Donna Sorensen is the new superintendent of North Dakota’s School for the Deaf/Resource Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Sorensen began work at the Devils Lake school earlier this month.
She has been an administrator at schools serving the deaf in Montana, Washington, Alabama and Mississippi, including eight years as outreach director and superintendent for the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind from 2012 to 2020.
Sorensen succeeds Dr. Connie Hovendick who served eight years before retiring in June.
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