Board Incumbents and Executive Committee Reelected; Fitzgerald Elected

Three incumbents were reelected to Cooperative Network’s board of directors Dec. 3 during the organization’s Summit and Annual Meeting in Eau Claire. Reelected were Michelle Gubser, Amanda Hoefling and Christa Hoffman.

Also elected to the board were newcomer Chris Fitzgerald. During the summit/annual meeting, the board bid farewell to resigning board member Bridget Petersen.

All three current executive committee members were reelected to their respective positions during the board’s reorganization meeting: Sadie Frericks, chair; Hoffman, vice chair; and Gubser, secretary treasurer.

Board members, who serve three-year terms, help guide the future activities of the organization as representatives of cooperative members throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The nine-member board now consists of:

• Sadie Frericks, chair, representing Land O’Lakes
• Christa Hoffman, vice-chair, representing Genex
• Michelle Gubser, secretary/treasurer, representing Allied Cooperative
• Chris Fitzgerald, representing Mosaic Technologies
• Mike Golat, representing Eau Claire Energy Cooperative
• Amanda Hoefling, representing Dairyland Power Cooperative
• Amber Horn-Leiterman, representing Land O’Lakes
• Jason Olsen, representing Minnesota Power Employees Credit Union
• Shawn Redman, representing Heartland Credit Union