Leah Morgan Clark joined the NILE in June of 2022 as the next NILE General Manager. She invites everyone to stop in and say hello!

A Chinook native, Clark has devoted her career to advocating for the cattle industry. As the Executive Director of the Idaho Beef Council, she spent 15 years promoting beef and the beef industry. She then went on to manage the Idaho Preferred program at the Idaho State Department of Agriculture where she promoted a wide variety of food and agricultural products through retail, foodservice and farm-to-school programs.

Most recently, Clark founded her own market consulting service to assist farmers and ranchers in promoting their products to consumers through various marketing strategies. Clark is a graduate of Leadership Idaho Agriculture, has a bachelor’s degree in agribusiness management from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in agricultural marketing and finance from Oklahoma State University.

From member to volunteer and volunteer to staff, Linda McCormick joined the NILE Staff in August 2021. Linda’s bubbly personality and organizational skills are a perfect fit for our Office Manager. Linda and her husband Al became NILE members in the late 80s and both have played an integral part in the NILE Organization. Linda has mainly served as a volunteer on the Hospitality Committee and as a clerk for our NILE fall Livestock and Horse Sales.

Linda oversees all daily office tasks, event ticketing, the Hospitality Committee and the NILE Membership. Residing in Billings, Linda and Al have three grown children – Kyle, Amanda and Ty. In her free time, you can find Linda on the road in Scobey visiting family, in Bozeman cheering on the Bobcats or spending time with family and friends. Feel free to swing into the NILE Office to say “Hi” to Linda!

Shelby Shaw first began with the NILE as an intern in the fall of 2012, and began as a part of the Livestock Office Team prior to the 2013 Stock Show. As the Manager of the Livestock Office, Shelby oversees the NILE Livestock Shows & Sales, working extensively with livestock exhibitors as well as the livestock committees. As Director of Youth Education, Shelby works directly on the many NILE Youth focused programs including the Merit Heifer Program, NILE Internships and scholarship programs.

Shelby was raised in Worden, MT graduating from Huntley Project High School. She continued her education, graduating from Northwest College in Powell, WY with an Associate’s Degree in Animal Science and a minor in Agricultural Business and finished her education with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Animal Science – focusing on Livestock Production and Industry from Montana State University in Bozeman, MT.

Shelby and her husband Ike reside in Worden with their dogs, horses, and small herd of cattle. Much of Shelby’s free time is spent working with her family in all facets of their cattle operation, adventuring with her faithful four-legged companions or training her horses for the show ring. Shelby is a large advocate for the 4-H and FFA programs, being a former member of both herself – she is currently an active 4-H Leader and is a member of the Huntley Project FFA Alumni.

Traci Marchwinski became a member of the team when the NILE purchased the MATE Show and Home & Health Expo in 2008. She is responsible for selling booth spaces and the overall organization of the show. She has been with the show for 15 years and has a tremendous amount of experience in bringing it all together as the biggest agriculture trade show in Montana and Wyoming.

Marchwinski has a tenacious spirit to make the show bigger and better each year. Vendors appreciate her structure and organizational skills that give them assurance of a well-run and successful show.

Traci has deep roots to the community being raised on a farm south of Billings. She graduated from Rocky Mountain College in 1991 with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and Psychology and a Masters Degree in Counseling from Montana State University-Billings in 1998.

Traci and her husband Dan now live on the family farm with their three children: Austin, Colton, and Ava.