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.
2017-18 SDHC Board of Directors
Eric Abrahamson, Executive Committee, At Large
Principal Historian, Rapid City
Dick Brown
Fundraising Consultant, Custer
Cathy Clark
Retired Banker, Sioux Falls
Darlene Farabee
Associate Professor/Chair of English at USD, Vermillion
Karen Hall
Environmental Engineer and Writer, Rapid City
Katie Hunhoff, Executive Committee, At Large
Publisher, Yankton
Julie Johnson
Attorney, Mina
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
Jay Perry
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, SD Board of Regents, Pierre
Scott Rausch
Retired Engineer/University Faculty, Piedmont
Whitney Rencountre
Program Coordinator, Rapid City
Vonnie Shields
Community Volunteer, Pierre
Tamara St. John
Tribal Archivist, Sisseton
Kristi Tornquist
Chief University Librarian/Professor at SDSU, Brookings
David Wolff, Treasurer
Retired History Professor, Spearfish