Elaine Gagliardi has been officially named Dean of the Alexander Blewett III School of law at the University of Montana. She had served as interim dean of the college since June 2022. Elaine has served on the UM faculty since 2001. She is a respected teacher and scholar in the area of estate and business planning. Gagliardi has served in a range of administrative capacities, including associate dean of academic affairs from 2007 to 2010, interim clinic director from 2010 to 2011, and associate dean of students from 2015 to 2017. Gagliardi is the 2017 recipient of the George M. Dennison Presidential Faculty Award. Elected by her peers practicing in the respective fields of law, she is an Academic Fellow of both the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and the American College of Tax Counsel. 

 

Last week President Royce had the privilege of presenting Shari Rigg with her Blue Badge.  

Our club has a tradition of presenting new members of our club with a Red Badge when they join, and providing them with a checklist of tasks designed to familiarize them with our Rotary Club. We're glad to see Shari earn her Blue Badge, we're also happy that she will be our Club's President following Rick Oncken's term. Thank you Shari, great work!