Tracie Bettenhausen is a senior staff writer/editor at Basin Electric Power Cooperative in Bismarck, ND. She serves as editor for the cooperative’s public websites and blog, manages social media feeds, writes for weekly and bi-monthly publications, and reports on monthly activities by the organization’s boards.

Tracie has a degree in communications from the University of Mary in Bismarck, ND. Before taking her position at Basin Electric, she worked in television news as an anchor and reporter.

Tracie served on the IABC Great Plains as a past president and professional development chair and as PPR’s Vice Chair for the past term. She was named to the Bismarck Tribune’s 20 under 40 list in 2018. She started Basin’s Backyard Garden, a Basin Electric employee-volunteer tended vegetable and flower garden on Basin Electric’s Headquarters campus, from which the produce is delivered to local food pantries. She serves on the Society for the Preservation of the Former Governor’s Mansion board. She also writes semi-regularly for a local magazine, Inspired Woman Magazine, and serves on the magazine’s advisory board.