Dakota Draper, President
Dakota Draper
President
Dakota Draper, now serving his second term as NDEA President, is a proud 1981 graduate of Minot State University with teaching degrees in history and business education. After obtaining his degrees, he went on to teach and coach at Hillsboro High School for the next 14 years. During which time he served as president and a negotiator for the Hillsboro Education Association.
In 1994, Draper joined Fargo Public Schools, teaching middle school students American History at Ben Franklin Middle School. With the Fargo Education Association, Draper was again a negotiator and a local president. During his term as president, he helped put together a community rally for support of public education in the spring of 1999. Draper served the FEA as their representative to the FPS Health Insurance Committee and was on the support team for negotiations.
Draper has served on four NDEA commissions, Public Relations Instructional & Professional Development and Government Relations (GRC), and Resolutions.
Draper and his wife, Vicki, have two daughters, Corey and Caitlin.
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