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Suellen Appellof came from northern New York to Alaska since in 1976 to spend the summer, like many others she chose to stay and be a part of the adventure that is Alaska. Suellen was married to Ed Appellof in 2001and now lives in Sutton, in the Mat Su Valley.

An independent business owner for the past 17 years, her self-employed status has allowed her the time to serve for the past 14 years as a volunteer and board member for PTA at the local, state, and national levels.

Local unit involvement history includes the secretarial and president positions, and at the council level includes the secretary position as well as the bylaws and budget committees. At the state level, she has been the Webmaster, Bylaws Committee Chairperson, acted as Secretary, 1st Vice President for Leadership and as the 2003-2005 Alaska PTA President. Suellen also served National PTA as a member of the National Council of States and as a delegate to the National PTA Convention for several years.

Suellen continues to assist the Alaska PTA as Past President, Webmaster and Chair of the Alaska Public School Land Trust Committee. Her newest adventure is to begin taking college classes working towards a business degree, and this year obtained her Alaska Real Estate license.

--Suellen (talk) 16:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)