The South Dakota Trade Team

Kallie Ruland
Board of Directors

Joe Beck
Executive Director of Corporate Development
Viaflex

Andrea Thompson
CEO
Dakota State Applied Research Corporation

Holly Lien
Chief Marketing Officer
Pete Lien & Sons

Jeff Griffin
President & CEO
Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce

Melissa Fossell
Director, Commercial Banking
FNBO

Dennis Harstad
Vice President & General Manager
Houdek

John Willard
CEO
Plant Catalyst

Joe Fiala
Partner Relations Director
Governor’s Office of Economic Development

Sheila Gestring
President
University of South Dakota
Steering Committee

Joni Ekstrom
Executive Director
South Dakota Biotech

Cagney Effling
Director of Programs & Communication
SD Pork Producers Council

Lori Frederick
Senior Economic Development Director
Elevate Rapid City

DaNita Murray
Executive Director
South Dakota Corn

Tom Peterson
Executive Director
South Dakota Dairy Producers

Mary Schaefbauer
President
South Dakota Trust Association

Dave Iverson
Board of Directors
South Dakota Soybean

Joe Fiala
Partner Relations Director
Governor’s Office of Economic Development