BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jerry Krause has been on the Board of Directors of various non-profit

organizations. He was on the visioning committee in 2017-18 that lead to

the creation of Break Bread. This is his second term as a member of BB

board of directors. He just stepped down as the Chair of the Littleton

Methodist Church Administrative Council after six years. He was a member

of the United Methodist Church committee that created the new Mountain

Sky Conference for Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. Other

organizations where he served as a President and board member include

Shiloh Homes Inc, Voices West Choral, Montana State Fraternity Building

Association and Littleton Optimist Club.

Jerry retired as a Senior Director of Information Technology. He held senior

management positions for United Airlines Computer Systems and was Head

Information Technology Director for a joint venture computer reservation

project owned by several major European airlines. During this time, he lived

in Amsterdam and England. For the last 7 years of his career he was a

principal and Managing Director of the consulting firm FocusIT. He worked

for customers such as the Canadian National Post, Chicago Sun Times, AT&T

Wireless, and United Airlines. He has a degree in Statistics (Montana State)

and a MS in Computer Science (Texas A&M.) Now he helps novice users of

home computers solve their problems and he recently created a

lecture/discussion series on computer security. Years ago, he was a USAF

Captain working in the Pentagon in a special research department. His work

included being on a test team for a computer network that became known as

the Internet. 

He met his wife, Nancy, in the back row of Littleton Methodist choir and they

have been married for almost 15 years. They have 5 children and 9

grandchildren.  A life-long singer, he enjoys singing in community and

church choirs. He grew up on a farm in Wyoming near Yellowstone Park and

knows how to drive beet trucks and big tractors. His hobbies include pickle

ball, photography, fly fishing, travel and watching his grandkid’s athletic

events.