District Governor Visit

Malinda was born and raised on a farm in central Iowa. After attending the University of Northern Iowa, where she graduated with degrees in Teaching English and Teaching English as a Foreign Language, she taught junior high and high school for 2 years. In 1979 she moved to a corporate environment, working for Principal Financial Group (PFG) in Des Moines, Iowa for 24 years. There she held several positions over the years, including technical writing, doing computer system design, computer system testing and project management, developing new computer systems and individual

insurance products for PFG, and auditing agency offices. She also managed life insurance departments and when she left the company in 2002 was working as a Senior Business Risk consultant, doing internal auditing.  Malinda and her husband, Dave, moved to Montana in 2002 where she worked as a Financial  Advisor for Waddell & Reed for 2 years. In 2004 she moved to the Montana Logging Association (MLA), a non-profit association, where she sold and serviced insurance products for the MLA’s

logging industry members. Malinda was President of the Montana National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) in 2011. In 2014 she retired from MLA. She remains licensed and active in the insurance community, forming an LLC and working occasionally helping out other insurance advisors.

Malinda has been married to Dave since 1987. He is a retired pharmacist. They have one daughter and son-in-law with two grandchildren. Her daughter and son-in-law have served in the mission field in Africa but are currently living in Iowa where they were married in 2012. They intend to return to the mission field after the son-in-law completes his Certified Public Accountant studies. Malinda became a Rotarian in 2003 and has served as President, Foundation Chair, and Board Member of the Rotary Club of Evergreen in Montana. She has also been an Assistant Governor and served in many capacities at the Club and District level. She is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow, a

Rotary Foundation sustaining member, a Paul Harris Society member and a Rotary Foundation Benefactor. She has been involved volunteering for and serving on the board of various non-profit organizations over the years.  Malinda’s hobbies include hiking, cross-country skiing, snow shoeing, traveling, reading, gardening, and rock hounding.