Board Profiles
LLAA 2024-2025 Board of Directors & Alternates
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Executive Committee
President
Caren Martin
Co-Vice Presidents
Keith Manlove
Secretary
Thomas "Fritz" Viner
Treasurer
Jim Seifert
Co-Vice Presidents
Keith Manlove
Secretary
Thomas "Fritz" Viner
Treasurer
Jim Seifert
Board of Directors
Neighborhood 3
Our family first vacationed on Long Lake from Fargo in 1982. We stayed at a resort for a week every August. We fell in love with the lake and in 2000 we were fortunate to purchase a home on the south end in an area with wonderful neighbors.
Our grandchildren are growing up swimming and fishing in Long Lake and it has been a so gratifying to see them enjoy their cousins. The oldest ones (high school) already say they hope they will always have the lake home to come to when they have their own families.
I feel a responsibility to work on the challenge our lakes are facing such as invasive species and shore line degradation. We can all work together to keep our beautiful Long Lake clean and healthy for plants and animals as well as for our future generations.
Neighborhood 1
James Alseth
James Alseth
My wife and I currently live in Kirkwood MO. We expect to move to Dakota Shores permanently in two years to the home in which I have significant "sweat equity".
My parents built on Long Lake in 1975 after moving from another area lake that suffered a freeze out. That previous lake became a quagmire of Sargasso Sea weed-like islands. I toppled while water skiing and rose to the surface draped in seaweed. My mother turned to my father and said, "Now you can sell". They found Long Lake which is deep, pristine, and well regulated. The sand beach was the best we found while looking for a lake home. That experience has a lot to do with my wish to represent our District in the LLAA... with the sincere hope to avert repeating the seaweed experience.
Our lake is not fully "natural", but it is a wonderful product of design, effort, and thoughtful stewardship by its residents and local government for over a hundred years now. We face challenges that certainly include Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS), and may include commercial development. The AIS alone will result in significant expenses for the Association. I believe it is not fully understood that while the DNR mandates open access to our lake, it does not have the resources to combat AIS. The DNR relies on the LLAA to fund those containment efforts. Two species have invaded our lake that are persistent and believed to be non-eradicable. One has fully engulfed some lakes that it has invaded. The other has fully encrusted every object in some lakes, eliminating several game fish species through a variety of challenges.
My parents built on Long Lake in 1975 after moving from another area lake that suffered a freeze out. That previous lake became a quagmire of Sargasso Sea weed-like islands. I toppled while water skiing and rose to the surface draped in seaweed. My mother turned to my father and said, "Now you can sell". They found Long Lake which is deep, pristine, and well regulated. The sand beach was the best we found while looking for a lake home. That experience has a lot to do with my wish to represent our District in the LLAA... with the sincere hope to avert repeating the seaweed experience.
Our lake is not fully "natural", but it is a wonderful product of design, effort, and thoughtful stewardship by its residents and local government for over a hundred years now. We face challenges that certainly include Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS), and may include commercial development. The AIS alone will result in significant expenses for the Association. I believe it is not fully understood that while the DNR mandates open access to our lake, it does not have the resources to combat AIS. The DNR relies on the LLAA to fund those containment efforts. Two species have invaded our lake that are persistent and believed to be non-eradicable. One has fully engulfed some lakes that it has invaded. The other has fully encrusted every object in some lakes, eliminating several game fish species through a variety of challenges.
Cheri Schoenfish (Alternate)
Neighborhood 2
Keith Manlove
Neighborhood 2
Keith Manlove
I grew up on the south end of the lake and currently reside in Rochester, MN. My wife and I became owners of our first lot on Circle Pine Drive in the early 90s. My interest in the human connection to the natural world was first sparked while doing the Conservation Project as a member of the Hubbard Rustlers 4H Club. That interest continued to grow throughout my life and has culminated in me becoming a Master Gardener.
Family photos from the 50s, 60s and 70s, taken on and around the lake show how much the shoreline has changed over the years. With the recent discovery of Zebra Mussels, our lake, and how we enjoy the lake, faces what may be its most significant change. As lakeshore owners, we are stewards of the lake. How we manage this new challenge will impact how we and future generations use and enjoy the lake. I hope that my life-long passion for nature will have a positive impact on our lake moving forward.
