Chad Bachmeier, Helena
Founder, Off the Wall Advertising
Chad is the founder of Off The Wall Advertising, which he started in 2002. He has also been the owner/operator of multiple bars, restaurants and casinos. Additionally, Chad founded a natural gas supply company, Big Sky Gas, and over the past 20 years, he has been involved in developing real estate.
Chad has served on the executive board of directors for the Montana Tavern Association for the past 10 years and is the chair of the association’s Public Relations Committee. Through his involvement with the Montana Tavern Association and Big Sky Gas, Chad has gained the experience of working with Montana Legislature in many different roles.
Chad comes to the Montana Travel Association with years of experience in business and community leadership benefitting the Montana Travel Association.
Brad Niva, Big Sky
CEO, Visit Big Sky and Big Sky Chamber of Commerce
With a degree in public relations, Brad Niva has dedicated his career to the outdoor recreation industry. His professional background includes roles in ski area marketing, outdoor retail, corporate sales, and ownership of three tourism-focused businesses. Today, he leads both the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce and Visit Big Sky, bringing a wealth of experience to his leadership roles.
Brad’s favorite part of his work is collaborating with business owners and supporting their ventures. “So often, a business owner feels isolated without someone to talk things through. I aim to be a friend, an advocate, and a sounding board for our business community,” he shares.
Brad is deeply passionate about leveraging tourism as a powerful economic driver in Montana, recognizing its potential to strengthen communities across the state. As a member of the board of directors for the Montana Travel Association, he is honored to contribute his insights from over 20 years in Oregon’s tourism industry. His goal is to help Montana develop and sustain long-term tourism strategies to ensure its continued growth and success.
Tom Kuntz, Red Lodge
CEO and Red Lodge Fire Rescue Chief
Red Lodge Hospitality, restaurants and Pollard Hotel
Tom Kuntz serves as CEO of Red Lodge Hospitality in Red Lodge, Montana. Alongside his wife, Liza, he owns and operates several hospitality businesses, including Red Lodge Pizza Co., a longstanding community restaurant that has operated successfully for more than 30 years, and the historic Pollard Hotel, a downtown Red Lodge landmark.
Additionally, Tom is the fire chief of Red Lodge Fire Rescue, a combination fire department with over 120 volunteers that serves a rural area in southern Montana near Yellowstone National Park. With over 30 years of leadership in emergency services, Tom has helped shape national fire policy as the founding chair of the IAFC Wildland Fire Policy Committee, a member of the Wildland Fire Leadership Council, and treasurer of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. He has led numerous complex wildfire and search-and-rescue operations around Red Lodge and across Montana.
He’s active in state-level policy conversations through his work with the Montana State Fire Chiefs Association, the State Emergency Response Commission, and the Montana Restaurant Association. Tom was presented with the lifetime achievement award from the Montana State Fire Chiefs Association in 2025, was named National Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year in 2006, and was named Red Lodge Citizen of the Year in 2008. Tom brings a unique perspective to the intersection of public service and business.
Whitney Bergmann, Missoula
Management Consultants
Chair, Missoula Tourism Business Improvement District
Board of Directors, Montana Lodging and Hospitality Association
Whitney represents Management Advisors, a hospitality management company based in Butte with 11 hotels ranging from Kalispell, to Anaconda, to as far east as Sidney.
Whitney has worked in hospitality for 15 years and currently operates the Best Western Plus Grant Creek Inn, in Missoula. Whitney graduated from the University of Montana, having studied English and communications.
Whitney also serves at the Chair of the Missoula Tourism Business Improvement District, and on the Board of Directors for Montana Lodging and Hospitality Association. In her free time, she loves to explore Montana public lands with her husband and four-year-old son.
Aly Eggart, Billings
Executive Director, Visit Billings
Aly Eggart serves as Executive Director of Visit Billings, the destination leadership organization for Billings, Montana. With more than a decade of experience in tourism, destination marketing, and hospitality, Aly leads strategic efforts focused on growing visitation, supporting the local economy, and enhancing community pride through tourism.
Since stepping into the executive director role in 2024, Aly has helped guide Visit Billings through a period of significant momentum, including a destination rebrand, expanded sports tourism initiatives, strengthened air service development efforts, and new community-facing programs celebrating the hospitality industry.
Aly holds a Master of Science in Public Relations (MSPR) and is a Certified Autism Travel Professional (CATP). She is currently pursuing her Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) designation through Destinations International. Born and raised in Eastern Montana, Aly is passionate about building partnerships, advocating for tourism’s role in community vitality, and helping position Billings as one of the West’s most welcoming and dynamic destinations.
