Boards & Committees

Appointed Boards

Dixon Refuse Disposal District
Name Position Elected Term
John J. Holland Member 01/01/23
Anthony B. Cox Member 08/06/23
Board Opening Member 3 year term
Heron/Noxon Cemetery District
Name Position Elected Term
Ronelle Helmbrecht Member-Chair 12/06/25
Kent Compton Member 05/04/24
Margaret Harker Member 03/26/23
Bobbie Wilson Secretary Hired
Hot Springs Airport Advisory Board
Name Position Elected Term
Craig Lien Member 02/18/23
Chuck Stephens Member 08/29/23
Laurence Walchuk Member 05/18/23
Board Opening Member 2 year term
Board Opening Member 2 year term
Hot Springs Refuse Disposal District
Name Position Elected Term
Buzz Foster Member 11/17/24
Deana Anderson Member 11/01/23
Cam Ulvick Member 11/17/24
Charlie Scott Member 05/05/23
John J. Holland Member Elected Term
Hot Springs TV District
Name Position Elected Term
Cam Ulvick Vice Chairman 10/06/25
Open Postion Secretary
Manford Tempero Chairman 04/02/25
Mike Tempero Member 10/24/23
Paradise Cemetery Association
Name Position Elected Term
Susan Snead Member 12/28/25
Michael Mayes Member 05/03/24
Judy Stephens Member 08/01/23
Paradise Improvement District
Name Position Elected Term
Breyanna King Member 10/20/24
Judy Stephens Member 9/20/25
Judith Hawley Member 11/20/25
Open Position Member 3 years
Plains Airport Advisory Board
Name Position Elected Term
Carl Benson Member 0920/25
Marlin Cooper Member 05/19/19
Daniel Lilja Chairman 03/07/23
Keith Caldwell Member 09/20/23
Dallas Deardorff Member 05/04/24
Plains Cemetery District Board
Name Position Elected Term
Wayne A. Egbert Member 04/06/23
Shawn Emmett Member 04/06/23
Jim Henry Member 04/06/23
Patsy Meredith Secretary  –/–/–
Plains/Paradise TV District
Name Position Elected Term
Wayne Vannice Secretary 10/02/24
Greg Welty Chairman 08/10/25
Kenneth Benson Vice-Chairman 02/01/21
Sanders County Aquatic Invasive Plants Task Force

OPEN POSITION – VOTING MEMBER

www.sanderscountyaicoms.

Name Position Elected Term
Kim McMahon Facilitator N/A
Larry Lack Chair / Voting Member 01/31/26
Terry Hightower Vice Chair / Voting Member 01/31/25
Sean Moran Secretary/ Voting Member 01/31/26
Mark Lincoln Designated Rep./Voting Member 01/31/24
Juli Thurston Designated Rep/ Voting Member 01/31/24
Richard Reich Designated Rep/ Voting Member 01/31/24
Curtis Spindler Designated Rep/Voting Member 01/31/26
Craig McLane Designated Rep/Non-Voting Member 01/31/26
Katie Finley-Squeque Designated Rep/ Non -Voting Member 01/31/24
Jordan Tollefson Designated Rep/ Non-Voting Member 01/31/24
Chris Rossel Designated Rep/ Non-Voting Member 01/31/26
Sanders County Board of Health
Name Position Elected Term
Ron Petrie Health Officer 10/13/25
Open Position
John J. Holland Member Elected Term
Dan B. Rowan Member Elected Term
Anthony B. Cox Chair Elected Term
Pepper Dorscher Member 09/09/23 *Medical Field
Bina Eggensperger Member 09/09/23 *Business Owner

 

Sanders County Bookmobile Advisory Board
Name Position Elected Term
Mellisa McJunkin Vice Chair 06/30/25
Jim Jacobson Chair 06/30/25
Breezy Stipe Memberr 06/30/23
Sandra Thompson Member 06/30/23
Alisha Taylor Member 04/13/28
Sanders County DUI Task Force
Name Position Elected Term
John Marshall Coordinator  06/30/23
Vel Shaver Member
Jennifer McPherson Vice Chair
Cynthia Neste Member 09/20/25
Anthony B. Cox Member Elected Term
Lanny Hensley Member
Chris Nichols Member
Sanders County Fair Commission
Name Position Elected Term
Randal Woods Chair 01/25/25
Ted Forkum Member 01/25/25
Brian Crain Member 01/25/25
Kim McMahon Member 11/20/25
Jim Newman Member 05/02/25
Sanders County Park Commission
Name Position Elected Term
Kayla Mosher Member 08/25/24
Open Position
Greg Hinkle Member 10/29/22
Open Position
Pete Reinschmidt Member 07/31/23
Sanders County Salary Compensation Board
Name Position Elected Term
Naomi R. Leisz County Attorney Elected Term
Shawn Fielders Sheriff Elected Term
Lisa Wadsworth C & R/Treasurer Elected Term
Doug Dryden Justice of the Peace Elected Term
Annie Wooden Resident-Taxpayer 05/29/24
Board Opening Resident-Taxpayer
Board Opening Resident-Taxpayer
Board Opening Resident-Taxpayer
Anthony B. Cox Commissioner Elected Term
John J. Holland Commissioner Elected Term
Dan B. Rowan Commissioner Elected Term
Sanders County Refuse Disposal District Advisory Board
Name Position Elected Term
Anthony B. Cox Chair Elected Term
Claude Burlingame Member Elected Term
Glen E. Magera Member Elected Term
Sanders County Tax Appeal Board
Name Position Elected Term
Michael Zentz Member 08/22/24
Nancy Mehaffie Member 04/02/23
Leonard D. Brown Member 04/02/23
Jeffery S. Reed Sr. Alternate 2/25/24
Sanders County Weed District
Name Position Elected Term
John Errecart Member 01/27/24
Ross Middlemist Member 11/17/23
Dale Neiman Chairman 11/01/24
Alan Dettwiler Member 04/15/23
Renee Hofeldt Member 05/14/23
Thompson Falls Airport Advisory Board
Name Position Elected Term
Boddie Leaf Member 07/28/25
Dan Normandea Chairman 06/20/24
Mike Nichols Member 07/28/25
Douglas Robichaud Member 06/05/25
Gene Pope Member 02/04/25
Anthony D. Smith Member 07/21/25
Western Sanders County TV District
Name Position Elected Term
Jerome McDonald Chairman 02/13/26
Open Position
Dewey Duffel Secretary 03/25/24
Open Position
Donald Nance Member 02/13/26
Whitepine Cemetery
Name Position Elected Term
Joanne Burk Member 12/01/25
Will Tucker Chairman 11/10/25
Ryan Burk Member 12/01/25