Roger Hall (Alternate)
Roger and Jenny, along with their extended family of over 20 grandchildren, call Long Lake their seasonal home from May to Oct with Summer 2023 being their 4th season on Long Lake! Their winter residence is Neola, Iowa.
Roger spent summers growing up on Lake Belle Taine with 4 siblings. During his college days, he also worked summer jobs in our lakes area. After retiring from banking, Roger wanted to spend more than 2 weeks of vacation time at the lake.
They found the perfect spot on Long Lake just north of Wooters Point where they enjoy viewing wildlife on Long Lake and also on the small pond east of the lake.
Roger is helping with early detection of aquatic invasive species by checking the aquatic vegetation in the north half of neighborhood 2 on our volunteer shoreline monitoring team for LLAA.
Family photos from the 50s, 60s and 70s, taken on and around the lake show how much the shoreline has changed over the years. With the recent discovery of Zebra Mussels, our lake, and how we enjoy the lake, faces what may be its most significant change. As lakeshore owners, we are stewards of the lake. How we manage this new challenge will impact how we and future generations use and enjoy the lake. I hope that my life-long passion for nature will have a positive impact on our lake moving forward.
Roger Hall (Alternate)
Roger and Jenny, along with their extended family of over 20 grandchildren, call Long Lake their seasonal home from May to Oct with Summer 2023 being their 4th season on Long Lake! Their winter residence is Neola, Iowa.
Roger spent summers growing up on Lake Belle Taine with 4 siblings. During his college days, he also worked summer jobs in our lakes area. After retiring from banking, Roger wanted to spend more than 2 weeks of vacation time at the lake.
They found the perfect spot on Long Lake just north of Wooters Point where they enjoy viewing wildlife on Long Lake and also on the small pond east of the lake.
Roger is helping with early detection of aquatic invasive species by checking the aquatic vegetation in the north half of neighborhood 2 on our volunteer shoreline monitoring team for LLAA.
Neighborhood 3
Mae Tinguely
Our family first vacationed on Long Lake from Fargo in 1982. We stayed at a resort for a week every August. We fell in love with the lake and in 2000 we were fortunate to purchase a home on the south end in an area with wonderful neighbors.
Our grandchildren are growing up swimming and fishing in Long Lake and it has been a so gratifying to see them enjoy their cousins. The oldest ones (high school) already say they hope they will always have the lake home to come to when they have their own families.
I feel a responsibility to work on the challenge our lakes are facing such as invasive species and shore line degradation. We can all work together to keep our beautiful Long Lake clean and healthy for plants and animals as well as for our future generations.
Jaimie Beretta (Alternate)
My husband and I purchased our Long Lake property in 2009. Prior to that we had a small cabin on nearby Duck Lake. When we realized that we had outgrown our small lake cabin we decided to look at properties on Long Lake because of its excellent fishing. Our oldest son is an avid fisherman and has fished with his grandparents on Long Lake since he was 4. We enjoy spending as much time as we can at the lake kayaking, boating, fishing, biking and spending time with my parents who live nearby. One of my goals of being an association board member is getting to know the people who share an interest in our lake. I also hope to work to help keep our lake water clean and AIS free.
Neighborhood 4
My husband and I purchased our Long Lake property in 2009. Prior to that we had a small cabin on nearby Duck Lake. When we realized that we had outgrown our small lake cabin we decided to look at properties on Long Lake because of its excellent fishing. Our oldest son is an avid fisherman and has fished with his grandparents on Long Lake since he was 4. We enjoy spending as much time as we can at the lake kayaking, boating, fishing, biking and spending time with my parents who live nearby. One of my goals of being an association board member is getting to know the people who share an interest in our lake. I also hope to work to help keep our lake water clean and AIS free.
