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Rodney Fouberg, Chair, has served as Chair and CEO of Dacotah Banks, Inc. in Aberdeen SD since 1984. He currently serves as the Past President of the Aberdeen Development Corporation, Past Chair of the Presentation College, Past Chair of SDREI, and board member and chair of the South Dakota Community Foundation and Avera Health System. Rod is the current Chairman of the Education Assistance Corporation as well as a member of the South Dakota Transportation Commission.
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Linda Salmonson, Secretary/Treasurer, is currently the Economic Development Manager at East River Electric Power Cooperative. Since 1996 she also has been an administrator of Rural Electric Economic Development, Inc. a non-profit loan fund comprised of twenty-one rural electric cooperative members. She serves as a director of the National Association of Development Organizations, and as past president of the National Rural Economic Developer's Association. Linda also serves on the Board of the Minn-Ia-Kota Girl Scouts.
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Cheryl Chapman is a registered engineer and President of MATRIX Consulting Group, Inc., an environmental, community and government relations consulting firm. She is also a member and serves on the Board of Directors for the SPECTRUM Group, a Washington, DC firm specializing in corporate business strategies on federal issues. She is currently Vice President of the Black Hills Council of the Girl Scouts, chair for the Calvary Lutheran Church Endowment Fund and member of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Academic Advisory Board.
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Anthony Messmer is the owner/operator of Messmer Red Angus Ranch, a diversified cattle and grain operation, located at Richardton, ND. Tony has been a member of the ND REC/RTC Rural Development Committee for several years and is currently a Director of the Rural Development Finance Corporation. Messmer is active in several organizations. He is a Director of Bremer Bank National Association, Fargo and a Director of Consolidated Telcom Dickinson, having previously served as President. He is a past-Director of the American Red Angus Association, where he was awarded the 2000 National Red Angus Breeder of the Year. He is also a past-President of the ND Red Angus Association. Tony holds a BA degree in Business Administration from Dickinson State University where he was recently recognized as a 2006 University Alumni Fellow representing the Department of Agriculture and Technical Studies. Messmer was employed as a Tax Auditor for several years with the State of North Dakota before becoming engaged in production agriculture.
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Clinton Waara received his BA in Political Science from South Dakota State University in 1993. Clint began his career with Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity as a National Education and Leadership Consultant from 1993 to 1995. From 1995-1999 Clint was an account analyst for Wells Fargo Financial Bank in Sioux Falls. In 1999 Clint taught at Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls where he instituted the Academy of Finance model of instruction and coached Track. Clint joined the University of South Dakota School of Business staff in 2001 where he ran the USD and Sitting Bull College Entrepreneurship Partnership. In 2003 Clint became the Community Development Officer and Assistant Vice President for Wells Fargo Bank. In 2007 Clint joined Wells Fargo Native American Banking Services as Commercial Relationship Manager/Tribal Advocate. Clint and His Wife Billie Jo and children Mya and Jett reside in Sioux Falls, SD. Clint is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
Board Memberships
Clint is a member of the Sioux Falls Human Relations Commission, Hagen Harvey Scholarship Board, Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation Board, and Mid-Continent Research and Education Laboratory. Clint has also served on the SD State Board of Education, Wells Fargo Corporate Diversity Council and the Wells Fargo South Dakota Diversity Council.
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William Patrie, Vice Chair, is the Executive Director of Common Enterprise Development Corporation and is the Rural Development Director for the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives. Patrie has served as the rural development director for 15 years. He is the author of "Creating Co-op Fever" a USDA publication on creating cooperatives. Patrie served as the director of the North Dakota Economic Development Commission for 4 years during the George Sinner administration. He has received the "Honored Cooperator" award from the National Cooperative Business Association and the "Notable North Dakotan" award from the Bismarck Tribune for his work in starting new generation cooperatives. Patrie holds a BA in Political Science with a minor in religion from Anderson University and a Masters in Public Administration from Ball State University. Patrie is past chairman of CooperationWorks!, an organization he helped create, that is made up of 21 cooperative development centers throughout the United States.
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Bobby Koepplin is the Manager of Rural Development for Cass County Electric Cooperative, Inc. Cass County Electric Cooperative is the largest distribution cooperative in North Dakota serving over 29,600 members in Cass, Richland, Barnes, Ransom, LaMoure, Traill, Sargent, and Dickey counties. Koepplin has received The Rural Leadership Award from the National Rural Electric Economic Developers Association for his work in rural development and leadership in establishing a national scenic by-way. Koepplin serves on numerous boards and is president of the Valley City/Barnes County Development Corporation, president of Sheyenne Valley Investment Company, treasurer of Central Dakota Tourism Partnership, Charter member actively serving on the National Byway Foundation, and secretary of Sheyenne Valley Properties, LLC. He holds a BS degree in Agriculture from North Dakota State University. Koepplin is a director of the North Dakota Rural Development Finance Corporation.
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JoAnn Rodenbiker is director of business development for Northern Plains Electric Cooperative, a position she has held for the past 12 years and serves as a member of the senior management team for Northern Plains and Dakota Valley Electric Cooperatives. The two cooperatives serve all or part of 18 counties and two Indian Reservations in ND. Her work at Northern Plains has included extensive involvement with the Center of North America REAP Zone (A USDA-designated empowerment area) including chair of the Zone, the REAP Investment Board and the Center of North America Capital Fund, an equity investment partner in several enterprises in North Dakota. She is a founding member of the Devils Lake Region Partnership, winner of the Governor's Choice for Economic Development Professionals in 2003. Rodenbiker serves on numerous boards including the Towner County Medical Center and the Towner County Community Foundation and is past president of the North Dakota Economic Development Association of ND.
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