Livingston HealthCare’s Board of Directors

Michael McCormick, Board Chair, Livingston Food Resource Center Executive Director

Before retiring and moving to Montana to become a full-time fly fishing bum, Michael completed a successful career of more than 35 years in the for profit corporate arena. During this career he held management positions in the fields of publishing, advertising, and finance. Michael’s focus was always on accomplishing aggressive business goals, achieving financial targets, and helping those people with whom he worked achieve their greatest success.

Michael joined the Livingston Food Pantry as executive director in January 2009. After managing the Pantry’s response to double-digit increases in the demand for emergency food services during the Great Recession, he began the development of a vision that would serve the community in many ways to address the root causes of hunger and poverty in Livingston and Park County. The effort came to fruition in January 2015, when the Livingston Food Pantry, which had been operating out of a refurbished automotive garage on the outskirts of Livingston became The Livingston Food Resource Center, located in a brand new building in downtown Livingston.

The new 5,000 square feet facility houses the Livingston Food Pantry, a Community Meeting Room, a shared use, commercial Community Kitchen, and most recently the Livingston Community Bakery. The Center, offering many food related services and programs, has become a hub for community activity and is solving local challenges using local solutions.

Kristen Galbraith was raised near Glacier National Park in northwest Montana and continued her post-secondary education at Montana State University, obtaining a high honors dual degree in Business Marketing and Accounting. Her diverse career resume includes jobs as a retail salesperson, waitress, wrangler, administrative assistant, project manager, grant writer/administrator and business owner. Since 2009, she has concentrated efforts as a full-time grant writer and special projects administrator, raising more than $24 million for different communities and organizations throughout Montana and Colorado. Her sense of passion and creativity has enlivened her interest in making a concerted difference in communities, including a wide range of infrastructure, public safety and recreation improvements. She also shares pride, ownership and responsibilities associated with two successful Livingston businesses - The Obsidian Collection (since 1994) and Coffee Crossing (since 2008).

Kristen is one of three Montanans who is Grants Professional Certified (GPC) and serves as Board Chair of the Nominating Committee for the Grants Professional Association. She also serves on two local boards as chair of the Livingston Business Improvement District and secretary of the Livingston Youth Soccer Association. An avid outdoor enthusiast, she is often trail running, biking or hiking throughout Montana's off-road and mountain areas, most likely accompanied by her two children and canine friends.

Jeffry Lindenbaum, MD has been lead Radiologist at Livingston HealthCare since January 2013. Dr. Lindenbaum is licensed to practice in Montana and Wyoming and has more than 15 years of leadership experience in private practice and integrated healthcare delivery systems.

Liz Lewis, Secretary

Liz Lewis holds licenses in Montana as a registered nurse and an attorney. She achieved her BSN at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and her MSN at Northwestern State University in Louisiana. During her tenure as a nurse, Liz worked in many areas of the country and held many positions as a nurse including positions at Livingston Hospital.

Liz attended Willamette University College of Law and has held licenses to practice law in Oregon and Montana. After law school, she returned to Montana and worked at Bozeman Health in various senior level management positions including Director of Human Resources, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Operating Officer. She retired from Bozeman Health as its Chief Operating Officer in March of 2019.

During her tenure at Bozeman Health, Liz served as a board member of the Big Sky Medical Center. She now serves on the Board of Friends of Hospice and is the Board Chair of Community Health Partners.

Liz maintains continuing education in healthcare law and is excited to contribute to the Livingston Community as a board member of Livingston HealthCare.

She and her husband Harvey have lived in Livingston since 1993.

Russ Smith has lived in southwest Montana for 27 years where he raises his two teenage sons with his wife of 22 years. Since moving to Montana, Russ has worked in water resource management having performed work in surface water restoration and reclamation, wastewater treatment and stormwater management. His passion for clean water has led him to become versed in wetland ecology, soil conservation, water treatment methodologies, and has worked extensively on the reclamation of landscapes impacted by agricultural and industrialization, as well as from the effects of urbanization. In his evenings, Russ is active in youth baseball and is also a recording artist and performing musician. He is grateful for having diverse interests and love of the northern Rocky Mountain landscape; it allows him to spend time helping with local non-profits and the community that they serve.

