About Environomics, Inc.

Environomics' management team consists of two Partners - Bruce Vincent and Tammy Johnson.  Each of the partners' roots are in the business of making a living from and providing stewardship of the land.  Bruce is a third-generation logger and Tammy's family has long been in the mining business.

Bruce Vincent is known internationally for his commitment to rural community empowerment. Bruce is a highly sought speaker and has taken his message to a broad array of audiences – from bankers to loggers, and from fertilizer companies to auto manufacturers. Bruce has appeared on news programs including 60 Minutes and the McNeil Lehrer Hour, has been covered heavily by the written press including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times and has written for numerous publications. He is Executive Director of Provider Pals, a nationwide cultural exchange program that builds common ground, understanding and respect between urban youth, rural youth, and their natural resource providers. He is also an officer of Communities for a Great Northwest.

Tammy Johnson brings her skills as a lobbyist, grassroots organizer, political tactician and on-the-ground strategist to the team. She has managed numerous public relations and political campaigns, including successful, multi-million-dollar ballot measure campaigns. Tammy has appeared on television programs including Lehrer Newshour and Turner Broadcasting specials, radio talk shows, and has been covered by the written press on a local, regional and national basis. She is involved with numerous organizations and is a past officer of several, including the Northwest Mining Association.

"In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists." - Eric Hoffer

Associates

Environomics’ Associates bring a wealth of diversity and experience to the team and look forward to helping our clients achieve their goals. 

Ronda Wiggers has represented numerous organizations and associations conducting political and public relations work.  She brings a wide array of skills, including coalition building, lobbying, public relations, fundraising and direction of charitable giving.  Having worked on a number of successful statewide ballot measure, candidate and industry image campaigns, she understands the ins and outs of conveying the client's key messages to the public.  She has represented clients as diverse as county commissions, snowmobile associations, chambers of commerce and gaming associations.  Ronda is active in a number of organizations and has served in leadership positions on many including Montana and National Pachyderms’ boards.

Vanessa Lanz was raised on her large family ranch in Southwestern Montana, and left to attend Carroll College in Helena.  It was in Montana’s capitol city that Vanessa found her passion in politics and public relations. Vanessa has worked on numerous statewide ballot campaigns and excels in grassroots style campaigning.  After graduating from Carroll College in May 2005 with a multidisciplinary bachelor degree in English, political science and communications, Vanessa moved to the Bozeman area.  Between weekends at her ranch and working towards a Master of Science in Public Relations, Vanessa manages to find time to volunteer with a number of organizations.

Jamie Ballard as a lifelong Montanan, has intense passion for keeping rural Montana alive and thriving.  She is continuing her education in the field of accounting and business with an emphasis in communications.  Jamie is involved extensively in her community, has completed leadership training and is fast becoming an expert in Web blogging.  Jamie has worked on statewide ballot initiative campaigns and keeps involved in other political activities.  When she finds the spare time, she loves to read, hike and fish.

Chas Vincent was raised in the mountains of northwestern Montana and has spent much of his life involved in his family’s logging business.  He attended OSU’s School of Forestry in Corvallis, OR and the University of Montana where he received his Bachelor of Science in Political Science with a minor in Communication Studies. Chas also serves as a District Representative within the Montana State House of Representatives.  Chas’s hobbies include hiking, hunting, fishing and camping and anything to do with the outdoors. He has been working with Provider Pals© extensively since the summer of 2003 and is looking forward to the helping fulfill the program’s mission well into the future.

“Shake the Etch-A-Sketch in your head, start over constantly, and come at the problem from wildly different angles.” – Luke Sullivan