guiding the haven vision
Our Board of Directors
With leadership, transparency, and true commitment, our Board provides direction for Haven’s programming and outreach.
Alicia Singer
CHAIR
Alicia Singer is the co-owner of Millikan Consulting, a software consulting agency in Bozeman. Before launching the agency in 2018, Alicia spent half a decade in business consulting leadership positions, all while contributing her time and talents to philanthropic organization boards and fundraising committees. She is honored to use her experience to help advance the mission of Haven, an organization whose values she aligns with passionately.
Alicia and her husband Dan were born and raised in Cody, Wyoming. They live in Bozeman with their two dogs Riggins and Lucy. They love to hike, camp, ski, and travel together.
Matt Westendorf
(he/him)
vice CHAIR
Matt is an accomplished non-profit leader and certified executive coach with more than 25 years of experience in the field. He has extensive experience in nearly all aspects of organizational life including board development, finance, fundraising, human resources, diversity, equity, and inclusion, meditation and mindfulness, conflict resolution, change management, and organizational development. Since 2008, Matt has served as Chief Operating Officer for Stand.earth, an international environmental non-profit. In this role, he provides leadership and direction for the human resources, finance, and development teams. Prior to Stand.earth, Matt held roles as managing director and development director for social justice and arts organizations.
Matt moved to Bozeman in 2018. In his free time, he loves hiking with his dog Chico, skiing, snowshoeing, and visiting hot springs near and far.
Wes Shifrin
Treasurer
Wes is a Partner and Advisor at NorthFork Financial, a fiduciary wealth management team based in Bozeman specializing in investing, planning, and impact. He enjoys helping clients not only use their investments to positively impact people and the world, but also to lay the financial foundation to discover what's possible in their lives.
Wes has worked in the investment management industry since 2016 and is a CFA Charterholder and a graduate of the University of Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting. He is deeply honored to support Haven's mission of empowering survivors through his role on the board of directors. Outside of his work at NorthFork and Haven, Wes enjoys spending time with his wife Brooke, daughter Nora, and two dogs Lola and Moon, exploring the natural beauty of Montana.
Angie Kujala
secretary
Angie Kujala has been involved with Haven for many years - serving as a board member, volunteer, speaker for End the Silence, and as a donor. As a survivor, she has strong compassion for those feeling helpless and alone. It's this perspective that makes her so excited to be a representative for survivors on the board level at Haven.
Angie was born and raised in Ennis, Montana, and now considers herself a Bozemanite. She attended MSU where she earned a bachelor's degree in accounting. Angie worked as a human resources guru for 20 years before recently transitioning to the slower pace and freedom of working with her husband on their online guitar instruction membership.
Angie loves spending time with her husband and two girls, and her favorite pastime is snuggling her two dogs. Angie also loves running, hiking, spontaneous adventures, and traveling.
Kristi Mills
Kristi is a seasoned financial leader with a 25-year career in the non-profit sector. Currently, she holds the position of CFO and interim COO at Yellowstone Forever, the official non-profit partner of Yellowstone National Park. In this role, she leads the finance, retail, and operations teams. Kristi started her career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen in California. However, her desire to return to her roots in the mountain west led her to choose Bozeman as her new home in 1996. Recognizing the potential to make an impact in helping others, she decided to specialize in the non-profit sector. Kristi worked for the Yellowstone Park Foundation for 10 years. Afterward, she made a career switch and became an adjunct professor at MSU’s Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship. Prior to her current role at Yellowstone Forever, Kristi spent four years as the director of finance at the Museum of the Rockies.
Outside of her professional life, Kristi is a loving mother of two sons and a proud owner of an older dog who continues to keep up with her active lifestyle. In her free time, she enjoys outdoor activities like paddleboarding, kayaking, and traveling.
Mallory Dabney
Mallory is the owner and buyer of Heyday, in the heart of downtown Bozeman. Heyday is a gift and lifestyle boutique with curated assortments for life's everyday celebrations. Heyday has been a staple of the Bozeman downtown community for almost 15 years. A few years after joining the Heyday team, Mallory purchased the business from founder and owner Lisa Rickenbaugh. As a local small business owner, community member, wife and mother of two young children, Mallory recognizes and deeply values the impact that Haven makes on our local community through proactive education and outreach in an effort to serve all individuals impacted by domestic violence. She is honored to be a member of Haven's Board of Directors.
