Officers

The Beltrami County DFL is your local organizing unit, staffed by an all-volunteer team of table officers, directors, and precinct chairs. We are governed by a written Constitution. Our current elected officers are (as of 2025-05-18):

Table Officers (term expires in 2027): Chair: Curtiss Hunt; Vice Chair: Vacant; Outreach Officer: Valerie Field; Treasurer: John Henningsgaard; and Secretary: Lynn Eaton.

Directors (term expires in 2026):  David Benson, Jeanine Gangeness, Carol Hoyem, Roy Nelson, Ben Peterson, Sally Swenson, Joel Ward, and Lin Ward.

State Central Committee Delegate: Natalie Welle (Alternates: Steve Nelson, Jesse Whiting, and Lin Ward).

Precinct Chairs:

Alaska Twp: Vacant

Battle Twp: Vacant

Bemidji Twp: Lin Ward

Bemidji W-1: Joseph Gould (Vice Chair: Gwenia Fiskevold-Gould)

Bemidji W-2: Andrew White

Bemidji W-3: Sharon Fruetel (Vice Chair: Marge )Danielson

Bemidji W-4: Jesse Whiting (1st Vice Chair: Morgan Hadrava; 2nd Vice Chair: Harvey Johnson)

Bemidji W-5: Lynn Eaton (Vice Chair: Steven Nelson)

Benville Twp: Vacant

Birch Twp: Vacant

Blackduck: Vacant

Buzzle Twp: Vacant

Cormant Twp: Vacant

Durand Twp: Vacant

Eckles Twp: Pam McCrory

Frohn Twp: Ann Skoe

Funkley: Vacant

Grant Valley Twp: David Benson

Hagali Twp: Linda Gross (Vice Chair: Carole Kelly)

Hamre Twp: Vacant

Hines Twp: Vacant

Hornet Twp: Vacant

Jones Twp: Paul Conklin (Vice Chair: Rebecca Marty)

Kelliher: Vacant

Kelliher Twp: Vacant

Lammers Twp: Justin Keezer (Vice Chair: Renee Keezer)

Langor Twp: Vacant

Lee Twp: Vacant

Liberty Twp: Charles Dolson (Vice Chair: Suzanne Merrill)

Little Rock Precinct: Vacant

Maple Ridge Twp: Vacant

Minnie Twp: Vacant

Moose Lake Twp: Vacant

Nebish Twp: Vacant

Northern Twp: Pamela Kelsey

O'Brien Twp: Vacant

Ponemah Precinct: Tharen Stillday (Vice Chair: Eugene Standing Cloud)

Port Hope: Vacant

Quiring Twp: Vacant

Red Lake Agency Precinct: Stephanie Cobenais (1st Vice Chair: Tim Sumner; 2nd Vice Chair: Robert May)

Redby Precinct: Vacant

Roosevelt Twp: David Frank

Shooks Twp: Vacant

Shotley Twp: Vacant

Solway: Vacant

Spruce Grove Twp: Vacant

Steenerson Twp:  Vacant

Sugar Bush Twp: Nancy Beaulieu)

Summit Twp: Vacant

Taylor Twp: Vacant

Ten Lake Twp: Lilie Robinson

Tenstrike: Vacant

Turtle Lake Twp: Vacant

Turtle River: Mark Morrissey

Turtle River Twp: Catherine Forbes (Vice Chair: Jeff Forbes)

Unorg Dist 1: Vacant

Unorg Dist 2: Vacant

Unorg Dist 3: Vicki Ross-Rhoades (Vice Chair: Steven Ross)

Washkish Twp: Vacant

Wilton: Vacant

Woodrow Twp: Vacant