Oct. 13, 2012

Bennett	Dennis	Hanke	McKinlay

Metz	Norby	Steele	Teut	Wimer

Morningside College Board of Directors elects officers and new members

Michael Bennett, president of Albaton Enterprises, LLC in Sioux City, was elected chair of the Morningside College Board of Directors during its annual meeting on October 13.

Curtis White, chief procurement officer and senior vice president, worldwide logistics and international operations for Mattel Corporation in El Segundo, Calif., was elected vice chair of the Morningside board. White is a 1976 Morningside graduate. Sandra Bainbridge of Jefferson, S.D, was elected board secretary. Bainbridge is a 1970 Morningside graduate.

Board members elected to new terms include Carter Dennis, president of Dennis Supply Company in Sioux City; James Hanke of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a 1969 Morningside graduate; Patrick McKinlay, professor of history and political science at Morningside; Nancy Metz of Dakota Dunes, S.D.; Amanda Norby, marketing coordinator, St. Luke’s Health System in Sioux City and a 2005 Morningside graduate; John Steele, executive vice president, treasurer and CFO of  Werner Enterprises in Omaha, Neb., and a 1979 Morningside graduate; Kelci Teut, Morningside College student body president, of Hinton, Iowa; and Connie Wimer, chairman of Business Publications Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa, and a 1954 Morningside graduate.

Members named to chair board committees include Cynthia Moser, an attorney with the Heidman Law Firm in Sioux City, academic affairs committee; Craig Struve, owner and general manager of Midwest Independent Soil Samplers in Hutchinson, Minn., and a 1970 Morningside graduate, finance/investment committee; Ronald Yockey, project engineer at Beef Products Incorporated in Dakota Dunes, S.D., and a 1970 Morningside graduate, institutional advancement committee; and Richard Waller, chairman and CEO of Security National Bank in Sioux City, student life committee.