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 

Gage Thalmann
Outreach 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.

Kim Deterding (Treasurer) 
Alexandria, MN

Annika Ellefson 
Carver, MN

Micah Johnson
Hawley, MN

Nijhar Jharia Minz
New Brighton, MN

Tim Knorek
Sauk Rapids, MN

Brett Koopman 
Maple Grove, MN

Marcella Nelson (Board Chair)
Brookfield, WI

David Schmidgall 
Hancock, MN

Dean Rostad 
Camrose, AB

Dave Wollan
Hutchinson, MN 

Martha Hanson (Secretary)
Morris, MN

Dave Lemmon
Farwell, MN

 

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