Elected Boards

Dixon Rural Fire
Name Position Elected Term
Michelle Athearn Trustee 2023
Michael Schroedel Trustee 2023
John F. Morigeau Trustee 2021
Douglas King Trustee 2022
Mary T. Zelonis Trustee 2022
Eastern Sanders County Conservation
Name Position Elected Term
Doug King Supervisor 2020
Don J. Feist Supervisor 2020
Ronald G Warren Supervisor 2021
Marvin L. Rehbein Chair 2022
John Marrinan Supervisor 2022
Eastern Sanders County Hospital District
Name Position Elected Term
Laurence Walchuk Trustee 2022
Gary Cremer Trustee 2021
Debra Pier Trustee 2022
Michael Perry Trustee 2021
Ed Weatherly Trustee 2023
Green Mountain Conservation District
Name Position Elected Term
OPEN
Terry P. Hightower Supervisor 2024
William D. Naegeli Chairman 2022
Sean Moran Supervisor 2022
Mindy Ferrell Supervisor 2022
Heron County Park District
Name Position Elected Term
Judith Hutchins Commissioner 2021
Geri Lee Secretary/Treasurer 2021
Deborah Lyman Chair 2023
Heron Rural Fire District
Name Position Elected Term
Margaret Harker Trustee 2023
Paul Overman Chairman 2023
Michael Hardin Trustee 2021
Timothy Lee Lindeman Treasurer 2022
Christine Knodle Secretary 2022
Hot Springs Rural Fire District
Name Position Elected Term
Charles Dale Neiman Trustee 2022
Bruce White Trustee 2021
Cam Ulvick Trustee 2021
John Swope Trustee 2023
Lando R Bras Trustee 2023
Noxon Rural Fire District
Name Position Elected Term
Joel King Trustee 2022
Teri Wilkinson Trustee 2022
George Krueger Trustee 2021
Tony Mascaro Trustee 2023
Harley Allder Trustee 2023
Noxon / Heron Public Hospital District
Name Position Elected Term
Carolyn Carter Trustee 2022
Diane Mosley Trustee/Treasurer 2021
Dillon Lee Chair 2023
Noxon Water / Sewer District
Name Position Elected Term
Joseph Campbell Chair 2022
Charles Chaboya Director 2022
John Johnston Director 2022
Stephanie VanVleet Director 2024
Charles O. Williams Director 2020
Plains /Paradise Rural Fire District
Name Position Elected Term
John J. Holland Jr. Trustee 2023
Joel B. Collett Secretary 2023
James E. Henry Trustee 2021
Clinton Weedeman Chair 2022
Kenneth Mathiesen Vice Chair 2022
Sanders County Sewer District at Paradise
Name Position Elected Term
Rick McCollum Vice Chairman 2022
Sunny Chase Chair 2024
Terry Caldwell Director 2022 (2024)
Gary Kelly Director 2024
Adam Rice Director 2022
Sanders County Water District at Paradise
Name Position Elected Term
Rick McCollum Director 2022
Sunny Chase Chair 2024
Judy Hawley Secretary 2024
Gary Kelly Director 2024
Adam Rice Director 2022
Thompson Falls Rural Fire
Name Position Elected Term
Teresa Phillips Trustee 2022
Lisa Wood Trustee 2023
Keven E. Robins Trustee 2023
Philip L. Lewis Chair 2021
Jimmy L. Veach Trustee 2021
Trout Creek Park District
Name Position Elected Term
Theressa Miner Commissioner 2021
Elizabeth

Stender-Wormwood

Commissioner 2023
Todd Meagher Commissioner 2021
Trout Creek Rural Fire District
Name Position Elected Term
Dave Anderson President 2023
David K. Magill Trustee 2022
John Gubel Trustee 2023
Joel Smith Trustee 2021
Zarach H. Epperson Trustee 2022
Woodside Park Water/Sewer District
Name Position Elected Term
Ashley Block Director 2024
Dale Peters Director 2024
Kristy Beaty Director 2024
Brad Stewart Director 2022
Dan Briggs Director 2018