Mountain Valley District Election Results 2020-2021
Congratulations to the new Committee for Mountain Valley District. The slate was approved and the nominating elections report was sent to Montana Council following BSA elections process. Be sure and thank our key leaders who will be serving Mountain Valley Disrict for the 2020-2021 program year.
Tina O'Donnell - District Chairman.
Biography: Tina O’Donnell joined the Boy Scouts of America program 10 years ago. She has served scouts in Belgrade as a Tiger Leader, Cubmaster, Webelos Leader and Troop Committee Secretary. Tina has assisted with the Montana Council’s National Leadership Youth Training course. Tina has been the Mountain Valley District Popcorn Chair since 2011. She enjoys helping young men and women in the scouting program. Tina is the mom or two Eagle scouts and her husband is the Scoutmaster of Troop 649 in Belgrade.
Tina O'Donnell - District Chairman.
Biography: Tina O’Donnell joined the Boy Scouts of America program 10 years ago. She has served scouts in Belgrade as a Tiger Leader, Cubmaster, Webelos Leader and Troop Committee Secretary. Tina has assisted with the Montana Council’s National Leadership Youth Training course. Tina has been the Mountain Valley District Popcorn Chair since 2011. She enjoys helping young men and women in the scouting program. Tina is the mom or two Eagle scouts and her husband is the Scoutmaster of Troop 649 in Belgrade.
Jason Kovnesky - District Vice Chair of Membership.
Biography: Jason Kovnesky has been involved in scouting since an early age. An Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor Member of the Order of the Arrow, Kovnesky was also actively involved in Mu Alpha Chapter Alpha Phi Omega while at Georgetown University serving as chapter president for two years.
He is currently the Cubmaster of family scouting pack 3523 in Three Forks and has served as the Mountain Valley District Chair for the past two years. He is on staff for the district Cub Scout day camp. His sons Nicolai (Webelos), Kooper (Wolf), and Grifen (Lion) are all cub scouts.
In addition to his involvement with Scouts, Kovnesky is the Field Director and Board Member for Regional 536 American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) as well as a board member for the Headwaters Area Food Bank and the Headwaters Wrestling Academy. He also coaches youth baseball, soccer, and basketball.
Kovnesky is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Business and the American Institute of Baking. He has been a food manufacturing professional for the past twelve years including bakery production management, plant management, and his current position as Bakery Production Manager. Kovnesky also provides contract food safety consulting. Jason has the ideal skills to help develop the Membership Program of Mountain Valley.
Biography: Jason Kovnesky has been involved in scouting since an early age. An Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor Member of the Order of the Arrow, Kovnesky was also actively involved in Mu Alpha Chapter Alpha Phi Omega while at Georgetown University serving as chapter president for two years.
He is currently the Cubmaster of family scouting pack 3523 in Three Forks and has served as the Mountain Valley District Chair for the past two years. He is on staff for the district Cub Scout day camp. His sons Nicolai (Webelos), Kooper (Wolf), and Grifen (Lion) are all cub scouts.
In addition to his involvement with Scouts, Kovnesky is the Field Director and Board Member for Regional 536 American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) as well as a board member for the Headwaters Area Food Bank and the Headwaters Wrestling Academy. He also coaches youth baseball, soccer, and basketball.
Kovnesky is a graduate of the Georgetown University School of Business and the American Institute of Baking. He has been a food manufacturing professional for the past twelve years including bakery production management, plant management, and his current position as Bakery Production Manager. Kovnesky also provides contract food safety consulting. Jason has the ideal skills to help develop the Membership Program of Mountain Valley.
Diane Stovall - District Vice Chair of Cub Scout Activities.
Biography: Diane Stovall has been the district “face” of Cub Scouting for the past 5 years. She has worked as the Day Camp director or assistant director for the past 5 years, the Round Table Cub Scout commissioner since 2013 and Cubmaster since 2007. She has done much to broaden the district Cub Scout activities, including Swimming, shooting sports, Winter Klondike, Rain Gutter Regatta and other summertime district activities.
