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American Family Insurance

Terra Koupal, an American Family Insurance agency owner in Sioux Falls and Harrisburg, has been recognized for providing an outstanding customer experience under the American Star Excellence in Customer Experience certification program. Koupal has been an agency owner for American Family since 2013.

First Premier Bank

First Premier Bank has promoted three staff members.

Brian Grosz to vice president, indirect lending. Grosz joined the bank in 1999 and has 26 years of experience in financial services.

Matt Hieb to vice president, indirect lending. Hieb has nearly 20 years of experience in financial services and joined the bank in 2016.

Michael Wheelock to vice president, loan collections. Wheelock joined the bank in 2004 and has 30 years of experience in financial services.

Hegg Realtors

Hegg Realtors has added five broker associates.

Nicholas Blau previously worked in property management for 15 years.

Anthony Graphenteen has joined The Ron Weber Team. He is a licensed broker in South Dakota and Minnesota.

Pam Tiefenthaler has worked in education for 27 years, most recently as chief education officer at Sioux Falls Christian School.

Christine Wakefield has joined The Select Team. She has been a chiropractor in Sioux Falls, owning her own business, for the past 23 years. She also operates a couple of Airbnbs with her husband.

Breck Miller has joined the InRealty Group as operations coordinator. He has experience in real estate sales and education.

Koch Hazard Architects

Koch Hazard Architects has added two staff members.

Michelle Rippentrop is the director of interior design. She has 12 years of experience in interior architecture design, specializing in the areas of health care, corporate and hospitality design and is an NCIDQ Certified designer. Rippentrop started her career in Phoenix and has worked in the regional market for the past nine years.

 

Mason O’Farrell is an architectural designer. He interned with the firm in 2016 during his fourth year in the architecture program at SDSU. He spent the past four years in Denver working with DLR Group and completing his Masters of Architecture and Design-Build Certificate from the University of Colorado Denver.

 

 

Minnwest Bank

Andrea Carstensen has joined Minnwest Bank as a business development officer.

 

 

NAI Sioux Falls

Stacey Sieverding has joined NAI Sioux Falls as a broker associate. For the past 28 years, she worked  with FOX-TV in Sioux Falls.