MEA Executive Board 2019







Joe Gatewood, President

Phone: 320-235-2501
Email: [email protected]

Joe Gatewood of Gatewood Electric in Willmar, MN is the President of the Board of Directors. He has been a member of MEA since 2007. He is also a trainer for MEA's continuing education classes.



Clayton Schenck, Vice President

Phone: 701-551-3240
Email: [email protected] 

Clayton Schenck of West Fargo, ND is the Vice President of the Board of Directors. He has served the industry well by his membership on the MEA Government Action and the Membership Committees.




Jeff Kunkel, Treasurer

Phone: 507-524-3170
Email: [email protected]

Jeff Kunkel of Mapleton, MN is the Treasurer of the Board of Directors. Jeff’s years of experience as an MEA trainer as well as his involvement on committees and Chair of the Workforce Development Committee makes him the perfect candidate for the Executive Board track.



Shawn Hasskamp, Secretary

Phone: 218-927-2213
Email: [email protected]

Shawn Hasskamp of Aitkin, MN is the Secretary of the Board of Directors. His family business, Dutch's Electric, has been a member of MEA since 1980. Shawn has served on MEA's Workforce Development and Education committees.





MEA Board of Directors:

Andrew Javens
Pat Vlaminck - Vlaminck Electric
Nick Bischoff - Design Electric
Jay Lewis - Lewis Electrical Contracting and Consulting Services Inc.

MEA Past Presidents

2018-19 Karen Maine, Richmond
2017-18 Jason Seanger, Melrose
2016-17 Tony Enger, Plymouth
2015-16 Tim Zinniel, Sleepy Eye
2014-15 Tom Freetly, Kerkhoven
2013-14 Brian Welling, Fulda
2012-13 Tom Heng, Moorhead
2011-12 Mike Klein, St. Cloud
2010-11 Pat Vlaminck, Porter
2009-10 Eric Seanger, Melrose
2008-09 John J. Kuntz, Rochester
2007-08 James E. Fisher, Thief River Falls
2006-07 Kenneth Javens, Mankato
2005-06 Matt McGinn, Stillwater
2004-05 Lon Lien, Worthington
2003-04 Everette DeCramer, New Ulm
2002-03 Dale Jackson, Winthrop
2001-02 George Bavolak, Minneapolis
2000-01 William Hoskins, Sr., Houston
1999-00 Douglas Kahler, Fairmont
1998-99 James Grant, Baxter
1997-98 Roger Klein, St. Cloud
1996-97 Don Welling, Fulda
1995-96 Dutch Hasskamp, Aitkin
1994-95 Tom Kopperud, Rushford
1993-94 Michael Buck, Gusa
1992-93 William Anderson, Belview
1991-92 Rodney Norquist, Roseau
1990-91 Willard Thompson, Wayzata
1989-90 Thomas Seanger, Melrose
1988-89 Douglas Grossman, Staples
1987-88 Bernard Kunkel, Mapleton
1986-87 James G Kummet, Pierz
1985-86 Robert H Buescher, Richfield
1984-85 Robert J Barr, Ortonville
1983-84 Glenn A Strub, Moorhead
1982-83 Irle R Gusa, Elgin
1981-82 Les E Vorlicek, Glencoe
1980-81 Jerome C Jenson, Intl. Falls
1979-80 Maurice J Bischoff, St Cloud
1978-79 Milton F Libaire, Madison
1977-78 Melvin I Gordon, Albert Lea
1976-77 Ed Roberts, Jenkins
1975-76 Wilbur Tellers, Chaska
1974-75 Oliver Kohlmeyer, Blue Earth
1973-74 Ed Langlie, Thief River Falls
1972-73 Delmer Weaver, Wayzata
1971-72 Jack Ellenbecker, St Cloud
1970-71 Walt Passe, Wabasha
1969-70 Joe Lee, Mahnomen
1968-69 Jake Hiebert, Windom
1967-68 Reuben Obe, Minneota
1966-67 Earl Odmark, Cambridge
1965-66 Allen Killmer, Osseo
1964-65 LeRoy Hauer, Little Falls
1963-64 Louis Kasperek, LeSueur
1962-63 Robert DeWar, Fairmont
1961-62 Stan Berquist, Litchfield
1960-61 Bert Gordon, Albert Lea
1959-60 Gene Burton, Brainerd
1958-59 Milo Miller, Blue Earth
1957-58 OH Pederson, Moorhead
1956-57 Elroy Lehn, Anoka
1955-56 William A Ritt, St Peter
1954-55 Francis Judge, Worthington
1953-54 Rudy Salfer, Mankato
1952-53 AM Kohler, Hibbing
1951-52 Les McClure, Luverne
1950-51 CD Burton, Brainerd
1949-50 John Engel, Rochester
1948-49 GL Haugland, Appleton
1947-48 Moreau Bailey, Albert Lea
1946-47 MA Oien, Cloquet
1944-46 FW Linner, Stillwater
1943-44 Eric Nylund, Duluth
1942-43 Al E Schafer, Pipestone
1941-42 Ed Raetz, Rochester
1940-41 Sam Newstone, Montevideo
1939-40 Ed Karst, Fergus Falls
1938-39 WS (Bill) Johnson, Duluth
1937-38 Sam Newstone, Montevideo
1936-37 Ray Mrachek, Rochester
1935-36 John P Ellenbecker, St Cloud
1934-35 Louis Gordon, Albert Lea
1933-34 CW Turner, Faribault
1932-33 Charles Bailey, Albert Lea
1928-32 JW Hruska, Mankato