Board Members 

Joanne Dorsher, treasurer

3152 Blackheath Drive
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Home: 320-654-9257
E-mail: joanne.dorsher@isd742.org

Term expires Dec. 31, 2008

Joanne Dorsher has been involved in education all her life. She comes to the Board with a perspective of a student, a teacher, an administrator, a parent, and a community volunteer. She graduated from UCLA with a major in psychology/mathematics and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Minnesota in special education.

Her previous experiences include being a special education teacher and the administrator of a developmental achievement center. She has been involved in District 742 schools the past ten years, volunteering in the classroom, providing enrichments for students, and participating in site councils and district committees. Outside of school hours, Joanne coached Academic Triathlon and Odyssey of the Mind Teams.

Currently, Dorsher is on the board of the Great River Educational Arts Theatre, and serves occasionally as a costumer. As part of the School Board, she serves as the Chair of the Board Personnel Committee and is a member of the Board Community Linkages Committee. She is the Board appointed representative on the Central Minnesota Joint Powers Board, the Fiber Optics Joint Powers Board, the Safe Schools/Healthy Students Grant Advisory Committee, the Community Relations Task Force, the Special Education Study Review Committee, the Waite Park Chamber of Commerce, and the Schools for Equity in Education (SEE) Organization. Dorsher is the Board of Education liaison to Discovery Community School, Area Learning Center, and the Children’s Home.

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Sigrid Hedman-Dennis

32170 County Road 1
St. Cloud, MN 56303
Cell Phone: 290-4107
E-mail: sigrid.hedman-dennis@isd742.org

Term expires Dec. 31, 2010

Sigrid Hedman-Dennis brings a nursing perspective to the board. She has a bachelor of arts in nursing from Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, and a master of science in nursing from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. She is a licensed registered nurse and a certified clinical nurse specialist in the area of pediatrics.

Sigrid is employed by the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University as a nursing faculty/clinical nurse specialist. Her area of expertise is infant, child and young adult care.

Sigrid and her spouse Jon Dennis have 2 sons, Marc and Paul. Jon and Sigrid have been volunteers in the St. Cloud Area Schools during theirs sons attendance at Westwood, Discovery, North, and Apollo.

Sigrid will chair the Board Development Committee and be a member of the Personnel Committee for the 2008 year.

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Les Green, clerk

25447 Pleasant Road
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Home: 320-253-6613
E-mail: les.green@isd742.org

Term expires Dec. 31, 2008

Les Green graduated from Ralph H. Rosenberger High School, St. Cloud. He graduated from St. Cloud State College in 1972, with majors in sociology and psychology. In 1993, Les received a master's degree in Human Relations from St. Cloud State University. He received his Doctorate in Educational Administration and Leadership from the University of Minnesota in October of 2006

He was St. Cloud State's first African American instructor in 1972 in the Department of Education, helping write the curriculum for the first Human Relations program for in-servicing teachers. He served on the College of St. Benedict faculty from 1972 to 1974. Gov. Wendell Anderson appointed Les to the Minnesota Corrections Authority, where he served as vice chair for eight years and chair for two years. Green served as Executive Officer of Adult Release until 1986 when he resigned to return to school and earn his master's degree.

Green is on the boards of Wells Fargo Bank, St. John's University Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research and the Central Minnesota Community Foundation. He also serves on the general grants committee of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation. His full-time job is director of the Office of Cultural Diversity in the College of Education at SCSU.

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Debra Lalley, chair

32342 Meadow Lane
St. Joseph, MN 56374
Home: 320-363-8468
E-mail: debra.lalley@isd742.org

Term expires Dec. 31, 2008

Deb Lalley has a bachelor of science in Nursing from St. Olaf College and a master of science from the University of Minnesota. She is licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse in child and adolescent psychiatry.
Deb provides therapy and psychiatric medication management to children and adolescents at the CentraCare Child and Adolescent Specialty Center.

She is married to Patrick Lalley. Her three children graduated from District 742 schools. She was active as a site council member at Kennedy, Discovery, North and Apollo schools.

Deb served on the Board of Education from 2000 to 2004. She was a member of the steering committee for Kids Voting of St. Cloud Area and served as vice chair of the last election campaign. She is an advisory board member for Safe Schools/Healthy Students. She's a member of Stearns County Children's Mental Health Work Group. She is a past board member of Local Education and Activities Foundation and a past board member of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Minnesota.