Neighborhood 4
Todd Hoffman
My wife, Janet, and I reside in Omaha NE. In 1988, I formed a printing and promotional products company, PFI, in Blair Ne in which I am still active. My family came to Long Lake in 1928 when my great aunts purchased a cabin on Stover Bay, In 1938 my grandparents, Frederic and Kitten Hoffman, purchased and remodeled the one next to my great aunts. In 1968 my parents GF and Betty Hoffman purchased and remodeled the Art Swanson property next door to my grandparent’s cabin. I have enjoyed swimming, boating and fishing on Long Lake for 62 years. Janet and I and our three children, their spouses and grandchild enjoy our many summer and occasional winter trips to visit our beloved Long Lake
Nancy Oldham (Alternate)
I’ve been associated with Long Lake since I was an infant. I was raised in Des Moines, Iowa by Ellis and Trudy Oldham. My dad’s parents Ella and Coyne Oldham built the cabin in 1940 with the help of their three sons. I spend multiple periods at the cabin each summer. I’ve always considered myself a steward of the cabin, land and lake. I’m interested in water quality, dark skies and protecting the plants, animals and birds with whom we share the region.
Neighborhood 5
Fritz Viner
Fritz retired from Otolaryngology practice in Iowa City, Iowa and is a long- time participant in summer activities on Long Lake and now more of a 4-season resident. He’s ready to continue efforts for water quality, dark nights, wilderness and wildlife environments and social enjoyment of all the above.
My grandparents came to Long Lake to live in 1929 and I have lived here on the lake every summer of my life except for maybe 5. When I retired from teaching in 2009, I moved home full time. My family has a tree farm that is now part of the Minnesota Land Trust located between Chippewa Loop and County Rd. 6. This means the land will be managed as a tree farm and not be developed even in the future. My family has always felt a deep connection and responsibility to the land and to Long Lake.
We keep track of our years in Park Rapids by my son’s age--he was 10 months old when we first came in 1986. For 13 years we rented cabins from Ralph and Sherri Notch at New Frontier Resort. We fell in love with the lake’s characteristics, sunsets, loons calling, exciting fishing, and the sound of wind through the pines. Jeff always was shocked that I would take four little kids in a 16’ aluminum boat to fish and come back with them all and no one was hooked!
After renting, we bought into a resort on Eagle Lake and then purchased a house on Lake Ida. All the while, we periodically looked at real estate listings on Long Lake—our favorite lake! In 2020, we bought a house that had significant water damage and had it fully renovated and updated. We LOVE being in the house on our FAVORITE lake!
This will be Jeff and my third summer engaged in the Shoreline Monitoring Program for Neighborhood 6 and are a site of one of the UMN pilot zebra mussel settlement samplers. I think I looked like an easy mark to recruit, being a former UMN associate professor and researcher from the College of Design. I just became a certified AIS Detector in June 2023. The health of Long Lake is very important to our whole family!
Neighborhood 5
Fritz Viner
Fritz retired from Otolaryngology practice in Iowa City, Iowa and is a long- time participant in summer activities on Long Lake and now more of a 4-season resident. He’s ready to continue efforts for water quality, dark nights, wilderness and wildlife environments and social enjoyment of all the above.
Carolynne C White (CC) (Alternate)
My grandparents came to Long Lake to live in 1929 and I have lived here on the lake every summer of my life except for maybe 5. When I retired from teaching in 2009, I moved home full time. My family has a tree farm that is now part of the Minnesota Land Trust located between Chippewa Loop and County Rd. 6. This means the land will be managed as a tree farm and not be developed even in the future. My family has always felt a deep connection and responsibility to the land and to Long Lake.
Neighborhood 6
Caren Martin
We keep track of our years in Park Rapids by my son’s age--he was 10 months old when we first came in 1986. For 13 years we rented cabins from Ralph and Sherri Notch at New Frontier Resort. We fell in love with the lake’s characteristics, sunsets, loons calling, exciting fishing, and the sound of wind through the pines. Jeff always was shocked that I would take four little kids in a 16’ aluminum boat to fish and come back with them all and no one was hooked!
After renting, we bought into a resort on Eagle Lake and then purchased a house on Lake Ida. All the while, we periodically looked at real estate listings on Long Lake—our favorite lake! In 2020, we bought a house that had significant water damage and had it fully renovated and updated. We LOVE being in the house on our FAVORITE lake!
This will be Jeff and my third summer engaged in the Shoreline Monitoring Program for Neighborhood 6 and are a site of one of the UMN pilot zebra mussel settlement samplers. I think I looked like an easy mark to recruit, being a former UMN associate professor and researcher from the College of Design. I just became a certified AIS Detector in June 2023. The health of Long Lake is very important to our whole family!
