Leadership
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David L. Goodin
Bismarck, North Dakota
Expertise: Engineering and business management.
President and Chief Executive Officer of MDU Resources; formerly president and CEO of Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, Great Plains Natural Gas Co., Intermountain Gas Company and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Thomas Everist
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Expertise: Business management, construction and sand, gravel and aggregate production.
President and chairman of The Everist Co., a construction materials company; a director of several corporations.
Karen B. Fagg
Billings, Montana
Expertise: Engineering, construction and business management.
Retired, formerly vice president of DOWL HKM and formerly chairman and majority owner of HKM Engineering Inc.; on the board of several organizations.
Dennis W. Johnson
Dickinson, North Dakota
Expertise: Business management, engineering and finance.
Chairman, president and chief executive officer of TMI Corp., an architectural woodwork manufacturer; a former director of Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
Patricia L. Moss
Bend, Oregon
Expertise: Finance, banking, business development and human resources.
Vice chairman of Cascade Bancorp and Bank of the Cascades, formerly president and chief executive officer of Cascade Bancorp and Bank of the Cascades; on the board of several organizations.
Dale S. Rosenthal
Washington, D.C.
Expertise: Construction, alternative energy, infrastructure development, risk management and corporate strategy.
Formerly strategic director of Clark Construction Group, LLC; a director of Washington Gas Light Company.
Edward A. Ryan
Washington, D.C.
Expertise: Leadership, corporate governance and law.
Formerly executive vice president and general counsel of Marriott International.
David M. Sparby
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Expertise: Public utilities, business management, finance and law.
Formerly senior vice president, Revenue Group, at Xcel Energy Inc. and president and chief executive officer of Northern States Power-Minnesota.
Chenxi Wang
Los Altos, California
Expertise: Technology and cybersecurity.
Founder and general partner of Rain Capital Fund LP, a cybersecurity-focused venture fund; formerly chief strategy officer of Twistlock, a security software company, vice president, cloud security and strategy of CipherCloud, a cloud security software company, and vice president of strategy of Intel Security.
MANAGEMENT POLICY COMMITTEE
David L. Goodin
President & CEO of MDU Resources Group, Inc.
Expertise: Engineering and business management.
President and Chief Executive Officer of MDU Resources; formerly president and CEO of Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, Great Plains Natural Gas Co., Intermountain Gas Company and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
David C. Barney
President & CEO of Knife River Corporation
President and Chief Executive Officer of Knife River Corporation; formerly held executive and management positions with Knife River.
Stephanie A. Barth
Vice President
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of MDU Resources; formerly controller of MDU Resources and vice president, treasurer and chief accounting officer of WBI Holdings, Inc.
Trevor J. Hastings
President & CEO of WBI Holdings, Inc.
President and Chief Executive Officer of WBI Holdings, Inc.; formerly vice president of business development and operations support of Knife River Corporation.
Anne M. Jones
Vice President
Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of MDU Resources; formerly vice president of human resources, customer service and safety of Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, Great Plains Natural Gas Co., Intermountain Gas Company and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
Nicole A. Kivisto
President & CEO
President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascade Natural Gas Corporation, Great Plains Natural Gas Co., Intermountain Gas Company and Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.; formerly vice president of operations of Great Plains Natural Gas and Montana-Dakota Utilities.
Karl A. Liepitz
Vice President
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of MDU Resources; serves as general counsel and secretary of all major company subsidiaries; formerly assistant general counsel and assistant secretary of MDU Resources.
Peggy A. Link
Vice President
Vice President and Chief Information Officer of MDU Resources; formerly assistant vice president of technology and cybersecurity officer of MDU Resources.
Jeffrey A. Thiede
President & CEO of MDU Construction Services Group, Inc.
President and Chief Executive Officer of MDU Construction Services Group, Inc.; formerly held executive and management positions with MDU Construction Services Group.
Jason L. Vollmer
Vice President
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MDU Resources; serves as the senior financial officer and member of the board of directors of all major subsidiary companies; formerly chief accounting officer of MDU Resources.