CRWP Team
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Beth Kallestad
Executive Director
(507) 786-3913 - beth@crwp.net
Lucas Bistodeau
Water Monitoring Program Coordinator
(507) 786-3912 - lucas@crwp.net
Leslie Kennedy
Office Manager and Volunteer Coordinator -
(507) 786-3915 - leslie@crwp.net
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Aaron Wills
Community Wastewater Facilitator and Finance Director
(507) 786-3914 - aaron@crwp.net
Sheila Craig - Community Wastewater Facilitator - (507) 765-2605 - scraig@co.fillmore.mn.us
Board of Directors
The Cannon River Watershed Partnership is governed by a 25 member Board of Directors. Twelve are elected officials - six county commissioners and six Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors from the six counties of the watershed. Thirteen are citizen members who are elected each year at our annual meeting in March. The Board meets six times a year - January, March, May, July, September and November.

Matt Durand
Board Chair
Citizen member
Paul Drotos
Vice Chair
Citizen Member
Nancy Braker
Secretary
Citizen Member
Cletus Gregor-Le Sueur SWCD
John Hamer-citizen
Don Banks-Goodhue SWCD
Bernie Baumann-citizen
Byron Brady-citizen
Joe Harris-Dakota Co Commissioner
Dan Hansen-Steele SWCD
Bob Koch-citizen
Bruce Kubicek-Steele Co Commissioner
Galen Malecha-Rice Co Commissioner

Matt Malecha-citizen
Lorn Manthey-citizen
Tom Miller-citizen

Blair Nelson-Waseca Co Commissioner
Chris Nielsen-Dakota SWCD
Ron Purcell-Waseca SWCD
Amanda Sames-citizen
Karl Sames-citizen
Richard Samuelson -Goodhue Co Commissioner
Gary Wagenbach-Rice SWCD
Clifford Wetzel-Le Sueur Co Commissioner
Carmen Dorr-citizen

