Lyn Dockter - Pinnick

Born and raised in western North Dakota, Lyn and her family lived in Minot until 2005, where she was the Center Director at the Quentin N. Burdick Job Corps Center. Job Corps is the nation’s largest job training program for disadvantaged youth, and the Burdick JCC in Minot is the only one in North Dakota. Lyn’s career in Job Corps spanned over 27 years and included oversight of multiple large contracts in a variety of states as a Vice President of Job Corps Operations for several companies.

Lyn received her Bachelor’s Degree from Minot State University and her Master’s in Counseling from the University of North Dakota. A life – long educator, Lyn’s extensive background in education includes having been a high school English teacher at Dunseith and Parshall High School(s). Prior to going to work at the Quentin N. Burdick Job Corps, Lyn worked for about seven years at Nueta, Hidatsa, Sahnish Community College, when it was still known as the Fort Berthold Community College.

After leaving Minot in 2005 due to a job promotion, Lyn had the opportunity to work from home for MINACT (Minorities in Action), a company based in Jackson, Mississippi, and the largest minority – owned contractor in Job Corps. She and her husband, Rick, operated The Jewel of the Northwoods Bed and Breakfast near Menahga, MN, until the fall of 2021, when they sold their business and moved to Moorhead, where they now reside. A proud parent and grandparent, Lyn and Rick have three sons and three grandchildren.

Lyn is on the board for the Red River Valley League of Women Voters, is the group facilitator for the BadAss Grandmas for Democracy, is a member of the Fargo – Moorhead Moms Demand Action, a volunteer at the Moorhead Public Library and also serves on the Forum Reader’s Board. Lyn is an avid reader and is working on her first novel.

Lyn was thrilled to learn that Creative Morning’s theme for October is vision and she will be talking to us today about The League of Women Voter’s vision for American Democracy.