Suana Le Wessendorf Knau

Background

Knau, Suana Le Wessendorf was born on November 3, 1953 in Storm Lake, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Billie and Grace Arlene (Piercy) Wessendorf.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Education, U. South Dakot, 1975; Master of Education, U. Arizona, 1980; postgraduate, U. Arizona, 1983-1987; postgraduate, Iowa State University, since 1990.

Career

Special education teacher, Cherokee (Iowa) School District, 1975-1977; special education teacher, Centers of Youth Development and Achievement, Tucson, 1978-1979; special education teacher, Amphitheater School District, Tucson, 1979-1980; special education teacher, Tucson Unified School District, 1980-1989; special education teacher, Ames (Iowa) School District, 1989-1997; consultant Iowa Department Education, bureau of Children, Family and Cmty. Svc., since 1998; director marketing, Marketing Concepts, Tucson, 1977-1978. Master trainer Tucson Unified School District, 1987-1990.

Director Tucson Very Special Arts Festival, 1980-1985. Crisis interventionist, member Models of Teaching Cadre, Ames School District, special education large vertical chair. Member special education advisory board State of Iowa, since 1993.

Member Iowa Behavioral Initiative Steering Committee, since 1995, State Discipline Work Group, since 1997, Success 4 Core Committee, Specialized Superior vena cava syndrome Group, design committee since 1998. Chair State of Iowa Special Education Advisory Panel, 1996-1997. Consultant for behavior disorders Iowa Department Education, since 1998.

Achievements

• Suana Le Wessendorf Knau has been listed as a noteworthy Special education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair Tucson communications of Arts and Culture, 1980-1984. Member Christian Education.Bd. Congressional Church, Ames, since 1993, chair, 1994-1996.

Member Tucson/Pima Arts Council, 1984-1989. Member Beloit Advisory Committee, 1999. Chair Success 4-Specialized Superior vena cava syndrome Group, 1998.

Member Healthy Iowans 1020. Member Clinical and Cmty. Advisory Council, since 1998.

Member Iowa Mental Health Planning Council, since 1998. Member Iowa Plan Advisory Council, since 1998. Member Council for Exceptional Children (1st vice president 1991-1992, president-elect 1992-1993, president 1993-1994, president 1994-1995), Iowa Council for Exceptional Children (president since 1991, coordinator political action network since 1993, OutstandingSpl.

Educator award 1994, Winterstein award 1998), Iowa Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (president 1991-1992), Political Action Network, Alpha Delta Kappa (president 1994-1996).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, walking, collecting panda materials. E-mail: [email protected].

Connections

Married Gregory Charles Knau, July 27, 1991.

Father:

Billie Wessendorf

Mother:

Grace Arlene (Piercy) Wessendorf

Spouse:

Gregory Charles Knau