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SRT's Board is made up of four Director Districts with three directors in each. Directors serve a three year term.
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Allan Engh
- SRT Board of Director since July 1998, representing District 1
- Resides in Sherwood, ND with wife Connie and is manager of Engh's Hardware Store
- Member of the SRT
  Rate Structure and
  Budget committees
- Member of NDATC
  Sergeant-at-Arms committee
- Mayor of the city of Sherwood

Ardel Rice, President
- SRT Board of Director since June 2000, representing District 1; currently holds the position
  of President
- Resides in the Mohall area with wife Deanna and is a self employed farmer in the Mohall, ND area for over 40 years. Ardel and Deanna have three children: Scott, Michael, and Jay; and two grandchildren: Alexa and Alysa
- Member of the SRT
  Rate Structure and
  Budget Committees
- Serves as a Director of NDATC

Stanley Vangsness, Vice President
- SRT Board of Director since June 2005, representing District 1; currently holds the position of Vice President
- Is a small grain farmer in the Berthold/Carpio area for 20 years
- Resides north of Berthold with wife Marianne and daughters Lindsey and Laura
- Member of SRT Annual Meeting and NDATC Representative
- Vice Chairman of the
  NDATC Board

Dennis Erber
- SRT Board of Director since October 1988, representing District 2
- Self employed farmer, operating a grain farm south of Glenburn, ND with wife Karen
- Member of SRT Rate Structure, Budget, and Board
  Retreat committees
- Member of the NDATC Credentials committee

Jim Newman
- SRT Board of Director since October 1989, representing District 2
- Resides in Sawyer, ND with wife Joann and is a farmer/rancher in the Sawyer/South Prairie area
- Member of the SRT
  Budget committee
- Chairman of the Co-Bank nominating committee

Ronald Schepp
- SRT Board of Director since March 2006, representing
  District 2
- Vice President of the Peoples State Bank and President of Peoples State Agency
  in Westhope
- Ronald and his wife Joanne have nine children

Gerald Henry
- SRT Board of Director since October 1995, representing District 3
- Resides in the Newburg/Westhope, ND area with his wife Kathy and sons Sean and Joe, and operates a livestock and grain farm
  north of Newburg
- Member of SRT Policy & Compensation and the
  Budget committees

John Marshall
- SRT Board of Director since July 1996, representing District 3
- Resides northwest of Towner, ND with his wife Marie and raises cattle; has a son, Lane, and a daughter, Cami (married to Bill) & two grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Colton
- Member of the SRT Policy
  & Compensation and
  Budget committees
- Member of NDATC

Dennis Schott
- SRT Board of Director since October 1982, representing District 3
- Resides in Butte, ND with his wife Lois and they own and operate Schott Insurance Agency
- Member of the SRT Scholarship and Budget committees
- Member of the NDATC
  PAC-T committee

Tom Seymour
- SRT Board of Director since January 2000, representing District 4
- Resides in Minot, ND with his wife Anita and is Professor
  of Management Information Systems at Minot
  State University
- Member of the International Association of Computer Information Systems
- Member of the SRT Rate Structure, Strategic Planning & Scholarship committees
- Member of Quentin Burdick
  Job Corps Community
  Relations committee
- Member of Minot High School Business Advisory committee

Susan K. Schmutzler, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
- SRT Board of Director since January 2000, representing District 4; currently holds the position of Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
- Resides in Minot, ND with husband Warren. Susan and Warren have four children: Shawn, Wendy, Wade (deceased), and Jersey; and three grandchildren: Caleb, Garret and Katija
- Susan is the CEO of Ascentia Federal Credit Union
- Member of Foundation for Rural Service Board of Directors, currently holds the position of Secretary/Treasurer
- Member of SRT's Board Policy & Compensation committees
- Member of the NDATC Planning & Education committee

Tom Wentz, Jr., Secretary/Treasurer
- SRT Board of Director since January 2000, representing District 4; currently holds the position of Secretary/Treasurer
- Resides in Minot, ND with his wife Susan and their five children. Tom is the Senior Vice President for Investors Real Estate Trust (IRET)
- Member of the SRT
  Rate Structure and
  Budget committees
- Member of the NDATC Policy and Bylaws committee

Officers

President
Ardel Rice

Vice President
Stanley Vangsness

Secretary/Treasurer
Tom Wentz, Jr.

Assistant Secretary/Treasurer
Susan K. Schmutzler

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SRT Communications located in Minot, North Dakota is the state's largest telephone cooperative. SRT has served the telecommunications needs of north central North Dakota since 1951, employs more than 200 people, and serves over 48,000 customers.

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