Meet Your Board and Leadership
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.
For general inquiries about the board, please contact Dakota Electric’s President & CEO, Ryan Hentges.
![Ryan Hentges Headshot (1)](https://www.dakotaelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ryan-Hentges-Headshot-1.jpg)
President and CEO
Ryan Hentges
District Map
Districts are ordered from left to right (1-4) and contain approximately the same amount of members.
District 1
![Jack DeYoe](https://www.dakotaelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jack-DeYoe-1.jpg)
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John (Jack) DeYoe
MREA Director
![David Jones](https://www.dakotaelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/David-Jones.jpg)
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David Jones
Treasurer
![Jerry Pittman](https://www.dakotaelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jerry-Pittman.jpg)
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Jerry Pittman
Vice Chair
District 2
![Bill Middlecamp Man with glasses smiling](https://www.dakotaelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Bill-Middlecamp.jpg)
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Bill Middlecamp
GRE Director
![Clay Van De Bogart](https://www.dakotaelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Clay-Van-De-Bogart.jpg)
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Clay Van De Bogart
![Terry Donnelly](https://www.dakotaelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Terry-Donnelly.jpg)
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Terry Donnelly
Secretary