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Suzanne Bursh
Administrative Assistant Outreach

Suzanne Bursh

Administrative Assistant

Outreach

Suzanne Bursh is lead administrative specialist and budget coordinator for Perpich Arts Outreach. She has helped to host numerous Perpich agency events, workshops and receptions. She studied elementary education at the University of Minnesota and pursued culinary training in hotel and restaurant cooking at the St. Paul Vocational and Technical School and baking at Dunwoody Institute.

suzanne.bursh@pcae.k12.mn.us

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Alina Campana
Turnaround Arts: Minnesota Director Outreach

Alina Campana

Turnaround Arts: Minnesota Director

Outreach

Turnaround Arts director

alina.campana@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4183

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Daniel Crapo
Residence Coordinator Resident Services

Daniel Crapo

Residence Coordinator

Resident Services

daniel.crapo@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4201

Dan Crapo started volunteering with youth at a community center in 1996. Since then he has volunteered, both part-time and fulltime, in various youth organizations. He has lived and worked in the Twin Cities since 2012 and is from Indianapolis. He received bachelor's and master's degrees of divinity from Cornerstone University. He enjoys bicycling, hiking, playing soccer, coaching kids' sports and reading anything by Wendell Berry. He is married with two sons.

Fun fact: In one year during college he was both the Golden Eagle Atheletic Department winner in soccer and acted in an original adaptation of "Wuthering Heights."

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Anne Dennison
Librarian Library

Anne Dennison

Librarian

Library

Anne Dennison graduated from The College of St. Catherine with a master's degree in library and information science. She joined the Perpich Library staff in the fall of 2010. Previously, she taught English in Bratislava, Slovakia for two years and worked at Hennepin County Library. She loves reading young adult literature and playing drums.

anne.dennison@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4170

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Lori Dirckx
Accounting Technician Finance

Lori Dirckx

Accounting Technician

Finance

763-279-4164

lori.dirckx@pcae.k12.mn.us

Years of service: 1 vcard
Karla Donner
Front Desk/Attendance Clerk High School

Karla Donner

Front Desk/Attendance Clerk

High School

karla.donner@pcae.k.12.mn.us

763-279-4200

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Nathan Duffy
Director of Technology IT

Nathan Duffy

Director of Technology

IT

nathan.duffy@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4175

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Jody Gentz
Student Records Coordinator Student Services

Jody Gentz

Student Records Coordinator

Student Services

Jody Gentz has worked at Perpich Arts High School since June, 1997. She began as the attendance clerk and two years later began helping with admissions work. She was shortly promoted to records coordinator and began to work closely with admission process.

jody.gentz@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4263

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Todd Goetze
Accounting Finance

Todd Goetze

Accounting

Finance

todd.goetze@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4166

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Kathy Grundei
Education Specialist - Arts Integration Outreach

Kathy Grundei

Education Specialist - Arts Integration

Outreach

kathy.grundei@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4181

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Jeremy Holien
Education Specialist Outreach

Jeremy Holien

Education Specialist

Outreach

jeremy.holien@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4185

Jeremy Holien serves as the Perpich visual and media arts education outreach education specialist. He works in professional and curriculum development, state standards implementation and assessment practices. He is responsible for statewide initiatives in visual and media arts education. Holien has specific expertise in technology integration, visual and media arts education curriculum design, distance learning, standards-based education and assessment and arts integration.

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Anne Johnson
Admissions Coordinator Student Services

Anne Johnson

Admissions Coordinator

Student Services

763-279-4195

anne.johnson@pcae.k12.mn.us

Years of service: 1 vcard
Tina Krieger
Human Resources Technician Human Resources

Tina Krieger

Human Resources Technician

Human Resources

763-279-4163

christina.krieger@pcae.k12.mn.us

Years of service: 1 vcard
Lon Lamprecht
Executive Assistant Administration

Lon Lamprecht

Executive Assistant

Administration

lon.lamprecht@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4161

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Jessica Liepke
School Nurse Student Services

Jessica Liepke

School Nurse

Student Services

763-279-4193

jessica.liepke@pcae.k12.mn.us

Years of service: 0 vcard
Betsy Maloney
Outreach Coordinator Outreach

Betsy Maloney

Outreach Coordinator

Outreach

Betsy Maloney, Ph.D., is the outreach coordinator for Perpich Center. Prior to working at Perpich, Betsy taught dance at Main Street School of Performing Arts. She has a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of Minnesota, an MFA in dance performance and choreography from the University of Colorado, and a BA in English and dance from Gustavus Adolphus College. She is also licensed in Minnesota as a K-12 dance/theatre teacher. In addition to her work at Perpich, Betsy teaches and conducts research in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota.

Years of service: 2 vcard
Virginia McFerran
Education Specialist Outreach

Virginia McFerran

Education Specialist

Outreach

virginia.mcferran@pcae.k12.mn.us

Virginia McFerran is the Perpich theater education coordinator, who works with K-12 school teams throughout Minnesota to infuse theater strategies into the school curriculum. In collaboration with theaters, teachers and educational associations, she organizes statewide workshops and presents sessions for school districts and educational conferences. Each year, she assists the Minnesota Department of Education as co-director of the Theater Scholars program. She has taught theater, speech and language arts at the secondary and college levels and directed numerous school productions. She has also served as director/playwright/actor with Teatro Latino, Teatro del Pueblo and other local theaters. McFerran holds B.A. degrees in English and speech, and a Ph.D. in theater arts from the University of Minnesota.

