North Dakota State Hospital Governing Body

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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.

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Monday, March 9 - Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd ST SE, Jamestown, ND, and by Microsoft Teams/Conference Call

Monday, June 8 - Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd ST SE, Jamestown, ND, and by Microsoft Teams/Conference Call

Monday, September 14 - Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd ST SE, Jamestown, ND, and by Microsoft Teams/Conference Call

Monday, December 14 - Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd ST SE, Jamestown, ND, and by Microsoft Teams/Conference Call

  • Monday, May 12 - 9 a.m., Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd ST SE, Jamestown, ND, and by Microsoft Teams/conference call

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  • Monday, June 9 - 9 a.m., Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd ST SE, Jamestown, ND, and by Microsoft Teams/conference call

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  • Monday, Sept. 8 - 9 a.m., Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd ST SE, Jamestown, ND, and by Microsoft Teams/conference call

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  • Monday, Dec. 8 - 9 a.m., Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce, 120 2nd ST SE, Jamestown, ND, and by Microsoft Teams/conference call

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  • 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

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  • 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 
    Meeting Notice/Agenda | Minutes

  • 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
olsonaaron@nd.gov

Dr. Eduardo Yabut, Medical Director | 2011
eyabut@nd.gov

Dr. Dan Cramer, BHC Chief Clinical Officer I May 2025
dcramer@nd.gov

Matthew McCleary, Deputy Director, Mental Health America of ND I June 2025
mmccleary@ndffcmh.com

Representative Karen Rohr | 2013
kmrohr@ndlegis.gov 

Open Seat, Consumer-at-Large

Courtney Peterson, Assistant CFO
petersoncourtney@nd.gov

Pat Traynor, Interim Commissioner of ND DHHS | June 2025
ptraynor@nd.gov
 

NOTES: 
The date following each name indicates the date that member joined the Governing Body.


General Counsel: Allyson Hicks, Attorney General's Office