Meet Our Team

Deb came to Eagle Mount Great Falls in May of 2000. Deb oversees all it's functions. She has an extensive background in television advertising, marketing, public relations and public speaking. Deb has served on the board of directors of the Great Falls Advertising Federation and was named the 2001/02 President of this organization. She has also been active with the Chamber of Commerce and served on the Agriculture committee. Her exemplary community service also includes serving as the President of the Miss Rodeo Montana advisory board from 1998-2001. Through Deb's many contacts, public speaking engagements to area businesses and organizations within the Great Falls area, she is working on establishing partnerships with Eagle Mount and local businesses as well as creating a better community awareness of what Eagle Mount programs provide for people with disabilities.

Born and raised in Great Falls, MT and with a background as a Certified Medical Assistant, Heather joined the Eagle Mount Great Falls team in July of 1994.

Since then she has expanded her role into Operations Director which involves all operating and programming areas of Eagle Mount Great Falls – running and developing programs, fundraising, accounting, participant and volunteer recruitment and management, human resources, community outreach, as well as maintaining the daily operations.

When Heather is not in the office you can find her driving the pontoon boat, rooting on our high roller bowlers, maintaining the equestrian center, feeding and caring for the horses and other animals, rowing rafts, helping with summer activities, assisting with fundraising, and basically being wherever she is needed to make our programs run and organization grow.

"My years here at Eagle Mount have been some of the most rewarding years of my life. My training as a Certified Medical Assistant helped me smoothly integrate into the Eagle Mount family in understanding and working with our participants and their families. Working with our participants, seeing them smile and witnessing their accomplishments is beyond amazing to be a part of. I am truly blessed to be a part of such an amazing organization and I look forward to seeing Eagle Mount continue to grow in the Great Falls community. Eagle Mount is and always will be one of my favorite places to work and play!”

Heather's volunteer work and other work experience includes involvement with physician offices, The Center for Mental Health, Alliance for Youth and Community Youth Justice Council Committee, and the Great Falls Police Department.

Born and raised in Great Falls, Ronni first came to Eagle Mount Great Falls as a volunteer in 2009. She later joined the permanent staff in 2011. Ronni was introduced to Eagle Mount early in her life, as her grandfather, Dick Dailey, helped to create our skiing program. Ronni has a bachelors degree in Liberal Arts with a focus in non-profit leadership.

In her time with us, she has played a variety of roles in our organization. Whether it's putting on summer activities, accounting or organizing and planning other programs, Ronni most looks forward to the smiles on our participants faces. She truly values the relationships and bonds that have formed with the participants over the years and she is eager to continue to watch them defy the odds.

Specializing in Small Animal Programming and Other Adventures!

Shelby was born and raised outside of Seattle, WA. From a very young age, she’s always had a love for animals. Every year she spent part of her summers learning how to ride and care for horses as well as other farm animals. As a junior in high school, Shelby found a passion for peer education- a program her school offered that allowed students the opportunity to assist special education teachers with their students. She particularly found great joy in helping during the P.E. class.

“I became close with one of the students. He was very shy and lacked the confidence to make friends. Isolation led to a rapid weight gain which led to an even lower confidence level. While in P.E., I was able to give him the one on one time that our teacher couldn’t offer him. Each week we set new goals and each week we accomplished them! By the end of the semester, we were able to run a mile and we had reached every goal we had set. It was such a rewarding feeling to see that you helped someone boost their confidence through physical activity.”

After graduating high school, Shelby packed her bags and went on to pursue a degree in Kinesiology at MSU Bozeman. While in school, she began working at Bozeman Health in Surgical Services. It only took her a few months to realize that working in a hospital setting was not something she enjoyed. Shelby changed her degree to Community Health and also added a minor in Human Development. Once Shelby graduated from MSU, she began interning with Eagle Mount Great Falls which led to a position in August of 2020. For Shelby, working at Eagle Mount is the perfect combination of her biggest passions- animals and helping people through therapeutic recreation.

Specializing in Horsemanship Activities

Morgan was born and raised in Northern California in the town of Redding. Since a young girl, horses have always been a passion of Morgan's, which is something that has never wavered. She has been riding for 19+ years and training under well-established trainers, and competing in both Dressage and Eventing. Horses have shaped Morgan into the person she is today. She knew that working with horses and helping individuals was something she truly wanted to do. That was when she began to learn more about therapeutic riding through attending College at the University of Montana Western, where she studied Business Management and Equine Studies and graduated in 2018.

After moving to Washington, Morgan began volunteering some of her time at a local therapeutic riding facility and again fell in love with what Therapeutic riding had to offer.

In August of 2019, Morgan attended the eight-week Instructor in Training Course located at Equest in Dallas, Texas and became a PATH Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor (CTRI). Throughout her time at Equest, she spent many hours in the classroom learning as well as being able to apply her skills firsthand in the arena teaching under a mentor. This program dived deep into all aspects of Therapeutic Riding and covered topics such as human anatomy and kinesiology, human psychology, teaching methodology, disabilities, mounting techniques, adaptive equipment, volunteer recruitment and management, leadership programming and practical teaching experience. Throughout this program, Morgan excelled greatly and loved every minute of it, reconfirming this is truly something she wanted to be a part of.

Morgan is excited for her journey of working at Eagle Mount Great Falls and making a difference for others.