Meet Our Board of Directors

Meet the dedicated team that helps keep Bayport Marina running!

Commodore | John Gagich

My wife, Nancy, and I began boating on the St. Croix River in 2010 after having boated on Lake Minnetonka for three years.  We rented several slips at Bayport Marina over the next four years (B28, A6 and A7) until we got the itch to buy a slip and ended up at Sunnyside in 2013.  We weathered all the wakes and construction of the new bridge while admiring the Mimi and dreaming about our eventual return to Bayport Marina.  It has been a great journey.  Along the way we bought a 411 Meridian and in 2018 became the proud owners of slip B-22.  We live in Chanhassen, MN, and Bayport Marina has been our staycation destination.  You will always find Nancy and me along with our two beautiful granddaughters, Abby (6 years) and Anna (3 years), and our children, Lauren, Courtney and Brooke, enjoying the marina and its amenities.  We love Bayport Marina and feel that this is our home away from home!

Vice Commodore | Katy Baune

While newer to the marina as member owners my husband and I have a long history with boating on the river. Both of us spent many years of our childhood cruising the upper Mississippi and St. Croix and are extremely grateful that we can share these childhood experiences with our children. A couple of reasons why Bayport is so special to our family is because my husband has spent many years here with his family becoming owners in ’99, and that this is where our life together began with having our first date here. A few years later, we were married here, right on the point where we had our first date.  My husband, Kyle, and I have two little boys, Leo (4) and Eli (2.5). The boys love spending time on the boat and as a family and we thoroughly enjoy all the amenities and quality service the marina has to offer. We truly believe Bayport is the best marina that you can find.

I have spent my recent years working for a Fortune 250 Financial Services company in Minneapolis as a Sr. Technical Product Owner. I have spent the majority of my career in Financial Services industry in the Information Technology space. Throughout my career journey, I have enjoyed blending together my expertise in leadership, financial services and technology.

Secretary | Bryan Wilkinson 

I am a general manager and senior executive who has been advising global insurance companies for over 20 years. My practice is dedicated to the restructuring of the operations and information technology functions. I am currently employed by Accenture as a managing director for its financial services practice. I also serve as a volunteer, vessel safety examiner, and audit committee member for the U.S. Coast Guard – Auxiliary. 

The Twin Cities have been my home for over 45 years. I am a graduate of the University of Minnesota and hold a B.S. and M.B.A. I currently reside in Edina, MN with my wife and three sons.

Treasurer | Dave Peterka

We purchased our slip A-12 in 2001, leased it out through 2015 and started occupying it in 2016 with our boat, “Croixsening”. I have been boating on the St. Croix River since 1965 when my family moved to Stillwater and built a home in Croixside, North of Stillwater. After graduating Stillwater High School in 1969, then Hamline University in 1973, I entered the banking industry for the next 43 years, retiring in 2016. We lived on the west side of the Twin Cities since 1976, then moved back to Stillwater in 2018. My wife Debby, my avid boating partner of 42 years, passed away in 2021. These days, my children and grandchildren frequently join me boating on the St. Croix.

I believe Bayport Marina is a great “resort” for everyone to hang out and enjoy during the boating season. The office and service staff is incredible, responsive, and truly engaged. And, with the number of social gatherings that have occurred over the last couple years (and projected), the experience continues to improve!

Meredith Pederson

My husband Eric and I have been members at Bayport Marina for sixteen years.  Our weekend address from May-September is A-10 aboard MER “N” ER. We have a son (David) and a daughter (Michelle) that are both married, living in Arizona and England, respectively.

I am vastly experienced in project/program management, working with a team on research/development/planning and working out solutions to current and future problems for conflict resolution. In addition, I am an experienced trainer and educator in business (private and public), high school/college assessment and long range strategic planning.

Todd Rosengren

My wife Laura and I have been boating for many years, starting on Lake Minnetonka and moving to the St. Croix in 1987. We moved to the Bayport Marina in 2014 and purchased our slip in 2019.  We have two children who grew up sailing on the St. Croix and enjoying everything it has to offer.  I have been the Program Manager, Vice Commodore, and Commodore for the St. Croix Sailing Club. Professionally, I have been in technical sales most of my life – first with computers and the last 24 years with AT&T. During my time with AT&T, I worked with AT&T’s largest accounts dealing with technical networking, billing, service issues and overall account relationship.

Don Grimm

I was born in California. Then at a young age our family moved to Minnesota, where I grew up in Isanti. After high school, I spent four years in the Navy, of that three and a half were on a nuclear submarine. It built my nautical expertise, work ethic and contributed to my love of the water. During my Navy career I was stationed in Norfolk, VA. I returned to Minnesota after my service, where I began my manufacturing career and obtained my college degree.

For over forty years I have worked in manufacturing, most of those years in leadership and engineering roles. I have and continue to work on strategic, tactical, and capital projects. I build teams to succeed. I love hearing from past employees and how they leveraged some of my shared knowledge in their new career opportunities. I collaborate with teams at all levels of structure, to align with priorities and ensure buy‐in from all parties, so that the project or initiative has the best opportunity for success. I have two children, Amanda and Andy, they are married and live in the cities. My wife, Kathryn, and I live in Hopkins and enjoy spending our summer weekends at Bayport Marina. I have been boating recreationally for over 25 years.

Rob Rueckl

My wife Deb and I have been boating on the St. Croix River for 24 years, and during that time have spent almost every weekend between April and October on our boat.  When we’re not on the river we’re spending time with family and friends at our home in Burnsville, and our winters in Naples, FL.  The first 20 years were spent at Kings Cove in Hastings, where we enjoyed the flexibility of traveling south to Lake Pepin and beyond, and north on the St. Croix to Afton, Hudson, Bayport, and Stillwater.  Bayport was always a favorite destination, and each stay reinforced our conviction to one day make it our boat home.  In 2019 we fulfilled that dream and purchased Slip B-7.

Jim Geisler

My name is Jim Geisler, and I am interested in becoming a member of the BMA Board of Directors. I am recently widowed after 50 years of marriage and have two kids and seven grandchildren who like to spend time with me on the boat at BMA. I became an owner in 2020. I am a small business owner in the commercial sound system industry going on 50 years. I am semi-retired, so I am enjoying having extra time to spend at the marina. Some more information about me is I am an Eagle Scout, a Vietnam Veteran, as well as an electronics technician.

I have a lot of different hobbies such as being a musician (sort of), boating, cars, motorcycles, photography, videos, web design (a while back), and I like to consider myself a semi-talented handyman. Having spent most of my boating years in a substandard marina, I realize and appreciate the fantastic organization and facilities at Bayport Marina. Besides helping with the operation of the marina, I am interested in helping to ensure its future success and stability.