SPEAKERS
Take a look at our Main Stage speaker lineup for Montana Festival 2026!
Mark Adams
Partner
Two Bear Capital
Braden Ball
Co-founder/CEO
Threaded
Seth Bodnar
Independent Candidate for U.S. Senate
Carey Browning
Chief Commercial Officer
Re:Build Manufacturing
Allison Bryan
Founder + Principal
Physical Space
Steve Bullock
Montana’s 24th Governor
Sarah Calhoun
Founder
Red Ants Pants
Brock Cherry
Planning & Community Development Director
City of Great Falls
Kelly Corrigan
Writer and Podcaster
Andrea Davis
Mayor
City of Missoula
Steven Davis
Assistant Dean of the Honors College
Montana State University
Troy Downing
United States Representative
Montana’s Second Congressional District
Erin Farris-Olsen
Executive Director
Blackfoot Pathways: Sculpture in the Wild
Bobby Fijan
Founder
American Housing Corporation
Malcolm Fontier
Founder / CEO
Pakt
J.P. Gallagher
Chief Executive
Butte-Silver Bow
Padden Guy Murphy
Founder & CEO
Montana Festival & Last Best Future
Peter Hinmon
Co-Director
Tippet Rise Art Center
Rich Hohne
CMO
Skwala Fishing
Kirk Johnson
Sant Director
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Richard Kennedy
Partner
Field Operations
Taylor Kitsch
Actor & Founder
Howlers Ridge
Kaarin Knudson
Mayor
City of Eugene, Oregon
Yarrow Kraner
Co-Founder
Montana Festival
Ben Little
CEO
Bridger Photonics
Jeff Lusin
Principal/ Owner
45 Architecture & Interiors
Brannin McBee
Co-Founder & CDO
CoreWeave
Jenny Moore
Director
Tinworks Art
Cristina Mormorunni
Executive Director
INDIGENOUS LED
Joey Morrison
Mayor
City of Bozeman
Cora Neumann
Montana State Senator
District 30
George Packer
Staff Writer
The Atlantic
Marc Racicot
Former Governor
State of Montana
Garrett Smith
CEO & Co-Founder
Reveal Technology
Tanner Sutton
Founder
Free Fly Apparel
Brock Tessman
President
Montana State University
Jon Tester
Former U.S. Senator
U.S. Senate
Lumay Wang Murphy
Co-Founder & Treasurer
Montana Festival
Travis Wood
President
Lattice Materials LLC
Andy Wunsch
President
R. L. Winston Rod Co.