Board of Directors

2011 JEDC Board of Directors

  • Rita Albrecht - Bemidji City Council
  • Lois Anderson - Executive Vice President, Security BankUSA
  • Pete Aube - Manager, Potlatch Corporation
  • Jim Bensen - President Emeritus, Bemidji State University
  • Steve Cochems - General Manager-Anderson Fabrics Inc.
  • Dennis Doeden - Publisher, The Pioneer Newspaper
  • Mary Eaton - President/CEO, The Idea Circle Inc.
  • Paul Freude - General Manager, Paul Bunyan Telephone
  • Bob Fitzgerald - Director of Operations, Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
  • Darlene Geller - Vice President, North Country Business Products
  • Jim Hess - Superintendent, Bemidji School District
  • Steve Holley - President, North Central Door Company
  • Phil Verchota - Vice President, Deerwood Bank
  • David Landgrebe - President, RiverWood Bank
  • Glen Lindseth - President, Miller McDonald, CPA
  • Ed Nynas - General Manager, Bemidji Cooperative Association
  • Paul Hanson - CEO, Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota
  • Richard Hanson - President, Bemidji State University
  • Lynette Nieuwsma - General Manager, Beltrami Electric
  • Harold Van Leeuwen - Executive Director, Bemidji Regional Airport
  • Jim Lucachick - Beltrami County Commissioner
  • Paul Welle - Vice President, First National Bank
  • Leon Kremeier - Area Manager, Otter Tail Power Company

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