2026 Board Election
As a Clark Fork Coalition (CFC) member, you are invited to vote for board candidates each year. The CFC Board of Directors has nominated an outstanding candidate to fill an open position on the board: Reed Benson. In addition, current board members Daniel Kiely, Katrina Mullan, and Kim Snodgrass are up for reelection. Please review the candidates’ biographies below and submit your vote using the form below by March 2, 2026 at 11:59PM MST. You do not have to vote for each candidate.
The CFC Board will tally votes and make a final decision at its annual business meeting on Tuesday, March 3, 2025 from 4:00–5:00 p.m. MST and is open to all Coalition members. Feel free to join us to share your thoughts, ideas, and questions!
*Membership status will be reviewed upon vote submission. If you have been an active member in the period from January 1, 2023 to present, you are eligible to vote in this board election.
Board members will be installed at the CFC’s Annual Business Meeting:
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Business Meeting
Note: Coalition members may submit names of possible future board candidates to CFC at any time.
Board Candidates
Reed Benson
Board Candidate
Reed D. Benson is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico School of Law, from which he retired in 2024. At UNM he served as Director of the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Program and taught courses on water law, natural resources, and administrative law. Reed has published over forty articles on western water law and policy, and is lead author of the Water Resource Management textbook. He previously worked in private law practice, for the Environmental Protection Agency, and for conservation groups in Colorado and Oregon, including five years as Executive Director of WaterWatch. Reed served on the University of Wyoming law faculty from 2002-2008 before joining UNM. Along with his professional interest in water, he is a longtime kayaker who has paddled rivers in several western states. He is now more or less retired and living in Missoula, Montana.
Board Members up for Reelection
Daniel Kiely
President
Missoula, Montana
Daniel is a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch in Missoula. Daniel is a graduate of DePauw University. After trading commodities at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from 1997 to 2000, he joined Merrill in 2000. Daniel has volunteered for CFC since 2006, including leading the floating entourage during annual river cleanups, raising funds for program work, recruiting members, and serving on the CFC board. He wants to do everything he can to preserve, enhance, and protect the places where his Montana experiences have been the most rewarding. He lives in Missoula with his wife and two children.
Katrina Mullan
Board Member
Missoula, Montana
Katrina is an environmental economist at the University of Montana. She teaches and conducts research on how environmental quality and access to natural amenities affect human health, agricultural productivity, and rural residential land development. She supports CFC’s efforts in policy advocacy and community engagement by helping to demonstrate how the values of clean water, adequate stream flows and habitat integrity for Western Montanans compare with the values of economic activities such as agriculture, mining, or housing development, which may otherwise be prioritized in water policy and land use planning decisions.
Kim Snodgrass
Board Member
Ramsay, Montana
Kim Snodgrass is an engineer with Water and Environmental Technologies in Butte, MT. She was a teacher with Ramsay Middle School in their science and math program just in time for the full COVID-19 experience. Kim enjoyed working with the students and is passionate about her engineering projects in the watersheds across the state. Kim serves on the CFC board as an educator and engineer from the Upper Clark Fork watershed. She loves southwest Montana and wants to protect the land and water for future generations.