Betty Munis – President of Munis Family Limited Partnership

Betty Munis manages her family’s ranching and natural resources businesses. She and her husband also operate Growing Excellence, a forestry consulting business.

From 1992 to 2020, Betty served as Director of the Idaho Forest Products Commission where she was responsible for all aspects of the Commission’s business. Betty’s range of work included everything from producing award-winning advertisements and developing engaging programs to implementing top-notch forest tours and managing limited budgets.

  Before joining the Commission, Betty served as a natural resource consultant, political campaign advisor, commodity broker, as executive vice president of the Idaho Cattle Association, associate director of the Public Lands Council, assistant to the director at the Council of International Exchange of Scholars. Munis also worked in Panama on a youth development program sponsored by 4-H and the Kellogg’s Corporation.

             Betty grew up on a cattle ranch in the heart of southwestern Montana. She holds a bachelor’s degree in agriculture economics from the University of Georgia. Betty also attended Montana State University and studied in England and France. In her free time you’ll likely find her in the garden tending a crop of mighty fine tomatoes.