Feb. 28, 2024

Sales and Marketing Executives Inc. of Sioux Falls has released its list of 77 nominees for its annual Women of Excellence Awards.

The awards will be presented as part of the Women in Business event March 26 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center in the categories of Excellence in Marketing, Excellence in Sales, Supporting Excellence, Entrepreneurial Excellence, Excellence in Public Service and Excellence in Leadership.

The women named were nominated by their peers. A committee of SME members will vote anonymously to determine winners.

The women nominated are:

• Stacey Andernacht, Feeding South Dakota
• Lyutsiya Anderson, Day of Indulgence
• Nicole Anderson-Gappa, Prairie Lane Vintage Rental
• Casey Antilon (Strand), Brandon Valley Assembly of God
• Natalie Barber, The Collective Realty Group, 605 Realty
• Cassie Beech, Made with Grace & Grit
• Ivonne Bellew, 605 Real Estate
• Abby Bischoff, Stockyards Ag Experience
• Raquel Blount, Lloyd Cos.
• Anna Boscaljon, Boscaljon Designs
• Angi Britton, D’lux Suites and Luxury Salon Suites
• Bethany Buitenbos, Chick-fil-A
• Elizabeth Carlson, American Bank & Trust
• Sheila Casiello, Interstate Office Products
• Kristin Catlett, Maurices
• Karen Chesley, Southeastern Behavioral HealthCare
• Anna Derry, Let There Be
• Sandy Dieleman, Avera@Home
• Melissa Dittberner, Straight Up Care
• Chantelle Duncan, 605 Vixen
• Tamaree Duncan, 605 Vixen
• Shannon Dwire, Millennium Recycling Inc.
• Krissy Dykhouse, Rise Skin Studio
• Shannon Emry, Midwest Street Medicine
• Billi Engbrecht, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire
• Donna Farris, Avera Health
• Joy Feige, Eide Bailly LLP
• Arin Gonseth, MarketBeat
• Kristin Hoefert Redlinger, Northwestern Mutual
• Tiffany Hoeft, Minds Matter PLLC
• Gabrielle Hoing, Kore Cares
• Aly Howard, Sanford Health
• Angie Iverson, SD CEO East Women’s Business Center
• Sarah Johnson, High Tone Hearing LLC
• Cindi Johnson, Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort
• Kristle Kampmann, SDK Inc., SDK South
• Dez Kincaid, Treatment Courts
• April Kooiman, Patcraft
• Tamera Larsen-Engelkes, Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center
• Amira Lawrence, Sioux Falls School District
• Rachel Lemons, Victory Ink
• Pat Lund, Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce
• Tia Meyer, Neighborhood Dental
• April Meyerink, American Bank & Trust
• Laura Mitchell, Lawrence & Schiller
• Julie Montage, Phospholutions Inc.
• Katie Murphy, Jane Rae Events
• Amanda Nelson, Atrium and Blue Haven
• Kathy Oberbroekling, Avera Health Plans
• Selene Ochoa, South Dakota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Leah Orsack, LifeScape
• Jessie Park, Sanford Health
• Heather Powell, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Sioux Empire
• Christina Riss, Sioux Empire United Way
• Erin Sanderson, Sanford Health Foundation
• Chelsey Schnell, Evermore Blooms
• Landi Schweigert, Cultivated in Love
• Rebekah Scott, Rebekah Scott Designs, 1948 Leather and The Encourager
• Rachel Sherard, Avera Health
• Tori Smith, Sanford Health
• Greta Stewart, Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort
• Kate Stock, Sanford Health
• Tara Stombaugh, Avera Health Plans
• Lindsey Swenson, Joy Wealth Management – Northwestern Mutual
• Emily Thomas, Sioux Falls City Football Club
• Maurine Ulmer, Sammons Financial Group
• Erica Varcoe, The Table Ministry
• Samantha Vaselaar, Sanford Health
• Amanda Ver Heist, SGS North America – Brookings
• Angelique Verver, Platinum Imagination
• Hailie Warren, University of South Dakota
• Ashley Wenger-Slaba, Sanford Health
• Jill Wilson, Augustana University
• Sylvia Wolters, Pipestone
• Carol Woltjer, Family Visitation Center
• Allison Wyant, Paws Pet Resort
• Nicole Zacher, CPM Fitness

Tickets for the SME Women in Business event are $100. For information and to purchase tickets, visit smesiouxfalls.org.