Candidates for board positions are placed in nomination by a nominating committee appointed by the board president. Nominees are elected by a vote of the membership for one-year terms. There are no term limits for board members.

President
Rick Preston
Gering - Ft. Laramie Irrigation District
PO Box 541
Gering, NE 69341-0541
(308)436-7144 FAX: (308)436-5630
Email: gflid@allophone.com

Vice-President
Ron Imm
Ainsworth Irrigation District
RR2, Box 82
Ainsworth, NE 69210-9656
(402)387-2440 FAX: (402)387-1001
Email: ainirdist@gmail.com

Secretary/Treasurer
Dennis Strauch
Pathfinder Irrigation District
PO Box 338
Mitchell, NE 69357-0338
(308)623-1022 FAX: (308)623-2028 CELL:(308) 631-0031
Email: dstrauch@embarqmail.com

Past President
Tom Knutson
Loup Basin Reclamation District
PO Box 137
Farwell, NE 68838-0137
(308)336-3341 FAX: (308)336-3208 CELL: (308)754-8699
Email: t819@mainstaycomm.net

Executive Director
Lee Orton
1233 Lincoln Mall, Suite 201
Lincoln NE 68508
(402)476-0162 FAX: (402)476-2469 CELL: (402)430-6752
Email: lee@h2oboy.net

Nebraska State Irrigation Association Directors

Blues
John Turnbull
Upper Big Blue NRD
105 Lincoln Avenue
York, NE 68467
(402)362-6601 FAX: (402)362-1849 CELL: (402)362-6875
Email: jturnbull@upperbigblue.org

Loups
Clifford Hanna
81765 Road 442
Sargent, NE 68813
(308)527-4216 FAX: (308)527-9101 CELL: (308)750-2579
Email: hannafeedlot@hotmail.com

Middle Platte
Dave Ford
Central Nebraska PP & ID
PO Box 740
Holdrege, NE 68949-0740
(308) 995-8601 FAX: (308)995-5705 CELL: (308) 991-4246
Email: dford@cnppid.com

Missouri Tributaries
Mike Jess
2840 Kucera Dr
Lincoln, NE 68502
(402)472-7570 FAX: (402)472-4608
Email: michaeljess3@gmail.com

Niobrara
Allan Thorson
4475 - 390th Trail
Hay Springs, NE 69347-4195
(308)232-4492 CELL: (308)760-1568
Email: ajthor@haysprings.net

Republican
Rod Ely
PO Box 185
Guide Rock, NE 68942-0185
(402)257-2125 FAX: (402) 257-2135
Email: elysinc@windstream.net

Upper Platte
Kevin Adams
1505 Second Avenue
Scottsbluff, NE 69361-3113
(308)632-4921 FAX: (308)632-5085
Email: kevinadams@embarqmail.com

At Large
Brian Barels
NPPD
PO Box 499
Columbus, NE 68602
(402)563-5335 FAX: (402)563-5095 CELL:(402)910-8856
Email: mailto:blbarel@nppd.com

Brad Egerton
Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District
PO Box 116
Cambridge, NE 69022-0116
(308)697-4535 FAX: (308)697-3218 (800)841-0419
Email: fcid@fcidwater.com