Stoltz to Chair Board of Trustees (Stoltz 2007)
Twin City area credit union leader Dan Stoltz is the new chair of The Cooperative Foundation Board of Trustees.  He was elected by the board of trustees during the Foundation's annual meeting in September.

    Stoltz, chief financial officer, Twin City Co-ops Federal Credit Union, Falcon Heights, MN, is a certified public account and holds of a master in finance from the University of St. Thomas.  He serves on the Lino Lakes City Council and on the boards of the Lindbergh Foundation, Northwestern College and Radio, Midwest Challenge and Presbyterian Homes.

 

    Stoltz replaced Patricia Keough-Wilson as chair.  Keough-Wilson will continue to serve on the executive committee.  She is retired director of communications of Minn-Dak Farmer Cooperatives, Wahpeton, ND and owns a freelance public relations and editing firm, Plains Harvest Communications. She makes her residences in North Dakota and Florida. 

 

    The Board of Trustees named Brenda Forman vice chair and Gail Graham secretary/treasurer. Forman is chief administrative officer, South Dakota Association of Cooperatives, Pierre, SD, and Graham is general manager, Mississippi Market, St. Paul, MN.

 

    Other trustees include Michael Gustafson, president and CEO, Northern Great Plains Bio Fuels Systems, LLC, Kindred, ND; Anne Reynolds, assistant director, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, Madison; Jeff Swanhorst, vice president and credit manager, CoBank, Minneapolis, Connie Cihak, agricultural producer, Lonsdale, MN;  Sheryl Meshke, communications and government relations director, Associated Milk Producers Inc., New Ulm, MN; and Terri Dallas, vice president, information and public relations, Cooperative Resources International, Shawano, WI.