Montana State Legislature

Staff

Amy Carlson
Director / Legislative Fiscal Analyst

Room 116
406-444-2988
Amy.Carlson@legmt.gov


LEGISLATIVE FISCAL DIVISION STAFF


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Joe
Triem

Deputy
Director

Room 113
406-444-5834
Joe.Triem@legmt.gov

  • Manages Staff for Section F, Long-Range Planning
  • Oversees: Section A and Section E expenditure analysts
  • Oversees Revenue and Tax Analysts assigned to individual and corporate income collections, pension systems, natural resource tax collections and marijuana tax collections

Quinn
Holzer

Assistant
Director

Room 115
406-444- 5385
Quinn.Holzer@legmt.gov

  • Manages Staff for:
    • Department of Health and Human Services
    • Natural Resources
    • Judicial Branch
    • Public Safety
    • Corrections
Nick
VanBrown


Assistant
Director
Room 120
406-444-4461
Nick.Brown@legmt.gov
  • Manages Staff for:
    • Revenue & Tax Analysis
    • Section E, Education and Cultural Agencies
    • Data Development
  • Designs Data
  • Develops Big Data Sets
  • Power BI Data Programming Development
  • Manages Internet Budget and Reporting System (IBARS)

Jon
Arnold

Senior
Software Engineer

Room 110 P
406-444-5389
Jon.Arnold@legmt.gov
  • Power BI Development & Programming
  • Internet Budget & Reporting System (IBARS) Management

Joe
Baan

Fiscal
Analyst I

Room 110
406-444-4468
Joseph.Baan@legmt.gov
  • Department of Revenue (Expenditure Analysis)
  • Marijuana Tax Revenue
  • Natural Resource Tax Revenue
  • Vehicle Registration Tax Revenue
  • Treasury Cash Account Interest
Ethan
Bergen


Fiscal
Analyst I

Room 110
406-444-5321
Ethan.Bergen@legmt.gov

  • General Government

Molly
DelCurto

Fiscal
Analyst II

Room 110 F
406-444-5417
Molly.DelCurto@legmt.gov
  • Department of Administration
  • Department of Commerce
  • Big Data & Power BI Database Development
  • Personal Services Data Development
Katelyn
Flavin


Fiscal
Analyst I
Room 110
​​​​​​​406-444-3747
Katelyn.Flavin@legmt.gov
  • Judicial Branch
  • Office of Public Defender
  • Public Service Commission

Alexandra
Ghosh

Fiscal
Analyst I

Room 110
406-444-0077
Alexandra.Ghosh@legmt.gov
  • Board of Public Education
  • Montana School for the Deaf & Blind

Katie
Guenther

Lead
Fiscal Analyst
(Expenditures)

Room 132
406-444-4111
Katie.Guenther@legmt.gov
  • Supervises Staff for Section A, General Government
  • Training of all expenditure analysts
  • State Library
  • Governor's Office
  • Legislative Branch

Julia
Hamilton

Fiscal
Analyst I

Room 110
406-444-5469
Julia.Hamilton@legmt.gov
  • Department of Public Health & Human Services

Alice
Hecht

Fiscal
Analyst II

Room 110
406-444-1825
Alice.Hecht@legmt.gov

  • Consumption Tax Revenue 
  • Insurance Tax Revenue
  • Gambling Tax Revenue
  • Department of Transportation - expenditure analysis

Walker
Hopkins

Fiscal
Analyst II

Room 110
406-444-1783
Walker.Hopkins@legmt.gov
  • Lead Section D analyst
  • Department of Corrections
  • Department of Justice

Susie
Lindsay

Lead
Fiscal Analyst
(Communications)

Room 119
406-444-4121
Susie.Lindsay@legmt.gov
  • Supervises Staff for:
    • Web Development
    • Department of Transportation
    • Committee Logistics
  • General Fund Tracking & Reporting
  • Fiscal Note Analysis
Kyle
Miller


Data
Engineer
Room 110
406-444-4580
Kyle.Miller@legmt.gov
  • Data architecture
  • Data lake development
  • Power BI Data Programming Development
  • Internet Budget and Reporting System (IBARS)

Rob
Miller

Senior
Fiscal Analyst

Room 118
406-444-1795
Rob.Miller@legmt.gov

  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Environmental Quality
  • Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks,
  • Department of Livestock
  • Department of Natural Resources & Conservation

Julia
Pattin

Senior
Fiscal Analyst

Room 110
406-444-4322
Julia.Pattin@legmt.gov

  • Board of Public Education
  • Office of Public Instruction
  • School for Deaf and Blind

Josh
Poulette

Lead
Fiscal Analyst
(Fiscal Policy)

Room 110
406-444-1542
JPoulette@legmt.gov

  • Department of Public Health & Human Services - Medicaid
  • Fiscal Policy & Academic Research

Sam
Schaefer

Lead
Fiscal Analyst
(Revenues)

Room 131
406-444-1787
Sam.Schaefer@legmt.gov

  • Trains all new revenue analysts
  • Individual Income Tax Revenue
  • Corporate Income Tax Revenue
  • Pension Systems
Adam
Sechrist


Fiscal
Analyst I
Room 110
​​​​​​​406-444-2538
Adam.Sechrist@legmt.gov
  • Department of Public Health & Human Services
Kurt
Swimley


Fiscal
Analyst II
Room 110
​​​​​​​406-444-5380
​​​​​​​Kurt.Swimley@legmt.gov
  • Commissioner of Higher Education
  • Arts Council
  • Historical Society
  • Property Tax Revenue

Erica
Thomas

Fiscal
Analyst II

Room 110
406-444-2553
Erica.Thomas@legmt.gov
  • Long-Range Planning

Jennifer
Whitt

Executive
Secretary

Room 110
406-444-4871
Jennifer.Whitt@legmt.gov

  • Secretary for all LFD committees
    • Legislative Finance Committee
    • Modernization & Risk Analysis
    • Interim Budget Committees
    • HB 5 Select Corrections Committee
    • HB 424 Study Committee

Mark
Yakubovich

Fiscal
Specialist

Room 110
406-444-2063
Mark.Yakubovich@legmt.gov

  • Website Development
  • Digital Content Maintenance
  • Fiscal Note Database Support

 

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