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Meet Our Faculty & Staff
Find out how the Local Government Center can help you by reading about the interests and expertise of our faculty and staff.
 Dan Clark, Director
Email: daniel.clark@montana.edu
Phone: 406-994-7756
Dan Clark joined the Local Government Center in April 2008. He has been serving Montana since 1997. Prior to joining the MSU Local Government Center, he served as the Statewide Director for the Montana Horizons program from 2006 to 2008. Previously, Dan worked as a Montana State University Extension faculty member in Teton County from 1997 to 2006. During this time, he served as Mayor of Choteau, Montana for four years. He earned his Bachelors and Masters Degree from the University of Arizona in Agricultural Education and taught high school agriculture for three years before joining Extension.
Paul Lachapelle, Community Development Specialist
Email: paul.lachapelle@montana.edu Phone: 406-994-3620
Paul is the Montana State University Extension Community Development Specialist. His general responsibilities involve providing research, technical assistance and trainings and workshops on various community development topics to strengthen the social, economic and environmental well-being of communities across the state. Specifically, he works toward providing resources and programs in many areas including community strategic visioning, local governance, leadership development training, community tourism assessment and development, economic and business development, business retention and expansion projects, community profiling, conflict management and resolution, economic impact assessments, planning facilitation, and community surveys.
Read more about Paul's background and experience.
Steven Swinford, Research Associate
Email: swinford@montana.edu
Steve Swinford received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Bowling Green State University where he specialized in Social Psychology and Quantitative Methodology. At Montana State University he teaches courses in Social Psychology, Statistics, and Research Methods. His work with the Local Government Center focuses on survey development and data analysis.
Visit Dr. Swinford's webpage.
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