R. STEPHEN WHITE
3800 BLACKWOOD ROAD
BOZEMAN, MT 59718
(406) 587-6163
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Commissioner White was born and raised on a ranch west of Bozeman. Steve and his wife Pam live on the family ranch and have been married for 32 years. They have one son, Matt, who graduated in Finance from Montana State University and now owns an Internet Design Business.
EXPERIENCE:
2007 – Present Elected and serving a six-year term as a Gallatin County Commissioner
1978 – Present Owner of a software development company
1989 – 1993 Owner of two Sandwich Shops
1977 – 1979 Co-owner of Sporting Goods Business
1974 – 1978 Geohydrologist for DNRC, Water Rights Bureau
EDUCATION:
High School Diploma – Bozeman High School (1969)
B.S. Degree Geology & Computer Science – Montana State University
Post Grad studies in Geohydrology – Montana Tech (Butte)
Private Pilot (1976)
POLITICAL INVOLVEMENTS:
Gallatin County Republican Party Finance (Chairman) (4 years)
Gallatin County Republican Party State Committeeman (4 years)
Republican Party Platform Delegate (10 years)
Montana State GOP Executive Board (2 years)
Gallatin County Coordinator Jim Rice for Attorney General (2001)
PUBLIC SERVICE:
1998 – 2006 Gallatin County/Bozeman Area Zoning District Board of Adjustment (Member and Past Chairman)
2003 Gallatin County Building Permit Task Force (Chairman)
1991 - 1993 Salvation Army Board of Directors
1992 Montana Red Ribbon Anti-Drug Committee (Governor appointed member)
1991 - 1994 Education Advisory Council (Governor appointed member)
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