Board of Directors & Employees
	LeRoy Brenna, President 14637 4th St SE Clifford, ND 58016 701-488-2701       Originally Elected – 1997       Term Expires –  2009       NDRWS Representative
LeRoy and his wife Darlyne live on a farm near Clifford ND. They have two children, Diane and LeAlan. Diane is married to Wayne Randle, and they have two children, Kimberly and Bryan. LeAlan is married to Julie and they have three children, April, Chelsey, and Joshua. LeRoy and Darlyne received degrees in education from Mayville State University and together taught school 57 years. LeRoy is a military veteran, retired educator and farmer. He enjoys camping, fishing, antique cars and tractors and his horses.
	Leo Ackerman, Vice President 16848 Center St. Hillsboro, ND 58045 701-436-5459       Originally Elected –1993       Term Expires – 2011
Leo and his wife, Shirley, farm and live east of Hillsboro. They raise sugar beets, grain, corn, and soybeans. They have five children: Chad, Corey, Kevin, Tammy and Casey. Leo is a member of the Northern Tractor Pullers Assoc., which is an antique tractor-pulling club. Leo also likes to restore antique tractors, preferably John Deere.
	Howard Cotton, Sec. Treas. 16820 6th St. NE Cummings, ND 58223 701-436-5099       Originally Elected – 1991      Term Expires – 2009
Howard and his wife, Colette live on a farm north and east of Hillsboro. They are parents to Ben (graduated from UMC-Crookston in Animals Industry Management), Adam married to Sarah (Nagel), parents of Jaylin, Klaire, and Delaney (graduated from UMC-Crookston in Business Marketing), Grace married to Eric Ptacek (attending NDSCS for Dental Hygiene), Andrea (attending University of Mary in nursing), Joshua (attending UND for Finance and Banking. Howard loves the outdoors and has a very special interest in horses. His wife teaches at Norman County West in Hendrum, MN.
	Tim Kozojed 309 162nd Ave. SE Hillsboro, ND 58045       Originally Elected – 2007      Term Expires – 2010
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	David Lee 1053 142nd Ave NE Hatton, ND 58240 701-543-3810       Originally Elected – 2004       Term Expires – 2010
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	Bruce Thorsrud 1090 163rd Ave SE Grandin, ND 58038 701-484-5645        Originally Elected – 1994        Term Expires – 2011
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	Rick Tessin 15809 Half St. SE Hillsboro, ND 58045 701-436-3965       Originally Elected - 2004       Term Expires - 2010
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	Jerome M. Olson, Manager 17009 9th St. SE Grandin, ND 58038 701-488-2736        Employed – April, 1975
Jerome Olson lives in Grandin, ND. He has three daughters. Kelly and her husband, Chad Anderson, live in Queen Creek, AZ. They have three sons, Parker, Preston, and Pierce. Jerri is married to Aron Martz and live in Rapid City, SD. They have one son Jeron, and a daughter Ryen. Danielle and her husband, George Perich, live in Duluth, MN. They have two sons, Mason, and Makoi. Jerome married Deb Davis on June 3, 2006. She has a 12 year old son James, at home, another son Patrick who works and lives in Chicago. A daughter Christine, her and her husband Shane Grundy live in Bismarck, and have one son named Lincoln.
	Lauren Sparrow, Asst. Manager PO Box 549 Portland,ND 58274 701-788-2240         Employed 2001
Lauren and his wife Dawn, live in Mayville, ND, and they have four children. One daughter, Heidi, and her husband Chad live in Grand Forks, and have four children. Tim, who lives in Portland Oregan, and two other sons, Jesse and Erik, who are both students at UND, in Grand Forks. When not working, his hobbies include, hunting, fishing, reading, and spending time with his grandchildren.
	Stuart A. Larson PO Box 847 Hillsboro, ND 58045 701-636-4461         Traill Water Attorney
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	Darcy Brown PO Box 13 Clifford, ND 58016 701-430-1792
Darcy and her husband, Heath, reside in Clifford. Originally from Pillsbury, ND, Darcy attended Valley City State College and Interstate Business College. She has 2 children. Cody resides in rural Hope. Natasha resides in Wahpeton with daughter Lillian. Darcy’s interests include riding her Harley Davidson, camping in the mountains and spending time with Lilly.