Board of Trustees
Meet the Board
Deanell Backlund
Life Trustee
Retired
Teacher
Dr. Phillip Becker
Member
Anesthesiologist
Mitchell Anesthesia PC
Paul Christen
Life Trustee
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Christen Group, LLC
John Clarke
Life Trustee
President
County Fair Foods Stores
Daniel Duffy
Member
Partner
Bangs McCullen Law Firm
Bill Farris
Life Trustee
Retired
CFO, Financial Services Sector
Ronald D. Gates, Sr.
Life Trustee
Retired
Healthcare CEO, Firesteel Health Care Center
James Gritzner
Board Chair
Senior U.S. District Judge
Southern District of Iowa
John Hartung
Life Trustee
Retired
Higher Education
Jeff Jares
Member
President and CEO
Claims Associates, Inc.
Jacquelyn Johnson
Member
CEO/Financial Advisor
Dice Financial Services Group
Kenneth Ketel
Member
Retired
Teacher
Bob Kjelden
Member
Retired
Entrepreneur
Cindy Krall
Member
Speaker, Writer
Treasured Possessions, LLC
Beth Kroger
Board Secretary
JILA Chief of Operations
University of Colorado
Dr. Linda Kropenske
Member
Retired
Nursing
Ron Martin
Member
Principal and Residential Mortgage Loan Originator
Avenue Mortgage, LLC
Kristy Martin
Member
President/Partner
KRM-IT, Inc./SoDak Smart Tech LLC
M. Kent Millard
Life Trustee
President
United Theological Seminary
Jerry Miller
Member
Retired
Athletic Education
Carey Miller
Member
Attorney
Woods Fuller Shultz & Smith P.C.
Dr. Paul Miskimins
Member
Dentist
Dental Care Center
Roger Musick
Member
Retired CEO
Innovative Systems
Terry Nebelsick
Board Vice Chair
Retired
Education Administrator
Jeff Nelson
Member
Realtor
605 Real Estate
Betty Oldenkamp
Member
Retired
Nonprofit
Bishop Lanette L. Plambeck
Member
Bishop
Dakota/Minnesota Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church
Wayne Puetz
Life Trustee
President
Puetz Design+Build
Mark Puetz
Member
President/CEO
Puetz Design+Build
Nancy Quan
Member
Attorney
Quan & Associates
Peter Kip Roozen
Member
Lead Pastor
Asbury United Methodist Church
Dr. Alison Tendler
Member
Opthomologist/CEO
ART Vision/ARTisan Skin and Laser
Larry Thompson
Member
CEO
Vantage Point Solutions
Dr. Myles Tieszen
Member
General Surgeon
Sanford Health
Rev. Rebecca Trefz
Member
Assistant to the Bishop for Connection and Communications
Dakotas Conference of the United Methodist Church
Dr. Lesta Turchen
Member
Retired
Education
Gopal Vyas
Member
Retired CEO
Tessier's, Inc.
J. Leon Washington
Member
Dean of Enrollment Management
Villanova University
