Minnesota Association of  
Alternative Programs  

Board of Directors

President
Steve Allen
Term expires: 2010

Oakland ALC, Cambridge
allens@cambridge.k12.mn.us

President Elect
Tamra Sieve 
Term Expries: 2010

SHAPE - Bloomington
tsieve@bloomington.k12.mn.us

Past President and Legislative Chair
Terry Lydell
Term expires: 2010

Retired
terrylydell@qualityci.us

Secretary
Christine Sanguinet
Term expires: 2010

Metropolitan Federation of Alternative Schools, Minneapolis 
csanguinet@mfas.org

Treasurer
Julie Johnson-Willborg
Term expires: 2010

Luberjack Alternative School, Bemidji
Willborg@paulbunyan.net

Director At Large
Gretchen Lieb
Term expires: 2010

Phoenix Learning Center, Buffalo
glieb@buffalo.k12.mn.us

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Regional Directors

South Metro Region 
To Be Appointed 
Term expires: 2010 

Central Metro Region
Mark Jansen 
Term expires: 2010

MERC Alternative High School, Minneapolis 
mark.jansen@ppl-inc.org

Northeast Metro Region
Ryan Haasch
Term expires: 2009

Learning Alternatives Community School, Spring Lake Park 
rhaasc@district16.org

Northwest Metro Region
Megan Hendrix
Term Expires: 2009

Crossroads Alternative School, Coon Rapids

Northeast Region
Lucy Hart, Director
Term Expires: 2010

Lake Superior High School, Duluth
dhlmhart@yahoo.com

Northwest Region
LoDonna Hanson
Term Expires: 2010

Cass Lake - BENA ALC
lhanson@clbs.k12.mn.us

Southeast Region
Don Hettinga, Director
Term Expires: 2009

Rose ALC, Owatonna, dhettinga@owatonna.k12.mn.us

Southwest Region
Teresea Davison, Director
Term expires: 2009

Southern Plains ALC, Fairmont
tdavison@fairmont.k12.mn.us

West Central Region
Brian Benson
Term Expires: 2009

Knights Academy, Saint Michael
brianben@stma.k12.mn.us

Ex-officio Board Member
Wayne Jennings

Saint Paul
wayne@institute4learning.org

MAAP Board Standing Committees & Special Projects

Legislative/Data Collection
Jason Morzenti, Co-Chair, Urban League Academy, Minneapolis
jmorzenti@mul.org

MAAP STARS
Todd Mensink, Chair

Crossroads Alternative School, Coon Rapids
todd.mensink@anoka.k12.mn.us

Special Education
Barb Wornson, Coodinator

ZED ALC, Byron
bwornson@zumbroed.org

Communications/Public Relations
Greg Herder

Volunteers of America Education Center, Minneapolis
gherder@voamn.org 
 

Newsletter Publication
Jen Goepfert, Editor

American Indian OIC, Minneapolis
jeng@aioic.org 

Alchemist
Cy Durand, Publisher

Molly Springs ALC, Swanville
mollyalc@swanville.k12.mn.us

Website
Vacant Position (contact Greg Herder, interim) 
 

Professional Development
Allison Whittlef 

STRIVE-Forest Lake ALC , Forest Lake

awhittlef@forestlake.k12.mn.us

Membership Committee
Kate Benson  

City Inc. South, Minneapolis, kate_benson@thecityinc.org  

Special Project Representatives
International Association for Learning Alternatives (IALA)

Dan Daly, Board Representative, dddaly@comcast.net