As described by the NDSU Safe Zone website, an ally is a member of the majority group who works to end oppression in their personal and professional life through support of and as advocates for an oppressed group. In Residence Life, we strive to be allies and advocates. The following list is our current staff who are Safe Zone Allies. 

(SZA = Safe Zone Ally; TGA =Transgender Ally; Upstander = Upstander Ally, Ally has completed advanced training)

Hall Directors

• Burgum: Derisa Collymore (SZA, TGA, Upstander), derisa.collymore@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3231 
• Churchill/Dinan: Ryan Brinkman (SZA, TGA, Upstander), ryan.brinkman@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3236 
• Cater: Emma Marshall (SAZ, TGA, Upstander), emma.marshall@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3151 
• MLLC: Lizz Reese (SZA, TGA, Upstander), elizabeth.a.reese@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3221 
• Niskanen: Giovanni Escalera (SZA, TGA, Upstander), giovanni.escalera@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3234
• Pavek: Hannah Konrad-Huttner (SZA, TGA, Upstander), hannah.huttner@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3233
• Reed/Johnson: Shiloh Susag (SZA, TGA), shiloh.susag@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3238 
• Seim: Logan Staton (SZA, TGA, Upstander), logan.staton@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3235 
• Sevrinson: Joshua Schroetter (SZA, TGA), joshua.schroetter@ndsu.edu, 701-231-4390 
• Stockbridge: Giovanni Escalera (SZA, TGA, Upstander), giovanni.escalera@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3234
• Thompson: Amolia Schumacher (SZA, TGA, Upstander), amolia.schumacher@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3237 
• Weible: Shiloh Susag (SZA, TGA), shiloh.susag@ndsu.edu, 701-231-3238 

Directors Team & Central Staff

• Bill Frazier (SZA, TGA), Associate Director, william.frazier@ndsu.edu, 701-231-8446  
• Carin Engler (TGA), Residence Life Main Office, carin.engler@ndsu.edu, 701-231-8024
• Carol Jergenson (SZA, TGA, Upstander), Assistant Director for Residential Ed., carol.jergenson@ndsu.edu, 701-231-5603 
• Rian Nostrum (SZA, TGA), Director of Residence Life, rian.nostrum@ndsu.edu, 701-231-7890
• Tara Ferkinhoff (SZA), Assistant Director of Marketing, tara.ferkinhoff@ndsu.edu, 701.231.6306