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	ABBOT APTER graduated with honors in Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies from the University of Minnesota in 1982, and earned a juris doctorate cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1985. He began his legal career as a clerk for Judge Gerald Heaney of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Abbot joined the Fryberger Law Firm and in 1990 became its youngest shareholder, officer, and director. He left the practice of law in 1995 to continue pursuing various private equity investments. He is president of Mercury Investment; since 1992 he and his group of investors have purchased more than $900 million of real estate assets in 12 states. Abbot is involved in a variety of non-profit and community-based organizations including the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, the Greater Downtown Council, Duluth LKISC, the Program of Promise, and has served on the boards of Saint Mary's Medical Center, Temple Israel, and the Northland Jewish Fund.
	SISTER MARY ODILE CAHOON, O.S.B., PH.D., is currently the treasurer of St. Scholastica Monastery and serves on the Board of Directors of the Benedictine Sisters Benevolent Association and the Benedictine Health System; she also serves on the Board of Directors of St. Mary's/Clearwater Valley Hospitals and Clinics in Idaho. Sister Mary Odile holds bachelor's and master's degrees from DePaul University and a Ph.D. in cellular physiology from the University of Toronto. Since 1954, she has served at The College of St. Scholastica in various capacities in the biology department, natural science division and in academic administration until 2004 when she retired from the position of senior vice president. Sister had been actively engaged in research at Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, and DePaul University, including a nine-month period in Antarctica. After going into college administration, Sister was active in the North Central Association, serving as a consultant evaluator on accreditation visits to colleges and universities for 15 years.
	Ed Crawford is principal of Duluth Denfeld High School, where he has led a Dropout Prevention, Retention, and Graduation Initiative. He is a 1978 graduate of the College, earning a bachelor of arts degree in Psychology. He earned a master of science in education from the University of Wisconsin-Superior and a sixth-year certificate in educational administration from St. Cloud State University. Ed received the College's Sister Ann Edward Scanlon Award in 2005, and he was named the 2009 Northeast Division Principal of the Year. Ed currently serves on the Board of Directors for St. Mary's Medical Center, Generations Health Care Initiatives, and the Duluth Teacher's Credit Union.
	FRED DE SAM LAZARO is director of the Project for Under-Told Stories at St. John's University, in Collegeville, Minnesota, a program that combines international journalism and teaching. He has served the PBS NewsHour since 1985 and is a regular contributor and substitute anchor for PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. He also has directed films from India and the Democratic Republic of Congo for the acclaimed documentary series, Wide Angle. Fred has reported from 40 countries: from Haiti to sub-Saharan Africa to south Asia, he has focused on stories that are under-reported in the mainstream U.S. media. In addition to regularly covering AIDS, public health concerns, development issues and social entrepreneurship, he led the first American crew to report on the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region. Fred is a 1981 graduate of The College of St. Scholastica, in Duluth, MN. He is the recipient of an honorary doctorate, numerous journalism awards and media fellowships from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the University of Michigan. He also has served on the boards of the Asian American Journalists Association and the Children¹s Law Center of Minnesota. Fred was born in Bangalore, India, and lives in St Paul with his wife Kay (Drechsler, CSS '83).
	SISTER MARY SUSAN DEWITT, O.S.B., is a certified staff chaplain at the Benedictine Health Center (BHC). She began her ministry in health care as a nurse, graduating from the College of St. Scholastica and operating a clinic in Chile, South America, for 12 years. She served nine years as a prefect in Somers Hall and as an adjunct instructor in the Spanish Department. She is a member of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, and for many years, she facilitated a Spanish faith-sharing group at the Federal Prison. She worked as a liaison with the Dining with Dignity Program at the Duluth Gospel Mission for nine years. She has ministered in the chaplaincy department at the BHC since its opening in 1981 and served as its director for five years. She served nine years on the St. Mary's Medical Center Board and is currently a member of the Benedictine Living Communities board in North and South Dakota.
