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Leadership and Governance

Standing Committee & Diocesan Council

Standing Committee

Dr. Jason Thoms, President (St. George’s, Bismarck)
The Rev. Dn. Beth Lipp, Secretary (St. George’s, Bismarck)
The Rev. Peter Akicmeir (St. John the Divine, Moorhead)
Tyrrell DeCoteau (St. Sylvan’s, Dunseith)
The Rev. Jamie Parsley (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
Carmine Goodhouse (St. Luke’s, Fort Yates)

Diocesan Council – East Region

Susan Lisok (St. John the Divine, Moorhead)
The Rev. Robert Hoekstra (Grace, Jamestown)
Jael Mogga (St. John the Divine, Moorhead)
Dr. Amy Phillips (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
The Rev. Harvey Henderson (St. Paul’s, Grand Forks)
The Rev. Dn. Elsie Magnus (St. Peter’s, Walhalla)

Diocesan Council – West Region

Raphael DeCoteau (St. Sylvan’s, Dunseith)
Rachel Schmidt (All Saints, Minot)
The Rev. Lindsey Dwarf (St. Luke’s, Fort Yates)
Karilee Lieberman (St. Paul’s, White Shield)
The Rev. Hal Weidman (St. George’s, Bismarck)
The Rev. Dn. Angela Goodhouse (St. Luke’s, Fort Yates)

Diocesan Council – Ex Officio

Leo Wilking, Chancellor (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
The Rev. Dr. John Floberg, Treasurer (Standing Rock Congregations)
(St. John the Divine, Moorhead)

Commissions and Committees

Canons Committee

Leo Wilking, Chair (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
The Rev. Dr. John Floberg (Standing Rock)
Sandy Holbrook (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
Tom Tudor (St. George’s, Bismarck)

Commission on Ministry

The Rev. Harvey Henderson, Chair (St. Paul’s, Grand Forks)
The Rev. Dn. John Anderson (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
The Rev. Bart Davis (All Saint’s, Valley City)
The Rev. Dn. Sloane Floberg (Standing Rock)
Elaine McLaughlin (St. James, Cannon Ball)
The Rev. Jamie Parsley (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
Donna Pettit (St. Paul’s, Grand Forks)

Congregational Development Committee

Donna Pettit, Chair (St. Paul’s, Grand Forks)
Tammy Enockson (St. George’s, Bismarck)

Personnel Committee

Sandy Holbrook (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
The Rev. Robert Hoekstra (Grace, Jamestown)
Jessica Krzewina (dMST)

Personnel Committee

Sandy Holbrook (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
The Rev. Robert Hoekstra (Grace, Jamestown)
Jessica Krzewina (dMST)

Reconciliation & Creation Care

Solveigh Barney, Chair (St. George’s, Bismarck)
Dr. Amy Phillips (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
JoAnn Keehn (St. George’s, Bismarck)
The Rev. Dn. Hellen Lodu (St. John the Divine, Moorhead)
Peter Halbach (Advent, Devils Lake)
Kathy Hintz (All Saint’s, Minot)
Cody Merrick (Advent, Devil’s Lake)
Phyllis Bratten (Grace, Jamestown)
Ashley Hubbard (dMST)

Youth Commission (inactive)

Hannah Gendron (St. George’s, Bismarck)
Leah Henderson (St. Paul’s, Grand Forks)

Finance Committee

The Rt. Rev. Shay Craig (Bishop)
The Rev. Dr. John Floberg (Treasurer)
Corry Kenner (Advent, Devils Lake)
Chad Schmidt (All Saint’s, Minot)
Elaine McLaughlin (St. James, Cannon Ball)
The Rev. Dn. Beth Lipp (St. George’s, Bismarck)
Jessica Krzewina (dMST)

Title IV Disciplinary Board

The Rev. Mary Johnson, President, through Convention 2026 (Priest)
The Rev. Dn. John Anderson, through Convention 2025 (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
The Rev. Robert Hoekstra, through Convention 2025 (Grace, Jamestown)
Donna Pettit, through Convention 2025 (St. Paul’s, Grand Forks)
Dr. John Baird, through Convention 2025 (St. Stephen’s, Fargo)
The Rev. Dn. Beth Lipp, through Convention 2025 (St. George’s, Bismarck)
Tom Tudor, through Convention 2026 (St. George’s, Bismarck)

UTO Coordinators

Vanessa Strobel – East (Gethsemane Cathedral, Fargo)
Mary Massad – West (St. John’s, Dickinson)

North Dakota Council on Indian Ministry

NDCIM Board

Tyrrell DeCoteau, President (St. Sylvan’s, Dunseith)
Carmine Goodhouse, Vice-President (St. Luke’s, Fort Yates)
The Rev. Dr. John Floberg, Treasurer & Secretary (Standing Rock)

NDCIM Congregations

Church of the Cross, Selfridge
St. James, Cannon Ball
St. Luke’s, Fort Yates
St. Paul’s, White Shield
St. Sylvan’s, Dunseith
St. Thomas, Fort Totten