Mallory was born and raised in the Bay Area, where she also attended college at St. Mary's College of CA, earning her B.S. in Business Finance and Economics and later earned her MBA. When not at Heyday, she enjoys traveling, discovering new local restaurants and spending quality time with her husband, Alex, and two children, Sloane and Grayson.
Kristi Chester Vance (she/her)
Kristi has been leading in the non-profit sector for more than 20 years and currently has the honor of serving as the co-executive director of Training Resources for the Environmental Community (TREC), guiding the organization's capacity building and leadership development programs. Prior to joining TREC, Kristi spent 16 years as the deputy director of Stand.earth where she helped transform the environmental practices of dozens of the biggest names in corporate America, worked with communities to protect themselves from the risks posed by environmental and climate destruction, and secured the protection of 65 million acres of forests.
Kristi is devoted to the committed, impactful, inspirational team at Haven and believes passionately in Haven's mission. She lives in Bozeman with her family and a rotating menagerie of outrageous animals.
Kiersten Iwai
(she/her)
Kiersten is the Executive Director at Forward Montana and Forward Montana Foundation, making civic engagement and voting more accessible to young Montanans through education, grassroots organizing, and leadership development. Prior to joining Forward Montana, Kiersten advocated for renewable energy policy and public land protections and served survivors of domestic violence as a weekend advocate with Haven.
Kiersten is excited to continue serving Haven as a board member. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring Montana's beautiful mountains, escaping reality with a good book, and dancing the night away with her partner.
Nancy Pedersen
Nancy first heard of Haven through her daughter’s work with the Voice Center while her daughter was attending Montana State University. When Nancy moved to Bozeman after spending most of her years in the western United States, she volunteered with Haven by answering the 24-hour support line, and that led her to join Haven's Board.
Nancy is a businessperson, lawyer, entrepreneur, and baker. She's a mother of three, mother-in-law of one, and grandmother of one, and loves to trek, travel, read, cook, and entertain. She’s an optimist and a glass-half-full kind of person who believes that while everyone has a unique story, we live and work in community. Every day, Nancy looks forward to venturing out and working with organizations like Haven and HRDC's Fork and Spoon to strengthen the fabric of our Bozeman community.
Alex Hoecker
Alex has made Big Sky her home since 2013. With her husband, Wes, she founded Two Pines Properties, which has grown into Big Sky's largest locally-owned luxury vacation rental company, overseeing more than 125+ homes.
Alex's passion lies in elevating the well-being of the Big Sky and Bozeman communities. Alex serves as a board member at her daughter's school; Alex’s future plans involve pursuing a law degree to serve her community more comprehensively, particularly in the critical areas of domestic abuse prevention, social justice, and public service.
In summer, Alex enjoys mountain biking and trail running, usually with her closest girlfriends, discussing everything from politics to mindless television. In winter, she explores Yellowstone National Park with her husband through split boarding. Regardless of the season, Alex finds her greatest happiness in nature and with her family.
Ruthi Solari (she/her)
Ruthi joined Haven’s board in September 2024 and enjoys learning and working alongside everyone who’s part of Haven. She’s worked in the non-profit and public sectors for 20+ years leading local, regional, and multi-national public health initiatives. Deeply passionate about collective impact, Ruthi is a trusted facilitator in convening diverse stakeholders around common goals and bringing ideas to life. From food systems to behavioral health to climate action, Ruthi dives deep into social and environmental justice issues to elevate community voices, innovate solutions, and deliver results. A practitioner and trainer of feminine-centered leadership, Ruthi believes in our innate ability to heal in community when we recognize our interconnectedness and lead with hope and love.
Ruthi is delighted to live, recreate, and be of service with her husband and two young wildings in the Valley of Flowers. She currently lives in the beautiful community of Big Sky, where she spent her childhood learning to ski, fly fish, and eat huckleberry pancakes with her grandparents.