	CHRIS DOLAN graduated with highest honors from the College of St. Scholastica in 2001 and earned his juris doctorate from Georgetown University in 2006. He is currently an attorney with Faegre & Benson LLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota, specializing in environmental and natural resources litigation, environmental review, and administrative proceedings. Prior to joining Faegre & Benson, Chris worked as a McCleary law fellow with the Human Rights Campaign and as a legal and policy associate with Workplace Flexibility 2010, a policy initiative of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Georgetown University. Before beginning his legal career, Chris was executive director of Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Drives, an organization that collected food for Twin Cities food shelves. He is the recipient of the Eleven Who Care Award, Jefferson Award, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Outstanding Public Service Benefiting a Local Community. Chris has also served as an instructor of business law for Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students at the College of St. Scholastica.
	JESSICA DURBIN graduated with highest honors from The College of St. Scholastica in 1998. She graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was a Justice Harry A. Blackmun Scholar, in 2001 and joined the law firm of Johnson, Killen & Seiler, P.Z. in Duluth, Minnesota, that same year. Jessica specializes in the areas of labor law, employment law, employment discrimination law, business law, and civit litigation; she is a frequent speaker at seminars on those subjects. She is admitted to practice before all Minnesota state and federal courts. Jessica is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, including the Labor and Employment Law Section, and the Eleventh District Bar Association. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Duluth Regional Care Center and the Eleventh District Bar Association Ethics Committee. She is active in the Northeastern Minnesota Chapter of Minnesota Women Lawyers, of which she was a charter member, and she was also a member of the 2004-2005 Leadership Duluth class. She has served as the President of the Duluth New Lawyers and as a member of the City of duluth commission on Disabilities and the Minnesota State Bar Association Convention Planning Committee. Jessica has been selected as a Rising Star by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine and was the recipient of the 2008 Young Alumni Achievement Award at The College of St. Scholastica. She currently serves on the College's Pre-law Advisory Board and Centennial Steering Committee.
	SISTER LOIS ECKES, O.S.B., is prioress of St. Scholastica Monastery and president of the Benedictine Sisters Benevolent Association. She holds a bachelor of arts degree in Elementary Education from The College of St. Scholastica, a master's in Religious Education from Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH, and a certificate in Monastic Formation and Leadership from St. John's University, Collegeville, MN. She is a certified Chaplain, a spiritual director, and a member of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains and Spiritual Directors International. Before being elected prioress, she served as director of McCabe Renewal Center for 11 years. She has been involved in many local organizations and events related to affordable housing and social justice and currently serves on the Damiano Center Board. In the past she served on the St. Mary's Medical Center Board in Duluth, the St. Joseph's Medical Center Board in Brainerd, and The College of St. Scholastica Board of Trustees. Currently she serves on the Benedictine Health System Board and is chairperson of its Mission Committee.
	LARRY GOODWIN, PH.D., is president of The College of St. Scholastica. Prior to his appointment as president, he served as interim president from 1998 to 1999, dean of faculty from 1987 to 1998, and also as vice president for academic affairs from 1993 to 1998. Prior to joining St. Scholastica, Dr. Goodwin was the acting associate academic dean at The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN, where he also taught for 10 years. Dr. Goodwin earned his Ph.D. in Theology from The University of Chicago.
	MICHAEL HANSON is the staff trustee. He is the Network Security Manager at the College. His primary responsibilities include the prevention of data loss and theft, disaster recovery, and management of the campus-wide wireless network. Mike earned a bachelor of science degree in Dietetics from Mankato State University and a graduate certificate in client server technology from Creighton University. Mike volunteers for Second Harvest Food Bank and numerous student-centered events on campus. Mike lives in Duluth with his wife Kara.
