Montana PIRC State Advisory Committee: The role of this committee is to bring together experienced individuals to provide input into future directions of the PIRC, as well as to develop and build upon networks of . Members on the Advisory Committee include representatives from the Montana Office of Public Instruction, PLUK, Montana PTA, Title I, Early Childhood, OCHE/Gear Up, Title III, Title VII, and Hopa Mountain.

State Advisory Board: Front Row: Mandy Smoker Broadus, Joe Anderson, Annette Walstad; Back Row: Jennifer Calder, Dan McCarthy, Mary Jane Standaert, Libby Hancock, Sandy Merdinger, Elaine Shea, Claire Hibbs-Cheff, Naomi Thornton, Jeanne Moon

American Indian Advisory Committee: One facet of the PIRC is to promote early learning among the seven reservation communities. To that end, we have contracted with Linda Clark of Hopa Mountain (a non-profit based out of Bozeman with years of experience working successfully with rural and reservation communities) to help develop the StoryMakers Project. The Storymakers are comprised of community leaders in the areas of early childhood and public health from each of the seven reservation communities here in Montana. It is these individuals who make up the Advisory Committee.