Board of Directors
The Council maintains a board of 18 South Dakotans who set policy, provide guidance and determine programming goals and missions. The board is composed of citizens with varied backgrounds who serve as volunteer board members. Four members of the Council board are appointed by the Governor of South Dakota.
2016-17 SDHC Board of Directors
Eric Abrahamson, Executive Committee, At Large
Principal Historian, Rapid City
Dick Brown
Fundraising Consultant, Custer
Michelle Deyo-Amende, Past Chair
Executive Director, Belle Fourche
Tom Fishback, Chair-Elect
Banker, Brookings
Katie Hunhoff, Executive Committee, At Large
Publisher, Yankton
Julie Johnson
Attorney, Mina
Jason McEntee
Associate Prof. of English, Brookings
Russell McKnight, Secretary
Project Lead & Design Consultant, Sioux Falls
James E. McMahon
Attorney, Canton
Judith Meierhenry, Chair
Retired Supreme Court Justice, Sioux Falls
Julie Moore Peterson
Director, Sturgis
Scott Rausch
Department Head, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Piedmont
Whitney Rencountre
Program Coordinator, Rapid City
Vonnie Shields
Community Volunteer, Pierre
Tamara St. John
Tribal Archivist, Sisseton
David Wolff, Treasurer
Retired History Professor, Spearfish