The purpose of the Dakota Conference K-12 Board of Education shall be:
- To assume general responsibility for long-range planning of the K-12 conference educational system.
- To conform to the North American Division Working Policy and the Mid-America Union Education Code.
- To administer the educational program of the conference pursuant to the constitution, bylaws and working policies of the Board of Education.
- To assume, as delegated by the Executive Committee, the responsibility for the employment, assignment, transfer, retirement, termination or dismissal of personnel in the 466 Dakota Conference schools in K-12.
- To develop a plan and formulate procedures designed to evaluate school personnel regularly and routinely.
- To arbitrate major appeals and grievances.
- To receive and consider applications from schools desiring to teach secondary subjects.
- To receive and consider applications from churches desiring to open a church school.
- To administer an annual budget for schools K-12, as voted by the Executive Committee.
- To apply salary rates for all educational personnel within the wage scale policy of the Mid-America Union Conference.
- To approve annual school calendars meeting State and Union Conference Board of Education requirements.
- To evaluate facility needs in terms of pupil population projections and to develop an overall long-range plan for erecting new facilities, renovating and/or remodeling existing schools.
- To evaluate recommendations of the Dakota Conference superintendent of schools regarding new schools and/or consolidation of existing schools.
- To appoint subcommittees (standing or ad-hoc) as needed.
Above taken from the Constitution & Bylaws of the Dakota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Dakota K-12 Board of Education Members
*Member because of position
Vernon Herholdt*
Chair | President
Jason Logan*
Secretariat | VP of Administration
Mark Seibold*
VP of Finance
Barb Christensen
Sioux Falls Adventist Church, SD
Sioux Falls Region
Erik Christenson
Manfred Adventist Church, ND
Jamestown Region
Kris de Bruin
Mandan Adventist Church, ND
Bismarck Region
Ben Dossenko
Dakota Adventist Academy Church, ND
Bismarck Region
Pam Fenton*
Bismarck Adventist Church, ND
DAA Vice Principal | Bismarck Region
Sarah Gill
Bowdle Adventist Church, SD
Aberdeen Region
Jamie Howell
Rapid City Adventist Church, SD
SD Teacher | Rapid City Region
Christina Masich
Jamestown Adventist Church, ND
Jamestown Region
MAUC Representative*
Lincoln, NE
Mid-America Union Conference
Eden McLeod
Turtle Lake Adventist Church, ND
Minot Region
Mitch Merkel
Ellendale Adventist Church, ND
Aberdeen Region
Sathiya Raman*
DAA Adventist Church, ND
DAA Principal | Bismarck Region
George Shaver
Aberdeen Adventist Church, SD
SD Pastor | Aberdeen Region
Elisa Shumaker
Sioux Falls Adventist Church, SD
Sioux Falls Region
Kelli Wasemiller
Rapid City Adventist Church, SD
Rapid City Region
Robin Weisz
Goodrich Adventist Church, ND
Bismarck Region
Janna Wright
Invitation Hill Adventist Church, ND
ND Teacher | Dickinson Region
Superintendent*
Church Adventist, ND
Education Superintendent
Dakota K-12 Board of Education Invitees
**Invitee
Neil Biloff**
Alumni Representative
DAA/PVA/SRA Alumni President
Jodi Dossenko**
DAA Adventist Church, ND
Communication Director
Eric Garrett**
Dakota Adventist Academy Church, ND
DAA Plant Services Director
**Serves on Building & Grounds
Sub-committee only
Lynette Miller**
Mandan Adventist Church, ND
DAA Development Director
Ted Struntz**
Bismarck Adventist Church, ND
Youth & Young Adults Director
All Dakota Conference department directors are invitees to board meetings.