NDHRC Board of Directors

September 21, 2008 by admin 

Board of Directors:

Thomas Fiebiger – Chair
Committee(s): Executive, Development, Programming (Chair)
Tom Fiebiger is a licensed attorney currently serving as a State Senator from District 45 where he serves on the Judiciary and Transportation Committees. Currently, Tom has his own law office and is in practice in Fargo, licensed in both North Dakota and Minnesota. He has represented workers and business owners in labor and employment matters and civil litigation for the last 15 years.

He is a former member and chair of the Fargo Human Relations Commission, past president of Trinity Lutheran Church, former member and chair of the Lost and Found Ministry Board and currently serves on the Cultural Diversity Resources Board. Tom has been a member of the North Dakota Human Rights Coalition Board of Directors since February 2005.

Kipp Harris – Vice-Chair/Secretary
Committee(s): Executive, Development, Development, Nominating (Chair)
Kipp Harris is a local real estate agent who grew up in the small town of Kenmare, North Dakota. Experiencing little diversity, he moved away after high school in 1986.  After living in several different cities in the Midwest, he moved to California in 2001, where he spent five years.  After being gone from North Dakota for nearly 20 years, he realized that the state he grew up in was calling him back.  Having experienced different cultures and made friends around the world, he now serves on the board of directors in order to implement change in people’s minds as well as in state laws.  Kipp has served on the board of directors since January 2009.

Lori Brownshield – Treasurer
Committee(s): Executive
Lori Brownshield is an advanced practice psychiatric nurse at Prairie St. John’s in Fargo, North Dakota.

JoNell Bakke
Committee(s): Programming
JoNell Bakke is a Special Education teacher currently teaching at Schroeder Middle School in Grand Forks. She was elected to the State Senate from District 43 in 2006 where she serves on the Education and Political Subdivision Committees.  JoNell also serves on the Board of Directors of the North Dakota Education Association and the North Dakota Women’s Network, currently serving as co-chair.  She was appointed to the Governor’s Youth Council and the Department of Public Instruction Professional Development State Advisory Committee.  As a former foster parent and the adoptive mother of two special needs sons, JoNell has made a commitment to addressing the needs of all citizens within our state particularly the children.

JoNell and her husband, Greg, have four children, two grandsons, and one son-in-law.  She has served on the NDHRC Board of Directors since 2010.

Jeannie Camarillo
Committee(s): Marketing (Chair)

Scott Edward Haugen
Committee(s): Marketing

Brian J. Hayer
Committee(s): Development
Brian was raised in Fargo, ND.  He graduated from Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ with a BS in Insurance.  He is the father of Rudy and Eden.

Brian is the president of Warner and Company Insurance which has offices in Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks and Detroit Lakes.  He joined the NDHRC in 2010.  He also serves on Fargo’s Downtown Community Partnership board and chairs committees for the YMCA of Cass-Clay and Fargo Kiwanis.  He has been president of the YMCA, MeritCare Foundation, Fargo Area Dollars for Scholars, F-M Independent Insurance Agents and has chaired the United Way Campaign of Cass-Clay.  He attends Hope Lutheran and is a member of the contemporary worship team.

Cindy Klein
Committee(s): Marketing, Programming

Dave Lanpher
Committee(s): Marketing

Barry Nelson
Committee(s): Development (Chair)
Barry Nelson, Executive Director of Metro Youth Partnership, is a community activist and a believer that ALL people should be able to participate fully in their community be it in housing, employment, access to services and/or choice of relationships.  He is board member with MinnKota Health Project, board chair of the Spirit Room, is on an advisory committee of  Mental Health North Dakota.  He was one of the charter members of the NDHRC board and just returned as a board member this past fall, 2009.

Karen Okigbo
Committee(s): Programming
Karen is currently pursuing her Masters degree in Sociology at North Dakota State University. In 2009 she received her B.A. in Political Science from Princeton University as well as two minors in African Studies and Near Eastern Studies. While her academic interests focus on the maladies of poor governance and  theorize about the causes of war, her obsession with understanding and confronting unjustified suffering transcends the classroom, which is why she is eager to continue these advocacy pursuits in North Dakota and is absolutely thrilled to be a part of NDHRC.

Amy Phillips
Committee(s): Executive, Programming
Amy Phillips is a social worker with twenty years experience in work with families, groups, organizations, and communities. She has been a higher education social work instructor for eleven years and currently teaches in the Department of Social Work at the University of North Dakota.

Contact the NDHRC Board of Directors at:

NDHRC
P.O. Box 1961
Fargo, ND 58107

or email: humanrights@ndhrc.org