MPA, Montana State University, 1991
Courses:
POLS 415 - MT Local Politics and Policy (fall)
POLS 208 - State and Local Government and Politics (spring)
POLS 562 - Local Government Administration
Research Agenda: Local Government issues with a focus of providing research, training and technical assistance to local government units.
Office: Room 2-139, Wilson Hall, MSU - Bozeman, MT 59717
Phone: 994-7756
E-mail: janejelinski@montana.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Master of Public Administration, Montana State University, 1991.
Center for the Improvement of Public Management, Rocky Mountain Program,
University of Denver, 1989
Teaching
2001 - Instructor, Political Science Department, Montana State University
1999, 2000; Adjunct, Montana State University
Government
Assistant Director, Montana Association of Counties, 1998 - 2001
Elected Gallatin County Commissioner, 1984 - 1998
Registered lobbyist, Montana Association of Counties, 1999, 2001
State of Montana Service
2001 Natural Resource Institute Advisory Council
2000 Interagency Access Council
1999 - 2003 Montana Consensus Council Board of Directors
1999 Montana Election Advisory Council
1997 Montana 911 Advisory Council, Vice Chair 1998-99
1995 - 96 Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Reorganization Advisory Council
1994 Tourism Impact Assessment Committee
1994 Elected President of the Montana Association of Counties
1993 Governor’s Tax Advisory Council
1992 - 96 Montana Local Government Policy Council
1989 - 91 Montana Tax Reform Coalition Policy Committee
1990 - 96 Elected to Montana Association of Counties Board of Directors
1984 - 86 Elected to Local Government Advisory Council on the Job Training Partnership Act; Chair 1985 - 87
1984 - 86 Job Training Coordinating Council
1983 - 88 Montana Advocacy Program Board of Directors, Vice President, 1984-86
National Association of Counties Service
1997 Sustainable Leadership Advisory Board
1994 - 97 Labor and Employee Benefits Steering Committee; Chair 1995; Vice Chair 1996 - 98
1996 - 97 Rural Renaissance Task Force
1994 National Association of Counties Board of Directors
1995 Participant, National Conference of Local Governments, Chicago, IL
1992 Health and Human Services Steering Committee
1991 Health Steering Committee
1988 - 91 Employment Steering Committee
Bozeman / Gallatin County Service
2002 - Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors
1996 - 98 City-County 911 Administrative Board
1996 - 97 Bozeman Rotary Club; Chair Classification Committee
1985 - 90 Bozeman Business and Professional Women Association
1985-87, 89-91, 93-95, 97 City-County Board of Health
1989 - 95 Bozeman Area Transportation Coordinating Committee
1995 - 97 Boys and Girls Club Advisory Board
1992 - Campfire Board of Directors
1988 - 91 Leadership Bozeman Steering Committee
1978 - 85 United Way Volunteer
Awards
1991 - National Association of Counties and National Association of County Human Resource Administrators Distinguished Service Award
1991 - Bozeman Business and Professional Women’s Woman of Achievement Award
1991 - Montana State University Master of Public Administration Merit Award
Research / Publications
2002 - "The Role of Public Policy in Prevention Programs," The Prevention Connection, Vol. VI, No 2, Summer, 2002.
2000 - Revised and published “So You Want To Be A County Commissioner.” Montana Association of Counties.
1998 - 2001 Editor MACo News.
1996 - “Devolution and Unfunded Mandates.” Montana Policy Review, Vol. 6, No.1, Spring, 1996.
1995 - “County Commission Form of Government.” Montana Policy Review, Vol.5, Nos. 1 & 2, Fall, 1995.
Selected Presentations
2002 - "Women, Politics and Civic Engagement," American Association of University Women, Bozeman, MT.
2002 - "How to Become a Member of the City Council Team," National League of Cities Leadership Conference, Big Sky, MT.
2002 - "County vulnerability and Responsibility: Your Role as Leader," Montana Association of Counties Leadership Retreat, West Yellowstone , MT.
2000 - "County Government and Intergovernmental Relationships,” New Legislator Orientation, State Capitol, Helena.
1998, 2000 - “Legal Relationships Between Commissioners and Other Elected Officials,” New County Commissioner Orientation.
1997 - “The Effect of Devolution on County Services,” Keynote Speaker, Northwest Area Foundation Annual Retreat.
1996, 1997 - “Violence in the Workplace: Curbing an Escalating Problem,” Co-Presenter, National Association of Counties Conference, Houston, TX and Baltimore, MD.
1995 - “Local Government and Economic Development,” Guest Lecturer, Seminar for Montana Council on Economic Development.
1995 - “The County Commissioner Form of Government,” Presenter to the Greal Falls and Cascade County Study Commissions.
1994 - “City-County Cooperation and Interlocal Agreements,” Panelist, Montana League of Cities and Towns.
1993- “The Role of the CEO in a Disaster,” Governor’s Conference on Disaster and Emergency Preparedness, Helena, MT.
1990-97 - Leadership Bozeman, Local Government.
1989-90 - “Tax Reform,” to the following organizations: Rural Area Development Committee; Montana Association of Counties Board of Directors; Republican Women’s Club; County Extension Advisory Board.
1989 - “How to Participate in the Legislative Process,” Extension Homemakers.
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