Livingston HealthCare’s Board of Directors
Local Community Members Dedicated to Providing Quality Healthcare
Livingston HealthCare’s mission is to serve the community by providing quality healthcare. Our board of directors are local residents who resonate with that goal and lend their skills and insight to accomplish it. Along with the leadership team, the individuals listed below are responsible for the excellent services LHC has provided over the years and will continue to provide in the future.
Livingston HealthCare is searching for a new board member. If you are interested please email Communications@LivingstonHealthCare.org.
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.
A native of South Carolina, Steve has over 40 years of experience in financial management, capital projects, and commodity price risk management in the mining and investment banking industries. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago. Steve is a former City of Livingston Commissioner and Park County Commissioner, and has contributed his time and energy to a number of local, regional, and state non-profit organizations. Steve has a strong commitment to developing and sustaining the social and economic health of Park County's diverse communities. In addition to Livingston HealthCare, he currently serves on the Board of the Park Local Development Corporation, where he is also a member of its Loan Committee. He serves as Board president of the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness Foundation, as Chairman of the Human Resource Development Council's Park County Advisory Board, as a member of the Livingston-Park County Library Foundation board, and as a non-Board member of the Shane Lalani Center Finance Committee. In his spare time, Steve is an enthusiastic hiker, mountain biker, and skier.
JJ Carmody, CPA, is the Director of Health Policy and Government Relations at Billings Clinic in Billings, MT. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Montana State University in 1995. JJ joined Billings Clinic in 1998 as a Reimbursement Analyst after working for the Medicare Fiscal Intermediary as a Cost Report auditor. Since then, she has worked in various capacities within the Finance Division including Payer Relations, Chargemaster and most recently assumed a key role in Health Policy. Her position in Health Policy has been part of the dyad model at Billings Clinic where she has been paired with a physician counterpart, allowing them both to work with state and federal legislators and administrative staff as advocates for Billings Clinic, its employees and most importantly its patients.
Bruce Whitfield joined Livingston HealthCare as Chief Executive Officer in February 2023. Bruce has over 30 years of healthcare experience and has worked for several health systems within Montana. For the past 10 years, Bruce worked for Logan Health as Chief Executive Officer at Cabinet Peaks Medical Center in Libby, MT and also as President of the Outreach Network based out of Kalispell, MT. His other experience includes positions at Providence Health and Services and Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System. Bruce has a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Montana, is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a Certified Public Accountant. In his spare time, Bruce enjoys all of the many outdoor activities that Montana offers, especially hunting, fishing and boating.
Justin Roberts, MD
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.
Mitch Goplen
Mitch began his career with Billings Clinic in 1987. He has an associate
degree in Diesel Mechanics from North Dakota State School of Science and
a diploma in Facility Management Administrator (FMA) from Building Owner
Management Institute (BOMI) and Evidence-based Design Accreditation &
Certification (EDAC) from Center of Healthcare Design. Billings Clinic
is a 360-bed licensed facility with a 450-physician group practice that
includes a hospital, Surgery Center, Cancer Center, Orthopedics Sport
Medicine, Research Center and regional clinics. Mitch is responsible for
Construction Project Management, Energy Management, and Property Management
to include Acquisitions Leases, Facility Planning, Plant Operations, Maintenance,
Housekeeping, Food Services, Security, Clinical Engineering, Imaging Engineering
and Grounds Maintenance. Mitch is a proponent of Evidence Based Design
& Best Practice. Additional areas of expertise are Infection Control
(related to construction projects) and the impact of material selections
(based on sustainable, life cycle costs and energy efficiency) within
healthcare environments. Mitch has an unyielding ability and interest
in the area of value engineering cost control using proven techniques
toward researching alternatives. This technique improves efficient design
layout involving staff, architects, contractors and subcontractors for
cost reduction input without impacting quality.
Henry Piñango, MD
Henry Piñango, MD, is a board-certified specialist in Internal and
Geriatric Medicine, and the Livingston HealthCare Hospice Medical Director.
