Division Leadership
Officers/Executive Committee 2024:
President John Siekmeier - Two-year term (term starts March 1st, 2024)
1st Vice-President - Joseph Barisonzi - Two-year term (term starts March 1st, 2023)
2nd Vice-President - Fitzgerald (Jerry) Steele - Two-year term (term starts March 1st, 2023)
Treasurer - Barb Hanson - Two-year term (term starts March 1st, 2024)
Secretary - Matt Norton - Two-year term (term starts March 1st, 2023)
Directors
Directors at Large:
Tim Johnson
Michele McCaughtry
Cherry Schwartz
Ted Suss
Julie O'Leary
National Directors:
Jill Crafton
Camille Morton
Dave Zentner, Past Nat'l President
State Directors:
Austin
Bush Lake
Bush Lake
Cass County
Gopher State
Jaques
Mike Hennen, Minnesota Valley
Grif Pugh, Minnesota Valley
New London
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New Ulm #79
New Ulm #79
Owatonna
Willis Mattison, Prairie Woods
Rochester
W. J. McCabe
W. J. McCabe
Richard P. Brown, Walter J. Breckenridge
Steven H. Schaust, Walter J. Breckenridge
Wapashaw
Robert Scheierl, Wes Libbey Northern Lakes
Will Dilg
Committees
Administration & Finance Committee
Barb Hanson
Jill Crafton
John Crampton
Willis Mattison
Awards Committee
Gary Schwartz
Communications Committee
Jill Crafton
Becky Siekmeier
Jon Anderson
Griff Pugh
Barb Hanson
John Crampton
Conservation Issues Committee
Craig Sterle
Conservation Issues Work Groups
ATVs and Off Road Vehicles
Willis Mattison
Lois Norrgard
Craig Sterle
Get the Lead Out
Tom Casey
Carrol Henderson
Tim Johnson
Steve Schaust
Rich Staffon
Craig Sterle
Dave Zentner
Native Rough Fish
Tyler Winter
Tim Johnson
John Rust
Peter Sorensen
Membership Committee
Policy Resolutions Committee
Jill Crafton
Doug Claycomb
Audit Committee
Joseph Barisonzi
Grants to Chapters Committee-Advancing League Priorities
Mark Owens
Craig Sterle
Jill Crafton
Alec Holbeck
Sam Clausen
Willis Mattison
Ted Suss
Grants to Chapters Committee-
Youth-Led Leadership
Liz Erdmann
Camille Morton
Gary Schwartz
Darrell Spencer
Investments/Endowment Committee
Ted Suss
Bill Henke
Willis Mattison
Jill Crafton
Matt Norton
Gary Schwartz
Nominations Committee
Joseph Barisonzi
Jill Crafton
Julie O'Leary
Past Presidents Committee
John Crampton
Bill Henke
Craig Sterle
Ted Suss
Barry Drazkowski
Larry Dolphin
Gary Schwartz
John Rust
ScholarshipsCommittee
Cherry Schwartz
Gary Schwartz
Jill Crafton
Upper Mississippi River Initiative (UMRI)
Dave Zentner
Barb Hanson
Ted Suss
David Minge
Mark TenEyck
Youth Environmental Defender Award
Ted Suss
Camille Morton
Joseph Barisonzi