Our Team
Juanita Hooper, Chair
Juanita is a Career Specialist with Montana State University Billings, Career & Employment Services. She has been a member of JSEC Billings since 2019, initially serving as the chairperson of the Membership & Engagement Committee and Vice Chair. She now serves as Chair 2024 – 2026.
Involvement in JSEC Billings has provided her networking opportunities with members, employers, community organizations and Job Service, allowing the benefits of keeping abreast of the local labor market.
Juanita is especially proud of the benefits of the annual Jobs Jamboree available to job seekers in the Billings community and surrounding areas. Being an active part of the annual Jobs Jamboree event has provided one-on-one employer contacts not only for job seekers as well as building relationships and job opportunities to share with the MSUB student population.
Lisa Wallace, Vice Chair
Lisa has been a member of JSEC Billings since she moved to Billings in 2007 and have found it a wonderful way to make connections within the community that benefit both the organization she represents as the Director of Career Services at Rocky Mountain College – Career Services, her career, and personal life.
In addition to having served as the Chair previously, Lisa has been involved in the Recognition Committee (previously named the Scholarship Committee) since 2008, and has been the Chair of that group for many years.
Lisa is especially proud of the growth in the types of scholarships we offer to the community. Lisa is committed to helping JSEC Billings find ways for the organization to focus on growing its membership, both in numbers and in types of industries represented.
LynnDee Schmidt, Treasurer
LynnDee Schmidt is the Benefits & Safety Manager for Yellowstone County, which is one of the larger employers in Billings, with close to 500 full time employees. Her area of responsibilities include: Recruitment & Selection, Classification & Compensation, Employee Orientation & Training, Employee Benefits, Worker’s Compensation, administrator for the County’s self-funded health insurance and is the Wellness Coordinator for the Yellowstone County Focus on Fitness & safety programs. She is also a member of the County’s Health Insurance Advisory Committee and Chair of the Safety Committee.Â
Ms. Schmidt holds a SPHR & SHRM-SCP certification and is a member of the Billings Clinic Occupational Health Advisory Board, Treasurer for the Billings Job Service Employer’s Committee (JSEC) and Montana State Employers Council (MSEC). Ms. Schmidt has been the JSEC Treasurer since 2009 and was instrumental in acquiring the 501(c)3 and Incorporation status for the Billings JSEC. LynnDee has been involved with JSEC since 2000 and held several positions as Chair and Vice-Chair in addition to serving on several committees.Â