GET TO KNOW YOUR BOARD MEMBER
What is your current position?
Partner at Pringle & Herigstad, P.C How long have you been on the SBAND board?
Since September 2019.
What is your hometown, college attended,
and law school attended?
Hometown: Niagara, N.D.
College: University of North Dakota
Law School: University of North Dakota
School of Law What other involvement have you had with
SBAND prior to being on the board?
I was a member of the CLE Commission.
What professional work did you do before
law school?
I did administrative work and waitressing
during college and prior to law school.
Debra Hoffarth
SBAND Board Member
What led you to a career in law?
I wanted to be a lawyer since elementary school.
I credit my cousin, who told me I couldn’t be a
lawyer because I was a girl.
What is your favorite quote?
“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how
unimportant it may seem at the time. No one
learns more about a problem than the person at the
bottom.” – Sandra Day O'Connor
What is the last book you read (good or bad)?
“Searching for Sunday” by Rachel Held Evans
CALL FOR RESOLUTIONS
Pursuant to Section 12, By-Laws of SBAND, any substantive resolution proposed for consideration by any member of the
association shall be filled with the executive director of SBAND at least 30 days prior to the date of the meeting at which the
resolution is to be considered. The annual meeting of this association commences June 12. The board of governors, in order to
facilitate mailing and publication to the membership, hereby calls for and requests all proposed resolutions be delivered (and, if
mailed, to be postmarked) to SBAND no later than Friday, May 11.
NOTICE OF OPEN POSITION FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT
The position of president-elect of SBAND is to be voted on at the general assembly meeting on June 12 in Grand Forks. The
constitution requires nomination by a petition signed by at least five other members of the association and received by the
association at least 50 days before the general assembly meeting. In the event of a contested election, absentee ballots will
be provided pursuant to Article 4.7 of the
constitution. Any member interested in
the nomination process is encouraged to
consult Article 4.7 of the constitution or
Dr. Matthew Bunkers of
contact the executive director of SBAND.
Northern Plains Weather
Services is a certified
NOTICE OF OPEN POSITION
consulting meteorologist
FOR ABA DELEGATE
(CCM) and forensic
The position of SBAND ABA delegate is
meteorologist with over 25
to be voted on at the general assembly
years of weather analysis and
forecasting experience. He
meeting on June 12 in Grand Forks. The
can provide reports, depositions, and testimony in the areas of weather
constitution requires nomination by a
and forecasting, severe summer and winter storms, flooding, applied
petition signed by at least five members
climatology and meteorology, agriculture meteorology, and statistics.
of the association and received by the
More information is provided at http://npweather.com, and you can
association at least 50 days before the
contact Matt at [email protected] or 605.390.7243.
general assembly meeting.
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