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 Past President
Moyle Petroleum Company
Linsey Eckhart
BankWest
Kelly Frye
Black Hills Special Services
Aaron (AJ) Jacobs
ASI
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 Chair
ASI
Brenda Meier Vice Chair
Liberty Superstores
Jarrett Apa
BMS Financial Advisors
Yvonne Chase
Monument Health
Keri Jackson
Dacotah Bank
Desiree Mendel
Aflac
Riann Reurink
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Clifford Rhodes
US Bank
Danni Weaver
First Interstate Bank
Northern Hills
Linsey Eckhart Chair
BankWest
Shelley LeFebre Vice Chair
First Interstate Bank
Suzanne Campbell
Monument Health
Lori Casavan
White’s Queen City Motors
Kalli Ketel
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
Kelly Frye Chair
Black Hills Special Services
Alenda Derby Vice Chair
Monument Health
Robin Baldwin
Black Hills Rally & Gold
Joyce Ehlers
City of Sturgis
Jessie Dufner
First Interstate Bank
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