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Jerry Miller
Security Officer Security

Jerry Miller

Security Officer

Security

jerry.miller@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4202

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Ray O'Neill
Security Officer Security

Ray O'Neill

Security Officer

Security

ray.oneill@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4202

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Angela Pederson
Cafeteria Director

Angela Pederson

Cafeteria Director

Years of service: 2 vcard
Todd Pierson
Education Specialist - Arts Integration Outreach

Todd Pierson

Education Specialist - Arts Integration

Outreach

todd.pierson@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4197

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Peggy Rader
Communications Director Administration

Peggy Rader

Communications Director

Administration

peggy.rader@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4168

Before coming to Perpich, Peggy Rader served in leadership communication positions at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, primarily in the College of Education and Human Development. Prior to that, she was a freelance writer for magazines and newspapers nationally. She began her career as a newspaper reporter, working at papers in New York, Ohio, Kansas and Seattle, WA.

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Jennifer Raths
Outreach administrative assistant Outreach

Jennifer Raths

Outreach administrative assistant

Outreach

763-279-4180

jennifer.raths@pcae.k12.mn.us

Years of service: 0 vcard
Lindsey Redmann
Guidance Counselor High School

Lindsey Redmann

Guidance Counselor

High School

763-279-4266

lindsey.redmann@pcae.k12.mn.us

Years of service: 1 vcard
Byron Richard
Education Research Coordinator Outreach

Byron Richard

Education Research Coordinator

Outreach

byron.richard@pcae.k12.mn.us

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Marla Riemer
Administrative Specialist Student Services

Marla Riemer

Administrative Specialist

Student Services

Marla Riemer has worked in the principal's office since 1998. She was selected as the 2009 Metro Division Principal's Office Professional of the Year by the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals. Prior to her arts high school work, she started at Perpich in 1996 working for what is now the outreach and professional development group.

marla.riemer@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4261

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Sheri Tamte
Turnaround Arts Coordinator Outreach

Sheri Tamte

Turnaround Arts Coordinator

Outreach

sheri.tamte@pcae.k12.mn.us

763-279-4188

Years of service: 3 vcard
Noelle Wolf
Art-Based Psychotherapist Student Services

Noelle Wolf

Art-Based Psychotherapist

Student Services

763-279-4260

noelle.wolf@pcae.k12.mn.us

Noelle is so very proud to be a member of the Perpich community once again, as she is an alumna of the arts high school, class of 2003! Noelle is a strength based, person-centered psychotherapist, working with students who need support around their mental health and who may need a safe space to process emotions at their own pace. Noelle provides art-based therapy, as well as high fives and general cheerleading to students in need.

Noelle received a bachelor’s degree in art therapy from the University of Wisconsin–Superior and a master’s degree in art therapy and counseling from Southwestern College, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Besides fulfilling the role of an art-centered therapist, Noelle is a dog-mom, an artist, a cartoon enthusiast, an adventurer, a dreamer, a daughter, a sister, a friend and a helper. When not at work, she can be found enjoying community events in the Twin Cities, spending time with family and friends or watching Disney movies at her home in South Minneapolis with her spoiled five-year-old pin-chi-weenie, Cecil.

Years of service: 1 vcard

About Perpich Center

Staff Directory

Suzanne Bursh

Suzanne Bursh

Administrative Assistant

Alina Campana

Alina Campana

Turnaround Arts: Minnesota Director

Daniel Crapo

Daniel Crapo

Residence Coordinator

Anne Dennison

Anne Dennison

Librarian

Lori Dirckx

Lori Dirckx

Accounting Technician

Karla Donner

Karla Donner

Front Desk/Attendance Clerk

Nathan Duffy

Nathan Duffy

Director of Technology

Jody Gentz

Jody Gentz

Student Records Coordinator

Todd Goetze

Todd Goetze

Accounting

Kathy Grundei

Kathy Grundei

Education Specialist - Arts Integration

Jeremy Holien

Jeremy Holien

Education Specialist

Anne Johnson

Anne Johnson

Admissions Coordinator

Tina Krieger

Tina Krieger

Human Resources Technician

Lon Lamprecht

Lon Lamprecht

Executive Assistant

Jessica Liepke

Jessica Liepke

School Nurse

Betsy Maloney

Betsy Maloney

Outreach Coordinator

Virginia McFerran

Virginia McFerran

Education Specialist

Jerry Miller

Jerry Miller

Security Officer

Ray O'Neill

Ray O'Neill

Security Officer

Angela Pederson

Angela Pederson

Cafeteria Director

Todd Pierson

Todd Pierson

Education Specialist - Arts Integration

Peggy Rader

Peggy Rader

Communications Director

Jennifer Raths

Jennifer Raths

Outreach administrative assistant

Lindsey Redmann

Lindsey Redmann

Guidance Counselor

Byron Richard

Byron Richard

Education Research Coordinator

Marla Riemer

Marla Riemer

Administrative Specialist