	SISTER KATHLEEN HOFER, O.S.B., is the chair of the St. Mary's Medical Center/St. Mary's Hospital of Superior Board of Directors and active chair of the Board of Directors of St. Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System. She also serves as senior vice president of Benedictine Sponsorship for Essentia Health and currently serves on the Boards of the Duluth Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), Essentia Health, and Brainerd Lakes Health. She holds a master of business administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Sister Kathleen has served as chief executive officer of St. Mary's Medical Center and the Benedictine Health System and prioress of the St. Scholastica Monastery. Past professional and civic activities include membership on boards of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Minnesota Hospital Association, United Way of Greater Duluth, Duluth Chamber of Commence, chair of The College of St. Scholastica's Board of Trustees and president of the Minnesota and American Medical Record Associations.
	Al Hunter graduated from The College of St. Scholastica in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in Education and minors in Peace and Justice Studies and Psychology. From October 2006 to July 2008, Al was Project Coordinator of Native Teachers for the Seventh generation Ojibwe Language and Culutre Education Program at the College as well as an instructor in the American Indian Studies Department. Al was Chief of the Rainy River First Nations from October 2003 to October 2005. He is founder and president of Oshki' -Ayaa'aag Mino Bimaadiziiwin Foundation (Good Life for Young People) and is a published poet. Al is a consultant, facilitator, writer, and cross-cultural awareness trainer; he currently lives in Emo, Ontario, Canada.
	MARY IVES is currently the chair of The College of St. Scholastica Board of Trustees. She is a self-employed business woman working in the housing and lodging industry. She is passionate about healthy children and healthy communities and is involved in leadership positions with many professional, civic, and community organizations. Mary was appointed by Governor Tim Pawlenty to the Minnesota Higher Education Facility Authority and currently serves as the Vice-Chair. She is a member of the Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design, which enforces the education, licensing, and professional rules of conduct for the State of Minnesota. She is a graduate of advanced training with the Blandin Foundation Leadership Program. She has held elected positions on the Sauk Rapids School Board and the Itasca County Board of Commissioners. She and her husband, Michael, live in Grand Rapids, MN. They have two married children, Michelle and Mike, Jr., who have blessed them with two granddaughters and a grandson.
	BETH JUST is CEO and president of Just Associates, Inc., which assists clients in successfully integrating healthcare data across various clinical, ancillary and administrative databases within healthcare organizations and through Health Information Exchange. Melanie's clients range from small rural hospitals to large, urban, multi-facility, tertiary care organizations, teaching facilities and Health Information Exchanges. With over 30 years of healthcare experience, she brings a wealth of expertise in the areas of healthcare operations, software design, requirements documentation, interface design and testing, health information and informatics, workflow design, data flow diagramming, data definition and mapping. Melanie currently serves on the AHIMA Board of Directors and was appointed Chair of the Board's Industry Team. As Chair, she will serve as the Board's primary conduit to other healthcare professional associations, companies and legislative officials. She has recently been accepted as a Fellow of the American Health Information Management Association. Beth earned her bachelor's degree in Medical Record Administration from the College of St. Scholastica 1978 and her M.B.A. from the University of Colorado-Denver in 1988. She currently resides in Colorado.
	ALEKSIS KINCAID, is the student Trustee. He is a senior at The College of St. Scholastica majoring in Psychology and Sociology. Aleksis graduated from Staples-Motley High School where he was a member of the National Honors Society, was captain of the varsity cross-country, first chair of orchestra, and part of the a cappella choir. Aleksis also participated in local theater productions, participating in set construction, set crew and lighting. He was stage manager for South Pacific, and acted as a lead in West Side Story. At the College, Aleksis has served as a Student Senator, helping to organize Day at the Capitol and later serving as the chair of the Collegiate Affairs Committee. He has also sat on the Parking Appeals Committee, the Alcohol Appeals Committee, and has helped form and maintain the Student Event Resource Committee. Aleksis is a Resident Advisor on campus and works for Outdoor Pursuit as a climbing wall employee and as a kayak guide. He also participates in the Collegiate Chorus on campus and sings the National Anthem at some of the home hockey games.
