Department of Minnesota Committees

NOTE: The “To Serve” column refers to years remaining on the committee, not to any officer role.

Americanism Committee

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Tess Davis	Chairman	3 years	Send email
Art Tobkin		1 years	Send email
Paul Orson		2 years	Send email

Americanism Subcommittee Chairs

Name	Title	Contact
Kyle Oldre	Boys State Director	Send email
VACANT	Community Service Chairman	Send email
Don Skow	Education Chairman	Send email
Tess Davis	Education Liaison	Send email
Jared Sturgill	Jr. Shooting Sports Director	Send email
Jamie Woods	Oratorical Contest Chairman	Send email
Amanda England	Oratorical Contest Vice Chairman	Send email
James Blakesley	Safety School Patrol Chairman	Send email
David "Chip" Manson	Scouts Chairman	Send email
VACANT	Youth Cadet Law Enforcement Chairman	Send email
Districts name members to each committee

American Legion Riders Committee

Minnesota American Legion Riders website

Name	Title	Contact
Jody Hassing	Director	Send email
Garylee Davenport	Assistant Director	Send email
Shawn Davis	Secretary	>Send email
Roy Naylor	1st District	Send email
Duane Mabon	2nd District	Send email
Jim Zangle	3rd District	Send email
Kim Elledge	4th District	Send email
Lee Davis	5th District	Send email
Leslie Kruft	6th District	Send email
Garylee Davenport	7th District	Send email
VACANT	8th District	Send email
Tom Krabbenhoft	9th District	Send email
Matt Beren	10 District	Send email
Ronald Rollins	Liaison	Send email

Armed Forces Service Center

MSP Int’l Airport Armed Forces Service Center website

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Joe Jansen	Representative		Send email

Baseball Committee

Minnesota American Legion Baseball website

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Randy Schaub	Director	2 year	Send email
Brandon Raymo	Vice Director	3 years	Send email
Jeff Miller	Vice Director	1 years	Send email
Tim Engstrom	Secretary		Send email
Scott McCready	1st District		Send email
Vern Kitzberger	2nd District		Send email
Bruce Young	3rd District		Send email
Gail Kalata	4th District		Send email
Kyle Nutting	5th District		Send email
Wes Thompson	6th District		Send email
Joe Dollarschell	7th District		Send email
Tom Coombe	8th District		Send email
Mike Arvidson	9th District		Send email
Seth Pugh	10th District		Send email
Jim Peck	Junior Director		Send email
Al Davis	Advisor		Send email

Blood Donor Program Committee

Name	Title	Contact
Terry Larson	Chairman	Send email
And one member from each district

Board of Publications

The Minnesota Legionnaire webpage

Name	Title	Selected By	To Serve	Contact
Paul Hassing	President	Convention Ballot	1 year	Send email
Mike Ash	Vice President	Board of Publications	1 year	Send email
Mike Maxa	Secretary	Executive Committee	3 year	Send email
Bill Goede	Treasurer	Executive Committee	2 year	Send email
Paul Edwards		Convention Ballot	3 year	Send email
Kelley Adlesman		Executive Committee	3 year	Send email
Darrel Redepenning		Convention Ballot	1 years	Send email
Mike Ash		Executive Board of Publications	1 years	Send email
David "Chip" Manson		Convention Ballot	2 years	Send email
Carroll Partridge		Executive Committee	2 years	Send email
Tim Engstrom	Editor	Board of Publications		Send email

Bowling Committee

Name	Title	Contact
David Wendt	Chairman
Bob Mace	TAL	Send email
Tom Skuza	TAL
Pam Hoshal	ALA	Send email
LeRoy Gonzales	SAL	Send email
Cari Lamb	Secretary	Send email

