HEADLINES
Leadership Sioux Falls graduates 29th class Members of the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce’s successful Leadership Sioux Falls program will graduate Wednesday, May 6, at Callaway’s. Deb Soholt, Women’s Health Director at Avera Medical Group, South Dakota State Senator (District 14) and LSF graduate will address the graduates and their guests. The Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce continues to sponsor this community development program, now in its 29th year, designed to meet the need for active participation of informed and dedicated community leaders. Main objectives of the program are: to inform and motivate participants by providing information on community resources; to identify community issues and challenges; to interact with other community leaders; and to gain a sense of community trusteeship. Leadership Sioux Falls sessions are held monthly October-May at various times and locations in the community. Session topics change along with the issues, challenges and opportunities. Core topics include economic development, law enforcement, human services, healthcare, education, non-profit volunteerism, and quality of life issues. The quality of the participants is the true strength of the Leadership Sioux Falls program. They represent the public and private sectors and civic and community organizations in the Sioux Falls area. This year’s participants were selected from 70 applications. For more information on the 30th class, which will begin in October 2015, contact Kate Foley at (605) 373-2002 or kfoley@siouxfalls.com. Applications will be available at siouxfallschamber.com in July 2015.
LEADERSHIP SIOUX FALLS 29 Kari Black
Black Events & Advertising, Inc.
Heidi Bowers
Showplace Wood Products
Kristen Brands Byrne Companies
Carrie Biondi
Lawrence & Schiller
Matthew Burns
Sioux Falls Police Department/ City of Sioux Falls
Sarah Cady
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
Kira Christensen Dylla
The Good Samaritan Society
Aaron Clayton Eide Bailly LLP
Catherine Dekkenga Architecture Incorporated
Ryan Donovan EarthBend, LLC
Jared Ducommun
Midcontinent Communications
Aaron W. Eich Journey Group
Eric Ellefson Click Rain, Inc.
Stefanie Engebretson First Bank & Trust
Mike D. Flint
Home Federal Bank
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Nikki Griffin
Lewis Drug, Inc.
Scott Grunewaldt U.S. Bank
Jennifer Hill CNA Surety
Dan Johnson
St. Michael Cemetery
Derek Kattenberg
Real Property Management Express
Kristi Kranz
Sioux Empire United Way
Eric Joseph Lundin Citibank
Tolcha Alemu Mesele John Morrell & Co.
Michael Miller
Minnehaha County Public Defender’s Office
Joseph Munson
Banner Associates, Inc.
Megan Myers
American Heart Association
John W. Neth Avera Health
Luke Tibbetts
First PREMIER Bank
Aaron Wimmer
Family Visitation Center
Stacy Wrightsman Sanford Health