	DAVID KUEFLER, CRM, graduated from The College of St. Scholastica in 1982 with a bachelor of arts in Management. As an active community volunteer, he has served on The College of St. Scholastica Alumni Board for two terms. In 1996 David received the Sister Timothy Kirby Benedictine Spirit Award. David has volunteered on the St. Cloud area and State Multi Housing Association for many years. Other community activities include past and present board positions in the Exchange Club, Boy Scouts of America, Central MN American Cancer Society and Optimist Club, along with serving on numerous task forces for the city of St. Cloud and Stearns County. David was the owner of Kuefler Property Management for 22 years until his company merged with Granite City Real Estate in March of 2005. Now he is a principle of Granite City Real Estate and provides services in both the Property Management and Commercial Divisions.
	JOHN LABOSKY was named president and CEO of the Capital City Partnership in 1996. The Partnership is a CEO led private/non-profit corporation funded by over 50 larger Twin Cities metropolitan area businesses dedicated to revitalizing the urban core of Minnesota's capital city. John has a record of achievement as a CEO in a variety of assignments including start-up firms, turnaround situations, and repositioning of established firms. Prior to starting the Capital City Partnership, John was Pesident and CEO of the Minneapolis Downtown Council. He was also President and CEO of Ellerbe Becket (a 600-person architectural engineering and planning firm). John earned a bachelor of science degree in Architectural Engineering from Penn State University in 1971 and a juris doctor degree from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1978. He also completed one semester of law school in residence at Oxford University in England. John has received a series of honors and awards from educational institutions and professional societies, including Penn State's Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award (the highest award the University bestows on a graduate). He serves as director of many for-profit and non-profit organizations in the Twin Cities. John lives with his wife Julie and children Daniel and Megan in Edina, Minnesota.
	SISTER JUDINE MAYERLE, O.S.B., Ph.D., is a graduate of The College of St. Scholastica with a double major in English and History, a master of arts degree from The University of California/Los Angeles; and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. She has taught at The College of St. Scholastica where she created the Department of Media Arts, now known as the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts; Northwestern University; the University of Minnesota/Minneapolis; and Marquette University/Milwaukee, where she chaired the Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication and served on the Executive Board of the College of Communication. She has done extensive scholarly research and publication in motion picture and television history, with an emphasis on live anthology television drama of the 1950s, and contextual criticism of prime-time television programming. She has served as script consultant for major television studios and has been active in the Broadcast Education Association, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the International Film Association, and The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/Education Division. She is a freelance writer currently working on the sequel to her first mystery, The Blue Horse, set in Duluth and the Arrowhead Region of Northeastern Minnesota. She is also writing a social/cultural history of St. Scholastica Monastery and is a member of the Monastery Council and the Vocation Ministry Team.
	MIKE MILES is president and CEO of Space Center, Inc., a 93-year-old real estate and energy company which has developed and owns 20 million square feet of buildings in major cities throughout the United States and operates over 500 oil and gas wells. Mike practiced law for 30 years in various capacities including as a managing attorney in the Minnesota Attorney General's Office and General Counsel and COO of the Greater Minnesota Corporation. He earned his bachelor of science degree from Iowa State University and holds a juris doctor degree from the University of Iowa. Mike has served as lecturer on various legal topics and educator at numerous continuing legal education seminars. He is currently chair of the Board of Directors for the Minnesota State Fair Foundation and a board member of the Minnesota Council on Crime and Justice; he is a trustee for the Lee and Rose Warner Foundation and the Manitou Fund. Mike and his wife Shirley live in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
	MELANIE MOGG is self-employed as a tax practitioner, author, and professional speaker in the area of accounting, tax, and personal finance. Melanie earned her bachelor of science degree and master of business education degree, with a concentration in finance, from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. As a professional she works with individuals and closely held businesses on tax and financial matters. She is an author, editor, and seminar leader in the area of tax law and finance for Thomson Reuters. She is currently a part-time member of the faculty at the University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Business. She is a former faculty member at the College of St. Scholastica and the parent of two current CSS students, one a traditional student in Duluth and one in the St. Paul degree completion program. Melanie lives with her family in Little Canada, Minnesota.
