Tiffany St. Goddard
Tiffany lives on her family ranch at the base of the Rocky Mountains, bordering Glacier National Park, where she, her husband, and their two children raise cattle and horses. Deeply rooted in ranching, Blackfeet culture, and a love for horses, she finds fulfillment in raising her children in this way of life.
Tiffany holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and an associate degree in Equine Management, bringing a wealth of experience to her various roles. After spending 10 years as a school district Business Manager, she now embraces her life as a full-time ranch and rodeo wife, sports mom, and part-time consultant.
In addition to her ranching work, Tiffany serves as President of Sapoo Horsemanship, a newly established non-profit, and is involved in Deep Creek Feeds, a small, family-run livestock mineral company. She enjoys colt starting, breakaway roping, barrel racing, and the peaceful hours spent at the barn.
Tiffany is also a facilitator and co-leader of Women in Ranching's "Rooted in the Land" program, which was created by Indigenous women for Indigenous women. Passionate about her community, she serves as an ambassador for agriculture, women of the land, and the Blackfeet Nation.
Diane Anastasio
Diane Anastasio is a shepherd, weaver, writer and line dance instructor based in Ojai, California. Through the overlaps in their work, they aim to connect us to our bodies via tactile arts in ways that restore and rebuild our ancient connections to herd animals and the land. They are deeply interested in the ways in which ancestral stories emerge from the movements and gestures that characterize life and work amongst a vast community of plant and animal beings. As a line dance instructor, they provide opportunities to gather together and move in unison as a herd in a joyous, lighthearted and low-pressure environment. For Diane, line dancing is an accessible and fun form of movement that forges and strengthens community bonds across difference while celebrating self-expression through dance. Diane is also the Program Coordinator of Grazing School of the West, a nonprofit that provides educational opportunities in prescribed grazing and adjacent fields and skillsets to both new and existing livestock stewards. They are passionate about education and about fostering more accessible pathways for people to enter into agricultural work.
Mariah Gladstone
Mariah Gladstone (Blackfeet, Cherokee) is the founder of Indigikitchen. Gladstone grew up in Northwest Montana, and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Environmental Engineering before returning home where she developed Indigikitchen. Mariah has been recognized as a “Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellow” through the First Nations Development Institute, a “Culture of Health Leader” through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and an MIT Solve Indigenous Communities Fellow. She serves on the board of the FAST (Food Access and Sustainability Team) Blackfeet. Mariah completed her Master’s Degree at SUNY - ESF through the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
Chia Thrane
Chia Thrane is a rancher, herder, and mother of three children. For the past 14 years, she and her husband have managed a herd of 400 goats and a small herd of cattle on their family land near Red Lodge, Montana using practices that focus on increasing the biodiversity and resilience of the land. Through their business, Healthy Meadows, they move their goat herd around their county offering one of the only options for natural management of invasive weeds and for land regeneration. Moved by the traditions of tending land and crafting from the land, Chia loves making goat cheese, harvesting wild and cultivated food and medicine, and making willow baskets. She is also a certified Montana Master Naturalist.
Erin Thomas
Erin Thomas is from White Cone, Navajo Nation (Arizona), and is the daughter of countless generations of conservationists and ranchers. Erin owns White Shell Resource Consultants, a natural resources consulting firm based on the Navajo Nation, and is a managing member of 4 Canyons Land & Cattle Co, a ranching operation also based on the Navajo Nation. Erin has a Bachelor’s degree in Rangeland Ecology and Management from the University of Arizona, worked for over a decade for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as a Rangeland Management Specialist, and is experienced in nonprofit management.