Board of Directors & Staff

About the Board

United Way of Otter Tail & Wadena Counties' board is an independently operated board comprised of volunteers and community leaders throughout Otter Tail & Wadena Counties. Board terms are three (3) years in length and can be renewed for another three years. If you are a community leader and feel like you exemplify what it means to "LIVE UNITED", give our office a call.

Meetings

United Way of Otter Tail & Wadena Counties Board of Directors meets the third Wednesday of every month except for June, July and September from 9AM-11:00 AM.

Board of Directors

carolyn  Carolyn Glesne
  President
  Employer: Retired
  Term:  2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  Committee: Governance / Community Investment

 

jackie  Jackie Hendrickson
  Treasurer
  Employer: StoneL
  Term: 2016,2017,2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  Committee: Finance & Audit

 

Gary  Gary Sellman
  Employer: Mid Central National Bank
  Term: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  Committee:  Finance & Audit

 

sadie  Sadie Christiansen
  President - Elect
  Employer: Perham Health
  Term: 2020, 2021, 2022
  Committee:  Personnel & Management

 

Pat  Pat Sjolie
  Secretary
  Employer: Perham Health
  Term: 2020, 2021, 2022
  Committee:  Community Investment

 

Casey  Casey Ward
  Employer: Good Samaritan Society
  Term:  2020, 2021, 2022
  Committee: Finance & Audit

 

ryan  Ryan Jacobson
  Employer: Thrivent Financial
  Term: 2021, 2022, 2023
  Committee:  Resource Development & Marketing  

 

 

Sue  Sue Tysdal
  Employer: Luminate Home Loans
  Term: 2021, 2022, 2023
  Committee:  Resource Development & Marketing

 

 

JoAnn  JoAnn Thompson
  Employer: Otter Tail Power Company
  Term: 2018,2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  Committee: Personnel & Management

 

 

Carey Johnson
 Employer: Parkers Prairie High School
 Term: 2022, 2023, 2024
 Committee: 

 

Kathryn Enderson
 Employer: Fergus Falls Public Schools
 Term: 2022, 2023, 2024
 Committee: 

 

Amy Allen
 Employer: Lake Region Healthcare
 Term: 2022, 2023, 2024
 Committee: Finance & Audit

 

Andrew Sorum
 Employer: Minnesota National Bank
 Term: 2022, 2023, 2024
 Committee: Finance & Audit

 

Tammy Fosse
 Employer: Henning Ambulance
 Term: 2022, 2023, 2024
 Committee: 

 

Shelly Becker
 Employer: Lakes Family Eyecare - Perham
 Term: 2022, 2023, 2024
 Committee: 

 

Stephanie Trout
 Employer: Tri-County Health Care
 Term: 2022, 2023, 2024
 Committee: 

 

Katie Polman
 Employer: Wadena-Deer Creek Schools
 Term: 2022, 2023, 2024
 Committee: 

 

Medley Shamp
 Employer: Tri-County Health Care
 Term: 2022, 2023, 2024
 Committee: 

 

Staff

 

Jacklin  Jacklin Steege
  Executive Director

  Email address: jsteege@uwotw.org

 

 

 

 

Meghana Anderson
Executive Assistant & Internal Program Coordinator

Email address: manderson@uwotw.org

 

 

 

Summer Hammond
Perham & Wadena Area Coordinator

Email address: shammond@uwotw.org