Cabinet


Finance & Management   •   Commissioner Jason Dilges

Economic Development  •   Commissioner Pat Costello

Tourism   •   Secretary Jim Hagen

Agriculture   •   Secretary Lucas Lentsch

Labor and Regulation   •   Secretary Pam Roberts

Game, Fish, and Parks   •   Secretary Jeff Vonk

Environment and Natural Resources   •   Secretary Steve Pirner

Corrections   •   Secretary Denny Kaemingk

Military   •   Adjutant General Tim Reisch

Public Safety   •   Secretary Trevor Jones

Transportation   •   Secretary Darin Bergquist

Housing Development Authority   •   Executive Director Mark Lauseng

Education   •   Secretary Melody Schopp

Information Technology   •   Commissioner David Zolnowsky

Personnel   •   Commissioner Sandy Zinter

Social Services   •   Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon

Health   •   Secretary Doneen Hollingsworth

Human Services   •   Secretary Laurie Gill

Administration   •   Commissioner Paul Kinsman

Revenue   •   Secretary Andy Gerlach

Tribal Relations   •   Secretary Leroy "J.R." LaPlante

Veterans Affairs   •   Secretary Larry Zimmerman

Staff


Dusty Johnson - Chief of Staff

Deb Bowman - Senior Advisor

Tony Venhuizen - Director of Policy and Communications

Jim Seward - General Counsel

Matt Konenkamp - Policy Advisor

Kim Olson - Policy Advisor

Nathan Sanderson - Policy Advisor

Jim Soyer - Legislative Director

Joe Kafka - Press Secretary

Eric Matt - Policy Analyst

Will Mortenson - Policy Analyst

Kelsey Pritchard - Assistant Director of Communications

Kris Erickson - Correspondence Manager

Kelsey Webb - Scheduler

Amy Mancuso - Executive Assistant

Doreen Kayser - Executive Assistant

Nila Novotny - Executive Assistant

Judy Swartz - Administrative Assistant

Kristie Hauck - Receptionist

Marty Davis - Human Resources Director

Linda Fridley - Residence Manager

Biographies




Mark Lauseng












Executive Director Mark Lauseng   •   Housing Development Authority


Mark Lauseng was appointed Executive Director of SDHDA in April of 2006. Prior to his appointment, he was the Director of Finance and the Assistant Treasurer of SDHDA. Mark is a certified public accountant and a member of the South Dakota Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mark grew up and graduated from high school in Watertown, SD. He graduated from college at Northern University in Aberdeen, SD. Mark and his wife Sherry have two sons, Alex and Ryan.