District Governor

Name: Kacy Haatvedt

Home Club
College of St. Scholastica

Division:
North Star Division

Major and Year in School:
Elementary Education

What do you want the CKI members to know about your position:
I'm here for you! As governor, I work with the district board to make sure that you get the most out of your Circle K experience. I work to serve the best interest of the clubs in our district and provide a link between the Minn-Dak district and the International level. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.... or just want to chat!

Favorite Service project:
Death by Chocolate - helping out a worthy cause, and sampling gourmet chocolate :)

Random Fact about yourself:
Cereal with milk is disgusting... just being around it freaks me out. If you're eating it and I run away, don't be offended!

District Secretary

Name:
Kristin Thomas

Home Club
Mankato

Division:
North Star Division

Committe:
Milky Way Committee

Major and Year in School:
Communication Disorders and Spanish - Senior

What do you want the CKI members to know about your position:
I collect all the monthly reports, keep track of the service hours our district does and take minutes at meetings and district events.

Favorite Service project:
Anything having to do with kids!

Random Fact about yourself:
I also go by Fred.

Bulletin Editor

Name:
Mark Nyquist

Home Club
Winona

Division:
North Star Division

Committe:

Major and Year in School:
Computer Science

What do you want the CKI members to know about your position:
I make all of the Buffalo Chips newsletters and manage the district website.

Favorite Service project:
Working with Habitat for Humanity at last years FLTC taking apart the building in St. Cloud

Lieutenant Governor Rolling Plains Division

Name:
Leah Burch

Home Club
Moorhead

Division:
Rolling Plains Division

Major and Year in School:
Spanish with minors in Biology, Sociology, and Philosophy - Sophomore at Concordia College in Moorhead

What do you want the CKI members to know about your position:
My position mainly consists of checking in with the clubs in my division and making sure they are all on track by giving them the resources they need. I am excited about this position because I get to be in contact with a bunch of new people and I get to visit the other clubs and students in the Circle K clubs in my division as well as helping people out and getting people excited to do service work!

Favorite Service project:
My list is long for favorite service projects because I love them all, but some of my favorite service projects in my Fargo-Moorhead area have been helping the Special Olympics team, setting up Christmas trees to donate through Frasier, teaching elementary school kids about animals at Science Academies, Relay for Life, and helping save the Fargo-Moorhead community during the flood by sandbagging.

Random Fact about yourself:
I don’t have anything particularly interesting about myself, but I can be a very interesting person to get to know! I love staying active and involved in various things (and I don’t sleep much because of it ;]) and I can get along with just about anyone!

Lieutenant Governor Dakota Star Division

Name:
Kari L. Hipsak

Home Club
Augustana College

Division:
Dakota Star

Committee:
K-Family

Major and Year in School:
Majors in Professional Accountancy, Business Administration, and Spanish - Junior

What do you want the CKI members to know about your position:
To keep it simple, I sort of act like an intermediary between the district and the specific clubs in my division. It's interesting to be able to interact with more clubs than just my home club.

Favorite Service project:
I really enjoyed collecting play-doh and making cards for the Sanford Children's hospital in Sioux Falls during 2009 DCON. It was awesome to see how excited the hospital was to receive the donation!

Random Fact about yourself:
I really, really enjoy ballroom dancing and the semi-popped, crunchy pieces of popcorn. Not too semi-popped though. There's a happy medium between the good ones and the painful ones.

Lieutenant Governor North Star Division

Name:
Matt Nistler

Home Club
MSU Mankato

Division:
North Star

Committee:
Bylaws committee

Major and Year in School:
Accounting and finance - Junior

What do you want the CKI members to know about your position:
My favorite thing about being a lieutenant Governor is being able to contact and visit other clubs, it's an opportunity to see club members outside of conventions and get to know them better. This year I am in charge of the bylaws committee, and am very excited to make some changes this year to the bylaws.

Favorite Service project:
My favorite service project has to be rake the town, it's a project where volunteers rake the lawns of people that cannot do it themselves. The best part is that the Mankato club has been partnering up with the builders club so it's a chance to hang out with wee tots while having fun doing service.