Board of Directors

  • Darrell Schmith

    Darrell Schmith

    Chair

    First PREMIER Bank, Executive Vice President

    Elected 2019

  • Linda Norman

    Rev. Linda Norman

    Vice Chair

    Chief Financial Officer & Administrator, Mission Investment Fund of the E.L.C.A.

    Elected 2021

  • Nate Schema

    Nate Schema

    Director

    Good Samaritan Society, President & CEO

    Elected 2021

  • Michael LeBeau, MD

    Dr. Michael LeBeau

    Director

    Sanford Health, Systems Vice President, Chief of Health Services Operations

  • Scott Petersen

    Scott Petersen

    Director

    Former CEO, LodgeNet

    Elected 2018

  • Thomas Koop

    Thomas Koop

    Director

    Former CPA, Clifton Larson Allen, LLP

    Elected 2020

  • Dana Ritchie

    Dana Ritchie

    Director

    Associate Vice President of Constituency Services and Workforce, American Health Care Association/ National Center for Assisted Living

    Elected in 2024

  • Dave Austad

    Dave Austad

    Director

    Austad Golf, CEO

    Elected in 2015

  • Helen Melland

    Dr. Helen Melland

    Director

    Former Dean of the College of Nursing, Montana State University

    Elected 2021

  • Dr. Dean Bresciani

    Dr. Dean Bresciani

    Director

    Retired North Dakota State University President

    Elected 2022

  • Dr. Jean Bokinskie

    Dr. Jean Bokinskie

    Director

    Program Director, Parish Nurse Ministry & Emeritus-in-Residence, Nursing Department Concordia College

    Elected in 2024

  • Ryan Austad

    Ryan Austad

    Director

    Austad Golf, President & COO

    Elected in 2024

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