Expertise:
Sis. Iverson’s expertise is in ministry management, property maintenance and healthcare administration.
Major Product/SVS:
Religious Services Including Hospitality, Education and Healthcare
Favorite Business Publication:
Forbes; Fortune; Business 2.0; Scriptures; Benedictine Leadership
Hobbies/Sports:
Reading, Playing Basketball and Soccer, Biking, Woodworking, Tinkering with Inventions
Education Degrees:
Master's Degree in Education and Exercise Physiology, With a Concentration in Cardiac Rehabilitation and Intervention, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg(1981); Master's Degree in Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, South Dakota State University (1972); Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD (1968)
Affiliations Awards:
Benedictine Community of Religious Sisters; Mother of God Monastery; American Association of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Conference of Religious Treasurers; National Association for Treasurers of Religious Institutes; Leadership Conference for Women Religious
Work History:
Physical Education Instructor, Watertown Home and School for Girls, Watertown, SD, (1999-2001); Sabbatical, Mother of God Monastery, Watertown, SD (1998-1999); Clinical Exercise Physiologist for CPR, Mercy Medical Hospital, Nampa, Idaho (1987-1998); Director of Brookings Hospital-SDSU Cardiac Rehabilitation, Developed and Implemented Hospital Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for Brookings Hospital, South Dakota State University (1981-1987); Physical Educator, Immaculate Conception School. Watertown, SD (1973-1974); Boys Basketball Coach, St. Bernard's Mission School, Fort Yates, ND; Athletic Director and Physical Educator, Girl's Basketball and Volleyball Coach, Harmony Hill High School, Watertown, SD; Administrative Assistant to Pastor, Athletic Director, Physical Educator, Volleyball Coach and Assistant Girl's Basketball Coach, Sacred Heart School, East Grand Forks, MN (1970- 1976); Educator, St. Joseph's School, Pierre, SD; Educator, St. Mary's School, Aberdeen, SD; Educator, Grade High School Physical Education and Girls Basketball Coach, St. Mary's School, Richardton, ND; Women's Volleyball Coach and Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, Mary College; Graduate Assistant in Human Physiology Lab, Tennis Instructor, Virginia Tech; St. Joseph's Health Care Center, Dickinson, ND
What do you feel separates you from the rest of the professionals in your industry?:
Sis. Iverson’s capability of transferring her educational management skills in educating students separates her from her peers.
What has been the most outstanding thing you have done thus far in your career?:
Sis. Iverson’s greatest achievement was having invited a fellow high school girl with muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy to participate in after school sports activities and obtaining the approval from the directors to play in her team.
Expanded Biography:
Sis. Iverson’s life has been gifted and blessed with many opportunities to see life in its fullest and to see life in it saddest condition of despair. She believes that for every beginning there is an end and she entered the race and finished.
Charity:
American Diabetes Association
Extended Bio Profile:
Sis. Iverson has published a research article on physiology, cardiac rehabilitation education on glucose intolerance and lipid profiles on exercise and she is involved with camp chance, a summer program with the police department for first and sixth-grade students.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Overseeing Missionary Work, Maintaining Facility, managing Transportation Services, Scheduling, Coordinating Healthcare Programs, Performing CPR Procedures, Teaching Religious Education