Board of Trustees

DWU Life Trustees

Dr. Paul Christen ‘50
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Christen Group, LLC.
Huron, SD

Dr. John Clarke
President
County Fair Foods Stores
Mitchell, SD

Bill Farris ‘69
Retired
CFO, Financial Services Sector
Pointe Vedra, FL

Dr. Ronald D. Gates, Sr.
Retired
Healthcare CEO, Firesteel Heath Care Center
Mitchell, SD

Dr. M. Kent Millard ‘63
President
United Theological Seminary
Zionsville, IN

Wayne Puetz
President
Puetz Corporation
Mitchell, SD

Douglas Powers ’78, Chair
Business Development Director
Innovative Systems
Mitchell, S.D.

Rita Johnson ’70, Vice Chair
Technology Business Management
Retired
Webster, S.D

Ben Kjelden Bob Kjelden ’71, Secretary
Entrepreneur
Retired
North Oaks, Minn.

Dr. Phillip Becker
Anesthesiologist
Mitchell Anesthesia, PC
Mitchell, S.D.

John Grinager ’75
CEO
Approve-IT, Inc.
Bloomington, Minn.

James Gritzner ’69
Senior United States District Judge
Southern District of Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa

Jeff Jares
President and CEO
Claims Associates Inc.
Sioux Falls, S.D.

Jacquelyn Johnson
CEO/Financial Advisor
Dice Financial Services Group
Mitchell, S.D.

Kenneth Ketel ’62
Teacher
Retired
Rapid City, S.D.

Cindy Krall
Speaker, Writer
Treasured Possessions, LLC
Mitchell, S.D.

Beth Kroger '91
JILA Chief of Operations
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colo.

Dr. Linda Kropenske '72
Nursing
Retired
Sioux Falls, S. D.

Kristy Martin
President KRM-IT Inc, Partner SoDak Smart Tech LLC
Mitchell, S.D.

Ron Martin '74
Principal and Residential Mortgage Loan Originator
Avenue Mortgage, LLC
Tyler, Texas