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.