	ROBERT (BOB) RYAN is CEO and founder of Odyssey Development, Inc., a Minnesota-based real estate development company that specializes in the development and construction of resort and vacation properties. A lifetime Minnesota resident, he graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1977. His community involvement includes a term as president of the Recreation Management Corporation, the founding entity of Superior National Golf Course, Lutsen, MN, as well as membership in the Lutsen Tofte Tourism Association. He currently is serving on the Board of Northspan, a Duluth based economic development agency. He is active at Our Lady of the Rosary Church and has coached various sports in which his children participate. Bob and his wife Kristin reside in Duluth with their four children.
	BOB SCHROEDER is the President and CEO of Warehouse Specialists, Inc., in Appleton, WI, a firm he joined in 1984. Warehouse Specialists is one of the largest national warehousing/logistics companies in North America having 40 plus locations in 13 states nationwide and employing 1,200 people. Bob earned his bachelor of arts degree from The College of St. Scholastica and his juris doctorate degree from the University of Minnesota. He practiced law in the Twin Cities from 1978-1984, specializing in entertainment and real estate law. At present, he is licensed to practice law in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He is a board member and coach for various hockey organizations. He is also a member of several logistics organizations.
	JACQULIN (JACQUIE) SEBASTIAN graduated from The College of St. Scholastica with a bachelor of arts in Religious Studies in 1989. In 1992 she earned a master of arts degree in Theology from the College of St. Catherine. In 1996 she achieved a juris doctorate from the William Mitchell College of Law. She does not practice law; she is a self-employed businesswoman who works in Alternative Dispute Resolution, in mediation as a Parallel Protection Process facilitator, in family dispute resolution, in court-ordered custody evaluations and as a Guardian ad Litem for children. She is an appointed member of the Minnesota Children's Justice Initiative and does medical ethics consulting and teaches medical ethics and general ethics to master-level students. She is a long-standing member of the St. Luke's Hospital Ethics committee and Institutional Review Board. Jacquie and her husband Jim have four grown children-Mila, Joel, Jon, and Marnie-and five grandchildren. Jacquie and Jim live by Lake Superior in Knife River, Minnesota.
	DAN SEELER is the president, CEO, and co-founder of Midwest Industrial Coatings, Inc. (MICI); a privately held coatings distribution company with corporate headquarters in Shakopee, MN. MICI supplies coatings to original equipment manufacturers around the world in the power sports, agricultural, mega-yacht, golf, and general industrial markets. Dan earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the College of St. Scholastica in 1982. He has been actively involved in the Menttium 100 mentoring program (mentoring high performing female managers) for the past three years. He has also volunteered his time coaching youth sports in the city of Eden Prairie over the past 15 years. He established the Daniel Seeler Management Scholarship in honor of Sister Ramona Ewen '43 and the Seeler Family Endowed Scholarship in honor of Sister Janelle Cahoon '46. In 2008 he was awarded the Sister Timothy Kirby Benedictine Spirit Award. This award is given annually to an alumnus/alumna for his or her professional achievement and who exemplifies the Benedictine values. Dan is married to wife Kristin. They have three children; Ashley 23, Kelly 20, and Nick 17.
	SISTER MARY CATHERINE SHAMBOUR, O.S.B., is a graduate of The College of St. Scholastica and a member of St. Scholastica Monastery. She holds a master's degree in Education-English from the UMD, a M.A.T. degree in Slavic Languages and Literature from Indiana University and has done further study at Moscow State University, the Herzen Institute in St. Petersburg, Boston University and the University of Iowa. Her teaching career began at Duluth Cathedral High School. From l986-2005 she taught Russian for the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities, primarily at the University of St. Thomas and has traveled extensively in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Since 2005 she has been serving as Vocation Director for St. Scholastica Monastery.
