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Bruk Kammerman

Avera

Avera’s chief information officer, Bruk Kammerman, has been named to Becker’s list  of hospital and health system CIOs to know. Kammerman became senior vice president and CIO of Avera in 2021 and previously served as regional CIO of MultiCare Health System in Spokane, Washington.

Sanford Health

Jeremy Cauwels

Brad Reimer

Bill Gassen

Bill Gassen, Sanford Health president and CEO, was the featured speaker during a fireside chat at the American Hospital Association Rural Health Care Leadership Conference earlier this month in Texas. Gassen, the chair-elect designate of the AHA board of trustees who will become chair next year, reflected on the realities of leading a rural health system through disruption and driving meaningful transformation.

Brad Reimer, chief information officer at Sanford Health, is taking part in a panel today at the ViVE national health care conference in Los Angeles. The panelists will examine the U.S. health care system’s coming digital renaissance. Earlier this month, he was a panelist at the American Hospital Association Rural Health Care Leadership Conference in Texas. That panel explored how rural systems are leveraging AI — especially ambient AI — to support early recognition, documentation integrity, patient outcomes and workforce extension while navigating consent, trust and equity concerns.

Dr. Jeremy Cauwels, chief medical officer of Sanford Health, was a panelist at the Medical Alley 2026 Summit earlier this month in Minneapolis. He and other panelists were part of the session entitled “Innovating for Access: Breaking Barriers to Care in Rural America.”

Alex Weiers

TSP

Alex Weiers has been named the structural discipline leader at TSP Inc. He has almost 20 years of experience at TSP and is based in the Rapid City office.

Cornerstone Bank

Deb Palmer

Cornerstone Bank has hired Deb Palmer as the director of deposit development. Palmer, who has spent 27 years in banking, has expertise in business, consumer, middle market and commercial banking.

Children’s Home Society

Brian Wilson

Dr. Brian Wilson, chief medical officer at Children’s Home Society, has been appointed by Gov. Larry Rhoden to serve on South Dakota’s Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee. Wilson also was reappointed recently to represent South Dakota at the national level with the American Psychiatric Association. Other recent appointments include serving as a member on the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine admissions committee, board chair of the South Dakota State Medical Association Foundation, representative for the Black Hills district on the South Dakota State Medical Association Policy Council and member of the consultation team for SD-BEAM, a program through USD medical school’s Center for Disabilities.

First Interstate Bank

First Interstate Bank has a refreshed South Dakota leadership team designed to bring decisions closer to clients and faster response times tailored to local needs.

Kelly Buntrock

Scott Reiman

Jay Mitchell

Jay Mitchell is the state president — Eastern South Dakota. He has been with the bank for 19 years.

Scott Reiman is the state president — Western South Dakota. He has been with the bank for 13 years.

Brett Martin is the commercial market president — Sioux Empire. He has been with the bank for 19 years.

Kelly Buntrock is the commercial market president — Southern Hills & Badlands. He has been with the bank for 18 years.

Ryan Schimke is a commercial market president and has been with the bank for 19 years.

T.J. Gusso is a commercial market president and has been with the bank for 31 years.

Jeff Scheel is a commercial market president and has been with the bank for 22 years.

Dusty Petersen

Amanda Johnson

Alexis Heine

Alexis Heine is the community banking market leader — Southeast South Dakota. She has been at the bank for three years.

Amanda Johnson is the community banking market leader — Northern Hills. She has been with the bank for 34 years.

Dusty Petersen is a community banking market leader and has been with the bank for 28 years.

Merrie Atherton is a community banking market leader and has been with the bank for 11 years.

Orthopedic Institute

James Brunz

Dr. James Brunz, an interventional spine and pain physician at the Orthopedic Institute, has been designated as an Intracept Center of Excellence physician. The distinction is awarded to physicians who demonstrate advanced expertise, clinical experience and a commitment to best practices in the treatment of chronic vertebrogenic low back pain. Brunz offers the Intracept Procedure, a minimally invasive, FDA-cleared treatment that targets the basivertebral nerve.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Kelly Grogan

Kelly Grogan has been named as this year’s grand marshal of the Sioux Falls St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Kelly, a retired firefighter with Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, is the third Grogan to receive the honor of being grand marshal, following his mother Cleopha Grogan in 2001 and older brother Hugh Grogan in 2019. The 46th annual parade will be March 14 in downtown Sioux Falls.

Travel South Dakota

Travel South Dakota won seven awards for travel marketing excellence at the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International Adrian Awards. The state Tourism Department received gold and best of category for influencer/content creation – paid media only, two golds for consumer brand campaign, silver and best of category for purpose-driven campaign, and three silvers for consumer brand campaign, influencer/content creation and influencer/content creation – paid media. Travel South Dakota earned the awards in partnership with agencies Karsh Hagan, Lou Hammond Group, Love Communications, Miles Partnership and Lawrence & Schiller.