Council Members

Chair
Pete Aube
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Policy Information Committee
  
  50602 Vinewood Trail
  Bemidji, MN 56601
  PJAube@outlook.com
Commercial Logging Contractors Representative
Lowell (Scott) Pittack
- Site-Level Committee
- Pittack Logging, Inc.
  748 County Rd. 440
  Bovey, MN 55709
  pittacks@paulbunyan.net
Conservation Organizations Representative
Jim Manolis
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Policy Information Committee
- The Nature Conservancy
  1101 West River Parkway
  Suite 200
  Minneapolis, MN 55415
  james.manolis@tnc.org
County Land Department Representative
Kory Cease
- Site-Level Committee
- Itasca County Land Department
  1177 LaPrairie Ave.
  Grand Rapids, MN 55744
  kory.cease@co.itasca.mn.us
Department of Natural Resources Representative
Forrest Boe
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Division of Forestry
  Minnesota DNR
  500 Lafayette Road
  St. Paul, MN 55155
  forrest.boe@state.mn.us
Environmental Organizations Representative
Kathryn (Katie) Fernholz
- Site-Level Committee
- Policy Information Committee
- Dovetail Partners
  528 Hennepin Ave. Suite 703
  Minneapolis, MN 55403
  katie@dovetailinc.org
Kim Berns-Melhus
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Communications Committee
- The Conservation Fund
  1000 County Road E West, Suite 220
  Shoreview, MN 55126
  kberns@conservationfund.org
Forest Products Industry Representative
Rick Horton
- Personnel & Finance Committee
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Site-level Committee
- Policy Committee
Minnesota Forest Industries

37305 Deer Lake Way

Grand Rapids, MN 55744
rhorton@minnesotaforests.com

218-244-5207 (cell)

218-722-0128 (office)
Game Species Management Organizations Representative
Craig Engwall
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Policy Information Committee
- Minnesota Deer Hunters Association
  460 Peterson Road
  Grand Rapids, MN 55744
  craig.engwall@mndeerhunters.com
Labor Organizations Representative
Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners Representative
Janet Erdman
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Communications Committee
- 17630 Jay Road
  Preston, MN 55965
  janet.erdman@gmail.com
Kathleen Preece
- Site-Level Committee
- Communications Committee
- P.O. Box 3095
  Bemidji, MN 56619
  katy@paulbunyan.net
Research and Higher Education Representative
Mike Kilgore
- Personnel and Finance Committee
- Policy Information Committee
- MFRC Liaison to Research Advisory Committee
- University of Minnesota
  Department of Forest Resources
  115 Green Hall
  1530 N Cleveland Ave
  St Paul, MN 55108
  mkilgore@umn.edu
Resort and Tourism Industry Representative
Deb Theisen
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Site-Level Committee
- Communications Committee
- 26009 County 89
  Park Rapids, MN 56470
  pinepark@paulbunyan.net
Secondary Wood Products Manufacturers Representative
Bob Owens
- Policy Information Committee
- Communications Committee
- 1818 Valhalla Drive
  Duluth, MN 55811
  rmowens@aol.com
Tribal Affairs Council Representative
Keith Karnes
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
  190 Sail Star Drive NW
  Cass Lake, MN 56633
  keith.karnes@llojibwe.net
U.S. Forest Service Representative
Constance Cummins
- Landscape Advisory Committee
- Superior National Forest
  8901 Grand Ave PL
  Duluth, MN 56633
  constance.cummins@usda.gov