Executive Director & CEO

 

Pam Roberts

Pam Roberts of Pierre, holds a bachelor's degree in commercial economics from South Dakota State University. She retired from state government after a career in senior leadership roles serving on the cabinet of five South Dakota governors, including positions as state labor secretary, state personnel commissioner, and chief of operations.​​ Roberts and her husband, Clay, operate their family's ranch in Stanley and Lyman counties. Appointed by Governor Daugaard in 2016, her term will expire in 2022.

Location:
Pierre (Hughes County)

Appointed:
April 2016

Appointed by:
Dennis Daugaard

Term expires:
2022

Tony Venhuizen

​Tony Venhuizen of Sioux Falls, holds a bachelor's degree from South Dakota State University and a law degree from the University of South Dakota. He previously served as the Board of Regents' student member in 2003-2008, appointed three times by Gov. Mike Rounds. Prior to his current employment with Standard Trust Company, Venhuizen served as chief of staff in the administrations of Gov. Kristi Noem and Gov. Dennis Daugaard. As an education policy adviser in the Governor's Office, Venhuizen chaired the Council on Higher Education Policy Goals, Performance, and Accountability and the Open Government Task Force. He also served on the Blue Ribbon Task Force and the Dakota Corps scholarship board. Appointed by Gov. Noem in 2021, his term will expire in 2027.

​Joan Wink

Joan Wink is a professor emerita of California State University, Stanislaus. In addition, Joan has been an adjunct professor at Black Hills State University, South Dakota State University, and The College of New Jersey in Mallorca, Spain.

Joan began a six-year term to the South Dakota Board of Regents in April 2017.

Throughout her career, she has focused on languages, literacy, and learning in pluralistic contexts. Dr. Wink completed her Ph. D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Texas A&M, 1991); two masters' degrees from the University of Arizona (Spanish, 1981; Educational Foundations/Bilingual, 1985); and a Spanish and English undergraduate degree from Yankton College, SD, 1966.

During her experiences in K-12 public education, Joan taught Spanish, English, reading, language arts in junior and senior high school in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Texas, and California. She directed federal grants and was the bilingual/ESL/migrant education coordinator in California. Joan continues consulting, writing, and speaking nationally and internationally.

Joan maintains an active website (joanwink.com) and a blog, WinkWorld, (http://www.joanwink.com/wink-world/). She has published widely in scholarly journals and is the author of Critical Pedagogy: Notes from the Real World (4 editions), A Vision of Vygotsky with LeAnn Putney, and Teaching Passionately: What's Love Got to Do with It? with Dawn Wink.

Joan's most recent book is The Power of Story links libraries and literacies through the power of story, both oral and written. Libraries Unlimited/ABCLIO published this book in 2018.

Complete vita: http://www.joanwink.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/joan-wink-cv-Mar2016.pdf

Jeff Partridge

Jeff Partridge, Rapid City, is president of Partridge Financial Services. He served on the Rapid City Common Council from 2003-05, including a term as the council’s vice president. Partridge was on the legislature’s budget-setting Joint Appropriations Committee for six years, while serving terms in the House of Representatives from 2015-17 and in the Senate from 2017-21. He is a graduate of Augustana University. Appointed by Gov. Noem in 2021, his term will expire in 2027.

Tim Rave

Tim Rave, Baltic, is president and CEO of the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations. He served in both chambers of the South Dakota Legislature, first in the Hou​se of Representatives from 2003-11, where he became Speaker of the House, and later in the Senate from 2011-15, where he was the majority leader. Rave attended South Dakota State University and graduated from the University of Sioux Falls. Appointed by Gov. Noem in 2021, his term will expire in 2027.

​Brian L. Maher