David W. Lechner, M.D.
BCBSMT – VP Health Care Delivery and Chief Medical Officer, Board Chair
David is the current Board Chair for Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies and has been with the board for three years having served on the board late 90’s. He is a family practice physician and currently works at Blue Cross Blue Shield of MT for the last four years. He has a passion for healthcare advocacy, healthy families and access to affordable quality care. David lives in Missoula and Helena. with his wife and has two adult children
Jill Laslovich
Crowley Fleck, PLLP – Attorney
Jill is a partner in the Helena Litigation Department of Crowley Fleck, PLLP. Her law practice focuses on medical malpractice defense, healthcare litigation, and the defense of professional licensing claims. Jill is the former president of the Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association and currently serves as a faculty member for the Advanced Trial Advocacy School at the University of Montana School of Law. In her spare time, Jill enjoys skiing, yoga, cooking, and spending time with her family.
Jana Garza
First Interstate Bank – Commercial Relationship Manager
Jana is a Commercial Relationship Manger at First Interstate Bank. She has been on the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Board of Directors for over 9 years. She lives in Helena with her husband and two teenage children.
Lauren Swant DNP, MSN, RNC-NIC, CNE, CPHQ
Carroll College – Director of Nursing
Lauren currently serves as the Director of Nursing at Carroll College, where she has proven to be a proactive and transformational leader proficient in leveraging operational direction, service-delivery, and nursing knowledge to promote process improvement. Prior to working in higher education, Lauren practiced clinically as a Registered Nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit and worked as part of a MedEvac transport team.
Kev Hamm
Auxilyum – IT Consultant
Kevin Hamm, 50, is a small business owner, battle-tested community organizer, fearless activist, and lifelong advocate for the rights and dignity of all Montanans. Kevin’s background is that of a typical working Montanan. He has firsthand experience doing the real work that powers our state as a matter of necessity, not just as a hobby or a means of making friends with the neighbors. He knows what it’s like to sacrifice sleep working alongside good people in hot kitchens, and giving up sleeping while turning a dream into a business.
Dawn Baker RN, BSN
Retired – Former Public Health Nurse
Dawn currently volunteers at a local daycare. Prior to that she worked at the Teton County Health Department and has expertise in breastfeeding, maternal and child health, immunizations and communicable disease.
Sarah Holexa, M.D.
Pediatrician
Dr. Sarah Holexa, M.D., is a distinguished Pediatrics Specialist based in Missoula, MT. She earned her medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of California, San Francisco. With nearly two decades of dedicated service in the Missoula community, Dr. Holexa is highly regarded and cherished by the patients and families she supports.
Deb Charlton, RN
