The State Bar Association of North Dakota Fall 2013 Gavel Magazine | Page 12

PRESIDENT
AND CEO: ALPS

You’ve lived all over the country and as far
away as Bermuda. What brought you to
Missoula, Montana?
I fell in love with the west when I was
young. I came to the University of Montana as a teenager and knew right away
that Montana was a special place. I met
my wife, Brittany, while we were both
attending UM. She’s from Conrad, so as
we moved to different parts of the country
and internationally, Montana was always
“home base” and we knew we would
return. When I met ALPS Founder Bob
Minto on one of my trips back to Montana,
we made a connection and as the opportunity at ALPS unfolded, I knew it was time
to come back home.
What drew you to the insurance industry
originally? What has kept you there?
Like many others in senior positions I
found the industry (or it found me) by

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