Episode Forty-Three - Sean Gerrity

The State of Montana

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Episode Forty-Three - Sean Gerrity

Founder and Former CEO of American Prairie Reserve, now known as American Prairie

Russell Rowland

Nov 10, 2024

Transcript

Sean Gerrity grew up in Great Falls, where his parents introduced him to the wonders of the outside world. After a successful career as a consultant in Silicon Valley, Sean and his wife moved back to Montana, where he met some people who had been dreaming for years about creating a very ambitious grassland preserve in the Missouri Breaks. Sean’s business experience led him to taking on the role of founder and CEO of The American Prairie Reserve, one of the biggest conservation projects in American history. Sean resigned as CEO in 2017, but he is still very involved with what is now known as American Prairie, and he also hosts a podcast called The Answers Are Out There, where he interviews people doing conservation work all over the world.

Thank you to Buchanan Capital for sponsoring this podcast, and to Phil Aaberg for his musical accompaniment.

Discussion about this episode

The State of Montana

Montana has a long history of very complicated politics, often influenced by major corporations, as with the Copper Kings in our early history, or oil money. But we also have a strong track record of very progressive milestones, the most significant of which was the election of the first woman to ever serve in Congress, Jeanette Rankin. We also have what most constitutional historians consider one of the strongest state constitutions in the country. We have always boasted a very significant balance of power as well, but recently that has changed, and I want to understand why, and what can be done about it. So I'm going to interview some of our more high-profile citizens, not necessarily politicians, to explore this issue. My first guest will be Dorothy Bradley, who was the first woman to run for governor of the state. Dorothy just barely lost to Marc Racicot in 1992.

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