Commission Members
The HRDC is governed by a 25 member Commission, with a large majority of the members consisting of local elected officials.
6 - County Commissioners
5 - Mayors or Councilpersons from Small Cities
4 - Township Board Members
2 - School Board Members
1 - Mayor/Councilperson from Cities over 10,000
3 - American Indian Tribal Council Representatives (one each from Red Lake, White Earth, and Leech Lake Reservations)
4 - Citizens representing public interests (business, higher education, natural resources, and labor)
Executive Committee
- Craig Gaasvig - Chair
- Ted Van Kempen - Vice-Chair
- Todd Turner - Treasurer
- Max Gullette - Secretary
- Grant Frenzel - At-Large Member
- Brian Merschman - At-Large Member
The present membership is as follows:
- Ed Arneson – Lake of the Woods County
- Allen Bedford – Higher Education
- Del Bellanger – White Earth Reservation
- Peter Buesseler – Natural Resources
- John Carrier – Hubbard County Small Cities
- Bruce Emmel – Clearwater County
- Grant Frenzel – Business
- Craig Gaasvig – Beltrami County
- Theora Goodrich – Hubbard County Townships
- Max Gullette – Beltrami County Small Cities
- Mike Harrom – Labor
- Cody Hasbargen – Lake of the Woods County
- Duane Lewis – Clearwater County Small Cities
- Deb McArthur – Mahnomen County Small Cities
- Brian Merschman – Beltrami County Townships
- Michael Meuers – Red Lake Reservation
- Cole Nelson – Lake of the Woods County Small Cities
- Larry Olson – Mahnomen County
- Jay Pike – School Districts
- Audrey Thayer – City of Bemidji
- Todd Turner – Mahnomen County Townships
- Ted Van Kempen – Hubbard County
- Vacant – School Districts
- Vacant – Clearwater County Townships
- Vacant – Leech Lake Reservation