NAGEL NAMED BISMARCK MANDAN CHAMBER EDC

PRESIDENT & CEO

Brenda Nagel has been named Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC President & CEO effective July 17, 2023.

Nagel comes to the Chamber EDC from the University of Mary where she has served since 2017, most recently as Vice President for Public Affairs since 2020. Prior to her role at the University of Mary, Nagel was employed at Aetna CVS Health from 1994 – 2017 in a number of leadership roles, most notably as the Senior Director of Operations leading the company’s Bismarck office along with others around the globe.

“For nearly 20 years, I’ve been honored to serve the Chamber EDC in a number of different volunteer roles including Chair of the Leadership Bismarck-Mandan Steering Committee and Board Chair in 2017,” said Nagel. “So I can’t think of a better opportunity to give back to a community that has already given me and my family so much.”

Nagel was named the new Chamber EDC President & CEO after an exhaustive, nation-wide search led by a Search Committee that included both Chamber EDC Leadership & Members. She will succeed outgoing Chamber EDC President & CEO Brian Ritter who will resigned on July 14, 2023 to assume a new as Sanford Health’s Head of Market Affairs.