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Tasia Dass

Alternative HR

Tasia Dass has joined Alternative HR as an HR consultant. She has eight years of HR experience and five years of business management experience. Her areas of expertise include talent acquisition, onboarding, employee relations and strategic HR. She is a senior certified professional by the Society of Human Resource Management.

Avera Health

Doneen Hollingsworth

Lori Essig

Avera Health’s board of directors has new officers: chair, Lori Essig, retired vice president at Dakota Wesleyan University; and vice chair, Doneen Hollingsworth of Pierre, retired secretary of health for South Dakota. Jacquelyn Johnson is a new board member. She is a financial adviser at Dice Financial Services Group in Mitchell.

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center

Jennifer Bunkers

Pat Costello

Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center’s board of trustees has new officers: chair, Pat Costello, market manager, Builders FirstSource; and vice chair, Jennifer Bunkers, partner, Redstone Law Firm. New board members are Sanaa Abourezk, owner, Sanaa’s Gourmet Mediterranean; and Ryan Boschee, regional president, First Interstate Bank.

Jared Nesje

TSP

Jared Nesje, CEO and principal at TSP Inc. has been named one of eight Leaders & Legacies award winners by Prairie Business. The annual award is given to top executives in the region to recognize their contributions to business as well as the positive impact they have made on their organizations, communities, and industries.

Bluestone Federal Credit Union

The Bluestone Federal Credit Union board of directors has new officers: chairperson, Paul Buriak; vice chairperson, Joanne Bechtold; and secretary/treasurer, Holly Hall. New board member is Dan Hein.

Cutler Law Firm

Four Cutler Law Firm LLP attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2024 Great Plains Super Lawyers list. The list recognizes the top 5 percent of attorneys in South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. The selection is based on attorneys who have distinguished themselves in their legal practice through professional accomplishments.

• Kent Cutler: business litigation, construction litigation, personal injury – general.
• Steven Sarbacker: mergers and acquisitions, banking, real estate, business/corporate.
• Michael Bornitz: personal injury – general, workers’ compensation, business litigation, insurance coverage.
• Kimberly Wassink: business litigation.

In addition, two Cutler Law Firm attorneys have been named to the 2024 Great Plains Rising Star list. The list recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state.

• Jonathan Heber: business litigation.
• Erik Nyberg: real estate, business/corporate, mergers and acquisitions, land use/zoning.

KLJ Engineering

Jadon Poppinga

Laura Bratten

KLJ Engineering has added two staff members.

Laura Bratten is a civil engineer with the aviation group. She has experience in airport design, construction and airside operations, and planning.

Jadon Poppinga is a civil engineer with the municipal group. His experience is in data collection and analysis.

Southeast Technical College Foundation

Cory Clasemann

Luke Tibbets

Steve Vlk

Selene Zamorano

New board members of the Southeast Technical College Foundation are Selene Zamorano, owner of ZBM and CEO of the South Dakota Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Steve Vlk, CEO of Marsh McLennan Agency of Sioux Falls and Fargo; Luke Tibbets, vice president of business banking at First Premier Bank; and Cory Clasemann, incoming president of Southeast Technical College.