Commission

Region Five Executive Board & Commission Members:

Position Name Representing
Chair Mark Blessing Todd County Commissioner
Vice Chair Bill Bliss Cass County Town Boards
Secretary Brian Lehman Crow Wing County Municipalities
Treasurer Alan Perish Todd County Town Boards
Director Tom Wenzel Morrison County Commissioner
Director Bill Kern Wadena County Town Boards
Director Bob Becker SWCD
Joel Quance Todd County Municipalities
Bob Kangas Cass County Commissioner
Dave Schermerhorn Wadena County Commissioner
Vacant Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Chuck Parins Morrison County Area Council of Government
Katy Botz Region Five School Boards
Sharon Ballou Region Five School Boards
Paul Nieman, Jr. Morrison County Town Boards
Mark Platta Crow Wing County Town Boards
Maxine Norman Wadena County Municipalities
Rosemary Franzen Crow Wing County Commissioner
Lucy Nesheim City of Brainerd
Andrea Lauer Morrison County Municipalities
Mel Rateike

Cass County Municipalities

  Craig Nathan MN Workforce Representative