Board of Directors

About the ggfyp Board

The GGFYP Board of Directors determines the organizational and fiscal direction of the organization. The Board is made up of eleven voting members, including an executive team, three committee chairpersons, an internal advisor, and two members at large.
The Board of Directors meets on the second Thursday of each month at the The 701 Coworking Space by Evolve GF. For more information or for meeting minutes, please contact Gon.

2025 - 2026 GGFYP Board of Directors

Molly Hane

PRESIDENT

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Dan Bryant

VICE PRESIDENT

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Kaelen Reedy

TREASURER

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Tess Wall

REPORTER

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Danielle Piekarski

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CHAIR

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Caleb Eilts

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

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Linh Lê 

SOCIAL EVENTS CHAIR

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Zach Tomczik

INTERNAL ADVISOR

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To Be Announced

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

2024-2025

Kristy Coleman

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

2025-2026

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Matthew Ternus

PAST PRESIDENT

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Gon Carlson

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Our Advisory Board

Becky Mindeman

Gate City Bank

Brittany Dvorak

Ralph Englstad Arena

Chris Wolf

Alerus Financial

Derek Holt

FCCU

Derek Hoffert

Alerus Center

Deon Wawryniak

Houton Engineering Inc.

Gee Abdulnur

VantisUAS

Griffin Gillespie

Grand Forks Public Schools

Haley Rosaasen

City of Grand Forks

Jill Proctor

Downtown Development Association

Kathryn Kester, CNP

Xcel Energy

Keith Lund

GF Region EDC

Kristy Hall-Jiran

Altru Health System

Landon Bahl

Hospitality 322

Laura Nash Frisch

CVIC

Maggie Brockling, MPA

City of East Grand Forks

Meloney Linder, MA

UND

Tom Ford, MPA

Grand Forks County

Board of Director Commitments

Serve for a two-year term.
Attend board meetings & committee meetings, allowing for no more than three board meeting absences per year.
Come to meetings prepared and informed.
Provide a thoughtful and timely response to issues that arise between meetings.
Attend at least three organizational events in each calendar year on the board

Member-at-Large Elections

The Members-at-Large elected into their position by the general GGFYP membership. They are your representatives on the Board who represent the feelings of the general YP membership at all board discussions. They are responsible for welcoming new members and are the friendly face of our organization.
Elections are held annually in November.

Greater Grand Forks Young Professionals

33 S 3rd St, Suite C

Grand Forks, ND 58201

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info@ggyfp.com

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