We have received the following nominations for open Board positions. We have a total of 4 Board positions open, along with Treasurer and Vice President General. If you are interested in nominating yourself, or someone else, please click on the link here. You will receive and email with the link to the voting by Thursday, September 20. If you do not receive it by that day, please email us at ndshape@gmail.com to request. Voting is open to current members only.
Our current candidates for the Board positions are:
Mindy Lorimor
Hello! My name is Mindy Lorimor. This is my first (official) year as a P.E. teacher in BPS. I am teaching at Will-Moore and Liberty Elementary.
I graduated from Minot State in 2016 and moved to Arizona where I taught for a year in Mesa. After a year, life landed me back in the great state of North Dakota. Last year, I subbed from August until February for Pam Ihmels and started to familiarize myself within the district. I then interviewed for the open positions and landed at Will-Moore as the full time P.E. teacher! I’m so excited to start getting more involved in every way possible!
Rick Tidd
I have been in the education field for over 30 yrs, as a paraprofessional at the high school for one year and the remainder as an elementary physical education teacher. I have also coached from the youth to the collegiate level. Also a former head coach in the Bismarck Public School system. I have previously served on the NDHSAA advisory committee and also on the NDSHAPE board.
Carolyn Christensen
Hello! My name is Carrie Christensen I am currently a Physical Education teacher at Century High School in Bismarck, ND. I teach 9th and 10th grade PE classes. This is my first full time job within the district, I previously had a few long term substitute positions at Simle Middle School. I graduated from the University of Mary in 2016 majoring in physical education and athletic training. I am very passionate about physical education and find any opportunity I can to get involved. I was a student board member throughout college, and am actively involved in the NDSHAPE conference each year. I look forward to expanding my knowledge and getting more involved in this awesome profession!
Josh Tripp
My name is Josh Tripp and I have been in the education and P.E. field for 8 years and I have been a coach for football, track, tennis, basketball, as well as implementing a disc golf program and hosting the first school versus school disc golf tournament in the state of Arkansas. I have been in P.E. Programs in different states and have had been fortunate to work with some very dedicated professionals in the Health and P.E. field. I have a passion to get all students to find what makes them happy and allows them to grow in a healthy and positive way. Since I work in corrections I understand that a person’s health is truly all they can control. If I can help students to be informed in the different ways to be healthy or deal with stress in a positive way then I feel like I could really make a difference for the future of our society.
