Staff Members

Susie Carlson

NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2024

As a director of development in the College of Health and Human Sciences, Susie promotes the goals and priorities of NDSU by building relationships with alumni and friends and securing financial support for student scholarships, academic programs, endowed faculty positions, and facilities.

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NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2024

As a director of development in the College of Health and Human Sciences, Susie promotes the goals and priorities of NDSU by building relationships with alumni and friends and securing financial support for student scholarships, academic programs, endowed faculty positions, and facilities.

Sophia Aubol

NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2023

As an assistant director of events and programs, Sophia plans and executes events designed to cultivate, recognize, educate, and steward NDSU alumni, supporters, and friends.

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NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2023

As an assistant director of events and programs, Sophia plans and executes events designed to cultivate, recognize, educate, and steward NDSU alumni, supporters, and friends.

Jenna Eckstein

NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2023

As a director of development for the College of Engineering, Jenna’s promise to NDSU students is to work hard every day, all day by engaging alumni and friends who want to help students achieve their dreams of affording college and graduating with a degree that will propel them into their career.

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NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2023

As a director of development for the College of Engineering, Jenna’s promise to NDSU students is to work hard every day, all day by engaging alumni and friends who want to help students achieve their dreams of affording college and graduating with a degree that will propel them into their career.

Jeff Jenkins

NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2023

As a development coordinator, Jeff supports directors of development with a variety of tasks in their efforts to steward donors and their gifts to NDSU.

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NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2023

As a development coordinator, Jeff supports directors of development with a variety of tasks in their efforts to steward donors and their gifts to NDSU.

Allison Finholdt

NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2022

As an executive assistant, Allison provides operational assistance to the vice presidents of development and alumni and donor connections and managing directors of development. She handles day-to-day logistics support and ensures seamless coordination of multiple NDSU Foundation Trustee committees.

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NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2022

As an executive assistant, Allison provides operational assistance to the vice presidents of development and alumni and donor connections and managing directors of development. She handles day-to-day logistics support and ensures seamless coordination of multiple NDSU Foundation Trustee committees.

Miranda Rutten

NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2022

As director of development operations, Miranda provides guidance to the development operations team who support directors of development in their fundraising efforts.

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NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2022

As director of development operations, Miranda provides guidance to the development operations team who support directors of development in their fundraising efforts.

Brandon Baumgartner

NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2022

Brandon, a director of development in the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, promotes the goals and priorities of NDSU by building relationships with alumni and securing financial support for student scholarships, academic programs, endowed faculty positions, and facilities.

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NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2022

Brandon, a director of development in the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, promotes the goals and priorities of NDSU by building relationships with alumni and securing financial support for student scholarships, academic programs, endowed faculty positions, and facilities.

Emily Erickson

NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2022

As the Foundation’s senior marketing and engagement strategist, Emily develops strategies and marketing content to drive engagement among constituents, alumni, and friends of NDSU using email, social media, and various digital and print platforms.

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NDSU Foundation Team Member since 2022

As the Foundation’s senior marketing and engagement strategist, Emily develops strategies and marketing content to drive engagement among constituents, alumni, and friends of NDSU using email, social media, and various digital and print platforms.

Margaret and her husband, Hugh Veit ’79, established the Eleanor S. Fitzgerald Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship to support NDSU students earning advanced degrees in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences or the Department of Human Development and Family Science.

Core areas of home economics remain part of current NDSU degree programs such as accounting; apparel, retail merchandising, and design; education; family and consumer science; financial planning; human development and family science; interior design; and nutrition science.

Home economics programs opened doors, particularly for women, to earn college degrees and pursue careers in education, Extension, state and federal government, business and industry, health care, and more. NDAC listed domestic economy as one of its courses in its founding year, 1890.

Established by Dr. Teresa Conner, dean of the NDSU College of Health and Human Sciences, and co-chaired by Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald ’83 and Col. Esther Meyers ’75, the Wisdom Keepers provide support and share their knowledge and expertise with students, faculty, staff, and leadership in the College.

The home management house at NDAC was the first facility built on a college campus specifically for home management practice. In 1954, it was named in honor of Alba Bales, the first female academic dean at NDAC.