Home News Events About Membership Information Links Contact Us Board of Directors You are here: Home / About / Board of Directors GOLDEN GROWERS COOPERATIVE’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS Golden Growers Cooperative’s (GGC) Board is comprised of 12 members. The Board will be reduced to 9 members in 2021 pursuant to Bylaws amended on March 29, 2019. Thereafter, at each Annual Meeting, One Director will be elected as an At-Large Director and on Director will be elected from two of GGC’s three member districts. Directors serve three-year terms, and may serve a maximum of four, full, three-year terms. Directors’ terms expire on the day of the third annual meeting following their elections. Immediately following each annual meeting, the Board holds a reorganization meeting. At this meeting, the directors elect a Chairperson, First and Second Vice Chairpersons, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. These five Board officers comprise the co-op’s Executive Committee, and also serve as GGC representatives to the ProGold, LLC, Board of Governors. At its reorganization meeting, the board also elects a first and second alternate to the ProGold board, who fill in whenever a member of the Executive Committee is unable to attend one of the semi-annual ProGold board meetings. For more information on directors’ responsibilities, obligations and elections, please refer to the Bylaws of Golden Growers Cooperative. The current Board of Directors: NAME DISTRICT TELEPHONE FIRST ELECTED CURRENT TERM EXPIRES David Benedict North 218-238-5062 2010 2022 Richard Bot South 507-829-6382 2017 2023 Mark Harless, Chairperson North 218-236-0862 2011 2023 Matt Hasbargen, Secretary At-Large 701-271-9254 2013 2022 Scott Jetvig, Treasurer At-Large 218-483-4639 2015 2024 Brett Johnson, 2nd Vice Chair Central 701-274-8909 2013 2022 Byron Koehl At-Large 320-760-2088 2010 2022 Nicolas Pyle, 1st Vice Chair Central 701-347-4421 2010 2022 Larry Vipond South 320-677-2535 2015 2024 Annual Reports Articles & Bylaws Board of Directors Code of Ethical Conduct History Member Distribution Organizational Structure Staff LATEST GGC NEWS Anticipate a Bylaw Amendment Proposal in January November 8, 2021 - 3:14 pm Avoid the $75/Year Administrative Fee, Enroll in Direct Deposit November 8, 2021 - 3:13 pm 2022 Pool Election, Agency Fees & Incentive Payments November 8, 2021 - 3:09 pm GOLDEN GROWERS COOPERATIVE Golden Growers Cooperative (GGC) currently has about 1,600 members and owns 49% of ProGold LLC in partnership with American Crystal Sugar Company, and ProGold owns a corn wet-milling plant near Wahpeton, North Dakota. WEST FARGO Golden Growers Cooperative 1002 Main Ave West, Suite 5 West Fargo, ND 58078 Phone: 701-281-0468 Fax: 701-203-8411 WAHPETON Cargill - Wahpeton 18049 County Road 8E Wahpeton, ND 58075 Phone: 800-266-6732 © Copyright - Golden Growers Cooperative.