Diane is the mother of 5 children and grandmother of 15! She is now retired after working 18 years at KBOZ Radio Stations. She loves hiking, playing the piano, reading, and scouting and hopes to be able to do some major traveling. Her mantra, taken from Baloo training, is “If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right!”
Biography: Diane Stovall has been the district “face” of Cub Scouting for the past 5 years. She has worked as the Day Camp director or assistant director for the past 5 years, the Round Table Cub Scout commissioner since 2013 and Cubmaster since 2007. She has done much to broaden the district Cub Scout activities, including Swimming, shooting sports, Winter Klondike, Rain Gutter Regatta and other summertime district activities.
Diane is the mother of 5 children and grandmother of 15! She is now retired after working 18 years at KBOZ Radio Stations. She loves hiking, playing the piano, reading, and scouting and hopes to be able to do some major traveling. Her mantra, taken from Baloo training, is “If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right!”
Drew Burkenpas - District Vice-chair Older Scout Activities (OSA)
Biography:
Drew has been involved in scouting since he was a Tiger scout. He is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor Member of the Apoxky Aio Lodge. He has been the Co-Chairman for the last two Montana Council Camporees which makes Drew an ideal fit to develop the Mountain Valley program offerings for the older youth in the district. He married my wife, Nicole, in October and they have a golden retreiver puppy named Milo.
Drew graduated from Montana State University in the spring of 2017 with a degree in Business Marketing. He is putting these skills to good use in the new family business. His parents (also Scouters) purchased a garage door company, Door Tech, in November of 2017. Drew has been working with Door Tech for the last 8 years. He is also the Chief of Operations for the Spirit of the West Marching Band at Montana State University. When he has free time, he enjoys spending it outdoors, four wheeling, and with his family.
Biography:
Drew has been involved in scouting since he was a Tiger scout. He is an Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor Member of the Apoxky Aio Lodge. He has been the Co-Chairman for the last two Montana Council Camporees which makes Drew an ideal fit to develop the Mountain Valley program offerings for the older youth in the district. He married my wife, Nicole, in October and they have a golden retreiver puppy named Milo.
Drew graduated from Montana State University in the spring of 2017 with a degree in Business Marketing. He is putting these skills to good use in the new family business. His parents (also Scouters) purchased a garage door company, Door Tech, in November of 2017. Drew has been working with Door Tech for the last 8 years. He is also the Chief of Operations for the Spirit of the West Marching Band at Montana State University. When he has free time, he enjoys spending it outdoors, four wheeling, and with his family.
Betsy Eubanks - District Vice Chair of Training & Communications
Biography: Betsy has been active in Scouting for 17 years, including 9 years with Mountain Valley in various jobs including District Chair, Roundtable Commissioner, Assistant Roundtable Commissioner of Venturing, Cub Scouts, and Boy Scout break-outs, and whatever else is needed including Camporees. Betsy served for 5 years on the BSA National 411 team helping to revise the Cub Scout Program that launched in 2015. She was Course Director for The Montana Council National Youth Leadership Youth Training (NYLT) and Venture Scout K-M Takeover Camp.
Helping people work together is her passion, and training is the ideal way to help Scouters enjoy what they do and provide a better program. She is the Wilderness First Aid course director, developed the live Cub Scout training called BLAST (Beginning Leader Accelerated Success Training), to mention just some of the training activities. She is active with Venture Crew 2526 and serving as Unit Commissioner to the newly forming Scout BSA Girl units. She has also been leading the Montana Council Screen Boosted Scouting effort started in 2019 due to COVID challenges. Group organization and communications is a passion (she is an Organizational Psychologist), and also served as the Nominating Committee Chair this year. She is lucky to be married to the David Eubanks, the District Commissioner, and has two children, one who reached the Eagle Award and the other Silver Award (Venturing).
