Morrison new DRC executive director

Dakota Resource Council hired Don Morrison as the organization’s new executive director. Morrison began Feb. 1 working from DRC’s Bismarck office. He takes over from longtime director Mark Trechock, who retired Feb. 29.

For the past 16 years, Morrison was executive director of NDPeople.org and the North Dakota Center for the Public Good. Morrison was the publisher of the Prairie Independent newspaper and the host of the “Let’s Talk” cable access TV program.

Verle Reinicke, DRC Board chairperson, said that board members were pleased with Morrison’s leadership of civic engagement efforts as well as his experience in leadership development, organization development and fundraising.

A native of Minot, Morrison earned his bachelor’s degree from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Fla. He was a teacher in Ethiopia, Ashley, N.D., and Florida before getting a master’s degree at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. He has worked on several political campaigns and was a budget analyst for the state of North Dakota and assistant to the tax commissioner at the North Dakota Tax Department.

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