NEA RA DELEGATES Stacy Adamson is an elementary Health and Physical Education teacher at Harwood, which is in the West Fargo Public School District.
This is her eighth year of teaching. Adamson has been a member of the district, local and state associations since she began teaching. For the last year, she has served as West Fargo vice president. Previously, she served as a building representative. Last year, Adamson was chosen by her local association, West Fargo Education Association, to represent them in Las Vegas at the NEA Leadership Summit. Adamson is married and has three children.
Deb Beeler, a Speech Pathologist in the West Fargo Public Schools, is in her 33rd year of teaching in the state of North Dakota. Thirty-one of those years were in the West Fargo Public Schools system.
Beeler is in her third year as the treasurer for West Fargo Education Association (WFEA). Prior to serving as the treasurer, she was an Elementary Representative on the Executive Board for West Fargo Education Association. WFEA continues to grow as quickly as the school district, and therefore the Association duties keep her busy. She graduated from North Dakota State University with her Bachelor’s degree and the University of North Dakota with her Master’s degree in Speech Pathology. Beeler continues to be active in her church, an advocate for the students she works with, and says she enjoys spending much of her time assisting her aging parents.
Lisa K. Dullum is completing her 15th year of teaching. For the first seven years, she taught K-12 music in Bowbells and Grenora. The past eight years, she has spent her time teaching elementary music for West Fargo Public Schools. Dullum has been a member of WFEA since she started teaching in West Fargo, and in the past few years she started taking a more active role as WFEA Executive Board Secretary, multiple committees, and as a building representative. She is now serving as president of the West Fargo Executive Board. Dullum chose to take a more active role because those who have been leading for many years would be retiring, and Dullum feels it was important to take the initiative to learn from those leaders/ mentors. She is excited for the opportunity to be involved in her local association and is looking forward to the possibility of being involved at a state level.
Toni Gumeringer, a speech language pathologist in the Bismarck Public Schools, is a current NDU Board of Directors member. She was elected to serve on the NDU board in April of 2013. Toni chaired the 2009 NDEA Instructional Conference and co-chaired the 2011 Instructional Conference. On the local level, Gumeringer has served as president, vice president and treasurer. She has attended four RAs, one as a state delegate and three times as a Bismarck representative. Gumeringer has been married to her husband, Ron, for 31 years. They have three sons, Travis (Sarah) of Bismarck, Christopher of Mandan, Benjamin of Fargo, and one grandson, Chase.
Linda Maize, a second-grade teacher from Beulah, has her Master’s degree from Minot State University in Elementary Education.
She was a member of the NDEA Board of Directors for six years. She is currently on the NDU Foundation Board and serves on the Ready Child Commission. She also belongs to the ND Reading Association and serves on the Beulah Imagination Library Committee as treasurer. Maize is a past Nationally Board Certified Teacher. She did not renew since she is close to retirement. In her school district, she served as the NCA Steering Committee chair, secretary for the Dollars for Scholars, and various committees. She has been fortunate to attend the Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute, the National Board Leadership Conference, and the National Writing Project Conference.
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Her hobbies and interests are photography, reading, scrapbooking, stamping cards, making jewelry, pastel painting, watercolor and china painting. She belongs to various art organizations and holds several offices in them. Her first love has always been her Quarter Horses. Maize looks forward to being a delegate to the NEA Representative Assembly.
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