As the policy-making body of The Consensus Council, the
Board of Directors is pan-partisan. It reflects a full range of the political,
private and nonprofit sectors of leadership. The members of the Board do
not review the results of the consensus processes but instead serve as trustees
of the creativity and energy of the consensus building concept and services. |
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| Senator Carolyn Nelson (D),
Chair, Fargo, ND. Carolyn is the Assistant Senate
Minority Leader and member of the Senate Judiciary and Government and
Veterans Affairs Committees.
She is a senior lecturer emeritus of mathematics
at North Dakota State University. |
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| Barry Vickrey, Vice-Chair,
Vermillion, SD. Barry is the Dean of the School of
Law at the University of South Dakota. Prior to his current position,
Barry was the Associate
Dean of the School of Law at the University of North
Dakota. He is involved in education and natural resource issues. |
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| Jerry L. Nagel, Secretary-Treasurer,
Lake Park, MN. Jerry is President of Northern Great
Plains, Inc., and President of the Red River Trade Corridor, Inc, a
non-profit organization
serving businesses and economic development at the
local, state and national levels. |
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| Dennis Hill,
Bismarck, ND. Dennis is the Executive Vice-President
and General Manager of the North Dakota Association
of Rural Electric Cooperatives. Through
his work, he oversees the largest membership organization
in rural North Dakota. |
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| Christine Hogan, Bismarck, ND. Christine
is the former Executive Director of the State Bar
Association of North Dakota and a Committee Chair of the North Dakota
Judicial system. She
is a spokesperson for the legal community. |
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| Betty Keegan, Rolla, ND. Betty is the
former Director of Rolette County Social Services where she served
for 49 years. She has deep understanding of tribal interests along
with public health and human needs. |
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| David L. Kemnitz, Mandan, ND. David
is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
statewide American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL/CIO).
He is the leading spokesperson for labor interests in
North Dakota. |
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| Andrew Maragos,
Minot, ND. Andy is a Minot business leader and former
republican State Representative, having served from
1993-2006. |
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| Bruce W. Furness,
Fargo, ND. Bruce served as Mayor of Fargo from
1994 to 2006.A graduate of Jamestown College and Montana
State University, he worked for IBM for 30 years in
several locations. |
