Board Members/Contacts

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Watershed districts are governed by a local board of managers of from three to nine individuals who are appointed by the boards of the counties with land in the watershed district. Watershed district managers must be voting residents in the watershed, and cannot be public officers of the county, state, or federal government. In the VBWD, a five-member board of managers is responsible for the control and management of the water resources of the VBWD. Four managers are appointed by the Washington County Board and one manager is appointed by the Ramsey County Board. The appointments are for staggered three-year terms.
VBWD has no central office and no full-time staff. All services, including engineering, legal, accounting, inspection, and secretarial services are provided by consultants.

The Valley Branch Watershed District Board Managers

From left to right: Dave Sewell, Anthony Haider, Jill Lucas, Lincoln Fetcher, and Ed Marchan

Valley Branch Watershed District, P.O. Box 838, Lake Elmo, MN 55042-0538

MANAGERS
Name	Phone and E-mail	Address
Jill Lucas President	612-860-0551 jlucas@vbwd.org	14888 50th Street S. Afton, MN 55001
Dave Sewell Vice President	651-331-6772 dsewell@vbwd.org	8200 Hill Trail North Lake Elmo, MN 55042
Ed Marchan Treasurer	651-436-8627 emarchan@vbwd.org	13633 Greenwood Trail N. Stillwater, MN 55082
Rick Gelbmann Secretary	651-429-5125 rgelbmann@vbwd.org	2838 Lake Blvd North St. Paul, MN 55109
John Hamerly Manager	651-777-7786 jhamerly@vbwd.org	9429 Jane Road North Lake Elmo, MN 55042
STAFF
Name	Phone and E-mail	Address
Susannah Torseth VBWD Attorney Galowitz Olson PLLC	651-777-6960 storseth@galowitzolson.com	10390 39th Street North Lake Elmo, MN 55042
John Hanson VBWD Engineer Barr Engineering Co.	952-832-2622 jhanson@barr.com	4300 MarketPointe Drive, Ste 200 Bloomington, MN 55435
Melissa Imse Recording Secretary/Website Adminstrator	mimse@vbwd.org
Jeff Brower Inspector	612-669-6789 jbrower@vbwd.org
Nancy Martinson Accountant Redpath and Company	651-407-5844	4810 White Bear Parkway White Bear Lake, MN 55110
The Valley Branch Watershed District Citizen Advisory Committee Members Link Lavey and Nathan Campbell
CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Name	Phone	Address
Nathan Campbell	608-347-1404	5308 Linden Trail North Lake Elmo, MN 55042
Link Lavey	612-845-8011	8510 Hidden Bay Trail Lake Elmo, MN 55042

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