Board

Junior Achievement of South Dakota Board Members

Joel Vockrodt  — Board Chair

Office Peeps, Inc.

 

Dr Rick Melmer  — Vice Chair

Leadership South Dakota

 

Mark Powell  — Secretary

Midco

 

Aaron Clayton  — Treasurer

Eide Bailly, LLP

 

Dennis Aanenson

A&B Business Solutions

 

Mike Begeman

Sanford Health

 

Victoria Blatchford

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

Verne Brakke

Brakke Financial Services

 

Bob Compton

Dacotah Banks, Inc.

 

Dana Dykhouse

First PREMIER Bank

 

Darren Hefty

Hefty Seed Company

 

Jacquelyn Johnson

Dice Financial Services Group

 

Steve Kirby

Bluestem Capital Company

 

Dr Jennifer Lowery

Tea Area School District

 

Brian Sandvig

Valley Queen Cheese Factory Inc.

 

Dr Kay Schallenkamp

 

Clark Sinclair

Montgomery's Furniture Outlet

 

Steve Statz

Avera Health

 

Preston Steele

American Trust Insurance

 

Bob Thimjon

The Ramkota Companies, Inc.

 

Bob Weisser

Weisser Distributing Inc.

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Aberdeen Area Board

Kayla Casey

Leola School District 44-2

 

Bob Compton

Dacotah Banks, Inc.

 

Chad Evans

Centennial Homes, Inc.

 

Craig Green

Kitchen Tune-Up

 

Leah Haaland

3M Company

 

Jay Kusler

CorInsurance

 

Lindsey Lesnar

Agtegra Cooperative

 

Teresa Levsen-Garofalo

Presentation College

 

Carmen Morrison

Presentation Sisters, PBVM

 

Kelli Roberts

Eide Bailly, LLP

 

Cathy Salley

President

JA of Tri-Cities

 

Durran Schmidt

Dacotah Bank

 

Colin Tipton

3M Company

 

Tyler Wenbourne

Dacotah Bank

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Baltic Board

Andrew Berg

City of Sioux Falls: Environmental Office

 

Jason Erickson

New York Life

 

Scott Grunewaldt

U.S. Bank

 

Angela Larson

Wells Fargo

 

Rahn Siemonsma

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

 

Bob Sittig

Baltic School District

 

Mike Wendland

City of Baltic

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Brandon Valley Board

Sarah Askdal

Wells Fargo

 

Travis Kasten

Service First Federal Credit Union

 

Jarod Larson

Brandon Valley School District 49-2

 

Jen McKeown

Avera Health

 

Lindsey Swenson

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

 

Scott Wickersham

Raven Industries

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Brookings/Volga Board

Kelly Chandler

Brookings County Title Company

 

Laura Gerjets

Brookings School District 05-1

 

Robyn Jensen

Legacy Financial Partners

 

Erika Klein

First Bank & Trust

 

Elena McKeown

Mills Property Management

 

Gary Mork

Brookings High School

 

Sarah Perry

Falcon Plastics, Inc.

 

Trisha Strohfus

Daktronics, Inc.

 

Tony Teesdale

Ribstein & Hogan Law Firm

 

Jen Traynor

3M Company

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Canton Board

Leon Eich

Cornerstone Bank

 

Kari Elling

Citigroup Inc.

 

Russ Townsend

Canton High School

 

Dawn Trowbridge

Great Western Bank

 

Angie Wiersma

First Bank & Trust - Canton

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Centerville Board

Mikayla Akers

Centerville School District

 

Jamie Edberg

Centerville High School

 

Jared Hybertson

Centerville Economic Development Corporation

 

Brad Preheim

The Thomson Agency Inc.

 

Jacquelynn Skotvold

Younique

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Chamberlain Board

Amanda Goodrich

Chamberlain Elementary School

 

Alyssa Hoffer

St. Joseph's Indian School

 

Deah Killion

Sanford Health

 

Chantell Kriel

Great Western Bank

 

Sheena Larsen

Arrowwood Cedar Shore

 

Ron Madison

Arrowwood Cedar Shore

 

Bradee Pazour

First Dakota National Bank

 

Kelli Potter

KPI Insurance

 

Jeff Tveit

Thrivent Financial

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Dell Rapids Board

Ross Brende

Kahler-Brende Funeral Home

 

Drew Bunkers

Dell Rapids High School

 

Michelle Bunkers

The First National Bank

 

Jody Heinemann

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

Jay Nelson

Johnson Controls, Inc.

 

Greg Schwebach

BX Civil & Construction, Inc.

