Staff & Leadership
Year-Round Staff
Tim Peterson
Executive Director
(extension 5)
David Blackstad
Program Director &
Dean of Students
(extension 7)
Heidi Knauf
Operations Director
(extension 3)
Jackie Gertken
Office Manager
(extension 4)
Shae Smith
Registrar
(extension 2)
Pam Hovland
Office Volunteer
Steven Wagner
Gap Year Director
Jenny Schwieters
Hospitality Coordinator
Board of Trustees
The Mount Carmel Ministries Board of Trustees consists of eleven men and women who are elected by the Proclaimers (voting members of Mount Carmel). Each year at our Annual Meeting, the Board of Trustee candidates are elected, each for a three year term.
Ken Birst (Vice Chair)
Bismarck, ND
Kim Deterding (Treasurer)
Alexandria, MN
Joanna Green
Alexandria, MN
Micah Johnson
Hawley, MN
Nijhar Jharia Minz
Minneapolis, MN
Paige Knorek (Secretary)
Lake Park, MN
Marcella Nelson (Board Chair)
Brookfield, WI
David Schmidgall
Hancock, MN
Dean Rostad
Camrose, AB
Dave Wollan
Hutchinson, MN
Martha Hanson
Morris, MN