Zak Anderson, Whitefish
Executive Director, Whitefish Convention & Visitors Bureau
Zak Anderson is the Executive Director of the Whitefish Convention & Visitors Bureau. A longtime Whitefish local and University of Montana graduate, Zak currently serves on several non-profit boards in the Flathead Valley. He also serves on the Sustainable Tourism Management Committee for the City of Whitefish and previously served on the Whitefish City–County Planning Board.
Zak is committed to advancing a collaborative tourism industry that supports locally owned businesses, invests in communities and responsibly stewards the landscapes and experiences at the heart of Montana’s identity. He believes Montana’s tourism industry is strongest when destination organizations, businesses and communities speak with a shared voice. He brings to the Montana Travel Association board a local’s perspective, a statewide mindset and a deep belief that tourism works best when it also works for the people who call Montana home.
Zak lives in Whitefish with his wife, Aaron, and their son, Soren. When he is not working or volunteering, he can usually be found skiing, biking, hiking or otherwise enjoying the great outdoors.
Paul Robertson, Livingston
Hospitality Professional
A Montana resident since 2002, Paul’s career in guiding, outfitting, guest ranches, lodging, and hotel management spans 30+ years. Presently, Paul is a Sales Executive for ThinkReservations and an investor in Mallard Bay Outdoors. Over the past 15 years, he served as the general manager for some of the top destinations in Montana, including the Ranch at Rock Creek, Sage Lodge, and Lone Mountain Ranch—a National Geographic Unique Lodge of the World.
A former member of the Board of Directors for the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce and Montana’s Yellowstone Country Tourism Region, Paul has a master’s degree in hospitality management from the Cornell University School of Hotels and a BA in biological aspects of conservation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Paul resides with his wife and two daughters in Livingston, Montana and enjoys fly fishing, snowboarding, and upland bird hunting all over the state.
Norma Trent, Roundup
Board of Directors, Visit Southeast Montana
Originally from Ohio, Norma and her husband worked for Yellowstone National Park reservations for a number of years before managing a small motel in Gardiner for seven years.
Today, Norma lives in Roundup and volunteers regularly in her town. She is also a member of the Visit Southeast Montana Tourism Board. Norma wants to see more tourism funneled to the underappreciated Eastern Montana area, an area of wide-open spaces and small, friendly towns.
Roth Jordan, Bozeman
Managing Partner/Corporate Chef Montana Ale Works
Montana Restaurant Association
Raised in rural Alabama, Roth recalls his grandma’s chicken stock as always on the stove, but it was only when he headed West and into the kitchen of Buck’s T-4 Ranch in Big Sky, that Roth started taking his latent passion for cooking seriously. It was here that he met his future wife Kathryn, a talented pastry chef, who encouraged him in his culinary aspirations.
Together, they left Montana so Roth could attend the New England Culinary Institute, and practice old-school French cuisine in Vermont, before traveling to the US Virgin Islands to work under chef and mentor Ted Robinson, who “taught me what it is to be passionate about food”. A three-year stint at the renowned Stone Terrace on St John as Executive Chef, and Roth and Kat were ready to return to Big Sky Country.
Roth was hired as Ale Works Executive Chef in October 2005, and he immediately started upgrading the menu and the standards of the kitchen. It was a daunting task that included changing the mechanics and the culture of the kitchen, “and creating the passion. We turned it into an environment for professionals.” Roth considers the culinary reinvention of Ale Works as his proudest achievement “aside from the birth of my kids, Karly, Tessa and Warren, of course.”
Roth’s leadership and dedication led to an offer of partnership in 2008, and a promotion to Corporate Chef/Managing Partner in 2014. Roth oversaw our million-dollar kitchen renovation in 2016 and currently mentors and oversees our Executive Chef and kitchen crew as they brine, smoke and sous-vide locally-raised meats and make every sauce, soup, dressing and dessert we serve from scratch.
Scott Vollmer, Gallatin Gateway
Owner/Operator, Scott Vollmer Outfitting, LLC
Board of Directors, Montana Outfitters and Guides Association
Scott is a fishing outfitter and has owned and operated Scott Vollmer Outfitting, LLC in Gallatin Gateway for the past seven years. Prior to this, Scott spent 10 years as a licensed fishing guide in Montana and eight years as a fishing guide in Alaska.
He brings a wealth of experience to the MTTA Board in how outfitting is intertwined with the outdoor recreation economy and tourism in Montana.
Scott also serves on the Board of Directors of the Montana Outfitters and Guides Association.