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Alan is a Montana native with a family history in the state dating back to territorial days. He grew up in Choteau, Helena, and Missoula, graduating from Hellgate High School in Missoula.
After receiving his law degree from the University of Montana, Alan served as counsel for the Montana Department of State Lands (now Department of Natural Resources and Conservation) then established a solo law practice before joining the Gough, Shanahan, Johnson and Waterman firm in Helena. During his thirty-three years with the Gough Shanahan firm, Alan emphasized natural resources and environmental law, and developed significant administrative law, litigation and public policy experience representing mining operations throughout the state. He served as Chair of the Montana Board of Personnel Appeals (public sector labor relations board) and as a member of the Montana Board of Labor Appeals. Upon retiring from the private practice of law, Alan served as Chief Deputy Attorney General for Attorney General Tim Fox, retiring from the position in 2017.
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Chris worked in the banking industry for 32 years.From 2009 until her retirement in 2019 she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Loan Officer for by Bank of the Rockies, a community bank having 7 branches throughout Montana. In that position, she was responsible for bank wide lending training, policy development, underwriting standards and their implementation, lending compliance, loan quality, adherence to policy, development and proper completion of loan presentations and supporting credit analysis. The position also included ensuring proper and accurate grading of loan portfolio and that a satisfactory loan review program was in place and functional. From 1988 to 2009 Chris worked in various other loan and management related positions at Bank of the Rockies.She continues to provide consulting services to the bank in the audit, compliance and communications areas.

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Victoria Twiss is the Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance of Sandfire Resources Limited in Australia. Ms. Twiss is a practicing lawyer with over 18 years’ experience in the resource sector with experience in the development and operation of mining and infrastructure projects, governance, risk and compliance, mergers and acquisition, land management and contracting and procurement. Ms. Twiss joined Sandfire in 2011 during the construction of the DeGrussa Copper Gold Mine and oversees the legal, risk, compliance, procurement and internal audit functions for Sandfire Resources.

Prior to joining Sandfire, Ms. Twiss worked in corporate services and commercial roles for other resource companies. Ms. Twiss’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Law and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from Murdoch University; a Graduate Diploma in Corporate Resources and Administration and a Master of Business Administration from Curtin University.