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MEMO Leadership Contact Information

Executive Committee | Special Interest Division Chairs | Standing Committee Chairs
Affiliate Organization Contacts | Region Chairs

Executive Committee:

President: Dawn Nelson Sandburg Middle School Robbinsdale Public Schools 2400 Sandburg Lane Golden Valley, MN 55427 Office: 763-504-8211 Home: 952-471-0287 dawn_nelson@rdale.k12.mn.us	President-Elect: Tori Jensen Spring Lake Park High School 8001 Able St. NE Spring Lake Park, MN 55432 Office: 763-786-5571 Home: 651-483-1064 tjense@district16.org
Past-President: Leslie Yoder Educational Technology St. Paul Public Schools 1930 Como Avenue St. Paul, MN 55108 Office: 651-603-4923 Home: 651-291-7792 leslie.yoder@spps.org
Secretary: Mary Mehsikomer Region 1/NW-LINKS 810 4th Ave. So. Suite 220 PO Box 1178 Moorhead, MN 56561 Office: 218-284-3117 Cell: 701-338-2060 mary@region1.k12.mn.us	Treasurer: Gina Light

Special Interest Division Chairs:

Commercial SID: Monte Kuehl Rainbow Book Company PO Box 493 Madison Lake, MN 55063 Phone: 888-688-0178 monte@rainbowbookcompany.com	Literature: Laurie Conzemius Pine Meadow Elementary Sartell-St. Stephan Schools 1029 5th St. N. Sartell, MN\| 56377 Office: 320-656-3701 x4111 conzemius@sartell.k12.mn.us
Technology Co-Chair: Marc Johnson ECMECC 531 Elmhurst Ave. S. Braham, MN 55006 Office: 320-396-3674 mjohnson@ecmecc.k12.mn.us	Technology Co-Chair: Lynn Tenney Inver Grove Heights Schools Office: 651-306-71000 tenneyl@invergrove.k12.mn.us

Administrative Staff:

Administrative Assistant: Deanna Sylte PO Box 130555 Roseville, MN 55113-0005 Phone/Fax: 651-771-8672 admin@memoweb.org	Lobbyist: Elaine Keefe Capitol Hill Associates 523 Park St. Suite 310 St. Paul, MN 55103 Office: 612-293-0229 elaine@capitolhillassoc.com
Editor MEMOrandom: Mary Alice Anderson 1666 Clubview Rd. Winona, MN 55987 Office: 507-494-2271 maryalicea@mac.com	Editor M/T News: Marc Johnson ECMECC 531 Elmhurst Ave. S. Braham, MN 55006 Office: 320-396-3674 mjohnson@ecmecc.k12.mn.us

Standing Committee Chairs:

Archives and History:	Mert Thompson, Glen Heinecke
Auditing:	Anne Hanson, Glenn Heinecke
Awards:	Mary Garlie
Bylaws:	Dawn Nelson
Collaboration:	Leslie Yoder, Dawn Nelson
Communications:	Doug Johnson
Conference Chair - 2009:	Dawn Nelson
Finance:	Gary Ganje
Intellectual Freedom:	Doug Johnson
Legislative:	Doug Johnson
MEMO Store:	Joan Larson
Nominations:	Gary Ganje
Policy and Procedures:	Dawn Nelson
Program:	Gwen Toppe
Red Fund:	Gary Ganje
MYRA:	Denise Beckstrand
State Librarian:	Suzanne Miller

Affiliate Organization Contacts:

AASL Region III Director: Karen Lemmons
AASL Region III Director-Elect: Cara Cavin
State Library Advisory Council Member: Barbara Theirl

Region Chairs:

