Andrea Savelkoul

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Community Foundation has announced the election of Andrea Savelkoul of Lansford to a three-year term on the NDCF Board.

Savelkoul is a broker/co-owner of Signal Realty, serving Minot and northern North Dakota, including the communities of Glenburn, Lansford and Mohall. She has a degree in economics from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, and also runs Savelkoul Farms with her husband in northern North Dakota.

Savelkoul has served on several boards, including the Mohall Lansford Sherwood Board of Education, Trinity United Church Council and Independence Inc.

Re-elected to serve a second three-year term on the board were Julie Graney of Beulah and Laurel Goulding of Devils Lake. Elected to serve one-year terms are Chair CJ Hager, Jamestown; Vice Chair Dean Anagnost, Bismarck; and Secretary/Treasurer Scott Meschke, Dickinson. Joining the officers on the Executive Committee are Graney and Leslie Biebier, superintendent of Alexander Public Schools.

The foundation’s board of directors is made up of 15 volunteers from across the state. They are elected from the population of North Dakota and can serve two three-year terms. NDCF receives and distributes charitable funds to support a wide range of programs that improve the quality of life for North Dakotans.