BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Sioux Falls Sports Authority is governed by a 15-person Board of Directors:

Dana Dykhouse
Executive Committee, Chair
CEO, First Premier Bank

Curt Soehl
Executive Committee, Secretary
Sioux Falls City Council Member

Steve Young
Executive Committee, Vice Chair
President, Sanford Sports

Thomas Lee
Executive Committee
Executive Director, Sioux Falls Sports Authority

Kim Burma
Board Member
MIDCO
Senior Advertising Account Executive

Brian Jans
Board Member
Jans Corporation
President

Don Kearney
Board Member
City of Sioux Falls - Parks & Recreation
Director

Scott Lawrence
Board Member
Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce
Board Chair

Dan Radigan
Board Member
USD Howling Pack
President

Brent Hodgkiss
Board Member
Holmes Murphy

Bob Thimjon
Executive Committee, Treasurer
Ramkota Companies, Inc. Retired

Kevin Lampe
Executive Committee, Past Chair
Sanford Health, Retired

Casey Meile
Board Member
Sioux Falls School District
Coordinator, Athletics & Physical Education

Marc Murren
Board Member
Sioux Falls School District
Board Member

Max Sandlin
Board Member
Mercury
General Counsel

Teri Schmidt
Board Member
Experience Sioux Falls
Executive Director

Jon Thum
Board Member
Sioux Falls Police Department
Chief of Police

Erica Schilling
Board Member
Mammoth Construction


How are individuals nominated to the Board of Directors?

Five of the directors shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Sioux Falls and approved by the City Council; five of the directors shall be appointed by the superintendent of schools of the Sioux Falls School District and approved by the District School Board; one director shall be appointed by the South Dakota Board of Regents; one director shall be appointed by the executive director of the Sioux Falls Convention and Visitors Bureau and shall be approved by the advisory council of such bureau; one director shall be the elected chairman of the board of directors of the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce; one director shall be the chairman of the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce Sports and Recreation Committee; and one director shall be the executive director of the Sioux Falls Sports Authority.