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Flagship Staff

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Nicole Mitchell, Program Manager
Nuts & Bolts: creative and enthusiastic 
​with a background in art, anthropology
​and education.
Fundamentals: spending time with family
and friends.
Depth: yoga, hiking, skiing, exploring,
​getting outside.



YDC: Each Youth Development Coordinator is dedicated to one Flagship school site, 
developing unique programs and coordinating Flagship's 800+ volunteers.


Shanna Nickerson,
CS Porter YDC

Skill: summer camp, leadership, recreation and building relationships.
Specialty: patience, laughter and cupcakes.
Being: my little ginger, running, the ocean and adventures with family and friends.



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Clara Meinershagen, Lowell YDC

Doing: youth development, education, literature, baking.
Living: on a bike, with a dog, behind a book.
Being: a reader, a traveler, a learner, a writer, an artist.
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Brian Christianson, Hawthorne YDC
Pursuit: youth development, mountaineering, photography
and music.

Lifeblood: my little family unit
(wife and dog).

Impulse: pizza, donuts, coffee
​and Netflix.
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Courtney LeBlanc, Franklin YDC
History: travel, reading, learning, teaching.
Spice: adventure, funny jokes, smiles, baking.
Horizon: "imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert Einstein

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Emily Sandersfeld, 
Hellgate High YDC

Totidem Verbis: organizer, wrangler, translator, pun master.
Homestead: DIY, garden,
animals, writing.

Nerd Bit: timelord with an infinite improbability drive.

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​Melissa Madsen, Big Sky and Willard YDC
Head:  culture is food, art, music, writing, theatre...always hungry for more. 
Heart:  family, friends and neighbors...we all fall down but we all help each other up.  
Core:  life is gravy...I don't mind the lumps.


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Mike Lessard, Washington YDC
Groundwork:  youth development, adventure programming, outdoor exploration. 
Diversion:  running, biking, skiing, paddling, hiking.  

Verve: find a beautiful place and get lost. 

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Michelle Lousen
Administrative Assistant
Work: behind the scenes support
Play: running, folf, family, fetch
Rest: baseball, books, movies, music

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All nine of us together - it happens once a month!
The Flagship Program is administered by Western Montana Addiction Services, Inc.  a prevention subsidiary of the Western Montana Mental Health Center- 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

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