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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
Bethany Bloom Treasurer
West River Mental Health
Dr. Valerie Seales Secretary
Rapid City Area Schools
Wes Ashton
Black Hills Energy
Andy Becker
Rapid City Police Department
Lori Burnham
Monument Health
Jason Culberson
Rapid City Fire Department
Alenda Derby
Monument Health
Lauren Ebert
A & B Business Solutions
Kelly Frye
Black Hills Special Services
Keri Jackson
Dacotah Bank
Kalli Ketel
Coeur Wharf
Joel Landeen
City of Rapid City
Sammi Langendorf
Black Hills Electric Coop.
Shelley LeFebre
First Interstate Bank
Brenda Meier
Liberty Superstores
Austin Olivier
Black Hills Insurance Agency
Salena Osieczonek
Scheels
Christine Papineau
Monument Health
Kevin Popp
Synchrony
Jason Seamans
Community Representative
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
Jarrett Apa
BMS Financial Advisors
Yvonne Chase
Monument Health
Keri Jackson Vice Chair
Dacotah Bank
Desiree Mendel
Aflac
Riann Reurink
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Clifford Rhodes
US Bank
Danni Weaver
First Interstate Bank

Northern Hills

Linsey Eckhart
BankWest
Shelley LeFebre Vice Chair
First Interstate Bank
Suzanne Campbell
Monument Health
Lori Casavan
White’s Queen City Motors
Kalli Ketel Chair
Coeur Wharf
Sonja Merrow
Northern Hills FCU
Becca Walters
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
Patty Ressler
Black Hills Parks & Forest Assn
Heather Thompson
Custer County Library
Rebecca Willard
Steam Cleaning Specialists

Sturgis

Kylie Corkins
The HomeSlice Group
Fawna Geigle
First Interstate Bank
Kelly Frye Chair
Black Hills Special Services
Alenda Derby Vice Chair
Monument Health
Robin Baldwin
Black Hills Rally & Gold
Joyce Ehlers
City of Sturgis

United Way of the Black Hills Staff

John Cass

Executive Director

Mari Sheldon

Director of Development

Kathy Cruse

Director of Finance

Hanna Glissendorf

BH Reads Director

Carmen Keehner

Database Manager

Edwina Kertzman

Database Assistant

Terri Berg

Administrative Assistant

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