Background
Preston, Jay Wilson was born on January 14, 1956 in Missoula, Montana, United States. Son of Jay William and Elizabeth H. (Cummings) Preston.
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Jay Wilson Preston
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Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Montana State University, 1978; Master of Business Administration, Columbia University, 1983.
Career
Assistant general manager, Ronan (Montana) Tel.Co., 1978-1981;
vice president, Ronan (Montana) Tel. Company, 1983-1988;
president, chief operating officer, Ronan (Montana) Tel. Company, since 1988.
Founding treasurer, b.d directors Telephone Exch. Carriers Montana, Great Falls,1986-1987. Member, vice chairman, chairman Mission Valley Power Consumer Council, Polson, Montana, since 1990.
Membership
Principal organizer Ronan community certification effort Montana Certified Communities Program, Helena, 1987-1988. Founder, president Center Lake County Community Development Corporation, Ronan, 1988-1995. Founding board directors Fund for Rural Education and Development, Washington, 1988-1993, Flathead Reservation Human Rights Coalition, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana, since 1989.
Member Montana Ambassadors, since 1987. Founder, president Lake County Community Development Corporation, since 1995. Member United States Telephone Association (small company committee 1985-1988), Organization for Protection and Advancement Small Telephone Сompany (board directors 1986-1988), Ronan C. of Chamber (board directors, vice president, president 1983-1988, Man of Year award 1989).
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Married Deborah Korn, September 10, 1983 (divorced April 1995). Children: Matthew Alexander, David Jonathon, Ezra Jeremiah. Married Cynthia Macklin Cantlon, August 20, 1995.
