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.
2020-2021 SDHC Board of Directors
Jay Perry, Chair
Senior Advisor for Policy & Planning
South Dakota Board of Regents
Pierre
*Bobbie Bohlen, Chair Elect
Director of Development
HME Management
Wilmot
Kathy Antonen
Professor Emerita of Humanities
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Lake Norden
Jace Decory
Retired Assist. Prof. Emerita
Black Hills State University
Spearfish
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
Troy Heinert
Legislator
Mission
*Katie Hunhoff
Publisher
SD Magazine
Yankton
Kelly Kirk
Director of University Honors Program-BHSU
Spearfish
Heidi Kruse (Secretary)
Elementary Librarian & Media Specialist
Sturgis
Frank Pommersheim
Emeritus Professor Law School
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
Tamara St. John
Tribal Archivist
Spearfish
Kristi Tornquist (Treasurer)
Chief University Librarian & Professor
South Dakota State University
Brookings
*Stephen Williamson
Foundation Director
Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls
Jerry Wilson
Retired English teacher, Writer
Vermillion
*Governor Appointees