Molly Cashman Sebold
My long, wonderful, rich history on Long Lake began 60 years ago .
In 1964 my parents, Jim and Billie Cashman, bought their first cabin on Long Lake when about half of Pine Island Lodge resort was sold to private owners. That lead them, along with the Hedstrom family, to purchase the rest of Pine Island Lodge resort with its 12 cabins and beautiful lodge in 1969. The two families, with their combined 18 children, spent their summers raking, mowing, cleaning cabins, pulling skiers, giving horseback rides, and all the endless jobs of resort ownership until the resort was closed in 2006.
The former resort property is now owned by the Cashman family. My husband and I spend about half the year in our renovated cabin originally built in 1912.
The Cashman family children, grandchildren, great- grandchildren and many extended relatives and friends continue to gather and enjoy Long Lake and Pine Island. To many it is "their favorite place. "While there are fewer resorts and bigger cabins now, the beautiful view from our shore is still the one I remember as a child.
Pam Petersen .
I am 61 and a native of Des Moines. My grandparents were Coyne and Ella Oldham, long time Pine Haven Beach summer residents. My first Long Lake trip was at 9 months of age and I have only missed two summers since. My husband and I bought the Kaiser cabin in Fall of 2011, just 3 doors down from the original Oldham cabin. I am a retired pediatrician and live in Davis, California.
In 1964 my parents, Jim and Billie Cashman, bought their first cabin on Long Lake when about half of Pine Island Lodge resort was sold to private owners. That lead them, along with the Hedstrom family, to purchase the rest of Pine Island Lodge resort with its 12 cabins and beautiful lodge in 1969. The two families, with their combined 18 children, spent their summers raking, mowing, cleaning cabins, pulling skiers, giving horseback rides, and all the endless jobs of resort ownership until the resort was closed in 2006.
The former resort property is now owned by the Cashman family. My husband and I spend about half the year in our renovated cabin originally built in 1912.
The Cashman family children, grandchildren, great- grandchildren and many extended relatives and friends continue to gather and enjoy Long Lake and Pine Island. To many it is "their favorite place. "While there are fewer resorts and bigger cabins now, the beautiful view from our shore is still the one I remember as a child.
At Large Board Members
Jim Seifert (Alternate)
My grandparents bought their property on the Northeast end of Long Lake in 1934. As a child my mom would drive us up to “the Lake” after school was out in the spring and drive us home the day before school started in the Fall. I spent every summer of my life on Long Lake until I was 25. I fell in love with my wife Jona who lived just down the shore from our cabin. My summer “job” was owner of the Cuzzins Candy Store in Park Rapids, that my wife and I and my cousin owned for 14 years, and that put all three of us through college.
Long Lake has been a touchstone for our family for 3 generations. Jona and I feel that we are
merely caretakers for our cabin, preserving the cabin, the memories and the lake for the
generations that came before us and that will follow after us. Jona and I feel that our mission for our family, and for our lake community, is to protect the waters and the land so that generations from now, our children’s children will look across the lake and see the same
shoreline that my grandparents did in 1934.
My grandparents bought their property on the Northeast end of Long Lake in 1934. As a child my mom would drive us up to “the Lake” after school was out in the spring and drive us home the day before school started in the Fall. I spent every summer of my life on Long Lake until I was 25. I fell in love with my wife Jona who lived just down the shore from our cabin. My summer “job” was owner of the Cuzzins Candy Store in Park Rapids, that my wife and I and my cousin owned for 14 years, and that put all three of us through college.
Long Lake has been a touchstone for our family for 3 generations. Jona and I feel that we are
merely caretakers for our cabin, preserving the cabin, the memories and the lake for the
generations that came before us and that will follow after us. Jona and I feel that our mission for our family, and for our lake community, is to protect the waters and the land so that generations from now, our children’s children will look across the lake and see the same
shoreline that my grandparents did in 1934.
Pam Petersen .
I am 61 and a native of Des Moines. My grandparents were Coyne and Ella Oldham, long time Pine Haven Beach summer residents. My first Long Lake trip was at 9 months of age and I have only missed two summers since. My husband and I bought the Kaiser cabin in Fall of 2011, just 3 doors down from the original Oldham cabin. I am a retired pediatrician and live in Davis, California.
