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Meet the Board

2023 Board of Directors
President:
President-Elect:
Treasurer:
Secretary:
Past President:
Dean of College of Fine Arts USD:
Advisors:
Mark Meersman: Compliance and Business Integrity Officer, VA Black Hills Health Care System, Rapid City
Eric Hagen: Professor Emeritus of Theatre, University of South Dakota, Minneapolis, MN
Betsy Groves: Lamont Enterprises, Whitewood Partnership - Rapid City
Rick Giesel: Retired, former CEO Regional / Sanford Health - Rapid City
Holly Knox: Onboarding Nurse Educator, Monument Health, Actor/Community Volunteer - Rapid City
Dr. Bruce Kelley: Dean of the College of Fine Arts, University of South Dakota - Vermillion
Corey Brown Vice President of Government Relations, Sanford Health - Sioux Falls
Chair: Legislative Task Force
Joe Williams Director of Community Education and Director of Native American Programs, Plains Art Museum - Fargo, ND
Executive Committee
Members
Rai Genna:
Chair and Associate Professor USD Theatre, Coordinator of BFA Studies, Director of Graduate Studies
Tom Geu:
Retired Professor, Knudson School of Law, University of South Dakota - Vermillion
Erin Goetzinger:
Homemaker, former legislative aid to Sen. Tom Daschle - Rapid City
Rose Ann Hofland:
Director of Communications & Community Engagement at Levitt at the Falls - Sioux Falls
Chair, Board Development
Ron Jeffries: General Manager Central States Fair & BH Stock Show & Rodeo - Rapid City
Deb Kuehn: Certified Family & Neonatal Practitioner: Black Hills Pediatrics, Rapid City & Monument Spearfish Pediatrics Clinic
Ken Meirose: Black Hills Energy Operations Manager, Sturgis
Carrie Moore: Owner, Jenny's Floral - Custer, SD
Charolyn Mize: Retired Educator - Spearfish
Carissa Naasz: Teacher, Rapid City Catholic School System - Rapid City
Dr. Jaime Norton: Dentist, Massa Dental - Hot Springs
Victor Shonk: Associate Professor of Theatre, University of South Dakota - Vermillion
Chair: Education Committee
Sara Southwood: Music Teacher, Sioux Falls School System - Sioux Falls
Sharla Steever: Learning Specialist, Technology in Education - Rapid City
Whitnee Thorp: Black Hills Special Services Learning Specialist - Rapid City
Mandie Weinandt:
Director of Center for Teaching and Learning,
Instructor, Beacom School of Business, University of South Dakota - Vermillion
Chair: Fundraising Committee
Eric Whitcher: Pennington County Public Defender
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