Brain Sciences Foundation Board of Directors

University of Minnesota Brian Sciences Center

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
President		1 year
Vice President		1 year
Secretary		1 year
Treasurer		1 year	Send email
Michael Schaffer		2 years	Send email
Rosemary Niesen		1 years	Send email
Al Zdon		3 years	Send email
Tim Sanken		1 years	Send email
John Weiss		2 years	Send email
Joseph Niesen	SAL	1 year	Send email
Vacant	ALA	3 year	Send email
Kat Benjamin	ALA	1 years	Send email
Anna Eells	ALA	2 years	Send email
Paul Hassing	Dept. Commander	1 year	Send email
John Weiss	SAL Commander	1 year	Send email
Sharon Thiemecke	Dept. President	1 year	Send email
Dan Ludwig	Advisor	PNC	Send email
Rachael Hill	Comptroller {Advisor}		Send email

Children & Youth Committee

Name	Title	Contact
Karen Welander	Chairman	Send email
Veronica Fernlund	Vice Chairman	Send email

Convention Corporation Board

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Jim Mertens		5 year	Send email
Richard Grobe		1 years	Send email
Tom Schottenbauer		2 years	Send email
Don Hayden		3 years	Send email
Tom Fernlund		4 years	Send email
Al Davis	Treasurer		Send email

Credentials Committee

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Lynne Nottage	Chairman	2 years	Send email
Joe Bares		3 years	Send email
Betty Jass		1 year	Send email

Employment Committee

Name	Title	Contact
Luis Campero	Chairman	Send email
And one member from each district

Fastpitch Softball Committee

Minnesota American Legion Fastpitch Softball website

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Michael Arvidson	Director	1 years	Send email
LuAnn McMahan	Vice Director	3 year	Send email
David Thompson	Vice Director	2 year	Send email
Charlie O'Connell	1st District		Send email
Steve Fosness	2nd District		Send email
VACANT	3rd District
VACANT	4th District
VACANT	5th District
Jim Birchem	6th District		Send email
Hal Meyer	7th District		Send email
VACANT	8th District
VACANT	9th District
David Thompson	10th District		Send email
Dean Ehlebrecht	Ambassador		Send email

Finance Committee

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Carl Moon		5 years	Send email
Dennis Delong	Chairman	1 years	Send email
Richard Wog		2 years	Send email
Carl Hendrickson		3 years	Send email
Mary Jo York		4 years	Send email
Paul Hassing	Dept. Commander	1 year	Send email
William Goede	Dept. Treasurer	2 years	Send email
Mike Maxa	Dept. Adjutant ex-officio Secretary	3 years	Send email
Rachael Hill	Dept. Comptroller {Advisor}		Send email

Fort Snelling National Cemetery Volunteer Committee

Fort Snelling National Cemetery website

Name	Title	Contact
Tom Mullon	Representative	Send email

Internal Affairs Committee

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
		1 year
		2 years
		3 years
		4 years

Law & Order Committee

Name	Title	Contact
Pat Logan	Chairman	Send email
Jeff Brokaw		Send email
Susan Edwards		Send email

Legionnaire Insurance Trust Committee

Sign up for no-cost Legioncare here

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Bill Barbknecht	Chairman	1 years	Send email
James Olson		2 years	Send email
Robert Hart		3 years	Send email

Legionville Education Center Board of Directors

Legionville Education Center website

Name	Title	Contact
Carl Moon	President	Send email
Victor Gades	Vice President	Send email
William Goede	Treasurer	Send email
Mike Maxa	Secretary	Send email
Richard Cross	Legion Rep.	Send email
Paul Hassing	Dept. Commander	Send email
Sharon Thiemecke	Dept. President	Send email
John Weiss	SAL Commander	Send email
Jody Hassing	Legion Riders Director	Send email
James Blakesley	School Safety Patrol	Send email
Kevin Kibler	40&8 Rep.	Send email
Glenn Mueller	1st District	Send email
Betty Jass	2nd District	Send email
Don Skow	3rd District	Send email
Kurt Roettjer	4th District	Send email
Dennis Delong	5th District	Send email
Carl Moon	6th District	Send email
Victor Gades	7th District	Send email
VACANT	8th District	Send email
Dan Wilsey	9th District	Send email
Ted Berg	10th District	Send email
Adam Felton	Camp Manager {Advisor}	Send email
Rachael Hill	Comptroller {Advisor}	Send email
Greg Colby	Dept. Judge Adv. {Advisor}	Send email
Eugene Leifield	Member Emeritus
Wayne Gilbertson	Member Emeritus

