Meet Our Employee Keri Kuklok
Keri was born in Long Prairie, Minnesota and grew up in Motley, Minnesota. Both Motley and Long Prairie are neighboring towns to Staples, where Stern Rubber Company is located. Keri now lives only five miles from where she grew up, south of Motley, near Lincoln, Minnesota. Keri studied architectural construction technology and has an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) from St. Cloud Technical College.
Keri is one of our newest team members at Stern Rubber Company, and she is our Office Assistant and Receptionist. As the receptionist, she is the smiling face that first meets all of our visitors, and the voice that usually answers the phone.
Keri assists our accounting, customer service, and human resources department, and has taken on the responsibility of our employee training. Keri wears many additional hats here as well, with her fire training she is part of Stern Rubber’s Safety Committee, and she has given training on fire extinguishers and State of Minnesota’s Right-To-Know program (OSHA). She started with Stern Rubber Company in December of 2014. Prior to starting with us, Keri did construction and drafting for her Dad’s business. She also did design work and drafting for architects in our area.
Since 2002, Keri has been an EMT (emergency medical technician) and First Responder, and joined the Scandia Valley Fire Department in 2009. Her husband, Ryan, is the new Fire Chief in Scandia Valley Township, and her Dad is the retired Fire Chief, so I guess you could say fire fighting is in her blood! She is the committee chairperson for Scandia Valley Summer fest. This festival is held Friday through Sunday, July 31st through August 2nd 2015. There will be a street dance with a live band, Fireman’s turkey BBQ, fireworks and much more.
She was married to her husband, Ryan in 2001 in Cozumel, Mexico. They have two children, Natalee, who is five years old, and Evan, who is three years old. As a family, they love to enjoy the outdoors and their hobby farm. On their hobby farm they have rabbits, chickens, geese, pot-belly pigs, dogs, cats and four amazing, fainting goats which are her other “kids”. The whole family enjoys taking care of the hobby farm. As you can see, they are one busy family!
Her husband’s favorite hobbies is trapping animals for their fur and making maple syrup. Keri just shot her first deer last fall with a bow and arrow, and now she is excited about trying fishing this spring with her bow. Her family enjoys being together; they go horseback riding, camping, hunting, fishing, doing crafts, and just playing with their kids, both the human ones, and the fainting ones!