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
Contact Administrative Staff
Executive Director
Jason Neiffer, Ed.D. – Jason.Neiffer@mtda.org
Assistant Director/Curriculum Director
Mike Agostinelli, Ed.S. – Mike.Agostinelli@mtda.org
Clearinghouse Business Manager
Ally Riggs – ally.riggs@mtda.org
Tribal Relations and Education Fellow
Anna East, Ed.D – Anna.East@mtda.org
Student Support and Content Specialist
Caitlin Byers – Caitlin.Byers@mtda.org
MTDA Operations Manager
Christen Cole – Christen.Cole@mtda.org
EdReady MT Ambassador
Ginny Gist – Ginny.Gist@mtda.org
EdReady MT Ambassador
Jacquie Teasdale – Jacquie.Teasdale@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 Clearinghouse Program Director
Lisa Bechtold – Lisa.Bechtold@mtda.org
Distance Learning Program Director
Robyn Nuttall – Robyn.Nuttall@mtda.org
EdReady MT Program Director
Ryan Schrenk, Ed.D – Ryan.Schrenk@mtda.org
Business Manager
Sarah Marker – Sarah.Marker@mtda.org
Distance Learning Ambassador
Susan Quinn – susan.quinn@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.