Board Members
Board minutes are available here.
Gina Franklin, Chair
Appointed: October, 2004. Currently serving her second full term.
Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln, B.A. and M.A. Counseling Psychology;
University of Nebraska at Lincoln, JD.
Professional Background: Law and administration
Committee Assignments: Governance and Planning, Budget and Finance
Charles Austin
Appointed: February, 2010. Currently serving his first term.
Education: University of Minnesota B.A. Finance and Management
Professional Background: Commercial insurance marketing, management
Committee Assignments: Budget and Finance, Government and Planning
Ivan Imm
Appointed: February 2012. Serving a partial term, the final two years of Barbara Burke’s three-year term.
Education: B.S. Political Science, University of Minnesota; M.A. Public Policy and Administration, University of Wisconsin, Madison; M.S. Health Services Administration, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Professional Background: Healthcare administration
Committee Assignments: Public Relations
Charlie Kyte
Appointed: May 2012. Serving a partial term, the final year of Dixon Bond’s three-year term.
Education:
Professional Background: Public Education Administration
Committee Assignments: Public Relations
Michelle Muench, MD
Appointed: February, 2010. Currently serving her first term.
Education: Gustavus Adolphus College, B.A. and University of Minnesota Medical School, MD,
Professional Background: Ophthalmologist
Committee Assignments: Public Relations
Steve O’Neill
Appointed: January 2011. Currently serving a partial term, the last year of John Lundblad’s term.
Education: St. Olaf College, B.A., University of St. Thomas, M.A.
Professional Background: Psychologist
Committee Assignment: Public Relations
Brett Reese
Appointed: November, 2006 Currently serving his first full term.
Education: Luther College, B.A.
Professional Background: CPA, manufacturing, business development and finance
Committee Assignments: Governance and Planning, Budget and Finance
Randoph Reister, MD
Appointed: January, 2008. Currently serving his second term.
Education: Augustana College, B.A., and University of South Dakota School of Medicine, M.D.
Professional Background: Internal Medicine physician
Committee Assignment: Public Relations
James Schlichting
Appointed: June, 2006. Currently serving his second full term.
Education: St. Olaf College, B.A., and Rutgers University Law School
Professional Background: Attorney, Mediator
Committee Assignment: Budget and Finance.
