Ten apply for North Dakota Board of Higher Education seat

BISMARCK — Ten people applied for a seat on the North Dakota Board of Higher Education, which opens on July 1.

According to a press release from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, candidates are:

• Autumn Bennett, middle/high school music and math teacher, Cavalier Public School, Walhalla.
• Donald Campbell, Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer, Sanford Health, Mandan.
• Alan Goos, electrician, Advanced Electrical Systems, West Fargo. Residence in Fargo.
• Kari Cutting, consultant and former vice president of North Dakota Petroleum Council, Beulah.
• Nadine Hagen, speech language pathologist, Underwood Public School, Turtle Lake.
• Christie Jaeger, farmer, rancher and crop insurance adjuster, Esmond.
• Wendy Kopp, chief nursing officer, Sanford Health, Bismarck.
• Ruth Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills, director of food sovereignty, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, New Town.
• Patrick Sogard, owner and chairman, American State Bank & Trust Co., Williston.
• Stan Schauer, director of assessments, North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, Bismarck.

Board members can serve two consecutive four-year terms. The person appointed to the board will succeed John Warford, board vice chair, who is not seeking a second term.

Members of the board are appointed by the governor. A nominating committee, chaired by State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler, screens candidates.

The committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, May 8, to discuss applications and recommend finalists to Gov. Doug Burgum.

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