	DONALD (DON) SHIPPAR began his career at ALLETE in 1976. In 1978, he was promoted to Supervisor of Telecommunications and later became Superintendent of Telecommunications in 1981. Don has held several positions within the company including Director, Human Resources, Vice President, Transmission and Distribution, Senior Vice President-Customer Service and Delivery, and Executive Vice President and COO-Minnesota Power. In February 2004, Don was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer-ALLETE. He retired as CEO of ALLETE in April, 2010 and continues to serve as Chairman of the ALLETE Board. Don serves on the boards of the Edison Electric Institute; Association of Edison Illuminating Companies; North Central Electric League; North Central Electric Association; Kitchi Gammi Club Board of Directors and St. Luke's Foundation Board of Directors. Don and his wife Patricia have three children, Brenda, Debra, and Jeffrey.
	SISTER SARAH SMEDMAN, O.S.B., Ph.D., graduated with a bachelor of arts in English from The College of St. Scholastica, and holds a master of arts in English from The University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington, with concentrations in prose fiction and eighteenth-century British literature. Subsequently, she developed a specialty in children's and young adult literature. She has been a professor at The College of St. Scholastica, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), and Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM), serving terms as department chair at St. Scholastica and at MSUM. At UNCC she was Director of Graduate Studies in English and at MSUM, Coordinator of the master's in Reading program. At UNCC she developed and taught their first course in Women in Literature. An active faculty member, she chaired/served continuously on various major university committees. Equally active in professional organizations during her academic career, she served in many capacities, most notably as president of the International Children's Literature Association. The recipient of both teaching and research awards, she has published numerous articles in refereed journals, particularly in the area of her major research interest-children's and young adult fiction-and in 2003, Bridges for the Young: the Fiction of Katherine Paterson, which she coedited with a colleague from Southwestern Missouri State University. After retiring from academia, she returned in November 2004, to Duluth and the Monastery, where currently she is the Director of Continuing Education and Life Development. Sister Sarah also serves on the Boards of Saint Mary's Duluth Clinic, Saint Mary's Medical Center/Saint Mary's Hospital Superior, and Monastic Interreligious dialogue (an international group that fosters dialog and events between Benedictine and Buddhist monastics-men and women).
	ELIZABETH (BETH) STAUBER-JOHNSON, Ph.D., is an alumna of The College of St. Scholastica. She was an elementary teacher and math specialist in the Duluth Public Schools for over 20 years. She also served as an assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She earned her doctor of philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction degree with an emphasis in Elementary Mathematics Education at the University of Minnesota. Beth has been named in Who's Who in American Education. Currently she serves as a Trustee for The Marshall School in Duluth and President of Equine Allies, Inc., a non-profit horse welfare organizaiton that serves northern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin. She and her husband A. Ronald Johnson reside in Duluth and own and raise Champion Quarter Horses at their farm, Three Acre Wood Farms, near Barnum, MN. They have three sons, Todd (Cathy), Dean (Laura), and Shane (Sara), and one stepdaughter, Heidi (Kraig) Rudstrom; and grandchildren Nate, Reilly, Ruslan, and Owen Johnson, and Alek, Logan, and Teagan Rudstrom.
	HAL STROUGH is the faculty representative to the Board of Trustees and founding chair of the Athletic Training department. He joined the College of St. Scholastica in 2008 to establish the department, create the program, and spearhead attainment of CAATE accreditation. Hal began the athletic training major at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, spearheaded attainment of CAATE accreditation, and coordinated a $1,000,000 expansion of athletic training facilities. Prior to his work at Oshkosh, he served as Athletic Training Curriculum Director and Assistant Professor at Georgetown College-Kentucky; Teaching Assistant at Purdue University; and Head Athletic Trainer/Instructor at Campbellsville University-Kentucky. Hal received his Ph.D. from Purdue University, his Ed.S. from Eastern Kentucky University, his master of science degree from Eastern Kentucky University, and his bachelor of science degree from Central Michigan University. He is a certified member of the BOC, Inc., a BOC exam item writer, and CAATE Site Visitor. He is also an American Red Cross Instructor for Professional Rescuer CPR/AED, Prevention of Disease Transmission, Oxygen Administration for the Professional Rescuer, and Sport Safety Training. Hal is a native of Michigan and currently resides in Duluth.
