Board Members

SANKOLO KAMUE DOLO, LPN, BA, MPNA

Sankolo K. Dolo is the founder and president of FRIENDS OF LUMAGNET INATITUTE (FOLI).

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Mark Nagel, MPA, MBA  

A Community Faculty member for over 25 years, Professor Mark Nagel teaches the Public Budgeting course at Metropolitan State University.

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Mr. P. Sulon Dolo

Mr. P. Sulon Dolo worked for the Liberian Public Education from 1969-2015. He retired in 2015 and started teaching at the University of Liberia and became head of the English Department.

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Pierre

A native from Franche-Comte-France and a US citizen, Pierre always maintained close ties with Africa.

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Paul Carroll - BS, MPNA

As a stay-at- home father with seven year-old twins, I am busy with the management of my household and fostering a positive distance learning experience.

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PLEASE HELP US. WE NEED YOUR FINANCIAL AND MATERIALS SUPPORT.

Please join FOLI in supporting children education K-12 grade in Liberia. These children have gone through Civil War and Ebola just within the past ten years. We appreciate your financial and materials support. FOLI is working to bring hope and create good memories for Liberian School children as they work to unleash these unfortunate experiences and open new page of endeavor. Thank You! 

​​Lumagnet Institute is in section. We have decided to be a part of the reconstruction process after Civil War and Ebola. ​

We are looking for support to help us achieve our goal of educating the Liberian children.

  • 651-404-9925
  • lumagnetinstitute2010@gmail.com
  • folinp2016@gmail.com
  • 300 Bass Lake Rd, Brooklyn Center, MN 55427

Sankolo K. Dolo

SANKOLO KAMUE DOLO, LPN, BA, MPNA

Sankolo K. Dolo is the founder, president, and CEO of Friends of Lumagnet Institute (FOLI). The Friends of Lumagnet Institute (FOLI), a nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization in Minnesota supports K-12 grade education in Liberia and is a fiscal sponsor for the Lumagnet Institute School in the Trye Community, Bensenville Montserrado County, the Dolo Community School in Gbarnga, Bong County, Liberia, and the Mother Faimo Elementary School, Montserrado County, Liberia, West Africa. After the distortion and trauma of the 14-year civil war and EBOLA epidemic, I decided to get involved when I was still in school. I was born in Liberia, West Africa, and immigrated to the United States as a teenager to live with my Uncle Dr. Shelton Y. Beedoe in North Carolina due to the civil war. After a while, I decided to move to Minnesota to attend college. I graduated with an Associate of Applied Science AAS/ (LPN) from the Northland Community and Technical College, Thief River Falls, Minnesota in 2011. I later enrolled at the Metropolitan State University, St. Paul in the College of Individualized Studies program with an emphasis in Public Health Administration and graduated with a BA in 2014. After the completion of my bachelor’s program, I then enrolled at Metropolitan State University College of Management and Community Services Master’s program in Public and Nonprofit Administration and earned a Master’s degree in Public and Nonprofit Administration (MPNA) in 2018. I live in St. Paul, Minnesota, and have worked in the Health and Human Services field for 16 years. I currently work with Network as Mental Health Practitioner-Prime in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. 

MARK NAGEL, MPA, MBA

A Community Faculty member for over 25 years, Professor Mark Nagel teaches the Public Budgeting course at Metropolitan State University. He taught primarily Management, Small Business Management and Human Resources as a Business Professor at Normandale Community College, where he developed an award-winning skills-based Supervision, before retiring after 15 years. He has also taught courses as an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Minnesota, Hamline University, Concordia-St Paul University, and Anoka-Ramsey Community College. He has held the position of City Manager and Assistant City Administrator, primarily in Anoka and Elko New Market, for nearly 40 years. He is also the current Chair of the Advisory Board on Graduate Education for the International City/County Association. Professor Nagel currently heads MN Consulting which focuses on strategic planning, organizational development, and temporary management services for local governments. 

Mr. P. Sulon Dolo

Mr. P. Sulon Dolo worked for the Liberian Public Education from 1969-2015. He retired in 2015 and started teaching at the University of Liberia and became head of the English Department. He has a BA in English and Secondary education and a Master in teacher education and educational leadership. He has served in many positions including principal at Victoria Tolbert Yancy (VTY) elementary and junior high school Jorwah, Bong County from 1979 – 1982. He served as the vice-principal for administration at the Gboveh High school in Gbarnga, Bong County from 1983-1984. He later became the District Education Officer for Gbarnga District from 1985-1987. He then became the Chief Educational Officer for Bong County from 1987-1990, a position he had until the civil war. He later became an assistant minister for administration at the ministry of education in 1992 but could not hold this position due to the civil war. He has written many books and some are in the process of being published in the United States. He is the only surviving founding member of Lumagnet Institute in Monrovia, Dolo Community elementary junior high school in Gbarnga Bong County, Liberia. He is a father, grandfather, and great grandfather. He enjoys writing and traveling

PIERRE

A native from Franche-Comte-France and a US citizen, Pierre always maintained close ties with Africa. First his grand aunt owned and operated the Pharmacie Blanchot in Dakar, Senegal. Then, his oldest friends, Frederic de Saint Opportune organized and race “le Rallie de l’Amitié” in Morocco for many years before killing himself during a fatal car accident while racing the “Rallie” he created. Finally, Pierre had many connections with Friends from N’Djamena, Tchad, and xx Cameroon during his upbringings in boarding Schools in both Saint Michel des Perrais (Sarthe) then Notre Dame (Dijon). In the United States, it was only normal for Pierre, to maintain a nice network of friendships with friends from Africa.
After completing high school and completing his mandated military service in the French Airforce as a Nurse, Pierre moved to the United State to Minnesota in 1985, where he completed his Bachelor or Art at the University of Minnesota, then his Master of Business Administration at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. Pierre paid his way to college and university working on campus, then running his own translation business. Upon graduation, he continued running his translation business until he joined academic environment. Pierre taught for various community college and undergraduate institutions such as Normandale Community College, University of Saint Thomas, The White Earth Tribal and Community College, and Saint Cloud State University.
Pierre is married to Susan Maureen Connors Callies and has two wonderful stepchildren, Jessica and David. Because he enjoyed cooking very much, Pierre acquainted Susan and many Americans to French gourmet food in a matter of months. Pierre and Susan kept for many years an open-door policy welcoming people from all over the world in their house. Friends from Nepal, India, Tunisia, Australia, Argentina, Mexico, Iran, and more always found their way around a meal at their home. The key: sharing culture and crossing the cultural bridge make our life so much richer. As Benjamin Franklin once said: “A good bottle of wine produces more miracle than a church full of Saints.” That is because I don’t think we ever saw a church full of Saints yet.
Pierre also holds a nearly completed Master of Sciences in Geographic Information System and a graduate Certificate as a full stack developer. He was planning to complete a Ph.D. in Geographic Information System, but his project was cut short by the deteriorating health of Susan, his wife.

Paul Carroll - BS, MPNA

As a stay-at- home father with seven year-old twins, I am busy with the management of my household and fostering a positive distance learning experience. I am a former commercial property manager and customer service expert with recent career experiences working as a city treasurer/deputy clerk and on municipal projects including comprehensive plans. I enjoy physical activity and time with my family and I look forward to continuing my work in municipal government in the future. I am proud to be here with FOLI because I appreciate it’s members, it’s mission, and the people positively impacted by our efforts.