Dave Smith
David has a very extensive ranching background. His experience comes from owning and managing a livestock grazing, farming, and feeding/backgrounding business for 30 years in Eastern Montana.
Dave involves himself in his community and in 1992 was chosen to represent the Montana Jaycees in the Outstanding Young Farmer program at the annual convention in Memphis, Tennessee. Dave prides himself in good stewardship practices and in 1994 Smith Cattle Inc. (David's family) was given the Environmental Stewardship Award from the National Cattlemen Association for their effort in improving the environment.
As a long-time Montana Stockgrowers member, Dave was the Marketing Committee Chairman, as well as a Resource Advisory Council member to the Bureau of Land Management. In addition, David served two terms as the Southeastern Montana Livestock Association President.
As a landowner representative on the Hunter Behavior Advisory Council, David worked with the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department, which also complemented the Hunter Education program he has been involved with as an instructor for 27 years.
With David's background second to none, he is excited to work with people in real estate. Whether buying or selling, he brings his honest, on-the-ground, in-the-trenches Montana perspective and his extensive first-class experience.
With Dave and his wife owning investment properties, he has had personal experience in 1031 exchanges. Dave and Jody live in Miles City, where they keep their fingers in a small production farm, raising cattle and horses. They have 5 boys, 4 daughters-in-law, and 17 grandchildren.
Echo Jo Venn
Echo was raised in the beautiful mountains of Libby, Montana. Growing up in a fourth generation logging family, she spent a good part of her upbringing in the Rocky Mountain forests. Her interest in land and property began at a young age as her family was active in discussing property rights policy within the inland northwest.
Echo attended college at the University of Montana in Missoula and Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communications and a minor in Political Science in December of 2002. For the next 14 years she dedicated her working life to a non-profit educational organization that connected rural natural resource workers with inner-city teachers and youth, with a mission to create a bridge of understanding and respect for culture and professions.
Although she remains dedicated to this cause, she pursued a career that didn’t require as much travel while her young children grew. Due to her genuine enjoyment of working with people and her prior contract work experience, real estate has been a natural fit and she is grateful for each client who gives her the opportunity to work for them. She serves as the treasurer for the local high school Booster Club and volunteers within multiple local non-profits.
When she’s not working in real estate or helping organize local youth sports programs, Echo enjoys spending time with the people most precious to her "her husband Justin and their four children, Lute (16), Presley Jo (13), Kya (11), and Ayla (5). You’ll find them at sports events, youth rodeos, and FFA activities, or at home caring for animals, riding horses, biking, playing board games, and having dance parties in the kitchen.
Vicki Beley
Vicki is a native Montanan who has worked in agriculture her whole life. She and her family reside on their ranch in Dawson County, Montana, where they raise Red Angus cattle and registered Quarter Horses, as well as operate a trucking business.
Her family consists of three children who have always been involved in agriculture and have been a major part of the family ranch.
Vicki was born in Kalispell, Montana in the Flathead Valley and spent most of her childhood in Montana, with the exception of a few years in Canada where her father ranched and they helped as missionaries.
After high school, she worked in several different states galloping race horses and riding dressage and hunter jumpers, as well as cow horses. She later returned to her home state of Montana where she met her husband and settled into a life of ranching, raising, and training horses.
Her interest in livestock "and the land they run on "has been a lifetime commitment and goal. The desire to help people and her passion for Montana sparked her interest in the real estate industry.
George Luther Jr.
George brings expertise on several fronts from ranches and farms to small town commercial properties and specialized properties and ownership rights which can be utilized to assist clients in their questions, searches, and consulting on real property interests and issues. George is licensed in the State of Montana.
George has been a real estate appraiser for over thirty years starting with the Federal Land Bank and Northwest Farm Credit Services (as both a credit officer and appraiser) and then establishing Luther Appraisal Services, Inc in October 1994. He is a Certified General Appraiser in the States of Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota and holds the Accredited Rural Appraiser designation from the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. George has served on several national committees and in district, national, and state offices and committees with the ASFMRA.
He was raised on ranching operations in Big Horn and Rosebud Counties, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Education from Montana State University. George has served as a special master and receiver for state district courts and is a qualified expert witness in state and federal courts. In addition, he has experience working as part of a team on major energy greenfield projects in Montana and North Dakota.
George serves as a member of the Montana Board of Real Estate Appraisers along with over a decade on the Citizen’s Advisory Panel (CAP) for the Colstrip Electrical Generating Station, Citizen’s Advisory Council (CAC) for FWP Region 7, and with the DNRC on wildland fires and other incidents. He has served in the past on the Miles City "Custer County Planning Board (as member and president), Miles City Zoning Commission (member and chair), and as a part-paid firefighter/EMT with the Miles City Fire Department.
Karlon Knudson
Karlon Knudson has been a lifelong resident of Northeastern Johnson County in Wyoming, where he runs a cow/calf ranching operation along the banks of Powder River. Karlon has an Associates of Applied Science degree from Casper College and a Bachelor's degree in Business with an Agricultural Economics Minor from Oklahoma Panhandle State University.
He rode bareback horses through college and in the PRCA for about ten years before coming home to begin ranching for himself in 2011. He doubled down on settling down in 2012 with the birth of his first son. Karlon and his wife, Abby are now raising three boys and are loving every minute of it.
Karlon specializes in small rural properties, larger recreational properties, and full scale farm and ranch properties. His background and upbringing have taught him to build relationships on honesty, integrity, and a genuine interest in the success of buyers and sellers alike.
Scott Dinardi
Michael “Scott” Dinardi, more commonly known as Scott, has recently joined the DSR team. Scott is a native to Miles City and has resided here his entire life. During his time in Miles City, he has worked in the transportation industry and is currently a small business owner as well. Scott has had a passion for real estate for many years and has now decided it was time to put his passion to work for the good people of Eastern Montana.
Scott has a beautiful wife and three children, ages 23, 16, and 13. Without his family, none of this would have been possible. They have encouraged him and cheered him along every step of the way.
In his spare time, Scott enjoys being with his family doing all of the things they love to do " fishing, hunting, traveling, and chasing his kids at their sporting events. Through Scott's real estate education, he took a particular interest in real estate law. We believe this area of interest, along with his work ethic, integrity, and honesty, will lead him to a successful real estate career.
Heather Brownfield
Heather was born and raised in Montana, daughter of a 3rd generation ranching family. She continues this legacy with her husband Jay, raising 3 daughters of their own on a ranch near Hammond, MT. She has a love for this beautiful state and a deep understanding of the stewardship that is required of us to keep it that way.
That understanding is what has fueled the passion for her career in real estate and property management. Heather enjoys making her client's needs a priority and preserving the chapter each property has written in Montana's story. She seizes every opportunity to further her education in real estate and stay on top of the latest trends in our area and beyond.
In Heather's spare time, you will find her actively engaged with the local 4-H club, volunteering at the Powder River County Museum, putting the finishing touches on her latest investment property or out on a family boating and camping adventure!
