Itasca County Commissioner - District 3

Karen Burthwick
 
Office Address:
123 NE 4th St.
Grand Rapids, MN   55744
 
Home Address:
22736 County Rd. 434
Bovey, MN   55709
 
Work Phone: (218) 327-2847 ext. 1360
Home Phone: (218) 245-2824
 
Office E-mail:
karen.burthwick@co.itasca.mn.us
 
 

Family:

  • Married with 2 children who are adult young men

Hobbies:

  • Gardening
  • Riding/Driving Horses

Education:

  • High School graduate with some college

Accomplishments:

  • 14 years of employment at Itasca Medical Center
  • 20 years of employment for AFSCME as a Staff Representative
  • Farmer/Homeowner
  • Mother/Homemaker

Memberships:

  • North Central Minnesota Farm & Agriculture Association
  • Minnesota Foresty Association

Political offices held:

  • Trout Lake Township Supervisor

Committees serving on:

  • Emergency Food and Shelter Program Board
  • Extension Committee
  • Laurentian RC&D Council
  • Law Library Board
  • Minnesota Rural Counties Caucus (MRCC)
  • Mississippi Headwater Board
  • Mississippi Riverfront Development/Preservation Task Force
  • Noxious Weed Appeal Committee
  • Range Association of Municipalities and Schools (RAMS)
  • Regional Solid Waste Task Force (NEWAC)
  • South Central Itasca County Intergovernmental Planning Board (SCICIPB)
  • Tri-County Community Health Board
  • Western Mesabi Mine Planning Board (WMMPB)
  • Wetland Appeals Board