Board of Directors
A 12-person board of directors, consisting of and elected by members, governs the cooperative.
Dakota Electric’s board of directors act on behalf of the membership to guide operations and future planning for the cooperative. The board of directors has three members from each of its four districts. Directors serve three-year terms and are elected by you, our member-owners. Voting is done at large and all members have the opportunity to vote.
To contact any member of the board, please call 651-463-6252 or email [email protected].
John (Jack) DeYoe
District: 1
Elected: 2013
Address: Lakeville
David Jones
District: 1
Elected: 2012
Address: Lakeville
Dakota Electric board chair
Jerry Pittman
District: 1
Elected: 1994
Address: Lakeville
Janet Lekson
District: 2
Elected: 1996
Address: Rosemount
Represents Dakota Electric as a board director at MREA
Jim Sheldon
District: 2
Elected: 1994
Address: Apple Valley
Dakota Electric board treasurer
Clay Van De Bogart
District: 2
Elected: 2000
Address: Lakeville
Represents Dakota Electric as a board director at Great River Energy
Kenneth Danner
District: 3
Elected: 2003
Address: Apple Valley
Bill Holton
District: 3
Elected: 1995
Address: Apple Valley
Margaret Schreiner
District: 3
Elected: 1987
Address: Eagan
Represents Dakota Electric as a board director at Great River Energy
Paul Bakken
District: 4
Elected: 2011
Address: Eagan
Dakota Electric board vice chair
Judy Kimmes
District: 4
Elected: 1997
Address: Hampton
Paul Trapp
District: 4
Elected: 2002
Address: Hastings
Dakota Electric board secretary
John (Jack) DeYoe
District: 1
Elected: 2013
Address: Lakeville
David Jones
Treasurer
District: 1
Elected: 2012
Address: Lakeville
Jerry Pittman
Vice Chair
District: 1
Elected: 1994
Address: Lakeville
Janet Lekson
MREA Dir.
District: 2
Elected: 1996
Address: Rosemount
Jim Sheldon
Chair
District: 2
Elected: 1994
Address: Apple Valley
Clay Van De Bogart
Great River Energy Dir.
District: 2
Elected: 2000
Address: Lakeville
Kenneth Danner
District: 3
Elected: 2003
Address: Apple Valley
Bill Holton
District: 3
Elected: 1995
Address: Apple Valley
Margaret Schreiner
Great River Energy Dir.
District: 3
Elected: 1987
Address: Eagan
Paul Bakken
District: 4
Elected: 2011
Address: Eagan
Judy Kimmes
District: 4
Elected: 1997
Address: Hampton
Paul Trapp
Secretary
District: 4
Elected: 2002
Address: Hastings
Monthly Board Meetings
All Dakota Electric members are welcome to attend monthly board meetings. If you wish to attend a board meeting, please contact 651-463-6252 prior to the meeting, and we will confirm the meeting date and time, and make sure arrangements are made for someone to meet you and accompany you to the board room. When you arrive, please sign in at the front desk and inform the receptionist that you are here to attend the board meeting.
Annual Meeting and Elections
As a member-owned cooperative, annual meetings provide an opportunity for members to hear reports from officers and directors, receive a financial update, ask questions and learn the results of the director elections.
Survey & Ballot Systems, an independent firm, conducts the election voting and will mail a ballot to every Dakota Electric member two weeks prior to the annual meeting. Members can vote by mail or online. Voting instructions will be included with your ballot.
Any member in good standing may seek election for the Board of Directors in the district in which he/she resides. Members may also volunteer to serve on the Nominating Committee. The deadline for board candidates is typically early December, prior to the spring elections.
Click here for more information on the 2019 Board of Directors’ election.
