Organization

NEXT GENERAL MEETING OF VBF VOLUNTEERS AND COMMITTEES: THURSDAY -MARCH 18. 7:00 PM. CONTENTED COW ON THE NORTHFIELD RIVERFRONT. WELCOME!

2010 Festival Board of Directors and Committees


    Norm Butler – President
    Dan Bergeson – Vice President (internet – publicity)
    Cindy Penny – Secretary
    Rev. Edmund Youngquist,–Treasurer
    Paul Niemisto – artistic director
    Rob Shanilec – Trustee (print media- publicity)
    Hays Scriven – Trustee (Historical Society connection)
    Mary Ellen Sturm – Trustee (Minnesota brass bands connection)
    Rev. Amy Gohedes Luhman – Trustee (church connection)
    Rev. Richard Collman — Trustee
    Kris Vohs – Trustee (Transportation)
    Jan Stevens – Trustee (Civil War reenactment)
    Joy Riggs –Trustee (publicity and  historical exhibits)
    Heather Scott: Trustee Souvenirs, Mementos, Sales
    Advisory Members
    Mary Zard- Grant Writer
    Kathy Bjerke, CPA, Financial Records and Correspondence
    Mayor Mary Rossing– honorary member
    Dean Kjerland  -Riverside Park Arts Quarter
    Rep. David Bly – honorary member
    David Hvistendahl- legal advisor
    Satellite Communities Group
    Randy Ferguson- Farmington
    Mary Zard- New Prague
    Rev. Clark Oglesbee- Cannon Falls
    Carmen Narveson- Chatfield
    Jesse Streitz- Dundas
    Kevin Kanne- Faribault
    Dance Subcommittee:
    Sharon Gates Hull
    Sharon Balaam
    Elizabeth Rowley
    Band Host Subcommittee
    Gary Meidt
    Jesse Streitz
    Ed Youngquist
    Joe Fennie
    Dan and Sue Newland
    Dan Bergeson
    Norm Butler
    Mary Ellen Sturm
    Parks Concerts Subcommittee:
    Judy  Swanson- Way Park
    Margit Johnson- Central Park
    Riverside Park  and Northfield Garden Club
    Hospitality and Headquarters Committee
    Al and Eleanor Croone
    Joan Behr
    Charles Kyte