​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The purpose of the Steering Committee is to advise the Statewide Emergency Communications Board on all policy decisions and to provide oversight of the SECB's outreach and education efforts.

Committee Membership
 

The Bylaws of the Statewide Emergency Communications Board prescribes the membership of its Steering Committee as follows:

Membership is comprised of one primary and alternate from each of the following: Minnesota Department of Transportation, Office of Enterprise Technology (MN.IT Services), Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association, Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association, Minnesota Ambulance Association, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council or Tribal Government, and each regional emergency communications or emergency services board.

The Current Membership ​Roster can be found below.

Meetings

The Steering Committee typically meets on the second Wednesday of odd-numbered months. Meeting locations rotate between the Twin Cities and sites in greater Minnesota​. Telephone conference and Internet connections for meetings will be provided at the top of the meeting’s agenda. The actual meeting date, time, and location can be found on the meeting’s agenda. 

Agendas, supporting materials, and minutes for future meetings and approved documents within the last six (6) months may be found on the Meeting Materials page. Requests for information on anything older than six (6) months can be submitted to SECB.DPS@state.mn.us 

To request that an item be heard or considered by the Steering Committee, the item should be submitted to the Committee Chair at the below address. Meeting materials must be submitted no later than nine (9) business days prior to the meeting.

Statewide Emergency Communications Board
Steering Committee Chair
c/o Emergency Communication Networks
445 Minnesota Street, suite #1725
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

Email: SECB.DPS@state.mn.us

 

Primary	Organization	Secondary
Chair: Sarah Booker Todd County Sheriff’s Office sarah.booker@co.todd.mn.us	Central Minnesota Emergency Services Board	VACANT
Vice-Chair:  David Kenworthy  David.kenworthy@co.dodge.mn.us	Southeast Minnesota Emergency Communications Board	Ben Klinger Winona County Sheriff’s Office BKlinger@co.winona.mn.us
Tracey Fredrick Metropolitan Emergency Services Board tfredrick@mn-mesb.org	Metropolitan Emergency Services Board	Jill Rohret Metropolitan Emergency Services Board jrohret@mn-mesb.org
Shane Chatleain MN DOT Shane.Chatleain@state.mn.us	Minnesota Department of Transportation	Dave Klema MN DOT Dave.Klema@state.mn.us
VACANT	Minnesota Office of Enterprise Technology (MN.IT)	VACANT
VACANT	Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association	VACANT
VACANT	Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association	VACANT
VACANT	Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association	VACANT
VACANT	Minnesota Ambulance Association	Lance Ross North Memorial Lance.ross@northmemorial.com
VACANT	Minnesota Indian Affairs Council or Tribal Government Seat	VACANT
Dave Olson Pennington County dolson@penningtonsheriff.org	Northwest Minnesota Emergency Communications Board	Jim Duckstad Marshall County jim.duckstad@co.marshall.mn.us
Jeremy Hanson Itasca County  jeremy.hanson@co.itasca.mn.us	Northeast Minnesota Emergency Communications Board	VACANT
Mike Hamann Pipestone County mike.hamann@co.pipestone.mn.us	Southwest Minnesota Emergency Communications Board	Carl Nyquist Murray County CNyquist@co.murray.mn.us
Dave Borchert Brown County  commissionerdistrict1@co.brown.mn.us nupd.dave.borchert@co.brown.mn.us	South Central Minnesota Emergency Communications Board	VACANT