Elections Process

Clearwater Credit Union is a member-owned, not-for-profit credit union overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors. Each Clearwater Credit Union Board Member serves a three-year term. Annually, the Board Nominating Committee nominates candidates to fill expiring terms or vacant positions. For 2023, the nominees are noted below.

Clearwater received no additional nominees by petition by the end of the nomination period on June 14, 2023.  The nominees below will be declared by acclamation at the Clearwater Annual Meeting on July 24, 2023. Please note that nominations from the floor are not accepted at the Annual Meeting.

Nominees

Tony Boote – Incumbent

Tony has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2013.  He currently serves as Board Chair.  Tony was born in the U.K., educated at Oxford University, and worked originally in the U.K. Treasury before moving to Washington, D.C., where he worked as a manager and macroeconomist at the International Monetary Fund for twenty-plus years.  There he met his wife, who is a lawyer, and in 2010 moved to her hometown of Missoula with their girl/boy twins, who are seventeen.  He enjoys walking in the hills above Missoula with his German Shepherd, Asha.

Heather Grenier

Heather works as the President and CEO of HRDC, a community development and social services organization serving southwest Montana and headquartered in Bozeman.  Heather has been with HRDC for more than 22 years.  She graduated from MSU with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern Languages and Literature.  She serves on the boards of the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce, the Community First Fund of Montana, and the Montana Continuum of Care, and is a member of the Montana Housing Coalition and the Montana Coalition to Solve Homelessness.  Heather is a strong advocate for the thousands of Montanans struggling to afford to stay in this beautiful place they call home.  Heather loves to run, camp, fish, and do anything outdoors, and her favorite place for rest and relaxation is Chico Hot Springs.