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.
2019-2020 SDHC Board of Directors
Whitney Rencountre, Chair
Program Coordinator
Rapid City
Jay Perry, Chair Elect
Asst Vice President for Academic Affairs
South Dakota Board of Regents
Pierre
Vonnie Shields, Past Chair
Community Volunteer
Sioux Falls
*Eric Abrahamson
Principal Historian
Vantage Point Historical Services Inc.
Rapid City
Kathy Antonen
English Professor
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Lake Norden
*Bobbie Bohlen
Executive Director
Grant County Development Corp.
Milbank
Cathy Clark
Retired Banker
Sioux Falls
Tawa Ducheneaux
Archivist
Oglala Lakota College
Kyle
*Darlene Farabee
Associate Professor & Chair of the Department of English
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Jerome Freeman
Neurologist
Brandon
Karen Hall
Author, Environmental Engineer
Rapid City
*Katie Hunhoff
Publisher
South Dakota Magazine
Yankton
Kelly Kirk
Director of University Honors Program
Black Hills State University
Spearfish
Heidi Kruse, Secretary
Elementary Librarian & Media Specialist
Sturgis
Frank Pommersheim
Emeritus Professor
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Tamara St. John
Tribal Archivist
Spearfish
Kristi Tornquist, Treasurer
Chief University Librarian & Professor
South Dakota State University
Brookings
Jerry Wilson
Retired, Writer
Vermillion
*Governor Appointees