Northwest (1): Glenn Heinecke Roseau Community School 509 3rd St. NE Roseau, MN 56751 Office: 218-463-6418 Fax: 218-463-6303 Glenn_Heinecke@roseau.k12.mn.us	Northeast (2): VACANT
West Central (3 & 4): VACANT	Southwest: Susan Halvorson 420 E. Chestnut Redwood Falls, MN 56283 Office: 507-644-3531 Home: 507-637-3119 shalvorson@redwood.mntm.org
East Central (6): Laura Kary-Smith Big Woods Elementary 13470 Frankfort Pkwy NE St. Michael, MN 55376 Office: 763-497-8025 x6300 laurak@stma.k12.mn.us	East Central (6): Kristina Kampa Fieldstone Elementary 5255 Jansen Ave. NE St. Michael, MN 55376 Office: 763-497-0904 x7300 kristinak@stma.k12.mn.us
South Central (8): Johnna Horton Mankato West High School 1351 S. Riverfront Dr. Mankato, MN 56002 Office: 507-387-3461 jhorto1@isd77.k12.mn.us	Southeast (9): VACANT
Metro (10 & 11): Sally Mays

Minnesota Association of School Librarians 1947 - 1976 MASL Presidents	Audiovisual Communications Association of Minnesota 1947 - 1976 AVCAM Presidents
1947-48 Ruth Marfell	1951-52 Milford I. Smith
1948-50 Blanche Thompson	1952-53 William J. Price
1950-52 Ingrid Miller	1953-54 C. J. Arnold
1952-54 Margaret Hobart	1954-55 E. Dudley Parsons
1954-56 Naomi Hokanson	1955-56 Ted A. Johnson
1955-57 Willa Church	1955-57 Neville Pearson
1957-58 Jane Strebel	1957-58 Robert J. Schultz
1958-59 Mildred Green	1958-59 E. Dudley Parsons
1959-60 Emma Duncan	1959-60 Curt E. Lehman
1960-61 Francis Blonigan	1960-61 Thomas S. Tripet
1961-62 Marion Welken	1961-62 Robert A. Bauman
1962-63 Laura Taylor	1962-63 Robert H. Shager
1963-64 Louise Clarke	1963-64 Wesley J. F. Grabow
1964-65 Margaret Ferguson	1964-65 Wesley J. F. Grabow
1965-66 Helen Whiting	1965-66 Harry C. Webb
1966-67 Jean Peterson	1966-67 William Shragg
1967-68 Mary Meyer	1967-68 Luther Brown
1968-69 Marion Turner	1968-69 Leroy K. Mesedahl
1969-70 Roger Lonning	1969-70 Douglas S. Hed
1970-71 James Bacon	1970-71 Gerald R. McKay
1971-72 Polly Ross	1971-72 Thomas E. Collins
1972-73 Phyllis Thornley	1972-73 Willard D. Phillipson
1973-74 David Berg	1973-74 Laurel D. Benson
1974-75 Kathryn Brinkman	1974-75 Edward Payne
1975-76 Doris Pagel	1975-76 Jack R. Loss and Arnold E. Luce

Minnesota Educational Media Organization Presidents 1976 - Current Year 1976-1977 Gladys Sheehan and Lawrence Smelser	1977-1978 Helen Stub
1978-1979 Tony Schulzetenberg	1979-1980 John See
1980-1981 Saundra Hustad	1981-1982 Don Overlie
1982-1983 Larry Gifford	1983-1984 Raymond Birr
1984-1985 Duane Radeke	1985-1986 Helen Rudie
1986-1987 William Fredell	1987-1988 Tim Eklund
1988-1989 Shirley Christenson	1989-1990 Gail Jubala
1990-1991 Frank Birmingham	1991-1992 Judy Bull
1992-1993 Fran McDonald	1993-1994 James Marshall
1994-1995 Fran McDonald	1995-1996 Phyllis Lacroix
1996-1997 Donna Winder	1997-1998 June Gross
1998-1999 Judy Armold and Lars Steltzner	1999-2000 Allen Edwards and Leslie Erickson
2000-2001 Susan Benson Krohn and Charlie (Linda) Lindberg	2001-2002 Nancy Evans and Susan Meyer
2002-2003 Becky Beck and Gay Galles	2003-2004 Doug Johnson
2004-2005 Jane Prestebak	2005-2006 Laurie Conzemius and Mary Garlie
2006-2007 Gina Light and Barb Thierl	2007-2008 Gary Ganje
2008-2009 Leslie Yoder	2009-2010 Dawn Nelson