meet the staff

Click each image to learn more about why we love what we do!

TARA BITZAN
Executive Director

LAUREN JOHNSON
Marketing Coordinator

SADIE RIEDEL
Member Relations Specialist

TAMMY WELLE
Visitor & Resource Center Coordinator

VALUES: Collaboration: Working with others to best serve our community. Excellence: Doing our best at all times, in every task big or small. Efficiency: Striving to be quick, yet accurate and thorough in all that we do. Passion: Letting our love for our community lead us in our work.

CHAMBER BOARD

The Board of Directors helps drive the Alexandria Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce. The board is comprised of business owners and employees representing all major business sectors in our community. Potential board members are identified annually by the Chamber nomination committee. They are elected to a three-year term, and may serve two consecutive terms.

2025 Board of Directors

Lynn Arnquist
President
Alexandria Technical &
Community College

Brad Lenertz
Past President
Alexandria Clinic,
A Service of Alomere Health

Andrew Rickers
President Elect / Treasurer
Bremer Bank

Molly Comer
Secretary
First Lutheran Church/
Community Preschool

Tyler Notch
Executive Board
Alexandria Shooting Park

Kreg Anderson
Alexandria Aviation

Amy Christopherson
State Farm Insurance

Matt Hagstrom
Hagstrom Engineering

Kelly Jenzen
Johnston Law Office, PA

Kent Kopp
Pike & Pint Grill

Jeff Meland
Databae Systems

Sharlo Meyer
Aagard

Nick Paulsen
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)

Shari Prause
Lake Darling Resort

Michelle Wencl
Karrow Jewelers

PILLARS OF OPERATION: Effective Collaborations: Establish rapport, reduce duplication of services and join resources to best serve the community as a whole. Satisfied, Engaged Members: Members understand the value the Chamber brings to their business/organization. Operational Excellence: Establish/maintain logistics to allow for operational excellence. Strategic Events and Programs: Offer quality events and programming that benefit members.