Since the Park District was established, it has been fortunate to enlist the dedication and expertise of numerous volunteers. At the center of this volunteer effort are the Park Commissioners. Residents of the Park District elect a non-partisan, five-member Board of Park Commissioners to govern the District. The Park Board determines the priorities and defines policies for financing, governance, operation and administration of the Park District. Board members are elected to serve unsalaried, overlapping four-year terms.
BOARD MEMBERS
Bob Kotula - President
Sandra McDonnell - Vice President
Jon Dahlstrom - Treasurer
Bret Bender - Secretary
Craig Lundt - Commissioner
To email a Board Member directly, please click on their name above.
Please see Board Meeting Calendar for dates.
BOARD HISTORY
| YEARS OF SERVICE | NAME |
| 1946 - 1962 | Otto Hummer |
| 1946 | P. S. Rinaldo |
| 1946 | William Bradford Winer |
| 1947 - 1949 | David W. Russell |
| 1949 - 1952 | Victor A. Galbraith |
| 1950 - 1952 | Phillips W. Goodell |
| 1952 - 1955 | Alfred A. Moore |
| 1954 - 1958 | Bartle R. Herrick |
| 1954 - 1957 | Raulin B. Wight, Jr. |
| 1954 - 1957 | E. Russell Bradley |
| 1954 - 1955 | Ernest A. Jensen |
| 1955 | Helen E. Stormer |
| 1957 - 1962 | Richard K. Kucera |
| 1957 - 1969 | Edward J. Doerhoefer |
| 1958 - 1962 | Schoenberg |
| 1959 - 1963 | Keeley |
| 1960 | Leonard Batemen (Retired) |
| 1960 | Frances Wander (Secretary) |
| 1961 - 1976 | T. W. McCollum |
| 1962 - 1965 | William Perkins |
| 1963 - 2001 | William Sherman, Jr. |
| 1963 - 1974 | Don Whitlock |
| 1965 - 1973 | Robert O'Brien |
| 1966 - 1970 | William Eichstedt |
| 1969 | Wander (Clerk) |
| 1969 - 1971 | JoAnne L. Baker |
| 1970 - 1991 | Linda Wander (Clerk/Commissioner) |
| 1970 - 1971 | Michael Musko |
| 1971 - 1975 | William Dietz |
| 1972 | Larry Wyllie |
| 1972 | John Woodson |
| 1975 - 1985 | Jan Kopis |
| 1975 - 1978 | Ray Kozak |
| 1975 - 1989 | Ruth Powers |
| 1985 - 1993 | Walt Sandine |
| 1987 - 2004 | Susan Dunlap |
| 1989 - 1993 | Paul Simmons |
| 1991 - 1997 | Mary Anne Bokholdt |
| 1994 - 2005 | Mary Thomson |
| 1994 - 2001 | Jerry Yoksoulian |
| 1997 - 2003 | Carol Doty |
| 2001 - 2007 | Janis Sleeter |
| 2001 - 2007 | Mike Salazar |
| 2003 - 2009 | Art Jaros |
| 2004 - 2019 | Robert Gelwicks |
| 2005 - 2023 | Catherine Mahoney |
| 2007 - 2009 | Kathryn Engel-Accettura |
| 2007 - 2009 | Ron Smith |
| 2009 - 2013 | Janet Barr |
| 2009 - 2011 | Fred Gusel |
| 2010 - 2017 | Matt Cushing |
| 2011 - 2015 | Mark Roman |
| 2013 - 2015 | Damienne Souter |
| 2015 - 2019 | Frank Livorsi |
| 2015 - 2019 | Tom Salaba |
| 2019 - 2020 | Lizz Hellinga |
| 2017 - Present | Sandra McDonnell |
| 2019 - Present | Jon Dahlstrom |
| 2019 - Present | Bob Kotula |
| 2021 - Present | Bret Bender |
| 2023 - Present | Craig Lundt |
