Executive Committee

Chair              Nan Hanegraaf, Market Lead, Bremer Bank

Vice Chair      Scott Fox, Owner, Fox Electric

Treasurer      Taggert Medgaarden, Executive Director, Austin Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA)

Secretary       Justin Akkerman, President, Akkerman, Inc

Member        Lindsey Compton, Owner, The Style Lounge

Member        Chad Sayles, Director of Corporate Engineering, Hormel Foods

Board Members

Nathan Annis, Vice President of Corporate Development, Hormel Foods

Jason Baskin, Council Member, Austin City Council

Joe Bower, President/CEO, Austin Area Chamber of Commerce

David Clasen, Owner, Clasen Jordan Mortuary

Gail Dennison, Director of Development and External Relations, The Hormel institute

Brad Fjelsta, President & CEO, Cooperative Response Center

John Hernandez, Assistant Director of Finance, Hormel Foods

Nate Jansen, President & CEO, Quality Pork Processors

Kristen Johnson, Vice Chair Administrator, Mayo Clinic Health System, Austin & Albert Lea

Jim Krueger, President & CEO, Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services

Dr. Kat Linaker, President, Riverland Community College

Taggert Medgaarden, Executive Director, Austin Housing and Redevelopment Authority

Tanya Medgaarden, Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen

Betsy Morem, Managing Partner, Morem & Wallner CPA

Mark Nibaur, General Manager, Austin Utilities

Lance Pogones, Owner, Turtle Creek Construction & Games People Play

Mike Postma, Grant Services Director, Workforce Development, Inc.

Geoff Smith, President, IBI Data

Chandler St. Michel, Attorney, Hoversten, Johnson, Beckmann & Hovey, LLP

Mike Tapp, President, Tecstra Systems

Patty Tewes, President, CEO & COO, First Farmers & Merchants Bank

Carter Wagner, President, The Joseph Company

Credit Committee

Patrick Bell, Commercial Lender, Accentra Credit Union

Shawn Cox, Market President of Brownsdale, First Farmers & Merchants Bank

Nan Hanegraaf, Market Lead, Bremer Bank

Barry Irish, President, Sterling State Bank

Tom Klapperich, Austin Market President, MBT Bank