SDBA Board of Directors

David Nelson, Chair
President/CEO
First Fidelity Bank
PO Box 376
Burke, SD 57523
Phone: 605.775.2641

President/CEO
Pioneer Bank & Trust
PO Box 729
Belle Fourche, SD 57717
Phone: 605.892.2536

Pete Mehlhaff, Vice Chair
President/CEO
Great Plains Bank
PO Box 2140
Aberdeen, SD 57402
Phone: 605.725.9400

David Bangasser, Immediate Past Chair
SVP - Chief Banking Officer
Dacotah Bank
300 S. Phillips Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Phone: 605.367.6435

Term Ending April 30, 2024

Pennie Lutz, Group II Director
President/CEO
Richland State Bank
PO Box 338
Bruce, SD 57220
Phone: 605.627.5671

Keith Knuppe, Small Community Bank Director
Senior Vice President-Loan Officer
BankNorth
PO Box 80
Warner, SD 57479
Phone: 605.225.9605

Nathan Franzen, Large Community & Regional Bank Director
President of Ag Banking
First Dakota National Bank
PO Box 156
Yankton, SD 57078
Phone: 605.665.4903

Derek Nolan, Emerging Leaders Work Goup
Market President & Compliance Officer
Rivers Edge Bank
PO Box 7
Marion, SD 57043
Phone: 605.648.3683 

Term Ending April 30, 2025

John McGrath, Group I Director
Sr. VP Chief Credit Officer
First PREMIER Bank
PO Box 1348
Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1348
Phone: 605.357.3007

Dusty Petersen, Group III Director
VP/Retail Manager III, Rapid City Market
First Interstate Bank
PO Box 2530
Rapid City, SD 57709
Phone: 605.348.3322

Maximum Dues-VACANT

Term Ending April 30, 2026

Terry Fitzke, Group IV Director
Chief Lending Officer
BankWest
420 S Pierre St
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605.224.7391

Todd Christoffer, Mid-Size Community Bank Director
Chief Credit Officer & SD Division President
First National Bank
632 Main St
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: 605.391.8705