Bob Heffner

Bob Heffner is currently a managing director at AdvantEdge Advisors LLC in Missoula. Bob’s expertise as a merger and acquisition advisor builds on his varied experience as a business owner in building construction and in retail foods, economic development chief at the Montana Department of Commerce, and commercial banker. At the Commerce Department, Bob started Montana’s Presidential Award-winning Microbusiness Finance Program and supervised the state’s foreign trade offices. As a commercial lender, he financed growth opportunities for hundreds of companies including AT&T Capital. He holds degrees in economics and architecture/urban planning. Attending to his mother’s decline and death in the spring of 2021 engendered Bob’s profound appreciation of hospice care. In Bob’s words, hospice transformed the experience from a struggle with symptoms, systems and providers to recognizing and engaging in the process of death with a beloved parent.