	ANDREW THELANDER is the Alumni Board representative to the Board of Trustees and has served on the Alumni Board since 2004. He graduated from The College of Saint Scholastica in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and a minor in Computer Information Systems. At the College, he was also a four-year member of the men's basketball team. Andrew has earned a Master of Business Administration from Augsburg College and is currently pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Personal Financial Planning from Kansas State University. He is a financial planner with Wealth Enhancement Group and is also a member of the Financial Literacy Committee for the Financial Planning Association of Minnesota. Andrew and his wife, Kary, live in Lakeville, Minnesota.
	DR. LOUISE TOWN is a 1953 nursing graduate of the College. She earned a master of nursing administration and an M.D. from the University of Minnesota, where she also served as a clinical associate professor of neurology. She is Board Certified in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and is a fellow in the American Academy of Neurology. She retired as a neurologist with the Minneapolis Clinic of Neurology. In 1993 she won the Sister Alice Lamb Award, presented by the St. Scholastica Alumni Association in honor of an alum who shows commitment to her/his profession and to St. Scholastica. Currently she serves with the Stroke Prevention Program at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN.
	JAMES (JIM) ZASTROW is past chair of the Board of Trustees. He is president and chief executive officer of M&I Bank - Duluth/Superior, an organization of which he has been a part of since 1978. M&I Bank is an affiliate of the Marshall & Ilsley Corporation located in Milwaukee, WI. Jim holds a master of arts degree in Management from The College of St. Scholastica. He is past board chair and honorary life member of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Association, past board chair of the Superior-Douglas County Development Association and the St. Luke's Hospital Foundation, and serves as vice president of the School District of Superior Foundation and is involved with various committees of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation. Jim and his wife, Mary, have two children, Mark and David.
Trustees Emeriti/ae: Karen Alworth Martha Alworth Sister Grace Marie Braun, O.S.B. William M. Burns Mark Carlson M.D. Edwin Erickson Sharon Labovitz Robert S. Mars. Jr. James J. Monge, M.D. Philip Rolle Arend J. Sandbulte Greg Scherer How the Board Operates I. Composition of the Board: Established in the Bylaws The Board of Trustees shall consist of not less than twenty seven (27) persons, including the President of the College, the President of the Benedictine Sisters Benevolent Association, the President of the Alumni Association, a student appointed by the Student Senate, a faculty member elected by the Faculty Assembly, and a representative of the staff of the College. The latter three Trustees shall have voice, but no vote, at any Trustee function. Those who are members of the Board by virtue of their offices shall not be eligible for election as Chairperson of the Board. At all times, at least 25% of the voting Trustees shall be members of the Benedictine Sisters Benevolent Association. In determining the 25%, fractions will be rounded up. II. Power and Authority of the Board: Stated in the Bylaws The Board of Trustees shall have and exercise those corporate powers prescribed by law. The Board of Trustees shall exercise appropriate institutional authority as set forth in these bylaws and in such other policy documents it deems to be appropriate. These bylaws and other Board policy statements shall take precedence over all other institutional statements, documents, and policies. The Board of Trustees shall have the authority to carry out all lawful functions which are permitted by these bylaws or by the articles of incorporation. III. Operation of the Board: Through its committee structure. IV. Helpful Hints Publications of the Association of Governing Board of Universities and Colleges: Trustees Responsibilities - AGB Report (comes monthly) V. Meeting Format General structure: Board Chair's remarks, President's report, Trustee discussion of select topics, student or faculty presentation, approval of consent agenda, board action items, announcements, and executive session. Lunch, usually including guest from the College. There is usually a Board of Trustees dinner the evening preceding the Board meeting. 1/07

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