Peter Gove is a long-time member of NPCA's Regional Council and past chair. In 2014, he was awarded the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Award by NPCA for his commitment to the protection of national parks. He was the lead founder of the Friends of the Mississippi River in 1993 and served as the first FMR board chair.
He was chairman of the Mississippi River Commission appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to develop a comprehensive general management plan for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA). He served as Governor Wendell R. Anderson’s environmental assistant, Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and a founding member of the Environmental Quality Board. He also served on Senator Anderson’s U.S. Senate staff as Legislative Director and as Chief of the Office of Legislation for the National Park Service.
After his public sector career, Peter was an executive for two Minnesota technology companies — St. Jude Medical, Inc. and Control Data Corporation — before retiring in 2005.
He is the former board chair for both the St. Croix River Association (now Wild Rivers Conservancy) and the Trust for Public Land Minnesota Advisory board. Peter is a Trustee of Northland College in Ashland, WI and a member of the Great Lakes Protection Fund for a decade. He is a board member of Owámniyomni Okhódayapi (formerly Friends of the Falls), a Dakota-led non-profit.