Biography: Betsy has been active in Scouting for 17 years, including 9 years with Mountain Valley in various jobs including District Chair, Roundtable Commissioner, Assistant Roundtable Commissioner of Venturing, Cub Scouts, and Boy Scout break-outs, and whatever else is needed including Camporees. Betsy served for 5 years on the BSA National 411 team helping to revise the Cub Scout Program that launched in 2015. She was Course Director for The Montana Council National Youth Leadership Youth Training (NYLT) and Venture Scout K-M Takeover Camp.
Helping people work together is her passion, and training is the ideal way to help Scouters enjoy what they do and provide a better program. She is the Wilderness First Aid course director, developed the live Cub Scout training called BLAST (Beginning Leader Accelerated Success Training), to mention just some of the training activities. She is active with Venture Crew 2526 and serving as Unit Commissioner to the newly forming Scout BSA Girl units. She has also been leading the Montana Council Screen Boosted Scouting effort started in 2019 due to COVID challenges. Group organization and communications is a passion (she is an Organizational Psychologist), and also served as the Nominating Committee Chair this year. She is lucky to be married to the David Eubanks, the District Commissioner, and has two children, one who reached the Eagle Award and the other Silver Award (Venturing).
Julie Evans - District Vice Chair of Finance and District Executive.
Julie Evans moved from running a successful decorating business for 20+ years to switching careers and serving as Mountain Valley District's District Executive. Last year, her exceptional abilities, creativity, and energy drew her up the ladder to working on Montana Council staff. She is now on the Council Development team and so not only oversees MVD Investment in Character and Leadership campaign, but she continues to help with our Cub Scout Day Camp and other activities. She is an avid skier and part of the medical response team at the Big Sky Ski Resort. Likely there is more to Julie than this, but I assure you we are lucky to have Julie on the Committee. She is also our patch artist, and the quality of our activity patches are extraordinary thanks to her talents.
Written by Betsy Eubanks
Julie Evans moved from running a successful decorating business for 20+ years to switching careers and serving as Mountain Valley District's District Executive. Last year, her exceptional abilities, creativity, and energy drew her up the ladder to working on Montana Council staff. She is now on the Council Development team and so not only oversees MVD Investment in Character and Leadership campaign, but she continues to help with our Cub Scout Day Camp and other activities. She is an avid skier and part of the medical response team at the Big Sky Ski Resort. Likely there is more to Julie than this, but I assure you we are lucky to have Julie on the Committee. She is also our patch artist, and the quality of our activity patches are extraordinary thanks to her talents.
Written by Betsy Eubanks
Dave Eubanks - District Commissioner.
Biography: Dave Eubanks has served as our District Commissioner for the past two years. An Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow, he received his 30 year Scouting veteran award last year. At the Unit level, Dave has been a Den Leader, Cubmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Committee Member and Committee Chair. He has worked at the District and Council level as a Committee Member, Training Chair, Unit Commissioner, Wood Badge (graduate/staffer/Asst Course Director), and NCAP team member.
Dave’s wife Betsy is also an active Scouter, and they are the proud parents of both an Eagle Scout and a Venturing Silver Award recipient. Dave is also a Coach for the Bozeman Flames, our local Special Olympics team, and often attends two or three practices a week and travels with his team to area, state, and even one national event. Dave is a graduate of UC Berkeley, and served as a police officer in California for 31 years before moving with his family to Bozeman.
Biography: Dave Eubanks has served as our District Commissioner for the past two years. An Eagle Scout and Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow, he received his 30 year Scouting veteran award last year. At the Unit level, Dave has been a Den Leader, Cubmaster, Assistant Scoutmaster, Committee Member and Committee Chair. He has worked at the District and Council level as a Committee Member, Training Chair, Unit Commissioner, Wood Badge (graduate/staffer/Asst Course Director), and NCAP team member.
Dave’s wife Betsy is also an active Scouter, and they are the proud parents of both an Eagle Scout and a Venturing Silver Award recipient. Dave is also a Coach for the Bozeman Flames, our local Special Olympics team, and often attends two or three practices a week and travels with his team to area, state, and even one national event. Dave is a graduate of UC Berkeley, and served as a police officer in California for 31 years before moving with his family to Bozeman.