CHESTER FRITZ AUDITORIUM - Key Persons


Adam Kurtz

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Communication Editor

Aimee Halstenson

Job Titles:
  • Web Manager

Alexander Kroke

Job Titles:
  • Asst Dir Marketing Strategy

Alyssa Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Digital Marketing Specialist

Amy Henley

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the Nistler College of Business & Public Administration

Angie Panzer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Dean

Art Malloy

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Student Affairs

Becca Warnke

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Becky Mann

Job Titles:
  • Director, Fiscal Affairs

Betty Allan

Job Titles:
  • Director

Bill Chaves

Job Titles:
  • Athletics Director

Bradley Rundquist

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences

Brian Pappas

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the Law School

Brian Tande

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the College of Engineering & Mines

Brooke Conlin

Job Titles:
  • Dir Ceremonies & Univ Events
  • Dir Ceremonies & Univ Events, Ceremonies & University Events

Cassie Niles

Job Titles:
  • Videographer

Charles Gorecki

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Energy & Environmental Research Center

Cheri Williams

Job Titles:
  • Executive Asst to President

Cheryl Hunter

Job Titles:
  • Interim Dean of the College of Education & Human Development

Chris Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Dean of School of Graduate Studies

Clifford Hall Room


Connor Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Internal Communications Editor
  • Internal Communications Editor, UND Communications

Crystal Kahl

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Dale Griffin - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Technical Director

David Dodds - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications
  • Director of Communications, UND Communications / Media Engagement, FOIA Facilitations, Media Interview Prep
  • Member of the Division of Marketing & Communications
David Dodds is the UND Communications Director and a member of the Division of Marketing & Communications. In those roles, Dodds develops and implements media and communications strategies for UND, develops strategic media plans, coordinates public relations, UND Today, manages media contacts, pitches stories and responds to media and public inquiries. Dodds began his Communication Director duties on Feb. 19, 2019. He is the founding editor and developer of UND Today. Dodds has been with UND for 15 years, and has worked primarily with media, publications and public relations. Previously, he was a reporter for The Grand Forks Herald, where he mostly covered higher education in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Retired from the North Dakota Army National Guard, Dodds served on several deployments as a military journalist, including to the Middle East and Balkans over his 25-year military career. While in the Army, Dodds managed visits by national and international civilian reporters, helping them embed with troops who were serving overseas. He has been deployed to Iraq, Qatar, Kosovo, Germany, Italy and South Korea. Dodds, who was born in New Rockford, N.D., and grew up in Dickinson, N.D., earned his bachelor's degree in communication from UND in 1998. He is married to Jennifer, an elementary teacher in Grand Forks, where they have chosen to settle and raise five daughters: Emma, Eliza, Josephine, Amelia and Lydia. He succeeded longtime University spokesman and former Interim Vice President for University Relations Peter Johnson.

DeAnna Carlson Zink

Job Titles:
  • CEO, UND Alumni Association & Foundation

Debbie Landeis

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Secretary

Donna Smith

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President for Equal Opportunity & Title IX

Dr. Andrew Armacost - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Dr. Andrew Armacost was chosen by the State Board of Higher Education to serve as the University of North Dakota's 13th president. Armacost officially began his tenure as UND President on June 1, 2020. Armacost recently completed his service as the Dean of the Faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy. With more than 30 years on active duty and 20 years at the Academy, Armacost served in the rank of Brigadier General as the chief academic officer for this nationally renowned institution.

Elizabeth Bjerke

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean / Professor

Elizabeth Weber

Job Titles:
  • Editor
  • Graphic Designer
  • Graphic Designer / Editor, Marketing & Creative Services

Emily Beck

Job Titles:
  • Content Strategist / Writer
  • Content Strategist / Writer, Marketing & Creative Services

Eric Link

Job Titles:
  • Provost and VP for Academic Affairs

Gary Ebel

Job Titles:
  • Senior HR Manager

Hayley Kuntz

Job Titles:
  • Social Media Manager
  • Social Media Manager, Marketing & Creative Services

Jaime Adams

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer
  • Graphic Designer, Marketing & Creative Services

Janelle Vonasek

Job Titles:
  • Special Projects Editor
  • Special Projects Editor, UND Communications

Jen Curry

Job Titles:
  • Account Technician
  • Account Technician, VP Marketing & Communications

Jen Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Director of University Policy

Jennifer Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Director of University Policy

Jennifer Swangler

Job Titles:
  • Dir Mktg & Creative Strategies

Jessica Kinneberg

Job Titles:
  • Creative Director & Brand Mgr

Jill Novotny

Job Titles:
  • Asst to the VP Marktng & Comm

Joseph Banish

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Communication Writer

Joshua Wynne

Job Titles:
  • VP of Health Affairs and Dean of School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Karla Mongeon-Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Vice President for Finance & Operations / COO
  • VP Finance & Operations / COO
  • VP for Finance & Operations

Kyle Kinnamon

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager

Laura McDaniel

Job Titles:
  • Senior Graphic Designer

Lori Shafer

Job Titles:
  • Budget & HR Manager

Madison Kunz

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

Marcie Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Maridee Shogren

Job Titles:
  • Dean of the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines

Mark Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate Vice President for Facilities

Matthew Schill

Job Titles:
  • Senior Videographer

Meloney Linder - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • VP for Marketing & Communications

Mike Hess

Job Titles:
  • Photographer

Monica Evavold

Job Titles:
  • Events & Projects Coordinator

Nicole Massie

Job Titles:
  • Events & Projects Coordinator

Odella Fuqua

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Finance

Patrick Hill - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Technical Director

Paula Amborn

Job Titles:
  • Office Assistant

Peggy Varberg

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Human Resources & Payroll Services

Peni Rosten

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Rachel Langley

Job Titles:
  • Web Specialist

Rebecca Bichel

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Libraries & Information Resources

Rob Carolin

Job Titles:
  • Chief of Staff

Robert Benda

Job Titles:
  • Videographer

Robert Frasier

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer
  • Executive Assistant

Robert Kraus

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Aerospac
  • Dean of the School of Aerospace Sciences

Rodney Clark

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Public Safety / Chief of Police

Sabina Haase

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Coordinator

Sara Haugen

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Manager

Scott Snyder

Job Titles:
  • VP for Research & Economic Development

Shawna Schill

Job Titles:
  • Senior University Photographer

Tamba-Kuii Bailey


Tanner Rosendahl

Job Titles:
  • Digital Marketing Manager

Tera Buckley

Job Titles:
  • Director Web / Digital Strategy

Tom Dennis

Job Titles:
  • Editor, UND Today

Tom Swangler

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director / Box Office

Walter Criswell

Job Titles:
  • Writer / Editor