2007 Annual Report

Staff and Boards

DOE Management Team

• Dr. Rick Melmer, Secretary

• Deborah Barnett, Deputy Secretary

  • State Library

    • Dorothy Liegl, Director

  • Finance and Management

    • Darla Mayer, Director,

  • Grants

    • Dmitri Melius, Grant Writer

  • Indian Education

    • Keith Moore, Director

  • Curriculum and Instruction

    • Wade Pogany, Director

  • Educational Services and Support

    • Janet Ricketts, Director

  • Accreditation and Teacher Quality

    • Melody Schopp, Director

  • Communications

    • Mary Stadick Smith, Director

  • Curriculum, Technology and Assessment

    • Stephanie Weideman, Director

  • Career and Technical Education

    • Mark Wilson, Director

Board of Education Members

• Dr. Kelly Duncan, President
  Dakota Dunes (expires December 2008)
• Roger Porch, Vice President
  Philip (expires December 2007)
• Glenna Fouberg, Aberdeen
  (expires December 2009)
• Don Kirkegaard, Britton
  (expires December 2010)
• Dr. Richard Gowen, Rapid City
  (expires December 2010)
• Marilyn Hoyt, Huron
  (expires December 2009)
• Jan Nicolay, Chester
  (expires December 2008)
• Patricia Simmons, Sioux Falls
  (expires December 2007)
• Clint Waara, Fort Pierre
  (expires December 2008)

State Library Board Members

• Dr. Eric Abrahamson, Chair
  Rapid City (expires 2008)
• Linda Daugaard, Vice Chair
  Garretson (expires 2009)
• Roy Burr, Rapid City
  (expires 2009)
• Dr. Robert “Tad” Perry, Permanent member
  Pierre (representing Board of Regents)
• Richard Van Beek, Aberdeen
  (expires 2007)
• Linda Whitney, Forestburg
  (expires 2010)