Legislative Committee

Name	Title	Contact
Kristy Janigo	Chairman	Send email
Logan LeClair		Send email
Mike Parry		Send email
Mark Dvorak		Send email

Media & Communications Committee

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Teresa Ash	Chairman	2 years	Send email
Kurt Roettjer		1 years	Send email
Chris Anderson		3 years	Send email
James Hultgren		4 years	Send email
VACANT		5 years
Paul Hassing	Dept. Commander		Send email
Mike Maxa	Dept. Adjutant		Send email
Tim Engstrom	Dept. Comm. Director		Send email

Membership Committee

Name	Title	Contact
Pamela Krill	Director	Send email
Charles "Chuck" Stone	Vice Cmdr. 1&3	Send email
Victor Gades	Vice Cmdr. 2&7	Send email
Lynne Nottage	Vice Cmdr. 4&5	Send email
Paul Edwards	Vice Cmdr. 6&9	Send email
William "Bill" Gordon	Vice Cmdr. 8&10	Send email

Minnesota American Legion Foundation Board of Directors

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Lloyd Ricker		2 years	Send email
Bruce Kottom		1 years	Send email
Wayne Hammon Jr.		3 years	Send email
Roger Myren		4 years	Send email
Ryan Hill		5 years	Send email
Paul Hassing	Dept. Commander	1 year	Send email
Jennifer Havlick	Jr. Past Commander	1 year	Send email
Mike Maxa	Dept. Adjutant {Advisor}	3 years	Send email
Greg Colby	Dept. Judge Advocate {Advisor}	1 year	Send email
Rachael Hill	Dept. Comptroller {Advisor}		Send email

National Security & Foreign Relations

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
James Kellogg	Chairman	4 years	Send email
Amy Larsen		5 years	Send email
Gary H. Olson		1 years	Send email
Ted Berg		2 years	Send email
Brad Pagel		3 years	Send email
Curt Norenberg	Member Emeritus

Pheasant Feed Committee

Name	Title	Contact
Glenn Mueller	Chairman	Send email
Jon Olson	Vice Chairman	Send email

Resolutions Assignment Committee

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Al Davis	Chairman	1 years	Send email
Cliff Newman		2 years	Send email
James Munson		3 years	Send email

Sons of The American Legion

SAL Detachment of Minnesota website

Name	Title	Contact
Gary Weaver	Advisor	Send email
Duane Mabon	South	Send email
VACANT	North	Send email
Officers elected at Detachment Convention in June	List of Minn. SAL officers

Strategic Planning Committee

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Roxanne Zoet		5 years	Send email
Sylvan Fix		1 years	Send email
Carla Tappainer	Secretary	2 years	Send email
Mike Costello		3 years	Send email
Barrett Kirchenwitz		4 years	Send email
Paul Hassing	Dept. Commander
Jennifer Havlick	Jr. Dept. Commander
Dan Ludwig	PNC {Advisor}

Training Committee

Minnesota Legion College webpage

MyLegion.org training webpage

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Mike Ash	Chairman	3 years	Send email
Gary Richardson		1 year	Send email
Vacant		1 year	Send email
Paul Edwards		4 years	Send email
Kelley Adelsman		1 years	Send email
Joe Tappainer		3 years	Send email
Linda Dvorak		5 years	Send email

Veterans 4 Veterans Trust Fund Board of Directors

Veterans 4 Veterans (V4V) website

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Darrel Redepenning	Legion Rep.	1 years	Send email
Don Pankake	Legion Rep.	2 years	Send email

Veterans Affairs & Rehabilitation Committee

VA&R reports webpage

Name	Title	To Serve	Contact
Gary Lee Davenport		5 years	Send email
Jan Eckert		1 years	Send email
Lynn Lyons		2 years	Send email
Don Dufner		3 years	Send email
Marissa LaCourt		4 years	Send email
Ray Kane	Dept. Service Officer		Send email
Janet Lorenzo	Assistant Dept. Service Officer		Send email