Board of Directors
Board members meet monthly to further the strategic work and mission of Capital Area United Way. They take seriously their fiduciary responsibility to make sure the resources that are entrusted to the organization are wisely used as a result. United Way board members actively participate in committees that help carry out the work of the organization.
Board members are volunteers from across the service area of Hughes and Stanley counties. There are 23 board members, who may serve a maximum of two three-year terms. Of the 23, there are four student members chosen from grades 10-12 within the student bodies of the Pierre and Stanley County school systems. Student terms run from June through May, lasting through the student’s senior year.
Each year the board elects a President, First Vice President, Second Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, who serve as the Executive Committee. The Executive Director is an appointed position, serving at the pleasure of the Board, and an Ex-Officio member of the Executive Committee.
The campaign chair, an individual selected from the community, is appointed each year by the President, with the approval of the Executive Committee, and serves as an Ex-Officio member without voting rights.
Executive Committee
| President |
Dayna Hepper |
Delta Dental |
| 1st Vice President |
Jessica Hanig |
Beck Motor |
| 2nd Vice President |
Jenny Bernhard |
Delta Dental |
| Secretary |
Tony Mangan |
State of South Dakota |
| Treasurer |
Brittany Kost |
BankWest |
| Immediate Past President |
Pat Anderson |
Anderson Dental |
Board of Directors
| Chris McConnell |
Black Hills Federal Credit Union |
| Sadie Goodman |
Pierre School District |
| Dennis Ryckman |
Factor 360 |
| Kaylie Rathbun |
Stanley County Student |
| Laura Ringling |
Department of Social Services |
| Nicole Gordon |
Bankwest |
| Linda Taylor |
Avera St. Mary's |
| Dr. Marty Allison |
Avera Medical Group Pierre |
| Meredith Lee |
Lee Real Estate |
| Kyle Anderson |
First National Bank |
| Talli Raske |
Avera St. Mary's |
| Andrea Beck |
All Around Graphix |
| Nathan Shoup |
Riggs High Student |
| Mike Gibson |
Bankwest |
| Emma Lusk |
Riggs High Student |
| Ruth Howard |
Riggs High Student |