MTRPA Annual Conference
April 7th - April 10th, 2025
Bozeman Parks & Recreation is excited to host the 2025 MTRPA Conference April 7 – 10th!
You are invited to contribute! See the Sponsor Invitation
Although our 2025 conference has reached attendance capacity, join us on-line for our
Annual MTRPA Meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, April 9 at 12:15 p.m.
Grab your lunch and tune into our luncheon. Save the date! Zoom details and agenda coming soon!
Next spring our 2026 Conference is in Missoula! Dates TBD.
Our 2025 Conference has reached attendance capacity.
Next spring our 2026 Conference is in Missoula! Dates TBD.
2025 Conference Theme
CONNECTING THE BIGGER SKY
MTRPA and Bozeman Parks & Recreation is excited to announce our theme for our conference this spring “Connecting the Bigger Sky.” This theme focuses on the changes in Montana and how parks and recreation professionals continue to bridge and innovate with the expansion experienced in our state. You are invited to contribute to this conference and attend in April! You are invited to contribute! See the Sponsor Invitation
Opening Keynote Speaker
Kristine Stratton, NRPA President & CEO
Kristine Stratton is the president & CEO of the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). In this role, she leads the organization’s strategic direction as the backbone organization for close-to-home park and recreation systems and advocate for park and recreation professionals, including NRPA’s 60,000+members.
Kristine has worked at the intersection of people and the environment for over 20 years, serving in executive leadership roles at Earthjustice, Waterkeeper Alliance, and the Conservation Law Foundation. She has an MA in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University and a BSBA from Boston University. Her greatest joy is exploring coastal and inland waters, parks and trails.
KEYNOTE DESCRIPTION: Shaping the Future of Parks & Recreation at NRPA
Learn about the new NRPA Strategic Plan that is guiding our work over the next five years. Discover how the park and recreation field is virtually the only municipal service that can positively influence all aspects of community health and well-being. Understand the key leadership capabilities that will help professionals today, tomorrow, and into the future. Attendees can expect to leave the session with concrete ideas for approaching their own programs and spaces.
Closing Keynote Speaker
Jeremy McGhee (The Unpavement Project)
Jeremy is the founder of the Unpavement Project, a group seeking to provide better access to nature for adaptive athletes by providing detailed descriptions, photos, videos and maps to navigate unfamiliar and wild terrain confidently and safely. An adaptive mountain biker, skier, and surfer, he lives among the mountains and waves in California.
KEYNOTE DESCRIPTION: Shaping the Future of Parks & Recreation at NRPA
With a compelling, richly illustrated tale, Pro Athlete Jeremy P. McGhee invites audiences to join him by taking an honest look in the mirror. In 2012, Jeremy became the first paraplegic to climb and descend Bloody Couloir, a major backcountry ski route in the Eastern Sierras, all with only the use of his arms. Jeremy explains how his greatest obstacles were not physical, but of his own mind. The question that lies at the heart of how to accomplish what we want in life, he proclaims is, ‘How uncomfortable are you willing to get?’ Through his journey of pitfalls, triumphs, and obsession, Jeremy inspires others to take the reins and live the adventure themselves!
Questions?
For inquires, email contact@mtrpa.info