 

Tylene Schwebach

First PREMIER Bank

 

Shellie Yetter

USPS

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Flandreau Board

Sadie Haugen

PREMIER Bankcard

 

Dustin Lau

Dusty's Custom Welding and Fabrication

 

Alison Ramsdell

Flandreau PTA

 

Bart Sample

Sparkle Car Wash

 

Jason Unger

Unger Law Office

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Huron Board

Chandra Berge-Anderson

PREMIER Bankcard

 

Kyle Dunn

PREMIER Bankcard

 

Tom Glanzer

NorthWestern Energy

 

Ted Haeder

Greater Huron Development Corporation

 

Tasha Lee

American Bank & Trust

 

Ryan Maxted

Bank of the West

 

Sandy Mehdi

PREMIER Bankcard

 

Drew Weinreis

Dakotaland Federal Credit Union

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Lennox Board

Todd Anderson

Good Samaritan Center

 

Mary Brass

Community Volunteer

 

Chad Conaway

Lennox School District 41-4

 

Brian Zirpel

Security State Bank

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Madison Board

Penni Groce

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

 

Ann Hyland

Heartland Consumers Power District

 

Stacy Krusemark

Dakota State University

 

Heather Olson

Wire's Tax & Management Services

 

Mandy Parpart

Dakota State University

 

Amber Rost

South Dakota Department of Education

 

Tyler Ruhd

Infotech Solutions

 

Janet VanRosendale

Falcon Plastics

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Milbank Board

Brenda Anderson

St. Lawrence School

 

Lance Bien

Bien Pharmacy

 

Bobbie Bohlen

Grant County Development Corp.

 

Justin Downes

Milbank School District

 

Kris Evje

Milbank Middle School

 

Colleen Gluth

Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.

 

Dave Graf

Koch Elementary School

 

Delvin Hackwith

Edward Jones - Delvin Hackwith

 

Steve Nomeland

Great Western Bank

 

Brian Sandvig

Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.

 

Dan Snaza

Milbank High School

 

Amy Thue

Whimsy on Main

 

Bill Vander Aarde

Community Volunteer

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Mitchell Board

Terasa Gillen

Gridline Field Tile

 

Lacey Hayes

Innovative Systems LLC

 

Jacquelyn Johnson

Dice Financial Services Group

 

Jen Johnston

Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce

 

Carrie Mitchell

Mitchell Telcom

 

Shelly Muth-Henke

Muth Electric

 

Terra Plamp

ELO Prof. LLC

 

Becky Roth

L.B. Williams Elementary School

 

Shawn Ruml

Innovative Systems, LLC

 

Adriana Thomason

Dakota Wesleyan University

 

Alyssa Weidler

Dakota Wesleyan University

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Mobridge Board

Darcy Dykhouse

Mobridge Regional Hospital & Clinics

 

Patti Feiock

 

Jill Olson

Freeman Davis Elementary School

 

Nathaniel Street

Dacotah Bank

 

Travis Vetch

Great Western Bank - Mobridge

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Parker Board

Drew Christensen

Vermeer Freeman Manufacturing

 

Donavan DeBoer

Parker Elementary School

 

Mark Joffer

PE Group

 

Mark Kasten

State Farm Insurance - Parker

 

Chris Poncelet

Parker Pharmacy

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Northern Hills Board

Amy Allen

Coeur Wharf

 

Melanie Barrows

Black Hills Title Company

 

Steve Biehl

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

Kirk Easton

Spearfish School District 40-2

 

Jeremy Hoven

Black Hills Community Bank

 

Jim Kallas

KZZI Radio

 

Tim Kosters

Lead-Deadwood Elementary School

 

Stacia Lunders

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

Meg Manke

Rose Group International

 

Mathew Raba

Belle Fourche High School

 

Gayle Roth

First Interstate Bank - Sturgis

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Pierre-Ft. Pierre Board

Matt Brakke

Brakke Financial Services

 

Rob Coverdale

Riggs Senior High School

 

Jason Dodson

Leisure Palace Pools & Spas

 

Jamie R. Fry

Riverside Technologies, Inc.

 

Laurie Gronlund

City of Pierre

 

Kyle Jacobsen

BankWest

 

Danielle Keeton

Bridgeford Trust Company, LLC

 

Mandy Kuipers

American Bank & Trust

 

Hunter Roberts

South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources

 

Katie Sieverding

Lancaster Management Group

 

Jill Sitzman

RISE Counseling and Consulting, LLC

 

John Sterling

Dakota Radio Group

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Rapid City Board

Michelle Chenoweth

RE/MAX Results

 

Katelyn Cook

Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson & Ashmore, LLP

 

Marne Jones

Black Hills Energy

 

Katy Kokesh

Johnson, Eiesland & Rohl, Trial Lawyers

 

Ramona Nolan

Rapid City Area School District 54-4

 

Ingrid Reuter

First Interstate Bank

 

Nadine Thomas

Synchrony Financial

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Sioux Falls/Harrisburg Board

Beth Abbott

Sammons Financial

 

Amange Aware

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

David Bangasser

Dacotah Bank

 

Jim Berman

Dakota News Now

 

Tom Bosch

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

 

Paul Bruflat

CNA Surety

 

Rod Carlson

Active Generations

 

Kellen Garrison

Eide Bailly, LLP

 

Joe Gaspar

Tri-State Wholesale Flooring, Inc.

