Doug Reisig
MQEC Executive Director

dreisig@mqec.org
(406) 544-4335
P. O. Box 17311
Missoula, MT 59808

Dr. Douglas Reisig retired (June 30, 2022) as the Superintendent of Hellgate Elementary, a Department of Education recognized “Blue Ribbon” school district in Missoula, Montana which is the largest Montana independent elementary school district. Dr. Reisig was the Hellgate Elementary school district superintendent for twenty-two years. Altogether, Dr. Reisig was involved in Montana Education for forty-six (46) years with thirty-years (34) spent in superintendent positions at St. Ignatius, Troy, Anaconda, and Hellgate Elementary. At the time of his retirement, Dr. Reisig was the longest continuous serving school district superintendent in Montana. Dr. Reisig received his B.S. degree and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Montana and his Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Montana State University.

Dr. Reisig, in addition to being the MQEC Executive Director, also represented the Montana Office of Public Instruction on the Executive Board of the Montana High School Association – his second four (4) year term on the MHSA Executive Board representing the Superintendent of Public Instruction from the Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI). In 2007, he was appointed to the MHSA Executive Board by a OPI Superintendent whose political affiliation was with the Democrat Party. In 2019, he was, once again, appointed to the MHSA Executive Board, this time by a Superintendent of OPI whose political affiliation is with the Republican Party, - a testament to his ability to work with people to find common ground to promote opportunities for Montana students. In 2023, Dr. Reisig was awarded the James C. Haugen Meritorious Service Award by the MHSA.

In 2010 and in 2021, Dr. Reisig was awarded the G.V. Erickson Award for “notable service and dedication to education”. The G.V. Erickson Award is the highest award the School Administrators of Montana organization can give to a Montana school administrator. Dr. Reisig is the only school administrator to ever be awarded the GV Erickson Award twice.

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