Organization of NSU

Board of Regents
306 East Capitol Avenue, Suite 200, Pierre, SD 57501
Honorable John W. Bastian	Belle Fourche
Honorable Lucas Lund	Vermillion
Honorable David Mickelson	Sioux Falls (Minnehaha County)
Honorable Jim Morgan	Brookings
Honorable Pam Roberts	Pierre (Hughes County)
Honorable Randy Schaefer	Madison
Honorable Kevin Schieffer	Sioux Falls (Lincoln County)
Honorable Jim Thares	Aberdeen
Honorable Joan Wink	Howes (Meade)
Executive Director Paul B. Beran	Pierre

Officers of Northern State University
Timothy Downs	President
B.A., California State University M.A., West Virginia University Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Veronica Paulson	Vice President for Finance and Administration
B.S., Northern State University

Alan LaFave	Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
B.M.E., Northern State University M.M., Arizona State University D.M.A., Arizona State University	Professor of Music

Jeremy Reed	Vice President for Student Affairs/Enrollment Manager
B.A., Lorns College M.Ed., Kent State University Ph.D., University of Iowa

Debbi Bumpous	Vice President for Technology/Chief Information Officer
B.S., Northern State University B.S.Ed., Northern State University M.S., Northern State University Ed.D., University of South Dakota

Academic Administration

Kenneth Boulton

Dean, School of Fine Arts

B.M., Washington State University
M.M., University of Maryland
D.M.A., University of Maryland

Ronald Brownie

Director of Online and Continuing Education

A.S., Quincy College
B.S., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
M.S., Chapman University

Joshua Hagen

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

B.A., University of Northern Iowa
M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Peggy Hallstrom

Registrar

B.S., University of Minnesota
M.A., Hamline University

Joelle Lien

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

B.M.E., South Dakota State University
M.M. Arizona State University
D.M.A., Arizona State University

Director of Graduate Studies

Timothy Mantz

Dean, School of Business

B.F.A., Pratt Institute
M.B.A., University of Phoenix
D.B.A., Argosy University

Steven Rasmussen

Director of University College

B.A., Washington State University
M.A., Washington State University

Robert Russell

Director of Library

B.S., Minnesota State University, Mankato
M.A., Minnesota State University, Mankato
M.L.I.S., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Associate Professor of Library Science

Elvira Sanatullova-Allison

Dean - Millicent Atkins School of Education

B.A., Uzbekistan State University of World Languages
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Professor of Education