Archives for February 2016

Voters elected Hillary as Mayor in 2014. Hillary brings to the Council her entrepreneurial experience as an employer and local business owner, as well as her out-of-the-box thinking which helped her businesses prosper during the downturn in the economy. She wants to use her business knowledge to help eliminate bureaucratic red tape and spur job creation. Hillary’s other key issues are economic growth, public safety, regional cooperation, and senior services.

Hillary is the owner and operator of two clothing stores in the Midtown – a shop with recycled apparel for teenagers and a similar clothing store for business professionals.

Hillary was born and raised in Reno, Nevada. She attended Reno High School and Arizona State University. Hillary grew up figure skating. She competed nationally in pursuit of an Olympic dream, but was stricken with kidney failure. Her sister saved Hillary’s life by donating her kidney for a transplant operation. Hillary is a tremendous advocate for organ donations and lobbied nationwide to promote organ donor awareness. She founded the world’s largest online organ donor card program.

Hillary’s business success landed her the Reno Gazette-Journal’s 2011 “Entrepreneur of the Year” award. Hillary was also named by the Nevada Young Professional Network and the Gazette-Journal as a “Top Twenty under Forty” recipient for her business expertise and her community service endeavors. Hillary is also a two time recipient of the NV Energy Women of Achievement award.

Hillary is a founding member of the Midtown Merchants Association. She is also a board member of the Nevada Youth Empowerment Project for homeless teens.

Linkedin veteran Ben Thibeault brings 20 years of Talent Acquisition experience along with 10 years of strategic work within the Social Media space. He has helped some of the largest and most dynamic companies maximize the social experience to dramatically impact their business.

“The last 7 years have been the most rewarding of my career. Here at Linkedin I am surrounded by a wealth of compassionate interesting people that have directly impacted life. As a result of working at Linkedin I am better father, better spouse and all around better person.”

Ben lives in Madison CT with his Wife and three children.

Kristin graduated with high honors from the University of Montana-Missoula in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and a minor in Communication Studies. She began working for the Montana Highway Patrol in December 2012 in the Crash Records Section.

In 2014, she was promoted to the Colonel’s Executive Assistant. At his behest, she began researching, planning and eventually implementing MHP’s first social media program which launched in October 2014. Since then, as part of MHP’s three person social media team, she manages all of MHP’s social media accounts, plans, creates and curates content and develops community outreach events for the Patrol. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and Associate Member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police participating in the Public Information Officers’ Section.