MEET OUR TEAM

Lisa Harmon, (Executive Director), Downtown Alliance
Downtown Billings Business Improvement District
Downtown Billings Association, Inc.

Lisa Harmon, born and raised on the East Coast, has lived in Billings, Montana for over 14 years. She received her Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Foreign Language from Old Dominion University and was a high school french and german teacher. Experiences that have brought her to where she is today include travel and work in several different cities in the United States and abroad. Additionally, Lisa founded a national, gourmet cookie company which she ran successfully with her two sisters for 15 years, garnering awards such as Small Business Person of the Year award, QVC award for 2nd in sales on the “50 in 50” QVC tour, and two Addy awards for point-of-purchase display and logo design.

As Executive Director of the Downtown Alliance, Lisa is an enthusiastic business and downtown advocate. She is passionate about downtown management and knows what a bustling, dynamic city core does for its residents, merchants, business owners, and the community at large.

Currently she serves as Chair of the Mayor’s Committee on Homelessness, is a member of the Billings Police Department Crime Prevention Leadership Council, and participates on the MSU-B Urban Institute Ad Hoc Committee.

A food and wine aficionado, she loves cooking with her husband Mike, and is crazy about their two children, William and Bronte.

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Sherri Sjolseth
Operations Director

Whether it’s managing the Clean and Safe Programs for the Downtown Billings Business Improvement District or supervising the set-up and tear down of a downtown event, Sherri Sjolseth has the enviable quality of making it all look easy. Sherri, Street Team Supervisor for the Business Improvement District, brings a mix of management, supervisory, and hospitality experience to the BID that she puts to good use with not only her staff, the Purple People, but with those who live, work, play, and shop downtown. On any given day, you might see Sherri checking out the district on an ATV, talking with a property owner about graffiti, helping a homeless individual with resources, or heading to yet another meeting. In her spare time, Sherri likes to swim, travel, and entertain with her husband Dean and their two daughters, Chelsey and Ashley, especially at their cabin at Fort Peck. Sherri is a wonderful addition to the “downtown team”!

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Mikal Young
Marketing & Events Coordinator

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Soo Ping Ng-Bronson
Program Manager - Executive Assistant

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Greg A. Krueger
Development Director

The Downtown Partnership (DBP) is the organization charged with implementing the goals and projects outlined in the Framework Plan. The Framework Plan was adopted by the Billings City Council to be an update of the Urban Renewal Plan for the redevelopment of the Downtown Tax Increment District. That District sunsets on March 1, 2008.

Urban Renewal and Tax Increment District Management for the Downtown Billings Partnership and the Downtown Development Corporation are managed by Greg Krueger. Greg's background includes several years of corporate level marketing and management experience, as well as community involvement. He graduated from Eastern Montana College (now MSU-Billings) with a degree in Secondary Education - Communications major - English minor. Greg has been working for Downtown Billings since the fall of 1998.

Greg grew up in Billings and taught for a number of years at the Billings Career Center in the Broadcasting area. For 15 years he served as an Independent Contractor for the American Express Company, serving Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Washington, and Hawaii. Recently, he was selected to be the statewide membership chairman for the International Downtown Association. Greg has appeared in several Billings Studio Theatre productions and has volunteered with the children's theatre company known as the Imagination Factory.

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