The St. Joseph School Board of Education will swear in its newest board member Monday evening.

The board selected Eric Bruder Friday to fill the vacant spot on the board left by the resignation of Dr. Dan Colgan last month.

Bruder was selected unanimously by the Board out of a pool of 16.

He will be officially sworn in during today’s meeting after taking his oath of office.

Bruder is currently the President and CEO of Van Am Tool & Engineering in St. Joseph and the former Ex. VP and COO of WireCo World Group.

Bruder graduated with a B.S. in Electronics Engineering and a MBA from Rockhurst University.

The ceremony is scheduled to take place during the board’s meeting which will begin at 5 p.m. at Troester Media Center located at 3401 Renick St.

The meeting is expected to be live streamed on the district’s YouTube page.