Dr. Kenamore trained at the University of Texas Medical Branch and the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in pediatrics. She started her career at Billings Clinic in Billings in 1997 and transferred to Billings Clinic Bozeman in 2020 to become the chair of Primary Care. She believes everyone deserves the highest quality healthcare whether they live in a rural or metropolitan setting and values what happens when medical systems work together. Dr. Kenamore is a third generation physician and enjoys teaching all types of students. She is the medical director of an annual study abroad course in Ayaviri, Peru. The trip is a collaboration with local clinic systems and churches focusing on linking patients in the high mountains with new more specialized care close to home or arranging for higher acuity care farther away. She is proud to call Montana home and loves exploring all it has to offer with her family.

Angela Linden, RN, MHA, Interim Chief Executive Officer

Angela Linden, RN, MHA, is Livingston HealthCare’s Interim CEO. Angela is a nationally respected health care leader who began as a critical care and emergency medicine nurse. She has broad experience in executive health care leadership, with a focus on helping hospitals and health care organizations with strategic planning and CEO search support. Angela received her Bachelor of Health Arts in Health Care Administration and Management from the University of St. Francis and completed her master’s degree from Des Moines University. She has strong capabilities in strategic and financial planning, productivity improvement, large-scale project implementation, relationship and consensus building.

Kyra Eddy Piñango, MD, a Livingston native, returns to her hometown as a family medicine physician with fellowship training in women’s health and obstetrics. Dr. Piñango studied at Walla Walla University in Washington state, transferring to and receiving her undergraduate degree from Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska. She earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University School of Medicine, in Loma Linda, California.

Dr. Piñango made the choice to become a physician after a year spent working at an orphanage in El Salvador while she was in college. She says coming home to Livingston was always part of her plan. “It is a privilege to care for my community as a physician, and of course, finally come home.” A welcomed addition to Kyra’s planned homecoming was bringing along her husband, Dr. Henry Piñango (Internal Medicine and Geriatrics) and their young son. Since coming home, they’ve had a daughter, born right here in the Family Birth Center at Livingston HealthCare.

Lee Kinsey grew up just down the road in Big Timber and continued his education at Montana Tech in Butte studying mining engineering. After spending a couple of summers guiding fishermen on the Big Hole and Beaverhead he moved to Livingston in 1995. After several years of guiding in the Livingston area he founded Secluded Water, Inc which specializes in outfitting fishing trips off the beaten path, both local and international. He is married with one daughter and his wife works as a guidance counselor at Park High School.

Michael Schaer is the sole owner and chairman of Computers Unlimited, and sits on the advisory board of First Interstate Bank, MSUB College of Business, and Billings Business Improvement District. In the past he has been a board member at the Billings Chamber of Commerce, Big Sky Economic Development Agency, Billings Clinic, and Downtown Billings Partnership. In addition to Michael's extensive involvement with advisory boards, he is the owner of the following Billings restaurants and hotels: McCormick Cafe, Cafe Italia, Carlin Hotel, Log Cabin Bakery and Catering, and Hotel Carlin Events Center.

Justin Roberts is a board certified surgeon who comes to LHC from Texas Tech University, Lubbock. Roberts has previously worked as an Associate Professor of Surgery, supervising residents and teaching while also serving as a surgeon at a Level 1 trauma and regional burn center. Prior to teaching, Roberts ran a private practice and worked in general ER surgery and trauma coverage at Hendrick Medical Center, Abilene, Texas.

Roberts earned his Bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and his doctoral degree from Texas Tech, Lubbock, while finishing his internship and residency in general surgery at University of Oklahoma, Tulsa. Roberts has received numerous awards in teaching and mentoring while working as a surgeon. He is an avid outdoorsman and a licensed pilot.