Tesfa International School Board brings collective expertise and experience in the areas most critical to charter school success, including charter school start-up, community engagement, student recruitment, facility management, academic excellence, and finance.
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Board Members
Patrick Exner- Board Chair, Community Member Has over 25 years of experience in education and has served as a teacher, Principal, Adjunct University Professor and as a Director of Charter Schools. He has sat on state wide committees in the areas of educational equity and school choice. Patrick is skilled in providing innovative leadership through development of creative school programming and he is passionate about educational equity. He currently serves as the Director of Instructional Leadership for Ascension Catholic Academy.
email: patrick.exner@testainternationalschool.org Phone: 651-717-4844 Address: 1550 40th Avenue Northeast, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
Mohamed Selim– Board Member, Community Member Has experience in elementary and middle school teaching, school leadership, and instructional coaching. In addition, he has extensive experience teaching and leading at Global Academy. He brings years of experience in the International Baccalaureate program. He holds a B.S. in Child Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Minnesota. He has administrative experience, serving as dean of students and math coordinator. He also served on Global Academy’s school board for four years. In 2014, he received his K-12 principal license from the University of Minnesota. Currently, he is completing coursework towards his doctorate degree in educational leadership.
email: mohamed.selim@tesfainternationalschool.org . Phone: 651-717-4845 Address: 1550 40th Avenue Northeast, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
Amir Orandi Board Member , Parent
email: amir.orandi@testainternationalschool.org Phone: 651-717-4846 Address: 1550 40th Avenue Northeast, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
Abigail Hendricks-Board Member, Teacher
email: abby.hendricks@tesfainternationalschool.org Phone: 651-717-4844 Address: 1550 40th Avenue Northeast, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
Megan Kufahl –Board Member, Teacher
email: megan.kufahl@tesfainternationalschool.org Phone: 651-717-4844 Address: 1550 40th Avenue Northeast, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
Beth Al-Qudah – Board Member, Parent
email: bethalqudah@tesfainternationalschoo.org Phone 651-717-4845 Address: 1550 40th Avenue Northeast, Columbia Heights, MN 55421
Jonas Beugen– Director and Ex-Officio Member, Jonas Beugen comes to Tesfa after serving for the previous eleven years as a school leader in schools at every level of K-12 education. Prior to moving into school leadership roles he served as a teacher and coach for eleven years in the Robbinsdale school district. Jonas holds a Master Degree from Hamline University and has completed all coursework but the dissertation towards a Doctor of Education in Leadership at Saint Mary’s University.
email: jonas.beugen@tesfainternationalschool.org