Bye, Black appointed to ND Board of Higher Education

Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Minot entrepreneur Kevin Black to the North Dakota Board of Increased Schooling and re-appointed Danita Bye of Stanley to the Board.

Black was appointed to the seat beforehand held by Jill Louters, who resigned final month after accepting a place with the NDSU Extension Service.

Bye was initially appointed to the board in 2020.

Each Bye’s and Black’s phrases run till June 30, 2026, and are topic to affirmation by the North Dakota Senate. 

The Board has eight voting members appointed by the governor, together with one pupil member, and two non-voting members who symbolize the North Dakota College System’s school and employees.

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(Gov. Burgum launch:)

Gov. Doug Burgum at the moment appointed entrepreneur Kevin Black of Minot and reappointed enterprise marketing consultant Danita Bye of Stanley to the North Dakota Board of Increased Schooling.

Black co-founded Creedence Vitality Providers, a enterprise creating specialised chemical options to boost efficiency and manufacturing of oil and fuel wells, in 2014. He beforehand labored in account administration and gross sales for Baker Hughes in Minot and Champion Applied sciences in Williston.

Black earned a bachelor’s diploma in industrial engineering and administration from North Dakota State College. He at the moment serves as vice chair of the Minot Space Chamber EDC and as a board member for the North Dakota Financial Improvement Basis and the North Dakota Petroleum Council. He additionally serves on the North Dakota College Improvement Basis Board of Trustees and the College of North Dakota Petroleum Engineering Business Advisory Council.

“As a enterprise chief, Kevin is well-suited to drive effectivity, technique and innovation inside our college system,” Burgum stated. “His expertise serving on varied boards at three of our 11 college campuses and on the North Dakota Improvement Basis will convey a singular and powerful perspective on how you can rework increased schooling. We’re deeply grateful to Kevin and the entire candidates who demonstrated their ardour for increased schooling in North Dakota.”

Bye, who was initially appointed to the board in 2020, has been a management and gross sales improvement marketing consultant since 1997 for small- to medium-sized companies within the science, expertise, engineering, manufacturing and medical machine industries. She beforehand labored as an investor and gross sales supervisor for Micro-Tech, a medical machine producer, and in gross sales and gross sales administration for Xerox Corp.

Bye earned bachelor’s levels in biology and psychology from the College of Sioux Falls (S.D.) and a grasp’s diploma in transformational management from Bethel College in St. Paul, Minn. She additionally at the moment serves on the board of administrators for the North Dakota Petroleum Council and The Triple T Inc., an oil and fuel firm. She beforehand served on the North Dakota Financial Improvement Basis board, the Innovate ND board and the College of Sioux Falls Board of Trustees.

“We respect Danita’s service on the board these previous two years and stay up for her persevering with to drive optimistic change for increased schooling in North Dakota throughout a full four-year time period,” Burgum stated.

Black is being appointed to the seat beforehand held by Jill Louters, who resigned final month after accepting a place with the North Dakota State College Extension Service. Each Bye’s and Black’s phrases run till June 30, 2026, and are topic to affirmation by the North Dakota Senate. Burgum expressed his gratitude for Louters’ service on the board.

The Board of Increased Schooling has eight voting members appointed by the governor, together with one pupil member, and two non-voting members who symbolize the North Dakota College System’s school and employees. The board oversees the system’s 11 public faculties and universities.