Contact MTDA Staff

MTDA Offices

Phyllis J. Washington College of Education
the University of Montana
32 Campus Drive – Room 365
Missoula, Montana 59812
(406) 203-1812
(406) 203-1815 (Fax)

General Contact and Technical Support

For general questions and all technical support issues, please contact our help desk by emailing support@montanadigitalacademy.org

Contacting Administrative Staff

Executive Director

Jason Neiffer, Ed.D. – Jason.Neiffer@mtda.org

Assistant Director/Curriculum Director

Mike Agostinelli, Ed.S. – Mike.Agostinelli@mtda.org

Assistant Program Manager

Ally Riggs – Ally.Riggs@mtda.org

Tribal Relations and Education Fellow

Anna East – Anna.East@mtda.org

EdReady MT Ambassador

Jaime Middleton – Jaime.Middleton@mtda.org

EdReady MT Operations Manager

Jason Leonard – Jason.Leonard@mtda.org

Distance Learning Project Manager

Jodie Hirsch – Jodie.Hirsch@mtda.org

Student Support and Content Specialist

Kate Peterson – Kate.Peterson@mtda.org

MTDA Ambassador

Lisa Bechtold – Lisa.Bechtold@mtda.org

Distance Learning Program Director

Robyn Nuttall – Robyn.Nuttall@mtda.org

EdReady MT Program Director

Ryan Schrenk – Ryan.Schrenk@mtda.org

Business Manager

Sarah Marker – Sarah.Marker@mtda.org

Lead EdReady MT Ambassador

Virg Hale – Virg.Hale@mtda.org

MTDA Governing Board

HB749 / MCA 20-7-1202 Language Member/Designee

Voting Members

“a member of the board of regents or a designee”

Joe Thiel, Interim Deputy Commissioner

“a member of the board of public education or a designee”

McCall Flynn, Executive Director, Montana Board of Public Education

“the superintendent of public instruction or a designee”

Christy Mock-Stutz, Assistant Superintendent, Office of Public Instruction

“a trustee of a Montana school district appointed by the governor from a list of three candidates provided by a state professional organization of school district trustees”

Kara Edgar, Trustee, Big Sky School District

“the governor or a designee”

Dylan Klapmeier, Education & Workforce Policy Advisor, Governor

Non-Voting Members

“officer of the Senate education standing committee and the vice presiding officer of the joint appropriations education standing subcommittee”

Senator Dan Salomon

“a member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives in consultation with the presiding officer of the house of representatives education standing committee and the presiding officer of the joint appropriations education standing subcommittee”

Rep. Fred Anderson

“a Montana-licensed and Montana-endorsed classroom teacher appointed by the voting members of the governing board”

Anthony Lapke, Teacher, Glacier High School

“a Montana-licensed school district administrator appointed by the voting members of the governing board in consultation with a state professional organization of school administrators”

Pending board approval

“the program director provided for in subsection (5)”

Jason Neiffer, Ed.D. Executive Director, Montana Digital Academy

Contacting Teaching Staff

Teacher contact information, including email addresses and phone numbers, is available in the student and parent portals in GeniusSIS.  If you need to contact a specific teacher and do not have access to that information, please contact the help desk, support@mtda.org, for assistance.