The Board of Technical Education members are appointed by the Governor and can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms. Four members serve as appointees representing specific technical colleges and five members serve as at-large members.
Dana Dykhouse
Chair | Sioux Falls
Dykhouse is the chief executive officer of First PREMIER Bank, a position he has held since 1995. He has served as the chair of the Board of Technical Education since 2017. He is the chair of the Build Dakota Scholarship board and is a past chair of the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce and Forward Sioux Falls. He also serves on the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, the South Dakota State University Foundation board, and the Sioux Falls Sports Authority. Dykhouse was appointed to the Board of Technical Education by Governor Daugaard in 2017 and re-appointed in 2020.
Terry Sabers
Secretary | Mitchell
Sabers is recently retired from Muth Electric where he served as co-president. He is a 1975 graduate of Mitchell Technical College and is a member of the MTC Foundation Board and the Build Dakota Scholarship board. Sabers served for eight years as a member of the state Board of Education, which had state oversight responsibility for the technical colleges prior to the passage of Senate Bill 65. Sabers was appointed to the Board of Technical Education by Governor Daugaard in 2017 and re-appointed in 2020.
Doug Ekeren
Doug Ekeren, of Yankton, is the regional president and CEO of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. Ekeren has been with Sacred Heart since 1993. He serves on the board of directors of the Regional Technical Education Center (RTEC) in Yankton, and is a past president of the Yankton School Board and the Yankton Chamber of Commerce. Ekeren was appointed to the Board of Technical Education by Governor Daugaard in 2017 and re-appointed in 2019.
Brad Greenway
Greenway attended one year at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, MN before returning to Mitchell and graduating with an associate degree in Agriculture Management from Mitchell Technical Institute in 1984.
Locally, Greenway serves on the township board, Davison County Fair Board, has been involved with the Davison County Pork Council for 30 years, and served on the SD Pork Producers Council from 2000 to 2015, including as president from 2005-2006. He served on the National Pork Board (Pork Checkoff) from 2009 to 2015. He most recently was a board member for U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action and served as chairman from 2016-2018.
Greenway has received several statewide awards including Pork All American, Governor’s 2014 Ag Ambassador of the Year, Mitchell Technical Institute Outstanding Alumnus of the Year in 2016, and together with his wife Peggy received the South Dakota Pork Promoters of the Year award in 2015. Greenway was selected as America's Pig Farmer of the Year in 2016. Greenway and his wife Peggy farm just west of Mitchell, South Dakota.
Greenway was appointed to the Board of Technical Education by Governor Noem in 2021.
Joy Nelson
Joy Nelson is a lifelong resident of South Dakota. She began her career at Farmers and Merchants Bank in Watertown in the real estate and student loan lending departments. She entered the real estate business in 1982 and is the broker-owner of Haugan Nelson Realty, Inc. in Watertown. She has been engaged in residential, commercial, and agricultural real estate for the last 38 years.
Nelson is the founder and beneficiary of Joy Ranch outside of Watertown, a non-profit facility whose mission is to serve people with disabilities and medical issues, as well as veterans, through equine therapy. She was awarded the National ALDE Award in 2013 for philanthropy, the National Association of Realtors Good Neighbor Award in 2018, and is an inductee to the South Dakota Hall of Fame and the Watertown Hall of Fame.
Nelson currently serves on the Sanford Medical Center Board of Directors, the Lake Area Technical College Strategic Advisory Council as President, the Village Harmony Hill Board of Directors, the GLC Foundation Board of Directors, and is the past president of both the Prairie Lakes Hospital Foundation and the Lake Area Technical College Foundation.
Nelson was appointed to the Board of Technical Education by Governor Noem in 2021.
Scott Peterson
Scott Peterson, of Belle Fourche, is the owner of Scott Peterson Motors in Belle Fourche and Sturgis and has been in the car business since 1988. Peterson also serves on the Governor's Workforce Development Council, the South Dakota Automobile Dealers Board and the Belle Fourche Development Corporation. Peterson was appointed to the Board of Technical Education by Governor Daugaard in 2017 and re-appointed in 2019.
Brian Sandvig
Brian Sandvig is the CFO at Valley Queen Cheese Factory, in Milbank, South Dakota. In addition to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education, Brian serves on the following community boards: South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, South Dakota State Historical Society, South Dakota Junior Achievement, Grant County Economic Development Corp., and The City of Milbank Parks and Recreation. He teaches Sunday School at Living Word Lutheran Church and is an Assistant Coach on the Milbank High School Football team.
Brian is a graduate of Aberdeen Central High School and the University of North Dakota. He joined Valley Queen in 2007 after 10 years as a banker to dairies, farmers, and agribusinesses throughout SD, ND & MN. Brian and his wife, Janel, live in Milbank, South Dakota, and have three children, Jacob, Jack, and Ella.
Sandvig was appointed to the Board of Technical Education by Governor Noem in 2021.
Dr. Kay Schallenkamp
Dr. Kay Schallenkamp served 41 years in higher education prior to her retirement in 2014. She served as President of Black Hills State University (SD) from 2006-2014 and President of Emporia State University (KS) from 1997-2006. Prior to that, she served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Provost at Chadron State College (NE). She started her higher education career at Northern State University (SD) as a faculty member of communication disorders and later served as department chair and dean.
Schallenkamp is currently on the Board of Directors for the Crazy Horse Memorial, Board of Trustees for Baker University (KS), and the Cultural and Diversity Committee for the Sanford Underground Lab. She previously served on the Board of Directors for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, the SD Board of Educational Standards, and the SD Board of Junior Achievement. She also served as a member of the Board of Directors for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, the North Central Association (now the Higher Learning Commission) and the Renaissance Group. In addition, she served as chair of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, the Presidents Council for NCAA Division II, and the National Teachers Hall of Fame, as well as the steering committee for the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment. Schallenkamp served as a Consultant Evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission for 25 years.
Dr. Schallenkamp was appointed to the Board of Technical Education by Governor Noem in 2021.
Diana VanderWoude
Diana VanderWoude, of Sioux Falls, is the senior executive director of Academic Affairs for Sanford Health. Prior to joining Sanford Health, VanderWoude served for 11 years as the executive director of the South Dakota Board of Nursing. VanderWoude has served on the Southeast Technical College Foundation board and is a member of the Build Dakota Scholarship board. VanderWoude was appointed to the Board of Technical Education by Governor Daugaard in 2017 and re-appointed in 2020.