The Minn-Kota Chapter of the American Red Cross has a new director.

Greg Voss, a Red Cross volunteer for many years, currently is executive director of the Andover YMCA Community Center. Andover is a Minneapolis suburb.

Voss is to begin his duties Dec. 14. He succeeds Sherri Thomsen, who said last summer she was resigning to spend more time with her family.

The Minn-Kota Chapter has offices in Fargo in North Dakota and East Grand Forks and Fergus Falls in Minnesota. It serves 27 counties in the two states.