and went on to receive his Master of Science from University of Idaho and a PhD from Colorado State University in Wildlife Biology. Prior to his position at UM, Chad was the Assistant Director for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. He has a well-rounded background in wildlife conservation and research as well as administration. He is very interested in many possible collaborative opportunities between Teller and the University of Montana. Chad lives in Missoula with his wife, Laura, and their children, Jacob and Clara.

Keith Johnson | San Diego, CA/Darby, MT

Grant Parker | Missoula, MT

Paul Thomas | Rancho Santa Fe, CA/Hamilton, MT