 

Kristin Grinager

Sioux Falls School District 49-5

 

Darin Hage

Journey Group Companies

 

Steve Herman

Coffee News of Sioux Falls

 

T J Hora

First PREMIER Bank

 

Adam Kniffen

First Bank & Trust

 

Ryan Konz

American Bank & Trust

 

Chris Kray

Scheels

 

Eric Krouse

U.S. Bank

 

Paul Livermore

The First National Bank in Sioux Falls

 

Brenda Mitzel

Bishop O'Gorman Catholic Schools

 

Melissa Morris

Sanford Health

 

Amy Olson Miller

McKinneyOlson Insurance

 

Ryan Punt

SDN Communications

 

Ryan Rollinger

Harrisburg High School

 

Joey Rotert

Sioux Falls Federal Credit Union

 

Eric Sivertsen

Epicosity

 

Pam Tiefenthaler

Sioux Falls Christian High School

 

Karen Waller

Central Bank

 

Garrett Wilson

Midco

 

Mike Zacher

Raven Industries

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Tea Board

Allison Bertram

Tea Area High School

 

Jeremy Keizer

Reliabank Mortgage

 

Andrea Kuipers

Squealers Smoke Shack

 

Amanda McKnelly

Midwest Health Management Services, LLC

 

Glen Rausch

CBRE

 

Melissa Schmiedt

Primrose Retirement Communities

 

Josh Weber

Sammons Financial

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Tri-Valley Board

Mike Gibson

Family Memorials by Gibson

 

Andy Grann

Citigroup Inc.

 

Mike Harstad

Rosenbauer America

 

Lisa Johnson

White Insurance P & C

 

Megan Kindelspire

Community Volunteer

 

Wendy Simmerman

Dakota State University

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Vermillion Board

Damon Alvey

Vermillion School District 13-1

 

Adam Chandler

First Dakota National Bank

 

Dave Chickering

Masaba Inc.

 

Patrick Higgins

Edward Jones Investments

 

Joe Hoose

USD Foundation

 

Nick Jensen

Farmers Insurance - Sara Bye Agency, LLC

 

Rachel E. Olson

Sanford Health

 

Scott Pohlson

University of South Dakota

 

Bill Saunders

Saunders Chiropractic

 

Layne Stewart

Clay County Emergency Management

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Watertown/Henry Board

Breanna Beebe

First PREMIER Bank

 

Liz Christianson

Boys & Girls Club of Watertown

 

Ann DeSpiegler

Jefferson Elementary School - Watertown

 

Gregg DeSpiegler

Lincoln Elementary School - Watertown

 

Britney Friese

Watertown School District 14-4

 

Laura Heathcote

Dakotaland Federal Credit Union

 

Tia Hutt

Dacotah Bank

 

Sean Melmer

First PREMIER Bank

 

Tina Pratt

TEREX Utilities

 

Darrell Stacey

Watertown School District 14-4

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA West Central Board

Blair Bathke

Great Western Bank

 

Emily Berg

First Manufacturing, LLC

 

Kari Borns

First Dakota National Bank/Loft Advisors

 

Shala Eisenbeisz

PREMIER Bankcard

 

Jesse Fonkert

Sioux Falls Development Foundation

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Winner Board

Lynnelle Anderson

Hellmann's Quiet Creek Ranch

 

Jody Engel

BankWest - Winner

 

Cody Haiar

Frontier Motors Automotive Group, Inc.

 

Chuck Keiser

Community Volunteer

 

Keven Morehart

Winner School District

 

Candi Sachtjen

Leyden and Associates/Ameriprise Financial

 

Lara Stickland

The Insurance Center

 

 

 

Junior Achievement of South Dakota JA Yankton Board

Ashli Danilko

Avera Sacred Heart Health Services

 

Kevin DeJong

Great Western Bank

 

Susie Frick

First Dakota National Bank

 

Kim Kuchta

First Dakota National Bank

 

Serenity Larson

Applied Engineering

 

Steve Pietila

First Dakota National Bank

 

Kathy Quinlivan

Q Appraisals

 

Deb Specht

Vision Real Estate

 

Nicole Valnes

Yankton School District 63-3

 

 

 

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