Executives


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Employed with Basin Electric since 2022; finance, risk management, strategic planning, and leadership experience in the utility industry since 2000; background in securities trading, investment banking, and investment management; B.A. Economics and Business, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington.

Todd Brickhouse

Chief executive officer and general manager
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2024; 30 years of finance and accounting experience in the utility industry; M.B.A., University of Georgia; B.B.A. Accounting, Georgia State University.

Chris Johnson

Senior vice president and chief financial officer
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Employed with Basin Electric since 1978; B.A. English, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; J.D. University of North Dakota School of Law; admitted to practice before state and federal courts of North Dakota, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mark Foss

Senior vice president and general counsel
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2022; more than 25 years of experience in human resources, international labor relations, mergers and acquisitions, operations with profit and loss responsibility, and organizational development and design; Masters in Public Health, University of Illinois Springfield; B.S. Labor Relations, Sangamon State University, Springfield.

Miles McGrew

Senior vice president and chief human resources officer
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Employed with Basin Electric and electric cooperatives since 1992; M.B.A., Masters of Management and B.S. Mass Communications, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota.

Chris Baumgartner

Senior vice president of Member and External Relations
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Employed with Basin Electric and Dakota Gas since 1985; serves as plant manager of Great Plains Synfuels Plant; B.S. Chemical Engineering, Montana State University - Bozeman.

Dale Johnson

Senior vice president and plant manager at Dakota Gasification Company
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Employed with Basin Electric since 1989; Masters in Systems Management, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo; registered Professional Engineer.

Gavin McCollam

Senior vice president and chief operating officer
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2009; served at Laramie River Station as plant manager; A.A.S. power and process plant technology, Bismarck (North Dakota) State College.

Troy Tweeten

Senior vice president of Generation; Chief operating officer, Dakota Coal Company and Montana Limestone Company
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2016; B.S. Accounting, Dickinson (North Dakota) State University; Certified Public Accountant; member of the North Dakota Society of CPAs.

Katrina Wald

Vice president and controller
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2023 and electric cooperatives since 2007; M.B.A., University of Colorado, Denver; B.S., Business administration, finance concentration, Colorado State University, Fort Collins; Certified Treasury Professional.

Sarah Scherm

Vice president and treasurer
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2007; M.B.A., North Dakota State University, Fargo; B.S. Business Management, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota; ND Army National Guard, 1987-1995; Army Achievement Medal for Meritorious Service, 1992.

Jon Klein

Vice president of Procurement
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Employed with Basin Electric since 1998; M.B.A., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks; B.S. Business Administration, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota; Voting member, Southwest Power Pool Market Working Group and Improved Resource Availability Task Force; Chair, Southwest Power Pool Western Market Working Group.

Valerie Weigel

Vice president of Energy Markets
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2003; B.S. Electrical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo; Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Becky Kern

Vice president of Resource Planning and Rates
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2008; M.B.A., North Dakota State University; B.S. Business, North Dakota State University, Fargo; A.A.S., Air Force Community College; Banking School, Community First Bank; studied international business at Ecole Supérieure d'Agricultures, Angers, France; retired, North Dakota Air National Guard, 21 years.

Andy Buntrock

Vice president of Strategic Planning and Communications
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2022; Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, St. Cloud (Minnesota) State University; B.A. Psychology, Minot (North Dakota) State University.

Kayla Hieb

Vice president of Human Resources
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Employed with Basin Electric and Dakota Gas since 2008; B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Trinity Turnbow

Vice president and operations manager at Dakota Gas
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Employed with Basin Electric and Dakota Gas since 2001; B.S. Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo; registered Professional Engineer.

Matt Ehrman

Vice president of Engineering and Construction
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Employed with Basin Electric since 2003; B.S., Electrical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo; registered Professional Engineer; Voting member, Reliability Advisory Council for the Midwest Reliability Organization; Voting member, Southwest Power Pool Economic Studies Working Group; Past chair, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Missouri Slope chapter.

Jeremy Severson

Vice president of Transmission