Chamber Leadership
Board of Directors
Chamber Leadership
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
The Brainerd Lakes Chamber is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors who serve three-year terms and represent a wide array of business sectors, sizes and locations. Chamber members are welcome to attend board meetings, which are usually scheduled on the third Thursday of each month from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at our administrative office.
Two Advisory Boards also oversee the local activities of the Crosslake and Pequot Lakes Chambers. See current rosters below. Special thanks to all our volunteer leaders!
BRAINERD LAKES CHAMBER
Executive Committee
- Board Chair | Matt Seymour, Q Squares Convenience Stores
- Vice Chair | Ginny Knudson, Borden, Steinbauer, Krueger & Knudson
- Past Chair | Chris Quisberg, S&R Quisberg
- Executive Officer at Large | Ellen Haglin, LINDAR & Avantech
- Chamber President | Matt Kilian (staff)
- Chamber Treasurer | Paula Davis (staff)
Matt Seymour, Board Chair
Q Squares
Ginny Knudson, Vice Chair
Borden, Steinbauer, Krueger & Knudson
Chris Quisberg, Past Chair
Cub Foods-Baxter
Ellen Haglin, Executive Officer
LINDAR Corporation/Avantech
Jill Casper, Director
Mid-Minnesota Federal Credit Union – Brainerd
Hara Charlier, Director
Central Lakes College
Joel Clough, Director
Just for Kix
Kevin Donnay, Director
Widseth Smith Nolting
John Landsburg, Director
Landsburg Landscape Nursery
Pete Mohs, Director
Brainerd Dispatch / Echo Journal
Mike Schweiters, Director
Boyd Lodge
Frank Soukup, Director
Grand View Lodge
Patrick Sundberg, Director
Jack Pine Brewery
John Thelen, Director
Thelen Heating and Roofing
Ben Thuringer
Madden’s on Gull Lake
Matt Kilian
Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce President
Pequot LAKES CHAMBER
Chamber Advisory Board
- Cynthia Hidde, Stonemark Land Surveying
- Lisa Kaneski, JP Taylor Inc. (Dairy Queen)
- Aundra Erickson, COUNTRY Financial
- Jill Andersen, Lonesome Cottage Furniture Company
- Nancy Vogt, Echo Journal
- Kurt Moody, First National Bank Pequot Lakes
- Lillie Pearo, Stroot, Schumer & Associates
- Barb Merritt, Merritt Jewelers
- Tammy Bargy, Hunt Utilities Group
Crosslake Chamber
Chamber Advisory Board
- Board Chair | Mike O’Connell, Larson Group Real Estate
- Vice Chair | Christine Davis, Birch Lake Counseling
- Doreen Gallaway, Passages of Time
- Craig Henningson, BlackRidgeBANK
- Bart Taylor, RiverWood Bank
- Mike Schwieters, Boyd Lodge
- Rene Milner, Breen & Person
- Ed Money, Andy’s Bar & Grill, Wine & Spirits