Golden Growers Cooperative’s Board of Directors
Golden Growers Cooperative’s (GGC) Board is comprised of 12 members. The Board will be reduced to 9 members in 2021 pursuant to Bylaws amended on March 29, 2019. Thereafter, at each Annual Meeting, One Director will be elected as an At-Large Director and on Director will be elected from two of GGC’s three member districts. Directors serve three-year terms, and may serve a maximum of four, full, three-year terms. Directors’ terms expire on the day of the third annual meeting following their elections.
Immediately following each annual meeting, the Board holds a reorganization meeting. At this meeting, the directors elect a Chairperson, First and Second Vice Chairpersons, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. These five Board officers comprise the co-op’s Executive Committee, and also serve as GGC representatives to the ProGold, LLC, Board of Governors. At its reorganization meeting, the board also elects a first and second alternate to the ProGold board, who fill in whenever a member of the Executive Committee is unable to attend one of the semi-annual ProGold board meetings.
For more information on directors’ responsibilities, obligations and elections, please refer to the Bylaws of Golden Growers Cooperative.
The current Board of Directors:
NAME | DISTRICT | TELEPHONE | FIRST ELECTED |
CURRENT TERM EXPIRES |
David Benedict | North | 218-238-5062 | 2010 | 2022 |
Richard Bot | South | 507-829-6382 | 2017 | 2023 |
Mark Harless, Chairperson | North | 218-236-0862 | 2011 | 2023 |
Matt Hasbargen, Secretary | At-Large | 701-271-9254 | 2013 | 2022 |
Scott Jetvig | At-Large | 218-483-4639 | 2015 | 2021 |
Gary “Butch” Jirak | Central | 218-643-6010 | 2008* | 2021 |
Brett Johnson, 2nd Vice Chair | Central | 701-274-8909 | 2013 | 2022 |
Byron Koehl | At-Large | 320-760-2088 | 2010 | 2022 |
Leslie Nesvig, Treasurer | South | 701-730-0077 | 2008* | 2021 |
Nicolas Pyle, 1st Vice Chair | Central | 701-347-4421 | 2010 | 2022 |
Bruce Speich | South | 701-427-5501 | 2008* | 2021 |
Larry Vipond | South | 320-677-2535 | 2015 | 2021 |