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Avera Health

Avera Health has announced appointments to its board of directors: chair, Dr. Luis Rojas, Avera Medical Group; and vice chair, Lori Essig, retired vice president of marketing and communications at Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell. Sister Candyce Chrystal, Mount Marty University, Yankton, is a new board member.

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center has announced appointments to its board of trustees: chair, Tom Biegler, Regency Hotel Management; and vice chair, Pat Costello, Schoeneman’s Building Materials Center. New members are Jennifer Bunkers, Redstone Law Firm; Sister Candyce Chrystal, Mount Marty University, Yankton; and Dr. Brenda Kallemeyn, Avera Medical Group. Jeff Gordon, IFAM Capital, has been appointed chair of the regional philanthropy council.

Kevin Kuphal

Interstate Office Products

Kevin Kuphal has joined Interstate Office Products as a business development representative. He has 20 years of sales experience, including five years of industry experience. Kuphal’s role will focus on new business development, using his commercial interiors expertise to identify solutions to prospective clients’ workspaces.

TSP

Jacob Fleck

Jacob Fleck, an electrical engineer with TSP Inc., is now licensed as a professional engineer in South Dakota. Fleck recently passed the Principles and Practice of Engineering, or PE, exam, the final step to becoming licensed. He graduated from O’Gorman High School in Sioux Falls and earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in 2019. Fleck is employed in TSP’s Rapid City office. Since joining the firm in 2019, he has worked on a variety of projects across the firm’s Upper Midwest footprint.

Margaret Carmody

Washington Pavilion

Washington Pavilion Management Inc. has hired Margaret Carmody as chief strategy officer. Carmody previously served as an executive for Raven Industries, where she led organizational culture, marketing, brand, internal and external communications, community and public relations, administrative services and facilities at one time.

First Premier Bank

Shaye Bloch

Karlee Mannes

First Premier Bank has promoted Karlee Mannes to mortgage banker. She has eight years of mortgage experience and joined the bank in 2018.

Shaye Bloch has joined First Premier Bank as a mortgage banker. He has five years of banking experience.

Chris Wagner

Plains Commerce Bank

Chris Wagner has joined Plains Commerce Bank as chief banking officer.

Plains Commerce Bank has promoted three staff members.

Jeremy Olinda

Chris Marbus

Chris Marbus from vice president of business intelligence to senior vice president of bank products.

Jeremy Olinda from data systems engineer to vice president of business intelligence.

Andrew Christensen from systems engineer to information technology manager.