
Our Board
Sara Aldinger- Board President
Sara moved to Bozeman in 2020 with her family, husband Nathan and sons Ben, Sam, and Owen after nearly 20 years in Chicago. Sara and her family fell in love with Bozeman and jumped at the chance to live in a place that more closely matched their family ethos. She is a former independent school Humanities teacher and educational consultant. Sara earned her Bachelor’s in English Literature from Kenyon College in 2001 and her Master’s of Education and Social Policy from Northwestern University in 2005. She has served on multiple Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors for schools in Chicago. In addition to being a mom of 3, she currently owns and operates a local adventure travel company, Sypes Canyon Adventure Co., which supplies a variety of recreational vehicles, camping equipment, trip itineraries, and local lodging options to travelers visiting Montana. In her spare time, she loves playing racquet sports and enjoying the outdoors with her family, especially ski days, camping, and time on the river.
Ann Waters- Board Treasurer
Ann serves as the current Senior Vice President of Support Renewals for the North America region at Oracle Corporation where she has worked for the last 15 years. She holds a BA from the University of Richmond (VA) and an MBA from the University of Chicago. She volunteers on multiple boards across Bozeman, is an active member in her church, supporting Bozeman Special Olympics and engaging with the MSIM (Masters of Science and Innovation and Management) program in the JABS College of Business & Entrepreneurship at MSU. Ann and her husband Bradd moved from Colorado to Bozeman in 2015 and were later joined by their three adult children who now also reside in Bozeman. She enjoys playing and watching sports, playing the piano and active vacations with her family.
Lindsay Alexander
Lindsay is a teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School in Bozeman, MT. She grew up in Spokane, Washington and attended Washington State University from 2003-2005. She moved to Bozeman in 2005 and attended Montana State University and has her Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education K-8 and reading endorsement from Montana State University. She has been teaching in the Bozeman community for over 15 years. She is married to her husband, Gregg Alexander, and has two daughters, Addison and Ella. She loves camping, hiking, skiing, and spends most of her weekends watching her daughters play soccer!
Levin O’Connor
Levin grew up on his family’s ranch in central Montana but was pulled away, initially by school. He graduated from the Brooks School (’96) before earning his Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Kenyon College (’01). After college Levin embarked on a career in comedy spending time in Chicago and Los Angeles. In 2018, he and his wife, Annie, and three children, Lucie, Owen & Stanley, returned to Montana and settled in Bozeman in 2018 where they opened Montana’s first comedy club, Last Best Comedy. His 3 children attend (or have attended) Bozeman Summit School and are passionate advocates for just how special a place BSS is to learn and grow. When Levin isn’t picking up or dropping off his children at school, practice or playdate, he can be found performing on stage at LBC striving to continue to share the merits and benefits of improv to all who will listen.
Tara Neville
Bio coming soon!
Tanis Trenka
Tanis was born and raised in Eastern Montana. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Montana State University, and later earned a Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology from Idaho State University. Tanis has been an active member of the Bozeman community for over 25 years, she has been involved with D.R.E.A.M (Down syndrome Research and Advocacy of Montana) since 2010 as either a board member or Buddy Walk committee member. Tanis has operated her private speech and language therapy clinic, Trenka Speech Language Services since 2008. She is passionate about supporting children and their diverse learning styles. You will see Tanis in and out of the building as she helps children at Bozeman Summit School with their individual speech and language needs. In her spare time, she enjoys being outdoors with her family or chasing her two boys around the state for baseball and football.