Staff Directory - OFM

Main Contact - (605) 773-3248

Tamara Darnall - Director
Job Duties: Management and oversight of department’s budget, federal grants, accounting and financial reporting, contracts, State Aid to K-12 schools and postsecondary technical institutes, school data collection, school finance, and NCLB calculations; Legislative lobbying
Denise Bowman - Senior Secretary	773-3248
Job Duties: Contract Assistant, Secretary Duties, Travel Coordination
Debra Collins - Secretary	773-3367
Job Duties: Secretarial Duties, Data Encoding, Department Mailing, Department Travel Coordination
Rochelle Kenzy - Contract Manager	773-5475
Job Duties: Contract Officer, Contract Request for Payments, Hotel Contracts

Accounting and Financial Reporting - (605) 773-3248

Lisa Rae - Accounting Administrator	773-4709
Job Duties: Fiscal requirements for the department, Erate, Department Year End Accruals, Department Records Management Officer, Department Surplus Property Contact
DeNeil Taylor - Senior Accountant	773-4715
Job Duties: Grant Status Reports, Contract Program, Expenditure Corrections
Doneen Sanders - Senior Accountant	773-4696
Job Duties: General, Federal, and Other Budget Reports, Revenue Draws, Grant Status Reports
Michelle Rose - Accountant	773-4666
Job Duties: Grants Management Accounting for LEA’s
vacant - Accountant	773-2910
Job Duties: Grants Management Accounting for LEA’s
Myra Conklin - Accounting Assistant	773-5355
Job Duties: Direct Vouchers, W-9’s
William Squires - Accounting Assistant	773-4329
Job Duties: School Financial Claims, Direct Vouchers
Helen Wishard - Accounting Assistant	773-3728
Job Duties: Purchasing, Inventory
Vacant	773-3442
Job Duties: Non Cash Vouchers, Procurement Cards, Local Checking Account

Data Management - (605) 773-3248

Judy Merriman - Administrator	773-4737
Job Duties: Manage Education Statistics, NCLB Calculations, and Student Data Base
Tom Morth - Management Analyst	773-2539
Job Duties: Student Records, NCLB Calculations
Laura Ellenbecker - Management Analyst	773-4727
Job Duties: Special Education Child Count, Assessment Data, NCLB Calculations
Kim Carlson - Management Analyst	773-2249
Job Duties: EDEN Reporting
Teri Jung - Policy/Data Analyst	773-8197
Job Duties: Student Records, Student Enrollment, School Calendars
Jennifer Rattling Leaf - Policy/Data Analyst	773-4703
Job Duties: Educational Directory Information, Requests for Labels, Assisting in Data Reporting

Grants Management - (605) 773-3248

Rob Huffman - Administrator	773-4600
Job Duties: Federal Education Grant Programs Fiscal Administration, Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZABs)
Mark Gageby - Management Analyst	773-3727
Job Duties: Fiscal Requirements for Special Education, Perkins, 21st Century, Educational Technology, Scholarship Programs
Cody Stoeser - Education Program Specialist I	773-3456
Job Duties: Fiscal Requirements for Child & Adult Nutrition Services (CANS) Programs
Paul Schreiner - Education Program Specialist I	773-7108
Job Duties: Fiscal Requirements for NCLB Formula Grant Programs, LEA Consolidated Application
Kim Fischer - Education Program Specialist I	773-3171
Job Duties: Monitoring School Districts and other subgrantees for compliance with the fiscal requirements of ESEA grant programs.
Laurie Schumacher - Accounting Assistant	773-3349
Job Duties: Child & Adult Nutrition Accounting Services, Processing CANS Requests for Payments

State Aid - (605) 773-3248

Susan Woodmansey - Administrator	773-4748
Job Duties: State Aid, School Reorganization, School Finance, Open Enrollment
Bobbi Leiferman - Management Analyst	773-5407
Job Duties: School Finance, Impact Aid, State Aid (general fund and special education)

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