Mission & Focus Areas

Staff:

Heidi Auel
Central CERT Coordinator
hauel@umn.edu

Steering Committee:

• BJ Allen, Region 5 Development Commission
• Amy Collins, Missouri River Energy Services
• Jon Fabre, Otter Tail Power Company
• Gwe Gasco, 8th Fire Solar
• Bridget Guiza, White Earth Tribal College
• Dan Josephson, MAHUBE-OTWA Community Action Partnership
• Mark Kaelke, West Central Initiative Foundation
• Charlie Lippert / Andrew Boyd, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
• Quinn Swanson, Happy Dancing Turtle and Hunt Utilities Group
• Molly Zins, U of M Central Regional Sustainable Development Partnership

Staff:

Diana McKeown
Metro CERT Director
612-278-7158
dmckeown@gpisd.net

Steering Committee:

• Marisa Bayer, City of Edina
• Didier Bolanos Gonzalez, Hennepin County
• Jamila Boudlali, City of Bloomington
• Carmen Carruthers, Citizens Utility Board
• Olivia Dorow Hovland, City of Coon Rapids 
• Scott Firman, International Society of Sustainability Professionals
• Emma Ingebretsen, CenterPoint Energy
• Annie Pottorff, City of St. Louis Park
• Bill Sierks, Retired Environmental Manager & Attorney
• Sofia Troutman, Xcel Energy
• Kerry Wang, Nextera Analytics
• Billy Weber, William Weber Consulting, LLC
• Eric Wojchik, Metropolitan Council
• Say Yang, Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy

Staff:

Nik Allen
Northeast CERT Coordinator
218-726-6480
dallen12@umn.edu

Steering Committee:

• David Abazs, U of M Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
• Brian Bluhm, Northeast Statewide Health Improvement Program – Healthy Northland
• Sam Friesen, owner, sustainable design+build company
• Jim Goodman, resort owner
• Reno Gunderson, Kanabec County engaged resident
• Jason Janisch, Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation (IRRR)
• Joan Markon, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Community Services
• Chris O’Brien, Cook County Local Energy Project (CCLEP)
• Yusef Orest, Minnesota Power
• Craig Wainio, City of Mountain Iron
• Lora Wedge, Ecolibrium3 

Staff:

Anna Peterson
Northwest CERT Coordinator
218-281-8697
annap@umn.edu

Steering Committee:

• Chet Bodin, MN Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)
• Katy Chapman, University of Minnesota Crookston
• Brandon Johnson, Otter Tail Power Company
• Donald Martodam, Northern Municipal Power Agency
• Shannon Stassen, UMN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
• Dennis Wiesenborn, NDSU (retired)
• Taylor Wyum, Crookston Housing Development Authority

Staff:

Jennifer Lindahl
Southeast CERT Coordinator
507-258-8771
jlindahl@umn.edu

Steering Committee:

• Jennyffer Barrientos, Growing Up Healthy (Northfield)
• Sabri Fair, Region Nine Development Commission
• Melissa Feine, Semcac
• Brian Hammarsten, Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA)
• Robert Harris III, Hiawatha Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council
• John Howard, City of Winona
• Lauren Jensen, Destination Medical Center (DMC)
• Micah Johnson, Solar Connection
• Annie Jurrens, Refill Goods
• Sarah Middleton, City of Faribault
• Mark Oeltjenbruns, AgriSun Energy and Repair
• Briana Parr-Baker, Minnesota Valley Action Council
• Andi Sutton, UMN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships

Staff:

Nadya Bucklin
Southwest CERT Coordinator
nadyab@swrdc.org

Steering Committee:

• Anne Dybsetter, UMN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships
• Jim Haler, South Central Electric
• Cora Hoffer, Center for Rural Affairs
• Eric (Rathman) L’Abbé, UMN Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships, Energy Committee
• Vince Robinson, Development Services, Inc.
• Brianna Sanders, City of St. James
• Logan Schrader, Minnesota State Energy Center of Excellence
• 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:

Imani Mosher
West Central CERT Coordinator
320-203-6050
moshe144@umn.edu

Steering Committee:

• Eric Buchanan, UMN West Central Research and Outreach Center
• Clovis Curl, CURE (Clean Up the River Environment)
• Anne Dybsetter, UMN SW Regional Sustainable Development Partnership
• Troy J. Goodnough, University of Minnesota Morris
• Michelle Marotzke, Kandiyohi County Economic Development
• Rachel Mitchell, Center for Energy and Environment
• John Paulson, City of Hutchinson
• Griffin Peck, West Central Initiative
• 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