Board/Cabinets and Staff
Board of Directors
Jason Sanderson President
Black Hills Energy
Dr. Joe Dlugos Vice President
South Dakota Mines
Dr. Craig Bailey Past President
Novum Nano
Sammi Langendorf Treasurer
Black Hills Electric Coop.
Salena Osieczonek Secretary
Scheels
Wes Ashton
Black Hills Energy
Andy Becker
Rapid City Police Department
Lori Burnham
Monument Health
Jason Culberson
Rapid City Fire Department
Kelly Frye
Black Hills Special Services
Alenda Derby
Monument Health
Keri Jackson
Dacotah Bank
Kalli Ketel
Coeur Wharf
Joel Landeen
City of Rapid City
Shelley LeFebre
First Interstate Bank
Brenda Meier
Liberty Superstores
Austin Olivier
Black Hills Insurance Agency
Christine Papineau
Monument Health
Kevin Popp
Synchrony
Amber Cornella
City of Rapid City
Michelle Thomson
Black Hills Badlands & Tourism Assn.
Lorie Vega
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Community Cabinets
In addition to our Board of Directors, UWBH utilizes four Community Cabinets to connect with each region in the Black Hills. Two representatives from each Cabinet sit on the Board.
Rapid City
AJ Jacobs
ASI
Brenda Meier Chair
Liberty Superstores
Samantha Young
Black Hills Energy
Kayla Zittel
BankWest
Keri Jackson Vice Chair
Dacotah Bank
Desiree Mendel
Aflac
LaDonna Coates
Black Hills Federal Credit Union
Monique Schneider
Liberty Superstores
Danni Weaver
First Interstate Bank
Northern Hills
Kalli Ketel Chair
Coeur Wharf
Shelley LeFebre Vice Chair
First Interstate Bank
Suzanne Campbell
Monument Health
Lori Casavan
White’s Queen City Motors
Linsey Eckhart
BankWest
Sonja Merrow
Northern Hills FCU
Sandra Kringen
Black Hills State University
Southern Hills
Lori Burnham Chair
Monument Health
Sammi Langendorf Vice Chair
Black Hills Electric Coop.
Bridget Bender
Black Hills Energy
Tara Bland
Black Hills Energy
Dawn Murray
Custer Area Chamber of Commerce
Alex Nelson
Fall River Health
Patty Ressler
Black Hills Parks & Forest Assn
Heather Thompson
Custer County Library
Sturgis
Kelly Frye Chair
Black Hills Special Services
Alenda Derby Vice Chair
Monument Health
Robin Baldwin
Black Hills Rally & Gold
Kylie Corkins
The HomeSlice Group
Fawna Geigle
First Interstate Bank
United Way of the Black Hills Staff
John Cass
Executive Director
Kathy Cruse
Director of Finance
Mari Sheldon
Director of Development
Carmen Keehner
Database Manager
Hanna Glissendorf
Director of Early Education
Lisa Stanley
Early Education Project Manager
Terri Berg
Administrative Assistant
