Staff and Board
Prairie Public Broadcasting Staff
John E. Harris III, President & CEO
Jack Anderson, Director of Engineering
Ann Clark, Director of Development
Bob Dambach, Director of Television
John Gast, Director of Finance
Bill Thomas, Director of Radio
Prairie Public Broadcasting’s Board of Directors
Prairie Public is seeking enthusiastic, hard-working, dedicated people to serve on the Prairie Public Broadcasting Board of Directors. If you are interested in serving you may fill out an application online, then print it to send to Prairie Public, or an application that can be printed and mailed to Prairie Public. For more information, call Kirstin Lindbery at 800-359-6900 or email info@prairiepublic.org.
The Board of Directors is the governing body of the corporation. Directors shall at all times be members of the corporation at the time of their appointment. They must reside within North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota or Canada, and be recipients of Prairie Public services. Terms of service are three years, with all directors eligible to serve two consecutive terms. Meetings are held four times a year in January, April, July and October. The locations alternate among Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, and Winnipeg. This is a volunteer position, but expenses, such as travel, lodging and food for corporate business, are covered by Prairie Public Broadcasting.
Rich Becker (Past Chair)
Grand Forks, ND
Patricia Berger (Secretary)
Grand Forks, ND
Rodney Biggs
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Dan Buchanan (Chair)
Jamestown, ND
Paul Ebeltoft
Dickinson, ND
Britt Jacobson
Park River, ND
Sharon Johnson
Minot, ND
Rita Kelly
Bismarck, ND
Dick Kloubec
Fargo, ND
Leslie Malcolmson
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Andy Maragos
Minot, ND
Deb Mathern (Vice Chair)
Fargo, ND
Jerry Nagel
Lake Park, MN
Paul Nyren
Garrison, ND
Karen Stoker
Fargo, ND
Devon Towers
Winnipeg, Manitoba
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Ken Zealand (President of Prairie Public Manitoba)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
John E. Harris III (President & CEO)
Fargo, ND
Prairie Public – Radio Council
Radio Council was established to allow the three partners in the service-Prairie Public, North Dakota State University, and the University of North Dakota – to be informed about the network’s progress and plans and to provide input to management. Six members are appointed by the partners of Prairie Public and serve terms at their discretion. The council also includes five members from the general public, nominated from the membership of Prairie Public by the Council and approved by the Prairie Public Broadcasting Board. Public Council members may serve two three-year terms.
If you are interested in serving on the Council, please be aware that we look for a diversity of members-in geographic location, interests, culture and so on. And – you should be a public radio listener. The Council meets four times a year, rotating among Grand Forks, Fargo, and Bismarck and occasionally other cities. Expenses are covered. To learn more or ask a question of the radio council, contact Prairie Public at 1-800-359-6900 or write to info@prairiepublic.org.
Barbara Andrist
Crosby, ND
Paul Ebeltoft
Dickinson, ND
John E. Harris III ( President & CEO)
Fargo, ND
Peter Johnson, UND
Grand Forks, ND
Chuck Lura
Bottineau, ND
Laura McDaniel, NDSU
Fargo, ND
Paul Nyren
Streeter, ND
Susan Podrygula
Minot, ND
Albert Samuelson
Bismarck, ND
Bill Thomas (Director of Radio)
Moorhead, MN
Connie Triplett
Grand Forks, ND
Prairie Public’s Television Community Advisory Board
The Television Community Advisory Board reviews the programming goals established by Prairie Public and the service provided, and advises the board of directors whether the programming and other policies of Prairie Public are meeting the specialized educational and cultural needs of the communities served.
Rodney Biggs (Chair)
Winnipeg, MN
Cindy Burgess
Dickinson, ND
John E. Harris III (President & CEO)
Fargo, ND
Rodney Haug
Hawley, MN
Janet Daley Jury
Bismarck, ND
Carol Jean Larsen
Bismarck, ND
Carol Stevens
Fargo, ND
Steve Wennblom (Director of Programming)
Fargo, ND
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