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Bruce A. Mohs

1554 8th Avenue SE
St. Cloud, MN 56304
Home: 320-251-1218
E-mail: bruce.mohs@isd742.org

Term expires Dec. 31, 2010

Bruce Mohs is a retired public school educator who brings a broad background of educational experience and perspective to the District 742 Board of Education. His professional background includes classroom teaching, athletic coaching, student advising, building administration, program supervision, and international education. His work experience included duties and responsibilities at the junior high, senior high, technical college, and university levels.

During his thirty-two year professional career in the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District in southeastern Wisconsin, Mohs taught high school biology, coached boys and girls athletics, advised student organizations, and was a substitute building administrator before his retirement in June of 2000. In addition, he worked ten years part-time for Milwaukee Area Technical College as an Adult Education program supervisor and Weekend College program coordinator. He also has international teaching experience as an adjunct faculty ESL instructor at the University of Guam (2001-2002), and ESL summer language camp teacher at Liaoning University and Beijing Normal University in the People’s Republic of China (1985).

Mohs was born and raised in St. Cloud, and was educated in the public schools of District 742. He attended Jefferson Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Garfield Elementary, Central Junior High School and Technical High School. He graduated from St. Cloud Tech (‘62) where he lettered in hockey and was a member of the National Honor Society and the Junior Rotarians. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from St. Cloud State University (1968), a Master of Science Teaching Degree in Biology from the University of Arizona (1973), and a Master of Science Degree in Secondary School Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee(1983).

As a member of the District 742 Board Of Education, Mohs has served as Vice-Chairman (2006) and Chairman (2007) of the school board, and chair of the Board Development Committee (2006) and Community Linkages Committee (2005 and 2008). He’s also served as a member of the board’s contract negotiating team and as a board liaison to Tech, Apollo, NJHS, Lincoln and Talahi. At the state level, Mohs is currently on the executive board of Schools for Equity in Education (SEE), and has been selected to serve as a Minnesota School Boards Association (MSBA) Ambassador Speaker. In 2008, Mohs received the MSBA Director’s Award for having completed 100 hours of professional development training.

In addition to his duties and responsibilities as a member of the District 742 Board of Education, Mohs is involved in a number of community organizations and activities including the St. Cloud Tech High School Alumni Association, East Side Boosters, St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce, Great River Interfaith Partnership (GRIP), and Salem Lutheran Church.

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Ronald Seibring, vice-chair

84 Woodhill Road
St. Cloud, MN 56301
Home: 320-251-7815
E-mail: ronald.seibring@isd742.org

Term expires Dec. 31, 2008

Ron Seibring has been a member of the St. Cloud community for more than 20 years. He is director of sport facilities and campus recreation at St. Cloud State University. He has a master's degree in Athletic Administration and a bachelor's degree in Health Education from Western Illinois University.

Ron has served as site council president at Oak Hill Elementary School. He has volunteered on three District 742 committees: Student Activities Advisory, Curriculum and Excess Levy.

Ron and his wife, Jan, have four children. Megan, Matthew and Micki graduated from Tech High School. Michael is currently a student at Tech High School.

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Gerald Von Korff

1826 Kilian Blvd
St. Cloud, MN 56304
Home: 320-253-5156
E-mail: gerald.vonkorff@isd742.org

Term expires Dec. 31, 2010

Jerry Von Korff graduated with honors in economics from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. He attended Georgetown University Law Center, Washington D.C., where he was the law review editor. Jerry also has a master of arts in teaching and taught high school for five years. He has been an attorney for 28 years, concentrating in governmental advice and litigation, with seven years of business management experience hiring, budgeting and supervising. He has been a partner with the Rinke-Noonan law firm since 1984.

Jerry served as president of the St. Cloud Symphony, chair of the District 742 Curriculum Advisory Committee, chair of the Minnesota Bar Association Fee Mediation Committee, chair of the St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce Education Division, chair of the District 742 Talent Development Committee, chair of the Minnesota Department of Education’s Challenge Task Force, and chair of the District 742 Elementary Science Task Force. He also is a past board member of the Association of Information Technology Professionals. He has volunteered as a teacher and tutor in District 742 for more than 20 years. He started the Upward Bound program at Trinity College, Washington, D.C.

Jerry and his wife, Connie, have three sons Joshua, Benjamin and Michael. All three attended District 742 schools. The Von Korffs volunteered at Lincoln, Jefferson and Talahi schools. Jerry taught arithmetic and mathematics and Connie taught reading and literature.

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