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Henry Sule

Startup Sioux Falls

Henry Sule has been named community coordinator at Startup Sioux Falls.

The Startup Sioux Falls board of directors has elected its officers: chair, John Meyer, Leadership South Dakota; vice chair, Cindy Peterson, Maximizing Excellence; treasurer, Arin Gonseth, MarketBeat; secretary, Chez Tschetter, Solarity/Edco; and past chair, Paul Tschetter, Boyce Law Firm. New board members are Faith Larson, Mickelson & Company/Alpas Capital; Cindy Peterson, Maximizing Excellence LLC; and Jael Thorpe, Gameday Social Apparel Co. Reelected to additional terms are Bob Mundt, Sioux Falls Development Foundation; Jeff Griffin, Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce; Kim Burma, Midco; Tony Nour, First Premier Bank/Premier Bankcard; Scott Petersen, Hireclick; Karla Santi, Blend Interactive; and Keith Severson, Eide Bailly.

Alyssia Sturm

Nichoelle Waldner

First International Bank & Trust

First International Bank & Trust has added four members to its mortgage team.

Nichoelle Waldner is a senior mortgage loan officer.

Ryan Konz

Chris Haugan

Alyssia Sturm, Chris Haugan and Ryan Konz are mortgage loan officers.

Plains Commerce Bank

Carolyn Gossen

Andrew Christensen

Plains Commerce Bank has promoted two staff members.

Andrew Christensen to senior vice president information technology. He previously served as information technology manager and has been with the bank for five years.

Carolyn Gossen to vice president bank systems. She previously was a bank systems analyst and has been with the bank for a year.

Katie Bartling

Sammons Financial Group

Katie Bartling has been promoted to chief people officer at Sammons Financial Group. Bartling joined the company in 2007 and is based in Sioux Falls. She most recently led marketing and customer experience with Sammons’ life insurance business.

University of South Dakota Foundation & Alumni Association

Margaret Carmody

Margaret Carmody has been named vice president of development at the University of South Dakota Foundation & Alumni Association. She has more than 15 years of experience in executive leadership across the technology, nonprofit, government and health care sectors. Most recently, Carmody served as chief strategy officer at the Washington Pavilion. She also has held key leadership positions at Raven Industries/CNH Industrial, where she directed communications, brand strategy and stakeholder engagement efforts. Carmody will assume the role in early January.