Pre-Award Services

Proposal Development Analyst
(406) 243-6674
UH 209
dari.quirk@umontana.edu

About Me

Dari joined the OSP as a Proposal Development Analyst in February of 2022 at a very exciting time for the University of Montana, having just received its R1 designation. Dari has an extensive background in business administration and financial analysis including working for over ten years in the commercial appraisal field and starting a non-profit healthcare foundation. Dari is looking forward to working with departments across campus to further the excellence of research at UM.

 Educational Background & Work Experience

• Bowdoin College (1988), BA, Art History
• University of Colorado, Boulder (1993), MBA, Marketing & Finance
• String Orchestra of the Rockies, Coordinator
• Rural Health Foundation of Sublette County, Executive Director
• HVS International, Vice President of Operations & Senior Editor

On a Personal Note

A native of Massachusetts, Dari always heard the call of the mountains and the West and headed to Alta, Utah after college graduation. Dari has remained in the mountain West ever since, having lived in Colorado, California, and Wyoming, in addition to Montana. Winter sports have always been a passion including downhill skiing and dogsledding. 

Dari is also passionate about volunteering and has been a volunteer with FIRST, an international STEM organization for students in grades 4 through 12, for over ten years. She is a business mentor with the Missoula County Public Schools’ FIRST Robotics Competition team, Missoula Robotics Team 3216.

Dari and her husband Jim moved to Missoula in 2013 from Pinedale, Wyoming, with their two children, McKenna and Colton. When not enjoying the snow, Dari can be found floating the river, baking, or following her favorite F1 drivers.