Henry attended high school in Indianapolis and later college at Southern
Adventist University, Collegedale, Tenn., where he earned his degree in
biochemistry. While working as a chemist in a battery factory, Henry realized
he loved to explore how things work, but the lack of human interaction
reminded him of life-affecting experience he had as a young adult. While
still a teen working as an aid in a nursing home, Henry discovered he
had a passion for caring for the aged. This discovery led him to enroll
at Loma Linda University to study medicine and meet his future wife, Kyra.
“Part of what I liked about the idea of moving to Livingston, was
the opportunity I have to serve the older generations here,” Henry
says. “I bring a perspective to geriatric care that includes the
whole picture of health – physical, mental and emotional –
that this population faces.”
Mike Atkinson
Mike Atkinson is still working on transitioning from practicing law to
farming on the CrazyA Ranch outside of Clyde Park, Montana. Following
graduation from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, he served as
an Assistant Public Defender and later as an Assistant District Attorney
in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. In 1975, he received his Master of Laws
in Antitrust from the University of Texas College of Law at Austin, after
which time he returned to Tulsa, where he continues to practice as a trial
lawyer representing clients in a variety of cases. Mr. Atkinson has served
as State Chair for the American College of Trial lawyers and as President
of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Board of Trial Lawyers and as
State Chair for the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He was admitted
to the State Bar of Montana in 2023. Mike and his wife, Melissa, have
two children and two grandchildren. Their son Travis, and daughter in
law Krystyn, live in Anchorage, Alaska, where they both are Prosecutors
for the State of Alaska, and have a big dog. Their daughter, Kellen and
her husband, Noah live in New York City, where they both teach in the
public schools and parent the two grandsons. Since moving to Montana,
Mike and Melissa have both been active in the non-profit community with
Mike serving on the board of the Park County Community Foundation in the
past and Melissa serving on the Livingston Hospital Foundation board and
the Elk River Arts and Lecture Board.
Liz Lewis
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.
Molly Ballard
Molly Ballard grew up on the coast in Rhode Island and traveled south to earn a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geology from the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
Early in her career, Molly worked as an interpretive ranger at Grand Canyon
National Park and as a naturalist in Yellowstone National Park. These
experiences deepened her understanding
of how natural systems intersect with people and their health.
This interest in the relationship between environmental conditions and population health led her back to school, where she earned a Master of Science in Community Health from Montana State University in Bozeman. In the spring of 2020, Molly began working at the Park City County Health Department as the Health Promotion and Outreach Specialist and served as the Public Information Officer during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Currently, Molly works as a public health analyst for a healthcare information technology consulting company that contracts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). She is passionate about community engagement, equitable access to healthcare, public health preparedness and emergency response, and using data to support healthier, more resilient communities.
Molly now lives with her husband, Brogan, a special education teacher and fly fishing outfitter, their young daughter, two dogs, and a cat. In her free time, she enjoys skiing, hiking, running, baking, reading, and spending time on the river.
Courtney Funk
Courtney received her bachelor’s degree from Boise State University
in Radiologic Sciences. In 1988, she started her career by opening the
first high-field MRI center in Montana, the Billings MRI Center. After
10 years of managing the joint venture between Billings Clinic and St.
Vincent Healthcare, she accepted the role
of Director of Radiology and Regional Radiology for the Billings Clinic
until 2006.
Courtney and her husband, Kevin Funk moved to Livingston to be closer to family and start their own, with daughter Ava and son Alex. Courtney enjoyed the next 18 years managing an outpatient imaging center for Intercity Radiology and Bozeman Health. Since 2025, she has worked with Gallatin Valley Surgical Arts in recruitment and staffing.
In management, Courtney strived to surround herself with great people. She has been fortunate to have led top-notch teams, had access to incredible mentors and leaders, and worked closely with talented physicians and staff over 30+ years of non-stop learning and growing in healthcare.
Having previously volunteered on the board and finance committee of the Billings YWCA, Courtney is proud to be a Livingston HealthCare board member.