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 brings people together to move common Basin goals forward.
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 44 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.
Officers
Brian Holmer
Chair
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Dave Piepkorn
Vice Chair
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Marvin Plett
Secretary/
Treasurer
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Board of Directors and Alternates
Manitoba
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MB Municipalities
Marvin Plett / Chad Collins
Sandra Strang / Debbie Fiebelkorn
Charles Posthumus / Brian Imhoff
Don Wiebe / Hank Froese
MB Cities
Markus Chambers / Jeff Browaty
Larry Johannson / Doug Poirier
MB Water Co-Op
Dale Toews / Vacant
MB Environmental
Dimple Roy / Walter McTavish
MB Provincial
Peter Johnston / Fisaha Unduche
Nicole Armstrong / Mark Lee
Andrea McLean / Brian Wilson
Mel Klassen / Vacant
MB At-Large
Gavin van der Linde / Vacant
Minnesota
MN Counties
Gary Kiesow / Leon Olson
Jenny Mongeau / Ron Staples
MN Cities
Curt Johannsen / Vacant
Shelly Carlson / Vacant
Brian Holmer / Wayne Johnson
MN Watersheds
John Finney / Greg Holmvik / Rob Sip
LeRoy Ose/ Linda Vavra
MN Environmental
Aaron Field / Vacant
MN State
Katrina Kessler / Theresa Haugen
Sarah Strommen / Theresa Ebbenga
John Jaschke / Henry Van Offelen
Thom Petersen / Martha Josephson
MN At-Large
Morrie Lanning / Vacant
North Dakota
ND Counties
Mary Scherling / Lawrence Burianek
Vacant / Vacant
ND Cities
Al Grasser / Vacant
Dave Piepkorn / Denise Kolpack
Dave Carlsrud/Gwen Crawford
ND Water Resource Districts
Keith Weston / Josh Ihry
Ben Varnson / Gary Thompson
ND Environmental
Ryan Taylor / Carmen Miller
ND State
Dave Glatt / Karl Rockeman
Andrea Travnicek / Pat Fridgen
Jeb Williams / Scott Peterson
Doug Goehring / Vacant
ND At-Large
Jason Benson/ Jake Gust
South Dakota
SD At-Large
Vacant
SD State
Vacant
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First Nations/Tribal
Geoff Reimer, Southern Chiefs' Organization
Christa Monette, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Monica Hedstrom, White Earth Reservation
Federal Representatives - Ex Officio
Shahin Khazrajafari
Jim Kaiser / Amanda Lee
Andrea Lamboo Miln / Zach Regiec
John Oosterveen
Ex Officio
Rep. Armstrong -
Sen. Cramer - Michael Kelsch
Sen. Hoeven - Jessica Lee
Sen. Smith - Carson Ouellette
Sen. Klobuchar - Ben Lien
Sen. Fischbach - Ben Anderson
Sen. Rounds -
Sen. Thune - Judy Vrchota
M.P. James Bezan
Sen. Larry Luick
Executive Committee
Brian Holmer, MN, Chair
Dave Piepkorn, ND, Vice Chair
Marvin Plett, MB, Treasurer
Gavin van der Linde, MB, Past Chair
Dale Toews, MB
Nicole Armstrong, MB
Andrea Travnicek, ND
John Finney, MN
John Jaschke, MN
Gary Kiesow, MN
Markus Chambers, MB
Vacant, ND
Vacant, SD
Vacant, First Nations/Tribal
Vision
A Red River Basin where residents, organizations, and governments work together to achieve basin-wide commitment to comprehensive integrated watershed stewardship and management.
Mission
To create a comprehensive integrated basin-wide vision, to build consensus and commitment to the vision, and to speak with a unified voice for the Red River Basin.