
Meet the team who makes it all possible

Executive Director

Rev. Thomas M. Graner
Board Chair

Briselda Hernandez Herrera
Board Vice-Chair

Patti Larson
Board Treasurer

William S. Patrie
Board Secretary

Thomas Erdmann
Board Member

Brad Gibbens
Board Member

James A. Moos
Board Member

Liz Anne Conmy
Board Member

Elizabeth Kelsey
Board Member
What We Do
CATCH helps rural North Dakota communities work together in creating programs and strategies that bring foreign born families to rural places as permanent residents.

Create Welcoming Environments
CATCH helps creates welcoming environments where refugees and immigrants can find safety and opportunity while helping rural communities grow and prosper.

Partner with Local Organizations
CATCH empowers communities to embrace legal immigration, ensuring both new arrivals and rural residents benefit from this mutually supportive relationship through partnerships with local businesses, churches and nonprofits, government, and other organizations.

Foster Economic Development
CATCH aims to reverse outmigration trends and bring economic vitality to North Dakota’s rural towns.

Private Sponsorship
As a Private Sponsorship Organization of the Welcome Corps, CATCH empowers North Dakotans to make a difference by helping refugees resettle in rural communities.
Our Impact
Our Partners

Meeting Communities & People Where They Are
Strengthen ND is a dynamic, multi-faceted and well-connected organization that works across North Dakota to elevate nonprofits and rural communities. It focuses on supporting a high quality of life and providing resources for vulnerable through community development.

Change a Life - Including Your Own
The Welcome Corps is a transformative service opportunity for Americans inspired to help refugees find freedom and security. Through sponsorship, you can be a bridge to safety. You already have the most important skills you need, an understanding of life in your community and a desire to lend a hand.

Talent Beyond Boundaries makes it possible for refugees to migrate for work with dignity and purpose.
The result is win-win: for refugees and their families, for employers and local economies, and for under-resourced host countries.