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
Dave Piepkorn
Chair
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Marvin Plett
Vice Chair
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LeRoy Ose
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
Hank Froese / Don Wiebe
MB Cities
Markus Chambers / Jeff Browaty
Larry Johannson / Doug Poirier
MB Water Co-Op
Dale Toews / Vacant
MB Environmental
Dimple Roy / Armand Bélanger
MB Provincial
Peter Johnston / Fisaha Unduche
Kelly-Anne Richmond / Mark Lee
Andrea McLean / Tony Szumigalski
Mel Klassen / Vacant
MB At-Large
Gavin van der Linde
Minnesota
MN Counties
Gary Kiesow / Steve Jacobson
Jenny Mongeau / Ron Staples
MN Cities
Curt Johannsen / Vacant
Chuck Hendrickson/ Shelly Carlson
Vacant / Vacant
MN Watersheds
John Finney / Greg Holmvik / Rob Sip
LeRoy Ose/ Linda Vavra
MN Environmental
Aaron Field / Vacant
MN State
Katrina Kessler / Molly Costin
Sarah Strommen / Ben Bergey
John Jaschke / Henry Van Offelen
Thom Petersen / Vacant
MN At-Large
Morrie Lanning / Brian Holmer
North Dakota
ND Counties
Vacant / Vacant
Vacant / Vacant
ND Cities
Al Grasser / Vacant
Dave Piepkorn / Michelle Turnberg
Dave Carlsrud / Gwen Crawford
ND Water Resource Districts
Keith Weston / Josh Ihry
Thom Purdue / Vacant
ND Environmental
Ryan Taylor / Carmen Miller
ND State
Dave Glatt / Marty Haroldson
Reice Haase / Pat Fridgen
Jeb Williams / Vacant
Doug Goehring / Vacant
ND At-Large
Jason Benson
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
Karl Jansen
Jim Kaiser / Amanda Lee
Andrea Lamboo Miln / Zach Regiec
John Oosterveen
Ex Officio
Sen. Cramer
Sen. Hoeven - Jessica Lee
Sen. Smith - Carson Ouellette
Sen. Klobuchar
Sen. Fischbach
Sen. Rounds
Sen. Thune - Judy Vrchota
Sen. Larry Luick
M.P. James Bezan
Executive Committee
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Dave Piepkorn, ND, Chair
Marvin Plett, MB, Vice Chair
LeRoy Ose, MN, Treasurer
Brian Holmer, MN, Past Chair
Dale Toews, MB
Kelly-Anne Richmond, MB
Reice Haase, 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.