Dakota Conference

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Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is delegated the authority to act on behalf of the constituents between regular sessions, as hereinafter provided. The Executive Committee shall appoint such committees and shall employ such personnel and distribute its workers as may be necessary to execute its work effectively. 

The Executive Committee consisting of 18 members shall be elected at the regularly scheduled constituency meeting and shall include the following members: 

Ex Officio Members: Conference president, Conference VP of administration, Conference VP of finance, and principal of DAA.

Denominational employees: two denominational employees from North Dakota and two from South Dakota who have been members of the Dakota Conference for at least one year.

Ten lay members shall be selected so the following requirements are met: 1) Such lay member must have been residents of the Dakota Conference for at least one year. 2) Be a member in good standing in a Dakota Conference church or company. 3) One member from each of the eight regions. 4) One at-large member [employee] residing in North Dakota. 5) One at-large member [employee] residing in South Dakota. If the status of an elected member changes during the quinquennium, the remaining members of the Executive Committee shall appoint a new member under the guidelines of this Article VI, Section 2.

Above taken from the Constitution & Bylaws of the Dakota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

Dakota Executive Committee Members

*Member because of position

 

Vernon Herholdt*

Chair | President

 

Jason Logan*

Vice Chair | VP of Administration

 

Richard Ray*

VP of Finance

 

 

Jaime Bohlman

Hot Springs Adventist Church, SD
Rapid City Region

 

Alan Bonde

Spearfish Adventist Church, SD
Rapid City Region

 

Harold Chin

ND Pastor
Minot Region

 

Myndi Clements

Rapid City Adventist Church, SD
Rapid City Region

​Marveen Gentillon

SD Pastor
Rapid City Region

 

Gordon Goetz

Aberdeen Adventist Church, SD
Aberdeen Region

 

​Ted Juhl

Grand Forks Adventist Church, ND
Fargo Region

 

MAUC Representative*

Lincoln, NE
Mid-America Union Conference

 

​Genie Messer

Richardton Adventist Church, ND
Dickinson Region

 

 

Ryan Pennock

Sioux Falls Adventist Church, SD
Sioux Falls Region

 

Darren Purdy

SD Pastor
Sioux Falls Region

 

Sathiya Raman*

DAA Adventist Church, ND
DAA Principal

 

Josh Rittenbach

Jamestown Adventist Church, ND
Jamestown Region

 

Hans Widicker

Dakota Conference Adventist Church
Jamestown Region

 

Ron Wright

ND Pastor
Dickinson Region

 

TBD

Adventist Church, ND
Region

 

 

 

Dakota Executive Committee Invitees

**Invitee

 

Jodi Dossenko**

DAA Adventist Church, ND
Communication Director

 

Lynnette Struntz**

Bismarck Adventist Church, ND
Education Superintendent & HR Director

 

Ted Struntz**

Bismarck Adventist Church, ND
Youth & Young Adults Director

 

All Dakota Conference department directors are invitees to board meetings.