About the Red River Basin Commission
The Red River Basin is a special place and keeping it that way requires that people share the responsibility for its future. The RRBC has been bringing people together to move common Basin goals forward for over two decades.
The RRBC is a charitable, not-for-profit organization designed to help facilitate a cooperative approach to water management within the Basin and is a well-established forum for identifying, developing, and implementing solutions to crossboundary issues.
The RRBC is led by 41 directors representing the diversity of this multi-jurisdictional Basin and is comprised of local, state, provincial, and First Nation government representation, the environmental community, and at-large members. It maintains offices in Fargo, ND and Winnipeg, MB and is dedicated to innovation in the management of the Red River Basin’s water resources.
RRBC Officers
Gavin
van der Linde
Chair
Brian Holmer
Vice Chair
Dave Piepkorn
Secretary/
Treasurer
RRBC Board of Directors & Alternates
Manitoba
MB Municipalities
Bill Howatt / Marvin Plett
Laurie Hunt/ Joy Sul
Charles Posthumus / Brian Duval
Don Wiebe / Don Falk
MB Cities
Shawn Nason / Jeff Browaty
John Buffie / Douglas Poirier
MB Water Co-Op
Greg Archibald / Jake Fehr
MB Environmental
Dimple Roy /Sean Goertzen
MB Provincial
Chris Propp / Jason Senyk
Nicole Armstrong / Mark Lee
Lori Stevenson / Brian Wilson
Mel Klassen / Vacant
MB At-Large
Gavin van der Linde / Joëlle Saltel-Allard
Minnesota
MN Counties
Gary Kiesow / Roger Falk
Ron Staples / Jay Backer
MN Cities
Curt Johannsen / Vacant
Shelly Carlson / Vacant
Brian Holmer / Wayne Johnson
MN Watersheds
John Finney / Greg Holmvik / Rob Sip
LeRoy Ose/ Dan Money
MN Environmental
Vacant / Vacant
MN State
Laura Bishop / Theresa Haugen
Sarah Strommen / Theresa Ebbenga
John Jaschke / Henry Van Offelen
Thom Peterson / Martha Josephson
MN At-Large
Morrie Lanning /Vacant
South Dakota
SD At-Large
Vacant / Robert Horton, Eddie Madsen
SD State
Vacant
First Nations/Tribal
Geoff Reimer, Southern Chiefs' Organization
Christa Monette, Turtle Mountain Bank of Chippewa
Monica Hedstrom, White Earth Reservation
Federal Representatives - Ex Officio
Kevin Wilson / Aaron Snyder
Greg Gust / Amanda Lee
Dale Hutchison
John Oosterveen
Ex Officio
Rep. Armstrong -
Sen. Cramer - Lisa Gibbins
Sen. Smith - Carson Ouellette
Sen. Hoeven - Jessica Lee
Sen. Klobuchar - Andy Martin
Rep. Peterson - Allison Stock
Sen. Rounds
Sen. Thune - Judy Vrchota
M.P. James Bezan
Sen. Larry Luick
RRBC Staff
Canada Office Staff
Steve Strang ~ Managing Director
Rebecca Trowell ~ Environmental Project Coordinator
Tammy Busceti ~ Office Administrator/Project Assistant
203-1111 Munroe Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R2K 3Z5
Ph: 204-982-7250
North Dakota
ND Counties
Mary Scherling / Lawrence Burianek
Vacant / Maynard Loibl
ND Cities
Al Grasser / Vacant
Dave Piepkorn / Tony Gehrig
Vacant / Vacant
ND Water Resource Districts
Dan Jacobson / Josh Ihry
Ben Varnson / Gary Thompson
ND Environmental
Ryan Taylor / Carmen Miller
ND State
Dave Glatt / Karl Rockman
John Paczkowski / Pat Fridgen, Jared Huibregtse
Terry Steinwand / Scott Peterson
Doug Goehring / Jessie Pfaff
ND At-Large
Jake Gust / Vacant
Executive Committee
Gavin van de Linde, MB, Chair
Brian Holmer, MN, Vice Chair
Dave Piepkorn, ND, Sec./Treas.
Mary Scherling, ND, Past Chair
Vacant, MN
Greg Archibald, MB
Nicole Armstrong, MB
Shawn Nason, MB
John Paczkowski, ND
John Finney, MN
John Jaschke, MN
Southern Chiefs' Organization - First Nations/Tribal
Vacant, ND
Vacant, SD
US Office Staff
Ted Preister ~ Executive Director
Julie Goehring ~ South Basin Manager
Stacey Lundberg ~ Conference and Outreach Coordinator
Rita Hval ~ Financial/Administrative Assistant
1120 28th Ave. N., Suite C
Fargo, ND 58102
Ph: 701-356-3183