Meet the Gallatin Insurance Team

At Gallatin Insurance Powered by Your Policy, we are here for you! Our reason for coming in each day is to provide you with an experience that exceeds your expectations. We want your interaction with our team to be awesome, not average.

We only grow our team with agents that share this vision.  Our mission is to identify and minimize our client’s exposure to risk.

This is the experience you should expect when contacting Gallatin Insurance – it is the standard by which we do operate. Being a great agent isn’t enough, our team is here because they also have care, concern and compassion baked in. Give us a try, you won’t go back!

Greg Holt
President

Greg has 28 years’ experience in the insurance industry.  With a diverse background from being an independent agent to a marketing rep, Greg has done it all.  Greg moved in February of 2014 from Colorado after selling his agency MSI Group and purchased Gallatin Insurance in Belgrade, Montana from a long time friend.  Greg is married with 2 kids.  Evan is a junior at the Colorado School of Mines and his younger son Braden is a competitive hockey player playing in the Western Hockey League for the Everett Silvertips.  Greg also plays hockey in the D3 league in Bozeman with the Space Cowboys.   

Connie Mackay
Agent

Connie Mackay began her career as a personal lines producer with AAA Montana. She joined Gallatin Insurance shortly after the agency was founded in 1993. She brings to the agency over 26 years of experience. Connie is a personal and commercial producer with Gallatin Insurance. Her expertise is in commercial construction, transportation and surety. She values long-term relationships with her clients, understands the importance of a fast response time and makes every effort to minimize their administrative burden. Connie was born and raised in Montana. She is a graduate of Montana State University with a degree in business finance. She has two grown children.

Tessa Fowler
Commercial Lines Account Manager

Tessa Fowler is a licensed commercial lines account manager and has been with Gallatin Insurance Agency since 2014. She achieved a Bachelor’s degree in Art & K-12 Art Education from Montana State University. Originally from Buffalo Wyoming Tessa has called Bozeman her home since 2008. While she spends majority if her time working on her career, she also spends a big portion of her time with her son. In her free time, she enjoys being in the outdoors hiking with her dogs, climbing, snowboarding, skiing, and playing sports such as soccer and volleyball. She enjoys watching football and hockey.

Heather Erickson
Billing Department

Heather Schram was born and raised in Billings, Montana. She has called the Gallatin Valley home for the last twenty eight years. She moved to Bozeman to attend college and never left. She was a stay at home mom for many years before coming to Gallatin Insurance. She spent five years working at the Antique Barn in customer service and decorating. She works in the billing department taking payments, answering billing questions and solving issues.

Joel Hofer
Personal Lines Agent

Joel Hofer is a Personal Lines Agent at Gallatin Insurance. He grew up in Minot, ND graduating from Minot High School and attended Minot State University studying Business Law. He has lived in Bozeman, Montana since 1988 taking advantage of all the outdoor activities Montana has to offer. He obtained his Life and Health Insurance license in 1988 and for 15 years helped Montana Seniors with their Medicare Supplement and Long Term Care insurance needs. In 2007 he obtained his Property Casualty license and managed an Allstate Satellite location until fall of 2010. He joined the staff of Gallatin Insurance as a team member in 2011 and has learned all the various duties and functions of an independent insurance agency.

Gwynn Rochford
Agent

Gwynn Rochford is born and raised in Montana where she has spent most of her life. She starting her insurance career in 2006 in Billings, MT before moving to Three Forks where she ran an agency for 8 years. Gwynn started with Gallatin Insurance in February 2016 as an independent agent. She does Personal and Commercial Insurance, specializes in Flood coverage. She currently lives in Three Forks with her husband, teenagers, and Catahoula dog. Go Wolves!

Dena Runyan
Retention Center Specialist

Dena Runyan began as a receptionist with Gallatin Insurance in 2016, and has since become a licensed insurance agent. Dena currently manages the office’s Personal Lines Retention Center, ensuring our clients are getting the best rate for their coverage. Dena was born and raised in Belgrade, and has spent the majority of her life under the big sky. When not working she enjoys spending time with her family.

