The North Dakota State Hospital Governing Body includes the executive director of North Dakota Health and Human Services, the director of the department's Behavioral Health Division, who is the chairperson; the state hospital superintendent; the state hospital medical director; a representative of the department's Fiscal Administration; a behavioral health consumer selected by the mental health association; and a legislator selected by legislative management. It may include others appointed by the governing body. Membership is outlined in North Dakota Century Code 25-02-01.
- Monday, March 11 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call
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- Monday, June 10 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call
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- Monday, Sept. 16 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call
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- Monday, Dec. 9 - 9 a.m., Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd St. SE and by Microsoft Teams/conference call
- Monday, April 17 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call (Meeting Canceled)
- Monday, May 8 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call (Special Meeting)
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- Monday, June 12 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call
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- Monday, Sept. 11 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call
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- Monday, Dec. 11 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call
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- Monday, March 14 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call. Meeting Notice/Agenda
- MEETING CHANGE: Monday, June 27 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call (the meeting was originally scheduled for Monday, June 13) Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Monday, Sept. 26 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call. Meeting Notice/Agenda
- Monday, Dec. 12 - 9 a.m., LRC/Administration Building, 2605 Circle Dr., Jamestown and by Microsoft Teams/conference call. Meeting Notice/Agenda
Current Members
Chair Pam Sagness, Executive Director, Behavioral Health, HHS May 2015
psagness@nd.gov
Aaron Olson, Superintendent, North Dakota State Hospital | September 2023
psagness@nd.gov
Dr. Eduardo Yabut, Medical Director | 2011
psagness@nd.gov
Carlotta McCleary, Executive Director, Mental Health America of ND
cmccleary@mhand.org
Representative Karen Rohr | 2013
kmrohr@ndlegis.gov
Open Seat, Consumer-at-Large
Courtney Peterson, Assistant CFO
petersoncourtney@nd.gov
Jeff Stenseth, Operation Director, Behavioral Health Clinics
jstenseth@nd.gov
Wayne Salter, HHS Commissioner | January 2024
wsalter@nd.gov
NOTES:
The year following each name indicates the year that member joined the Governing Body.
General Counsel: Allyson Hicks, Attorney General's Office