Advisory Board
Advisory Board Members

Abby Huseth
- Missoula, MT
Abby has been connected with Montana IPL since its inception, and served as a founding board member from 2018-2022. She is the Outreach Director at Climate Smart Missoula, a community-based nonprofit that works on local climate solutions. She received an MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana, and had the opportunity to attend the UN COP21 climate conference in Paris in 2015. From 2015-2018, Abby coordinated the Missoula-based group Faith and Climate Action, helping engage faith communities on climate and environmental issues. Originally from the San Francisco area, she has been happy to call Montana home since 2014. She enjoys getting out and exploring all our beautiful state has to offer with her husband and two young boys.

Duffy Peet
- Bozeman, MT
Rev. Duffy Peet retired from ministry in June, 2022 after having been the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bozeman (UUFB) for six years. Prior to his ministry in Bozeman he had served congregations in Pocatello, ID and Portage, MI. During his tenure at UUFB, he worked with others to found Montana Interfaith Power and Light. In 2019 he was one of the founding Board members of Montana Interfaith Power and Light and from its founding until August, 2021, he served as the President of the Board. Ministry was his second career, which he entered in his mid-50’s. Prior to that he had been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a private counseling practice in Kalispell, MT. Both his ministry and social work careers, as well as his time on the Board of Montana Interfaith Power and Light, provide examples of his commitment to being of service and living in right relationship with others and the Earth.

Ann Schrader
- Bozeman, MT
Ann has several loves in her life: Her husband, two children, five grandchildren, faith, Bozeman and the outdoors, and working with new nonprofit organizations to develop a grounded infrastructure that serves them into the future. She moved to Bozeman 17 years ago for more snow. Ann now realizes that Climate Change in her hometown of Denver was the driving force behind her move. Today she is committed to working with others to make changes and improve the climate so her grandchildren can enjoy winter sports as she does.
Ann has a master’s degree in Religion from Iliff School of Theology and worked in the nonprofit sector as an Executive Director and consultant for over 27 years. She is active as a board member for Gallatin Valley Interfaith Association and as the administrator for Women’s Ecumenical Bible Study of Gallatin Valley.

Will Wright
- Souix Falls, SD
Will Wright is a parishioner at Resurrection University Catholic Church in Bozeman and organizer of its Creation Care ministry. He is also a doctoral student in environmental history at Montana State University working on a dissertation about large landscape conservation. Will brings experience in working in national parks, faith-based green groups, and public education, as well as showing the connections between social and environmental issues. He lives in Belgrade with his wife Carly and their happy feral boy.