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
- Cal Larson - Chair
- Ron Johnson - Vice-Chair
- Kathy Grell - Treasurer
- Rick Rone - Secretary
The present membership is as follows:
- Dave Bessler – Hubbard County Townships
- Peter Buesseler – Natural Resources
- Randy Finn – Leech Lake Reservation
- Craig Gaasvig – Beltrami County
- Gary Gauldin – School Districts
- Kathy Grell – Business
- Mike Harrom – Labor
- Cody Hasbargen – Lake of the Woods County
- Ron Johnson – City of Bemidji
- Cal Larson – Clearwater County Small Cities
- Deb McArthur – Mahnomen County Small Cities
- Brian Merschman- Beltrami County Townships
- Michael Meuers – Red Lake Reservation
- Jean Nelson – Mahnomen County Townships
- John A. Nelson – Clearwater County
- Larry Olson – Mahnomen County
- Vacant - Beltrami County Small Cities
- Alan Bedford - Higher Education
- Jay Pike – School Districts
- Rick Rone – Lake of the Woods County Small Cities
- Liz Stone – Hubbard County Small Cities
- Mike Triplett – White Earth Reservation
- Ted Van Kempen– Hubbard County
- Jon Waibel – Lake of the Woods County
- Vacant – Clearwater County Townships