About Us
Meet the board
Alexandria Pickleball Association Board of Directors
Wade Cole
President
Wade has been married to Kendra for 27 years and has two adult children and two grandchildren. Wade loves playing pickle ball and enjoys golf and water skiing. Wade leads a team to Ensenada, Mexico as a short term mission each year and is involved in prison ministry in Florida in the spring and fall.
Rachel Rieniets
Treasurer
Rachel works in bank regulation. She and her husband Don moved to Alexandria in 2006 from the Fargo-Moorhead area. She enjoys that pickleball can be both social and competitive. Along with pickleball, her hobbies include boating, golfing, biking, reading and crafting.
Marc Illies
Outgoing President
Craig Loos
Secretary
Craig is retired and has been married to his wife Joan for 52 years and has one son and daughter. His hobbies include enjoying Pickleball, ATV trail riding, boating, wintering in Florida, and spoiling their four grandsons.
Joani Nielson
Director
Joani is passionate about people, life and business. She thoroughly enjoys serving in her community by mentoring new business owners, emerging leaders and at risk young adults. In her free time she enjoys wake surfing, traveling, playing pickleball and spending time with friends and family while living a faith-filled life. Joani is married with one daughter, two sons and a grandson.
Donald Sundquist
Director
Don and his wife Diane left the corporate world in 2022 and moved from Minnetonka to Grey Eagle. They have one daughter. When not playing pickleball, Don enjoys golf, skiing, biking, artifact hunting and lake life.
Ryan Odegard
Director
Coming soon
Guy Christensen
Director
In 2025, Guy made the courageous decision to retire when it became clear that his job was cutting into prime pickleball hours. After relocating from Fargo to Lake Le Homme Dieu in 2021, he fully embraced lake life. These days, he can be found on the pickleball court, hosting gatherings for family and friends, traveling whenever possible, and proudly keeping up with his son, daughter, three grandchildren — and one very important golden mini doodle.
Directors In Memoriam
Keith A. Wilson
Keith A. Wilson, age 67, of Alexandria, formerly of Worthington, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones at home on Thursday, March, 6, 2025.
Keith was one of the original founders of the Alexandria Pickleball Association and our 2024 outgoing President. He will be greatly missed.