|PRAIRIE PEOPLE| Andreson joins Altru
Laura Andreson
Wendy Devier
Keeney new alumni director for U of Mary
Laura Andreson has joined Altru Health System’s obstetrics and gynecology department in Grand Forks, N.D. Andreson received a clinical laboratory science degree at the University of North Dakota and then earned her doctor of osteopathy degree from Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Paul Keeney has been named director of alumni at the University of Mary, America’s Leadership University, in Bismarck, N.D. Keeney was previously employed for five years with the Hazelton-Moffit-Braddock Public School in Hazelton, N.D., where he was a science instructor, secondary principal, assistant football coach (Linton-HMB), and HMB Public School athletic director.
Paul Keeney
Wells Fargo hires fiduciary advisory specialist
Sanford exec chosen for national leadership award
Wendy Devier has been named fiduciary advisory specialist and assistant vice president for Wells Fargo Private Bank in Fargo, N.D., Bismarck, N.D., and western North Dakota. The previous seven years she worked for Bank of the West as a senior trust officer and assistant vice president.
H. Eugene Hoyme, chief academic officer for Sanford Health and president of Sanford Research, has received the 2012 Excellence Award from the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, joining the ranks of almost 40 past recipients that include Sen. John McCain and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. H. Eugene Hoyme
Doolittle named associate VP of research
James Doolittle
James Doolittle, with 32 years of experience in research, has been named associate vice president for research at South Dakota State University in Brookings. Since 2004, Doolittle has served as director of the North-Central Sun Grant Center, where he annually managed a $57 million research portfolio on bioenergy with more than 75 subcontracts.
Strinden joins NEW TEC Matthew Strinden has been hired as executive director of North Eastern Work and Technical Education Center (NEW TEC) in Aberdeen, S.D. Strinden was assistant state superintendent with the N.D. Department of Public Instruction, where he coordinated school health, child nutrition and food distribution, management information systems and teacher and school effectiveness. Matthew Strinden
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Taketo Baba
Shoshone Richardson
Two join Altru’s physicians emergency medicine department Taketo Baba and Shoshone Richardson have joined Altru Health System’s emergency medicine department in Grand Forks, N.D. Baba earned his degree in medicine from Tohoku University School of Medicine in Miyagi, Japan. He completed a transitional internship at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan and completed his residency in emergency medicine at Orlando Health in Orlando, Fla. Richardson began her education at Arizona State University where she received a nursing degree. She earned a degree in medicine from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Following that she completed her residency in emergency medicine at The Ohio State University Medical Center. Richardson is board certified in emergency medicine.