Emily Thabes brings twenty years of experience across corporate, public, and nonprofit sectors. She has led teams, managed budgets, and built partnerships across jurisdictions at every level. Since 2021 she has served as Executive Director of the Beltrami County Historical Society, developing public programs and working across tribal nations, county agencies, and community organizations throughout northern Minnesota. She chose Bagley in 2020 and has called it home with her husband John ever since. She believes we must meet our obligations to one another and the land and is running to do exactly that.