Mission & Focus Areas

Staff:

Melissa Birch
Central CERT Coordinator & Rural Energy Development Manager
218-866-2338
[email protected]
 

Steering Committee:

• BJ Allen, Region 5 Development Commission
• Jon Fabre, Otter Tail Power Company
• Scott Grabe, City of Staples
• Bridget Guiza, White Earth Tribal College
• Dan Josephson, MAHUBE-OTWA Community Action Partnership
• Mark Kaelke, West Central Initiative Foundation
• Emily Reno, Mezclada
• Quinn Swanson, Happy Dancing Turtle and Hunt Utilities Group
• Luan Thomas-Brunkhorst, Long Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce
• Molly Zins, U of M Central Regional Sustainable Development Partnership

Staff:

Diana McKeown
Metro CERT Director
612-278-7158
[email protected]

Steering Committee:

• Marisa Bayer, Center for Energy and Environment
• Didier Bolanos Gonzalez, Hennepin County
• Carmen Carruthers, Citizens Utility Board
• Scott Firman, International Society of Sustainability Professionals
• Emma Ingebretsen, CenterPoint Energy
• Annette Kuyper, Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association
• Mari Ojeda, Fresh Energy
• Annie Pottorff, City of St. Louis Park
• Bill Sierks, Retired Environmental Manager & Attorney
• Erin Smith, City of Carver
• Sofia Troutman, Xcel Energy
• Kerry Wang, Nextera Analytics
• Billy Weber, University of Minnesota
• Eric Wojchik, Metropolitan Council
• Say Yang, Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy

Staff:

Colby Abazs
Northeast CERT Coordinator
218-353-1448
[email protected]
 

Steering Committee:

• David Abazs, U of M Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
• Nik Allen, Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL)
• Brian Bluhm, Northeast Statewide Health Improvement Program – Healthy Northland
• Sam Friesen, owner, sustainable design+build company
• Katie Frye, Minnesota Power
• Reno Gunderson, Kanabec County engaged resident
• Joan Markon, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Community Services
• Kat Meyo, Cook County Local Energy Project
• Yusef Orest, Minnesota Power
• Craig Wainio, City of Mountain Iron
• Lora Wedge, Ecolibrium3 

Staff:

Shannon Stassen
Northwest CERT Coordinator
218-281-8693
[email protected]
 

Steering Committee:

• Erika Adams, Biologist and Translator
• Bob Backman, active community member
• David Bahr, 3Suns Research
• Anna Carlson, Bemidji State University
• Katy Chapman, University of Minnesota Crookston
• Brandon Johnson, Otter Tail Power Company
• Donald Martodam, Northern Municipal Power Agency
• Shannon Mortenson, City of Warren
• Dennis Wiesenborn, NDSU (retired)
• Del Rae Williams, retired mayor, City of Moorhead

Staff:

Tess Dornfeld
Southeast CERT Coordinator
507-456-9302
[email protected]

Steering Committee:

• Jennyffer Barrientos, Growing Up Healthy (Northfield)
• Kevin Bright, Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency
• Melissa Feine, Semcac
• Robert Harris III, Hiawatha Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council
• John Howard, City of Winona
• Lauren Jensen, City of Rochester
• Micah Johnson, Solar Connection
• Briana Parr-Baker, Minnesota Valley Action Council
• Leigh Pomeroy, Southcentral Minnesota Clean Energy Council
• Andi Sutton, UMN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships

Staff:

Jason Walker
Southwest CERT Coordinator
507-836-1642
[email protected]
 

Steering Committee:

• Xander Carney, member at large
• Anne Dybsetter, UMN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
• Tracey Haberman, Nobles Cooperative Electric
• Jim Haler, South Central Electric
• Al Kruse, member at large
• Eric (Rathman) L’Abbé, UMN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, Energy Committee
• Gary Overgaard, Rock County Commissioner, RMEB
• Rose Patzer, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
• Paul Pierson, Small Business Development Center Minnesota
• Vince Robinson, Development Services, Inc.
• Harold Stanislawski, Agriculture Utilization and Research Institute
• Jeffery Veerkamp, Brown County Commissioner, RMEB
• Don Wachal, Jackson County Commissioner, RMEB
• Dan Wildermuth, Pipestone County Commissioner, RMEB

Staff:

Jacob Selseth
West Central CERT Coordinator
612-801-7955
[email protected]

Steering Committee:

• Eric Buchanan, UMN West Central Research and Outreach Center
• Anne Dybsetter, UMN SW Regional Sustainable Development Partnership
• Troy J. Goodnough, University of Minnesota Morris
• Michelle Marotzke, Mid-Minnesota Development Commission
• John Paulson, City of Hutchinson
• Griffin Peck, City of Morris
• Leroy Petersen, Kandiyohi County and City of Willmar Economic Development Commission
• Kalley Pratt, Youth Eco Solutions (YES!)
• Dan Tepfer, Kandiyohi Power Cooperative
• Chris Toenjes, Missouri River Energy Services