Commissioner John Strand

Commissioner John Strand was elected to the Fargo City Commission in June 2016 and re-elected in 2020 and 2024.

Department Liaison: Fargo Cass Public Health and Transit/Mobility

Committee Liaison: Ambulance Service Oversight Committee, Cass Clay Food Commission, Diversion Authority (alternate), Metro COG, Metro Area Transit Coordinating Board, Regional Housing Commission and Sustainability & Resiliency Committee

Board Liaison: Airport Authority, Board of Health, Civil Service, Downtown Community Partnership/InFocus, House Authority, Human Rights Commission and Native American Commission

Term Expires: June 2028

Strand grew up in Crystal, N.D., and graduated in 1973 from Valley High School, Hoople, N.D. He received a bachelor's degree in 1977 from North Dakota State University.

He was editor of the weekly newspaper in Grafton, N.D., from 1977 to 1980 and again from 1994 to 1997. Strand spent 13 years in specialized orthopedic medical sales between 1980 and 2014, first in Fargo and then in Rochester, N.Y.

Since 1996, Strand has been co-owner of the High Plains Reader newsweekly in Fargo. He also served two terms on the Fargo Board of Education after being elected in 2008 and 2012.

You can reach Commissioner Strand by email or by phone at 701.241.1310.

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