Party Officers
State Central Committee
The State Central Committee is the main governing body of the SDDP.
Elected Officials
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Staff
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Executive Board
The SDDP Executive Board works directly with the state party chair and party staff to review and recommend policy and procedures to the body of the State Central Committee. The executive board consists of the SDDP Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer, along with the National Committeeman and Committeewoman, National Committeewoman for Native Americans, Young Democrats president, College Democrats president, Democratic legislative leaders and fourteen regional representatives.
Regional representatives are elected to two-year terms in regional caucuses at the State Central Committee meeting following county party elections in odd-numbered years (typically held in conjunction with McGovern Day).
REGION 1
Dennis Olson (Beadle)
Jennifer Slaight-Hansen (Brown)
REGION 2
Mary Perpich (Brookings)
Travis Wicks (Lake)
REGION 3
Sheldon Osborn (Minnehaha)
Jeri Reed (Minnehaha)
REGION 4
Shane Merrill (Turner)
Betty Smith (Clay)
REGION 5
Carrie Ackerman Rice
(Charles Mix)
Bill Smith (McCook)
REGION 6
Oliver Miner (Dewey)
Alli Moran (Ziebach)
REGION 7
Jay Davis (Pennington)
Sandy White Shield (Pennington)