Shawn Bennett
Personal Lines Account Manager

Shawn has been licensed in Property, Casualty, Life & Health since 2017. He joined the Gallatin Insurance family in May 2022 as a Personal Lines Account Manager. Before embarking on his insurance career, Shawn was previously a Marketing & Advertising Executive in the Media Publishing industry. Shawn grew up in Michigan as a member of large farm family raising sheep, horses, and various crops as well as working at his Grandfather’s Grain Elevator and Feed Store. Shawn is also a Navy Veteran having served during Desert Storm in the US Naval Trident Submarine fleet based out of Silverdale, Washington. His love of travel, outdoors and mountains has kept him on the move over the years having lived in Michigan, Indiana, Connecticut, Arizona, Washington, Nevada, and California. Montana’s slower pace of life, friendly people, big sky, and mountains drew him to Gallatin Valley in January of 2021. He lives in Bozeman with his husband who’s a self-employed contractor. He also has a grown daughter and young granddaughter who live back in Michigan.

Maria Cervantes, D
Receptionist

I graduated from Bassett High school In California. In 2006 we moved to Montana in hopes for a better less stressful life which has resulted in Finally Having the family I always desired.( My Son) Working on bettering myself for our future. I speak English and Spanish and hope to One day soon to become an agent to help with the Latino Population that is growing rapidly Here.. Love spending time with my Family although they’re far away. I love going to the gym, to read and most of all hanging out with my Munchkin.

Leslie Toenyes
Commercial Account Manager

Leslie has been in the insurance industry for 7 years specializing in commercial and personal lines. She joined Gallatin Insurance in May 2022, focusing on Commercial lines and making sure the clients are taken care of with their insurance needs. She was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV and moved to Belgrade in 2011 with her husband and two boys. She enjoys being outdoors, camping, boating, and watching hockey.

Jamie Kristjanson
Agent

Jamie Kristjanson graduated from Jackson Hole High School in 1994. She grew up running her barrel horses and roping all summer long, while selling whitewater rafting pictures and cleaning up her father’s construction sites to pay her fees. In the winter she changed things according to the seasons and was seen skiing the town hill, Snow King after school and The Jackson Hole Resort aka “The Village” on the weekends. As all good things have a proverbial end, so too did the good ol days in Jackson when her parents decided to venture to Montana and buy a fly fishing ranch in Paradise Valley. The next 5 years Jamie split her time between, Jackson, Livingston and Wickenburg AZ. Soon Montana had its grip in her and she settled into school at Montana State University, spending her last year of eligibility on the MSU Rodeo Team in 1999-2000. Now 17 years later, she has raised her own barrel racing daughter whose dream is to follow in her footsteps at MSU in 2019!

Nick Knight
Agent
Jade Erickson
Billing

Jade Erickson was born and raised in Helena, MT and has been calling the big sky home for 20+ years. She joined Gallatin Insurance in March 2022 working in the Billing Department next to her step-mom, Heather. She has 6+ years of accounts receivable experience and enjoys the relationships she builds with our clients. She is family oriented and enjoys spending time with those closest to her, especially her son, Liam. She loves sight seeing and taking road trips to small towns or museums.

Amanda Crespin
Personal Lines Account Manager

Amanda has been Working in the Insurance field since 2020 and became a licensed agent in 2021. She came to Gallatin Insurance October of 2021 and started as the receptionist , in the beginning of 2022 she moved to a Personal lines account manager with Gallatin Insurance. Amanda grew up In Belgrade Montana in the Dry Creek area on a farm and enjoyed the view of the Bridger Mountain Range everyday . She grew up fishing the Gallatin River and exploring every fishing hole Montana had to offer with her family . Amanda Currently lives in Southeastern Colorado with her own family and continues to work for Gallatin Insurance as a personal lines account manager . In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family at home or on outings and new adventures !

Shaunna Hendrickson
Commercial Lines Account Manager

Shaunna Hendrickson began her career in insurance in Billings, MT in 2000. Her primary focus is commercial lines coverage. She enjoys getting to know the clients and focuses on each client’s particular insurance need. Shaunna was born and raised in Billings and works remotely from her home. Her pride and joy are her children and grandchildren. When she is not working she spends time cooking and preserving for family and friends in need. No one goes hungry.