Riverdale Ram

Riverdale School District PTA

Your 2011-2012 PTA Officers

Co-President: Andrea Dufner

Andrea and Dan Dufner and their 4 kids moved into the Riverdale district last fall, relocating back to the USA. Their daughter Jacquelyn is in 2ndgrade, son Jacob in Kindergarten, son Alex in PreK and son Carter is 1-year old. Andrea graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a BA in Management/Business Administration and minor in Business Communications. She worked 7 years in Supply Management and worked several years for John Deere in Waterloo, IA. The family spent the last 3 years in China, working for John Deere while their kids attended an international school. New to the Quad Cities, they live in rural Port Byron and are enjoying school, the local library and activities in the area. Andrea works in Strategic Sourcing for John Deere, is involved in the Mom’s Group at St. John’s in Rapids City and will be teaching 2 Junior Achievement classes at Riverdale Elementary. She is looking forward to supporting the school community through PTA.

Co-President: Sarah McGinty

Sarah and Kevin McGinty have lived in Rapids City for nearly seven years.  They have two daughters.  Teagan is in Kindergarten and Aubrey attends Messiah Lutheran Preschool. Sarah graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a BA in Elementary Education and spent two years completing her student teaching as well as teaching in San Antonio, TX. Her roots (and husband) brought her back to the QC area where she was a substitute teacher for various schools, an assistant manager for a national retail chain, and involved in the start of a QC area day care facility (where she was the assistant director).  Sarah is now able to be a stay at home mom and is a Creative Memories Independent Consultant. Sarah also serves on the Board at Messiah Lutheran Preschool and coaches Teagan's soccer team.  In addition to spending time with her family (including their dog Cowboy), she also enjoys scrapbooking, camping, and spending time with friends and their families.  Sarah looks forward to supporting the children and school through PTA.

Vice President: Theresa Weaver

Theresa and her husband Scott have 4 children.  Nicole is  a junior,   Scott II is a freshman, Abigail is in 5th grade, and Corey is in  4th grade. Scott has lived in Port Byron all his life and Theresa has been doing in home daycare for 7 years now. Her children are active in many different sports and programs in the community which she and her husband coach.  Theresa has run several fund raisers for different organizations and thought it would be good to step up and help the PTA out.

Treasurer: Kelley Doty

Kelley Doty is a 1994 Graduate of Riverdale where she was involved in many activities and a 1998 graduate of Augustana College with BA in Accounting and Business Administration. She has worked at Midland Information Resources in Davenport, IA for the last 15 years.  She is currently the Cost and Benefits Specialist.  Kelley is married to her high school sweet heart Ted and they have two children.  Kelsey is in 4thgrade and Trent is in 1st grade.  Kelley is  a member of the River Cities Rotary club and co-chair of their literacy committee which introduced Kindergarten and 1st grade Rotary Readers to Riverdale 5 years ago.  She is currently the Rotary club’s Secretary/Treasurer.  She also  teaches multiple Junior Achievement classes at Riverdale Elementary and Middle School each year.  Kelley also serves on the United Way of the QCA Community Investment panel.  Kelley joined PTA to give back to this great school and uses her accounting skills as the Treasurer.

Secretary: Kim Winger 

Kim (Ruby) Winger is a 1994 graduate of Riverdale High School.  She recently moved back to Cordova with her fiancé, Sean Stoner and her two children, Addison and Lance and their dog Ellie Mae.  Addison is in 2nd grade and Lance is attending his first year of the Pre-K program at Riverdale Elementary.  Kim has been working at iwireless since October 2000 and has been the warehouse manager for the last  4 years.  She enjoys being outside, hanging out with family and friends and doing whatever activities her children are able to talk her into.  Her children are now becoming active in school functions and activities within the community.  With her children just starting out their school lives, she figured this would be a great opportunity to get involved in their school lives.