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Executive Staff Archive
This is a list of of executive staff who have served the Commission.
2000-2020
Name
Years Served
Daniel Lipschultz, Commissioner
2014 - 2020
Daniel P. Wolf, Executive Secretary
2015 - 2020,
retired
Nancy M. Lange, Commissioner
2013 - 2019
Beverly Jones Heydinger, Commissioner
2012 - 2017
Betsy Wergin, Commissioner
2008 - 2016
David C. Boyd, Commissioner
2007 - 2015
Burl Haar, Executive Secretary
1993 - 2014,
retired
Ellen Anderson, Commissioner
2011-2012
J. Dennis O'Brien, Commissioner
2008-2014
Thomas W. Pugh, Commissioner
2004-2011
Ken Nickolai, Commissioner
2003-2007
Ellen Gavin, Commissioner
2002-2003
Phyllis Reha, Commissioner
2001-2013
1980-1999
Name
Years Served
LeRoy J. Koppendrayer, Commissioner
1998-2008
Gregory Scott, Commissioner
1997-2004
Edward Garvey, Commissioner
1997-2002
Maurice McCollar, Commissioner
1996-1997
Joel Jacobs, Commissioner
1995-2001
Marshall R. Johnson, Commissioner
1993-2008
Tom Burton, Commissioner
1992-1996
Donald A. Storm, Commissioner
1992-1998
Dee Knaak, Commissioner
1991-1996
Patrice Vick, Commissioner
1990-1991
Norma McKanna, Commissioner
1987-1993
Darrel L. Peterson, Commissioner
1986-1992
Barbara Beerhalter, Commissioner
1986-1989
Robert O'Keefe, Commissioner
1985-1990
Harry S. Crump, Commissioner
1984-1987
Cynthia Kitlinski, Commissioner
1983-1995
Leo Adams, Commissioner
1980-1984
Terry Hoffman, Commissioner
1983-1985
Roger Hanson, Commissioner
1980-1986
1960-1979
Name
Years Served
Lillian Warren-Lazenberry, Commissioner
1979-1984
Ruth Cain, Commissioner
1978-1980
Juanita Satterlee, Commissioner
1977-1983
Richard Parish, Commissioner
1976-1981
Arlen Erdahl, Commissioner
1975-1979
Richard W. Session, Commissioner
1975-1976
Katherine E. Sasseville, Commissioner
1975-1981
Karl F. Rolvaag, Commissioner
1972-1977
Robert Carlson, Commissioner
1970-1975
P.K. Peterson, Commissioner
1967-1972
1940-1959
Name
Years Served
Ronald Anderson, Commissioner
1959-1972
Hjalmar Peterson, Commissioner
1955-1966
Paul Rasmussen, Commissioner
1952-1970
E.A. Knutson, Commissioner
1952-1952
Ewald Lund, Commissioner
1951-1958
Leonard Lindquist, Commissioner
1949-1952
Clifford Peterson, Commissioner
1949-1954
Ray P. Chase, Commissioner
1944-1948
Rollin Johnson, Commissioner
1948-1948
Rollin Johnson, Commissioner
1943-1944
W.I. Nolan, Commissioner
1943-1943
M.J. Holmberg, Commissioner
1941-1951
1920-1939
Name
Years Served
Frank Matson, Commissioner
1939-1949
Hjalmar Peterson, Commissioner
1937-1942
Harold Atwood, Commissioner
1936-1938
Charles Munn, Commissioner
1935-1940
Knude Wefald, Commissioner
1933-1936
C.J. Laurisch, Commissioner
1928-1934
Frank Matson, Commissioner
1923-1936
Charles Sterling, Commissioner
1923-1923
Ivan Bowman, Commissioner
1921-1927
1900-1919
Name
Years Served
Fred Putnam, Commissioner
1917-1923
O.P.B. Jacobson, Commissioner
1914-1932
Charles Elmquist, Commissioner
1909-1917
William Young, Commissioner
1905-1908
Joseph G. Miller, Commissioner
1901-1904
Charles F. Staples, Commissioner
1901-1914
Ira B. Mills, Commissioner
1901-1921
Thomas J. Knox, Commissioner
1900-1900
1882-1899
Name
Years Served
P.M. Ringdal, Commissioner
1899-1900
Nathan Kingsley, Commissioner
1896-1898
Ira B. Mills, Commissioner
1893-1899
William M. Liggett, Commissioner
1891-1896
John P. Williams, Commissioner
1889-1892
John L. Gibbs, Commissioner
1887-1890
S.S. Murdock, Commissioner
1885-1887
Horace Austin, Commissioner
1885-1887
George L. Becker, Commissioner
1885-1900
J.H. Baker, Commissioner
1882-1887
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