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
- John Nelson - Treasurer
- Rick Rone - Secretary
The present membership is as follows:
- Ed Arneson – Lake of the Woods County
- Allen Bedford - Higher Education
- Peter Buesseler – Natural Resources
- Randy Finn – Leech Lake Reservation
- Grant Frenzel – Business
- Craig Gaasvig – Beltrami County
- Theora Goodrich– Hubbard County Townships
- Mike Harrom – Labor
- 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
- John A. Nelson – Clearwater County
- Buck Nordlof – Lake of the Woods County
- Larry Olson – Mahnomen County
- Jay Pike – School Districts
- Rick Rone – Lake of the Woods County Small Cities
- Nicholas Seitz – Beltrami County Small Cities
- Todd Turner – Mahnomen County Townships
- Ted Van Kempen– Hubbard County
- Bobbie Wosika – Hubbard County Small Cities
- Sarah Young – School Districts
- Vacant – Clearwater County Townships
- Vacant – White Earth Reservation