Board of Directors
President
Marek Ziegler
Marek Ziegler is a founding member of the Friends of the Bozeman V.E.T.S Court Board. He currently serves as the president.
He was born and raised in Helena, MT. He attended and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Criminal Justice form the University of Providence in Great Falls, MT. Shortly after, he joined the U.S. Customs and Border Protection serving on the northern border for six years. He also is a veteran who served in the Air National Guard and the United States Air Force during Operation Enduring Freedom/Noble Eagle.
Currently, he is serving as police officer for the Bozeman Police Department, starting his fifteenth year.
He is a strong believer in the Bozeman V.E.T.S Court program to achieve life-long rehabilitation and a successful return to living a productive and positive life.
Vice President
Matt Bakken
Matt was born and raised in beautiful Bozeman, Montana. He grew up in a big family, and enjoyed playing sports and hunting.
After high school he attended Carroll College on a football scholarship. In 2001, after a tumultuous year of college he decided to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. He served in the infantry as a mortarman. In 2005, Matt received an Honorable Discharge and later enrolled at Montana State University. He worked part time for a local construction company while earning his degree in Technology Education.
At MSU he met the love of his life and married her in the summer of 2008. After graduation he was employed at Lone Peak High School and Ophir Middle School for 5 years teaching tech ed, coaching the high school football team, and serving as the athletic director. He then got a teaching job in Three Forks where he also coached the Wolves football team. In 2019, he returned to Bozeman High School as a football coach and teacher in the Career and Technical Education Department.
He is currently in his 10th year of teaching and is the woodshop instructor for Gallatin High School. Matt and his wife have twins in first grade, one very old dog, one cat and five chickens.
Secretary
Angie Johnson
Angie Johnson is a commercial and consumer loan officer with Stockman Bank. She has worked in banking since 1997.
Angie grew up in eastern Montana and attended Montana State University. She stayed in the beautiful Gallatin Valley upon graduation.
Both of her grandfathers fought in WWII. She and her husband Corey have two teenage daughters.
Angie enjoys giving back to her community. You can find her at business and social functions throughout the week.
Treasurer
Beau Albright
Beau Albright is a fifth-generation Montanan born and raised in Bozeman. Beau is deeply rooted in his community and dedicated to promoting Montana's core values.
At the age of 17, Beau enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program and, upon graduating from Bozeman High School at 18, immediately shipped out to serve as an Infantryman in the United Sates Marine Corps.
After his military service, Beau pursued higher education and graduated from Montana State University with a bachelor's degree in business management from the Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
Beau is now a real estate loan officer at Stockman Bank and is deeply involved in the community volunteering with several Veteran organizations. He currently sits as the Treasurer for Friends of the Bozeman V.E.T.S Court and on the board of directors for Gallatin County Sheriffs Foundation.
Chair
Jim Drummond
Jim Drummond is a Bozeman native and was raised in the Cooper Park neighborhood. He has a B.S. degree in Agriculture Business and an M.P.A., both from M.S.U. Jim had a 40 year career in community banking and retired in 2017.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Stockman Bank of Montana, the M.S.U. ATI Board of Directors, the Bozeman Police Commission, the HRDC Griffin Place Steering Committee, the Friends of the Bozeman Veterans Court Board of Directors, and is a volunteer Score mentor (volunteer arm of the Small Business Administration) helping young entrepreneurs start or improve a business.
He writes a monthly column in “Prime Magazine” about trials and tribulations at the “old guy waterhole.”
