DAVID SIGLOH, PRESIDENT
David Sigloh lives on a farm southwest of Kenmare. He and his wife, Penny, are retired farmers and retail business owners in Kenmare.

David is the board president of Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative. He serves on the board of the Kenmare Veterans Club and is a volunteer EMT with the Kenmare Ambulance Service.

He and Penny have three grown children and three grandchildren.

PAULA ANDERSON, VICE-PRESIDENT
Paula Anderson has served on the board of directors for Consolidated Telecom of Dickinson since 2009. Paula farms with her husband, Larry, and son Denver and his wife, MaryBeth on the farm south of Regent. Larry and Paula have four children and three grandchildren, all but one residing in the Mott/Regent area.

Paula enjoys rural southwestern North Dakota, where she volunteers in community projects and events. She currently serves on the Hettinger County Historical Society board and the Mott Visionary Committee. She spearheaded the develpment of the Cannonball Trail project, and volunteers at the annual Light up the Museum Event and the Mott the Spot event.

Paula chooses to participate in rural development activities, because she feels it is important to maintain quality of life in rural America.

DEON VILHAUER, SECRETARY
Deon Vilhauer is a director on Capital Electric Cooperative’s board, where he has served for the past 13 years. For the past six years, he has also served on the NDAREC board. In February 2021, he began serving on the RDFC board.

Deon is a 15-year employee of the North Dakota Department of Transportation, where he is the chief pilot of the aviation division. One of Deon’s greatest goals is to allow those who live in rural areas or small towns to not be forgotten. He feels that it will serve everyone’s best interests to keep rural areas vital and relevant. He is thrilled to serve on the RE&T Development Committee for NDAREC, which allows him to see, firsthand, the amazing work cooperatives do in rural areas.

Deon and his wife, who is an elementary school teacher, live northeast of Bismarck and have two grown daughters.

CHERYL OSOWSKI
Cheryl Osowski earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota – Crookston. She spent 17 years working at the University of North Dakota, serving as a personnel officer and the outreach coordinator at the College of Engineering and Mines. In 2000, she was elected President of the Northeast North Dakota Human Resource Association. She also served on the board of the Dakota Science Center. Cheryl was elected to the board of the Rural Development Finance Corporation in 2022 and serves on the board of Nodak Electric Cooperative of Grand Forks, ND. She also serves as a bookkeeper for her husband’s business, REO Truck Repair and Salvage, LLC.

Cheryl and her husband, Robert, live on their farmstead northeast of Voss, North Dakota.

MICHELLE BERRY
Michelle Berry is the member services and rates manager at Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative, where she has worked since 1990. In this position, she works with economic development. Michelle currently serves on the Edgeley City Council, the Edgeley Library Board, the Edgeley Jobs Development Authority and the Energy Share Board in Jamestown.

Michelle has extensive experience working with the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) Program. Through her work at Dakota Valley Electric Cooperative, she has applied for and received approval for 12 Rural Economic Development Loan projects, totaling more than $5.8 million. She has also received approval on seven grant applications totaling over $1.47 million that remain with the cooperative in a revolving loan fund.

Michelle resides in Edgeley, North Dakota, and has two grown children and one grandchild.

ALLAN ENGH
Allan Engh has been a director on SRT’s board since 1998 and is currently serving as president. He is a member of the SRT Economic Development, Annual Meeting and Board Retreat committees.

For 16 years, he also served as the mayor for the city of Sherwood. Allan was a member of the Souris Basin Planning Council for 22 years, and during parts of that tenure, served on the executive board.

For six years, Allan served as a rural representative on the MAGIC Fund Committee, which exists to create jobs, expand the local tax base and improve the entrepreneurial climate in the region.

Allan resides in Sherwood with his wife.

GREG RAUSCHENDORFER
Greg Rauschendorfer was born and raised in the ranch life.  He attended elementary school in a one-room rural school, then attended high school at Lambert Public School.  He went to Montata Satte University in Bozemna where he enrolled in animal science and agricultural science.  Greg returned to his rural community, Charley Creek, where he engaged in his fifth-generation family operation alongside his parents.  Greg and his wife Donna have four children and 14 grandchildren, experiencing the beautiful gift of family.

Greg began serving the electric interests of Lower Yellowstone REC in 1993.  He has immensely enjoyed this journey, and his desire to serve the rural electric family remains strong.  Greg was elected to the RDFC board in 2024, and he looks forward to embracing the challenge of learning more about his wonderful rural financing program.     

 

ANDY WEISS
Andy Weiss is the controller for Cass County Electric Cooperative in Fargo. He oversees all the accounting and payroll that is done at the cooperative. Before that, he was an external auditor for a public accounting firm. As an external auditor, he primarily audited electric cooperatives and not-for-profit entities.

Andy graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of North Dakota. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Andy is originally from Bismarck and now lives in Fargo with his family. He has been a resident of North Dakota all his life and is very appreciative of what this great state has given to him and his family.