Our Volunteer and Staff Leadership
How Northern Star Scouting Operates
Our council is led by volunteers and supported by staff. The
top position is our council president, who leads our 60 member board of
directors and is selected through a nominating committee process and
elected to serve a two-year term. The president and board hire the
Scout Executive, who guides and manages our council employees. Rounding
out our top leadership team is the council commissioner, appointed by
the board, who directs the volunteers that work directly with leaders
of Scouting groups to help them succeed.
Meet our top council leadership team, known as our Council Key Three:
Kari Bjorhus
President
John Andrews
Scout Executive
David Cousins
Commissioner
To effectively administer Scouting, our council is divided into
districts, primarily by geography, and the same council leadership pattern
repeats. Each has a district chair, who leads the district committee, a
district commissioner who directs the unit commissioners, supported by
a district executive, the staff member serving the assigned territory.
Voting members of the council consist of: representatives of each of
the community organizations who sponsor (charter) Scouting groups,
volunteers serving as board members, council officers, members-at-large
of the council, as well as President's Cabinet Members. The President's
Cabinet includes the district chairs, operating committee chairs and
youth representatives. Together they total more than one thousand
individuals who annually elect and empower the officers, and the Scout
Executive/CEO.
Council volunteers and staff fulfill various specialized functions
including camp operations, training and advancement support,
leadership/management of field staff as well as fundraising, budget and
financial services.
Over 40,000 youth members are led and supported by
more than 15,000 volunteers supported by 81 full time paid staff, plus
49 part-time and nearly 600 seasonal (camp staff) employees.
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