Mike Booth – Red Lodge, Montana
Mike is the founder and Executive 
Director. Mike is an experienced business professional with more than thirty years of supporting and growing businesses. As an experienced business executive and board member of several non-profits, he is able to adapt to the changing environment of the small enterprise world. He has spent the bulk of his career leading businesses and nonprofits through the process of strategic and financial planning in order to build long-term growth and sustainability.
Joanne Gardner Lowell – Livingston, Montana
Joanne is the co-producer of the Yellowstone Songwriter Festival in Livingston. She spent 46 years in the music and film industry. Before that, for several years, she was learning and working for free on crews or singing with bands. She was the first woman director to win a Best Female Video ACM award for her work over 30 years ago with Tanya Tucker and came out of retirement in 2023 to direct Tanya’s latest video.
After owning a production company in Nashville with Rosanne Cash, she moved to California, then New York and back to California to direct and produce music videos, ending up as the Senior VP of Video Production at Sony Music. There she worked with Will Smith, Beyonce, Ricky Martin, the Fugees, Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett, Marc Anthony and hundreds more during her ten year tenure.
She has retired to Montana, where she presents music events, and created the Livingston Hoot with her husband John Lowell. She managed Rodney
Crowell, Ben Bullington, John Lowell and Laurie Sargent for a brief time. She currently records and performs music with her husband John.
John Lowell – Livingston, Montana
John is the co-producer of the Yellowstone Songwriter Festival in Livingston.
John Lowell has been performing professionally for more than 45 years. He’s toured the world with his bands Kane’s River, Wheel Hoss, Deep River, Growling Old Men, Coppo Kaerner & Lowell, and the John Lowell Band. John is a triple threat – songwriter, singer and guitarist, and his smooth voice is featured on many albums, including 16 he’s released with his bands and as solo projects.
In December of 2024 he was awarded the Montana Governor’s Arts Award in a ceremony at the Montana capitol building in Helena. This award represents the highest honor that Montana bestows on artists that work in the literary, visual or performing arts. The International Western Music Association (IWMA) also named Lowell 2024 Songwriter of the Year and his 2024 release Snow On The Wineglass was named Album of the Year.
John Lowell teaches at the Sore Fingers music camp in the UK, the Montana Fiddle Camp, and the Targhee Music Camp, among many others. He’s played on stages from Shetland to San Bernardino, including Telluride, Vancouver Folk Festival and A Prairie Home Companion. Lowell is also on the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Songwriter Committee.
John and his wife Joanne Gardner Lowell live in Livingston, Montana where they produce musical events. They recently made a music video for Tanya Tucker – When the Rodeo is Over, Where do the Cowboys Go. John produced the video, Joanne directed. The team also coproduced the 2020 Virtual International Bluegrass Music Association’s award show – quite a feat during the pre-vaccine pandemic. They also produced the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 at the Roosevelt Arch in Yellowstone Park. The team curates musical performances for the Shane Center for the Arts in Livingston, and co-produces the Livingston Songwriter Festival in conjunction with Rocky Mountain Songwriter Festival.
Tera Reynolds – Red Lodge, Montana
Tera joined our board in 2017. She moved to Red Lodge in 1991, working at Red 
Lodge Mountain in Central Reservations, then in food service as a cook and bartender. In 1995, she started Red Lodge Ski and Travel and operated that until 2001 when she went back to Red Lodge Mountain to work in the marketing department and special events.
Tera has been a REALTOR® since January 1, 2008, and thoroughly enjoys it. She likes helping people achieve their goals whether they are buying or selling, by providing good, timely information and advice. She specializes in homes and vacant land in Carbon County (Red Lodge, Joliet, Belfry, Bridger, Fromberg) and has established relationships with other agents in the area to refer clients who are interested in property outside her focus areas.
Jayne Laurence – Red Lodge, Montana
Jayne has been on the board of the RLSWF since 2017. As the finance director
she is responsible for the long-term sustainability of the RLSWF. She is an independent business woman handling the accounting responsibilities for many Montana companies in and around the Bozeman area.
Carol Kirby – Red Lodge, Montana
Carol and her late husband Dave are longtime supporters of the Red Lodge
Songwriter Festival. Since her permanent move to red Lodge she has graciously donated her time to growing our festivals, making our organization better and ensuring we fulfill our mission.
Cathy Culnane – Whitefish, Montana
Cathy is a music fan with an extensive background as a technology executive with a strong background in enterprise systems, serving as CIO of Dell Computer and AutoZone. Cathy resides in Memphis, Tennessee and Whitefish, Montana with her husband Patrick.
Kassie Wilson – Nashville,Tennessee
Kassie is half of the dynamic duo Goldpine. They won the Rocky Mountain Songwriting Contest in 2021 and have been regular performers at our festivals ever since. Her and her husband Ben annually perform over 200 shows including many music festivals across the country.
