Board Members

• Rev. Paul Schuster (President)
• Rev. Cody Schuler (Vice-President)
• Mark Lundberg (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Jon Nelson
• Renee Gopal

Praire Climate Stewardship Network Steering Committee

• Thomas Dahle, Civic Youth Group Leader, Bismarck, ND
• Cheryl Biller, Presbyterians for Restoring Creation, Presbyterian Church USA-Presbytery of the Northern Plains, Fargo, ND
• John Hanson, Rancher and Rural Tourism Entrepreneur, Bowman, ND
• Deborah Kiesey, Bishop, United Methodist Conference of the Dakotas, Fargo, ND
• Mark Lundberg, AIA - Architect and Principal at YHR Partners, Fargo, ND
• Bruce MacDuffie, Episcopal Clergy, Dickinson, ND
• Jon Nelson, State Legislator and Farmer, Wolford, ND
• Joseph Satrom, Director of Public Policy, Great Plains Region, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Bismarck, ND
• Paul Schuster, Roman Catholic Priest, Bottineau, ND

Steering Committee Science and Ethics Advisor: Dr. George Seieslstad, Past Director of Northern Great Plains Center for People and the Environment, University of North Dakota.

Staff

Renee Gopal founded Prairie Stewardship Network (PSN) in 2007, after having served as executive secretary of the North Dakota Conference of Churches from 1999 through 2006, where she staffed a board of denominational leaders and its various committees and coordinated implementation of the Conference’s actions and programs. Before moving to North Dakota in 1997, Renee worked in Washington, DC as personal assistant to Michael McIntosh, president of the McIntosh Foundation, which focuses on primarily on conservation of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. Prior to that, she served as administrative assistant to the executive director and program staff of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Global Stewardship Initiative, a program addressing global population, resource consumption and other environmental concerns. Renee has a B.A. in English literature from the College of Charleston and an M.A. in English Literature from George Washington University.