About Us
CURRENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Bradley Tiefenthaler, President, 2024-2026
Adam Rudolph, President-Elect, 2024-2026
JoLynn Blakely, Treasurer 2025-2026
Mollie Schnorr, Secretary 2024-2027
Tonya Blaney, Member at Large 2022-2025
Lisa-Jones Park, Member at large 2022-2025
Jesseca Collins, Member at large 2022-2025
Vacant, Member at large 2023 - 2026
Vacant, Member at large 2023 - 2026
Traci Shinabarger, Past-President 2022-2024
Ania Young, Past President 2020-2022
Lorri Coulter, Past President 2018-2020
Jackie Mohler, Past President 2016-2018
Kimberly Piper, Past President 2015-2016
Dr. William Calderhead, Past President 2014-2015
Dr. Cheryl Young-Pelton, Past President 2013-2014
HISTORY of MTABA
The Montana Association of Behavior Analysis was established under the leadership of Dr. Cheryl Young-Pelton in November of 2013. MTABA's original members met for the first time in October and status as an affiliate chapter of ABAI was approved in November of 2013. Here is a link to Montana's ABAI Affiliate Page. In October of 2020, MTABA became an affiliate of the Association of Professional Behavior Analysts (APBA).
During the 2017 Montana legislative session (as seen below), Senate Bill 193 added the governance of behavior analysts and assistant behavior analysts to the Board of Psychologists. Here is a link to Montana's Board of Psychologists page.
The name of this organization shall be the Montana Association for Behavior Analysis (MT ABA). MT ABA is a not-for-profit membership organization whose purpose is to promote the specific interests of its members.
The Montana Association for Behavior Analysis (MT ABA) was created with the mission to promote the field of behavior analysis with support for (a) education, (b) research, and (c) practice. Specifically, the organization shall: (a) Serve as a scientific and professional reference and networking group for its members. (b) Disseminate information to promote its mission to a wider audience. (c) Organize an annual meeting to provide a forum for discussion of the affairs of the chapter.
8th Annual MTABA Conference - Dr. Mark Dixon on Verbal Behavior, Relational Frame Theory, and Accept. Identify. Move. (AIM) Curriculum
7th Annual MTABA Conference - SPED Law, Ethics, ABA and Schools
(ft. Shelley Burbank, Dr. Ania Young, Autumn Kostka, Tonya Blaney, Jesseca Collins, Lidiane Kerr, Lisa-Jones Park, Bradley Tiefenthaler, Traci Shinabarger - left to right) 
6th Annual MTABA Conference - Dr. Greg Hanley Skills Based Treatment (SBT)
5th Annual MTABA Conference - Dr. DJ Moran on Acceptance and Commitment Training
4th Annual MTABA Conference - Dr. Vincent Carbone on Teaching Intraverbal Behavior
