Border State Electric (BSE) (Fargo, N.D.): Kevin Donnalley has been named area manager for BSE’s West region. Donnalley joined BSE in April 1997 as a management trainee. He has held a variety of positions including Southwest region manager, branch operations manager for BSE’s Phoenix, Ariz., location, corporate operations manager, South Central and Southwest region corporate operations manager and branch manager for the company’s Wentzville, Mo., location. Most recently, he was the alliance manager for the Denver location.
Before joining BSE, Donnalley spent 15 years as a professional football player and college football coach. He was drafted in the seventh round by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1981. From 1976 to 1980, he played football for North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D., where he received his master’s degree in education in 1987.
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