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NDUS Office Senior Staff


NDUS Senior Staff
William G. Goetz Chancellor
Laura Glatt Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs
Michel Hillman Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs
Marsha Krotseng Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning and Executive Director
of the College Technical Education Council
John Irby Public Affairs Consultant
Bill Eggert Director of Internal Audit and Risk Assessment
Terry Meyer Chancellor's Executive Assistant and NDUS Office Manager
Pat Seaworth General Counsel and Executive Secretary to the SBHE
Randall Thursby Chief Information Officer


William G. Goetz
Chancellor


William Goetz
The State Board of Higher Education named Bill Goetz, a former administrator and educator at Dickinson (N.D.) State University, chancellor of the North Dakota University System in July 2007.

Prior to joining the University System, Goetz served 10 years as chief of staff for the North Dakota Office of the Governor under governors John Hoeven and Ed Schafer. During his 30-year career at DSU, Goetz served as executive vice president of the DSU Foundation, chief academic officer in the School of Business, director of continuing education and as an associate professor. Also an experienced state legislator, he spent eight years in the North Dakota Senate and 12 years in the North Dakota House.

Goetz is a product of the North Dakota University System. He graduated with an associate degree from Bismarck State College in 1964, completed a bachelor's degree in business administration at Minot State University in 1966 and earned a master's degree in business from the University of North Dakota in 1967.

Phone: 701-328-2963
E-mail: william.goetz@ndus.edu

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Laura Glatt
Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs


Laura Glatt
Laura Glatt is the University System's chief financial and administrative officer. She is responsible for developing policy and coordinating services for financial and capital planning and budgeting, accounting, system human resource services, state financial aid programs and information technology.

Glatt is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and a master's degree in management from the University of Mary, Bismarck. Prior to assuming this position in 1994, Glatt served as NDUS director of finance. She also worked as a management and fiscal analyst for the North Dakota Office of Management and Budget and as a controller for the State Treasurer's Office.

Phone: 701-328-4116
E-mail: laura.glatt@ndus.edu

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Michel Hillman
Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs


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Michel Hillman is the University System's chief academic and student affairs officer. He chairs the Academic Affairs and Student Affairs councils and serves as the NDUS liaison to the Council of College Faculties and North Dakota's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.

Before joining the University System in 1996, Hillman was director of academic affairs for the South Dakota Board of Regents. He holds a doctorate in experimental psychology from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, and a master's in experimental psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He completed a bachelor's degree in psychology at Slippery Rock State College in Pennsylvania.



Phone: 701-328-2965
E-mail: michel.hillman@ndus.edu

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Marsha Krotseng
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning and Executive Director of the College Technical Education Council


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As the University System's vice chancellor for strategic planning and executive director of the College Technical Education Council, Marsha Krotseng works with University System stakeholders to plan for the future of higher education in North Dakota.

Prior to joining NDUS in 2007, Krotseng was an associate vice president at Valdosta (Ga.) State University, where she also had served as chief planning officer. Other prior positions include vice provost and executive assistant to the president of West Liberty (W. Va.) State College and associate provost of Cleveland (Ohio) State University.

Krotseng holds a doctorate in higher education from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., where she also earned a master's degree in education administration and a bachelor's in Spanish.

Phone: 701-328-2979
E-mail: marsha.krotseng@ndus.edu

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Bill Eggert
Director of Internal Audit and Risk Assessment

Bill Eggert
Bill Eggert is the University System's director of internal audit and risk assessment. He works with the 11 institutions and the NDUS Office to develop a consistent internal audit methodology and a consultative approach for identifying potential risks and the corresponding controls throughout the University System.

Prior to joining the NDUS in 2011, Eggert was a senior manager and part of the partner development program at Baker Tilly LLP in Chicago. He also worked for US West Financial Services in Denver and UnitedHealth Group, Arthur Andersen LLP, Protiviti Consulting and Virchow Krause LLP, all in Minneapolis. Eggert earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Minot State University.



Phone: 701-224-2623
E-mail: bill.eggert@ndus.edu

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Terry Meyer
Chancellor's Executive Assistant and NDUS Office Manager


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As the chancellor's administrative officer, Terry Meyer communicates information on the chancellor's behalf to State Board of Higher Education members, state government officials, NDUS staff members, other individuals and groups associated with the University System as well as the public.

Also the NDUS office manager, Meyer supervises five secretarial support positions. She has been part of the University System Office staff since 1983.







Phone: 701-328-2963
E-mail: terry.meyer@ndus.edu

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Pat Seaworth
General Counsel and Executive Secretary to the SBHE

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Appointed in 1993, Pat Seaworth serves as general counsel for the State Board of Higher Education, the North Dakota University System and nine of the 11 University System campuses. He also serves as SBHE secretary.

A former assistant attorney general, between 1988 and 1993 he completed a variety of assignments for the North Dakota Attorney General's office. He briefly served as acting solicitor general and was assigned to the University System from 1991 to 1993. Prior to joining the attorney general's office, he was the Bismarck city attorney.

A 1972 graduate of the University of North Dakota, Seaworth received a juris doctorate from Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, in 1978.

Phone: 701-224-2583
E-mail: pat.seaworth@ndus.edu

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Randall Thursby
Chief Information Officer


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As CIO for the North Dakota University System, Randall Thursby oversees information technology services that provide administrative, academic, research and learning technologies throughout the University System.

Thursby retired as vice chancellor for information and instructional technology and chief information officer for the University System of Georgia Board of Regents in May 2006. In July 2006, he began work for the North Dakota University System bringing 35 years of experience in university system information technology.



Phone: 701-231-7922
E-mail: randall.thursby@ndus.edu

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