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A Montana company supporting client partners

Building stronger businesses for the long term

Leadership

Responsibility has a name.

Leadership at Mission Mountain Holdings is defined by a clear obligation: make the decisions that shape the organization and remain answerable for what follows.

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Authority connected to accountability

Leadership and client service

Clear responsibilities. Dependable client support.

The businesses presented in Our Clients differ in purpose, maturity, and day-to-day demands. MMH’s role is to provide the support agreed with each client.

The framework described in Our Approach defines the responsibilities of MMH and its client partners. MMH’s leaders are accountable for its team and service commitments; client leaders remain responsible for their own businesses.

MMH leadership

Leadership accountable for MMH.

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Mission Mountain Holdings Chief Executive Officer

Sam Rockwell-Shear

Chief Executive Officer

As Chief Executive Officer, Sam Rockwell-Shear is accountable for the direction and organizational integrity of Mission Mountain Holdings.

He leads MMH’s team and coordinates the support provided to client partners, keeping MMH’s work aligned with each engagement’s agreed priorities.

  • MMH direction
  • Client service coordination
  • Resource planning
  • Team accountability

Board of Directors

Stewardship grounded in experience.

Mission Mountain Holdings’ board members bring experience in agriculture, science, production, and business development to their oversight of the organization. Their individual profiles describe their MMH responsibilities and other business roles.

Charles “Chuck”
Holman

Owner, The Hi-Line Company
Board Member, Mission Mountain Holdings

Agriculture · Entrepreneurship · Operations

Background

Raised on a family ranch in North Central Montana, Chuck built his career across agriculture, landscape services, and regulated cannabis operations. He acquired and grew CTC Landscape Services in Seattle, later founded Earth in Hand Landscape Services in Missoula, and co-founded Mission Mountain Medicinals in 2020.

Perspective

His experience building and running businesses brings a practical grounding in production management, business discipline, and the demands of daily operations.

Current focus

Hands-on business operations and day-to-day leadership at The Hi-Line Company, informed by his experience as an entrepreneur and operator.

Jessica
Wood

Owner, The Hi-Line Company
Board Member, Mission Mountain Holdings

Science · Compliance · Retail operations

Background

Jessica earned a degree in inorganic chemistry from the University of Montana and began her career as an analytical chemist. She later moved into the cannabis and CBD sector, developing experience in regulatory compliance and operational oversight. Her experience includes compliance leadership and support for management across multiple retail locations.

Perspective

Scientific training connects her work to quality control, process discipline, and technical problem-solving in a regulated environment.

Current focus

Compliance and support for retail management, contributing to the day-to-day leadership and operation of The Hi-Line Company.

Richard
Rockwell-Shear

Owner, The Hi-Line Company
Board Member, Mission Mountain Holdings

Production · Equipment · Process improvement

Background

Raised near Missoula, Richard built experience in construction and large industrial steel-building projects before entering the cannabis sector. At Green Ridge Biosolutions, he advanced to extraction manager and oversaw a large-scale extraction system, developing experience in production oversight, equipment management, and quality-focused operations.

Perspective

His mechanical and production background brings a practical understanding of how equipment, processes, and execution work together.

Current focus

Product development, operational execution, and process improvement—areas he has contributed to at Mission Mountain Holdings and brings to his day-to-day operating role at The Hi-Line Company.

Colby
Johnson

Owner, The Hi-Line Company
Board Member, Mission Mountain Holdings

Agriculture · Communication · Business development

Background

An entrepreneur and agricultural operator from Conrad, Montana, Colby graduated from Duke University with a degree in Theater Studies and a certificate in Marketing/Management. He was among the early participants in Montana’s industrial hemp sector and has remained active in agricultural and cannabis-related ventures in the state.

Perspective

His background combines communication and marketing with practical agricultural experience and an understanding of emerging regulated markets.

Current focus

Business development and strategic growth through his day-to-day leadership at The Hi-Line Company, building on his work supporting the transition into marijuana operations.

The work of leadership

The work is judgment, not ceremony.

Within MMH and its client-service work, leadership has four practical responsibilities: establish direction, choose priorities, develop others, and follow through on results.

  1. Set direction

    Define the destination, the non-negotiables, and the boundaries within which others can exercise judgment.

  2. Choose priorities

    Concentrate time, capital, and attention where they can matter most—and protect the organization from distraction.

  3. Develop leaders

    Build decision-making capacity in others through context, trust, direct feedback, and meaningful authority.

  4. Be accountable for results

    Accept the result, examine it honestly, and turn what was learned into a stronger next decision.

Decision rights

Put each decision where it belongs.

MMH leaders are responsible for MMH’s commitments and services. Client leaders remain responsible for their own businesses. Each engagement makes those responsibilities clear.

Mission Mountain Holdings

MMH decisions

Sets MMH’s priorities and service standards, assigns its resources, and follows through on commitments agreed with clients.

Direction

Client leadership

Client business decisions

Sets client business priorities and directs its own operations, team, and customer relationships.

Judgment

Teams

Daily choices

Makes immediate decisions within established responsibilities, carries out the work, and raises issues that need operating leadership’s attention.

Execution

A standard that travels

Different roles. The same expectations.

Titles and responsibilities vary across the organization. The expectations placed on anyone entrusted with judgment do not.

  • Tell the truth early

    Good decisions depend on an honest view of what is working, what is not, and what remains unknown.

  • Make responsibility explicit

    Important work should have a named person responsible, a clear decision path, and an expected outcome.

  • Stay open to better evidence

    Conviction matters, but responsible leadership changes course when the facts justify it.

  • Leave the system stronger

    A sound decision should improve more than the immediate result; it should strengthen the organization’s ability to make the next decision well.

Work With Us

Responsibility becomes culture when more people carry it.

Explore opportunities to contribute through Careers, or contact Mission Mountain Holdings to begin a conversation with the team.

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