2006 Annual Report

Staff and Boards

DOE Management Team

• Dr. Rick Melmer, Secretary
• Deborah Barnett, Deputy Secretary
• Kris Conzet, Grant Writer
• Dorothy Liegl, Director, State Library
• Darla Mayer, Director, Finance and Management
• Keith Moore, Director, Indian Education
• Wade Pogany, Director, Curriculum and Instruction
• Janet Ricketts, Director, Educational Services and Support
• Melody Schopp, Director, Accreditation and Teacher Quality
• Mary Stadick Smith, Communications Director
• Stephanie Weideman, Director, Curriculum, Technology and Assessment
• Mark Wilson, Director, Career and Technical Education

Board of Education Members

• Dr. Kelly Duncan, President
  Dakota Dunes (expires 12/08)
• Roger Porch, Vice President
  Philip (expires 12/07)
• Jack Broome, Burke
  (expires 12/06)
• Glenna Fouberg, Aberdeen
  (expires 12/09)
• Dr. Richard Gowen, Rapid City
  (expires 12/06)
• Marilyn Hoyt, Huron
  (expires 12/09)
• Jan Nicolay, Chester
  (expires 12/08)
• Clint Waara, Sioux Falls
  (expires 12/08)

Board of Education Members

• Kraig Keck, Chair
  Sioux Falls (expires 2006)
• Dr. Eric Abrahamson, Vice Chair
  Rapid City (expires 2008)
• Linda Daugaard,
  Garretson (expires 2009)
• Michelle Howard,
  Brookings (expires 2009)
• Richard Van Beek,
  Aberdeen (expires 2007)
• William “Joe” Van De Rostyne,
  Aberdeen (expires 2006)
• Warren Wilson, Permanent member
  Beresford (representing Board of Regents)