South Dakota Emergency Management Association

SDEMA Association Member of the Year recipients
Nominations for this recognition must be submitted in writing prior to the start of Conference.

Year	Name	Organization
1971	*Leona Blote	Kingsbury County
1972	Illa Cannon	Pennington County
1978	Donald Lindstrom	SE District (Beresford)

1979	John Heintzman Elmer Wagner	Brown County Spink County (City of Doland)
1990	Sandra McKeran	Grant County
1992	*Ron Hughes	Lake County
1993	John Ruckman	Brown County
1995	Tom Welch	Region 1 Coordinator SD DEM
1996	Colin Hendry	Region 2 Coordinator SD DEM
1997	*- NONE -*
1998	Brad Stiefvater	McCook County
1999	*- NONE -*
2000	Mike Carter	Custer County
2001	*- NONE -*
2002	Randy Smith	Region 4 Coordinator SD DEM
2003	Todd Struwe	Brookings County
2004	Allan Miller	Davison County
2005	Ed Busse Marcella Busse	Danko Danko
2006	Krisiti Thurman & *Pam Buck	SD OEM Pennington County
2007	Jason Forrest
2008	Brad Steifvater
2009	Brent Kolstad	Region 4 Coordinator SD OEM
2010	David Schaefer	Hamlin County EM
2011	Harold Timmerman	Lincoln County EM

* Denotes deceased

Life membership may be accorded any active member who has at least five (5) years membership in the Association and is no longer associated with a State or Local Organization in the capacity that would make them eligible for active membership. Requests for life membership must be submitted in writing and voted upon by the membership and approved by two-thirds (2/3) of members present at the annual meeting. Once granted, the life member shall have the full rights of an active member.

Name	Organization / Location	SDEMA Member Since	Year Accepted
Beringer, Richard	Bon Homme County	*1995*	*2006*
Cannon, Iila	Rapid City, SD	*1968*
Church, Jack	Belle Foursche, SD	*1990*	*2002*
Dvorak, Darrell	Rapid City, SD	*1984*	*2000*
Fischer, Norman	Pierre, SD	*1967*
Gatjie, Tam	Pierre, SD
Gentle, Sal	Rapid City, SD	*1983*
Gunderson, Bob *	Pierre, SD – SD DEM
Heilman, Elmer *	Custer County
Hendry, Cole	Aberdeen, SD	*1980*
Horn, Montie	Minnehaha County		*2001*
Hughes, Ron *	Lake County	*1989*	*2001*
Jensen, Shirley			*2009*
Larson, Don			*2011*
Magera, Edgar	Hutchinson County	*1980*	*2000*
McKeman, Sandy	Grant County - Twin Brooks, SD	*1970*
Olson, Ollie			*2000*
Orem, Marge			*2011*
Owens, Park	Pennington County	*1992*
Pesicka, Ralph “Doc”	Ziebach County	*1965*
Pudwill, Norman	Hot Springs, SD
Rapp, Arden	Ft Pierre, SD	*1987*
Reed, Floyd	Rochford, SD	*1996*
Robinson, Fred			*2011*
Schreiber, Donald	Rapid City, SD – SD DEM	*1965*
Smith, Randy	Rapid City, SD	*1999*	*2007*
Smith, Richard	Pierre, SD	*1975*
Soliday, Doc			*2000*
Studeny, J. P.	Aurora County	*1989*
Thomas, Ray			*2009*
Trankel, Richard	Rapid City, SD	*1967*
Walker, Ginger			*2009*
Ward, Jim	Pierre, SD	*1984*
Whitney, Gary	Pierre, SD

* Denotes deceased

Honorary membership may be awarded annually to any South Dakota citizen for outstanding contributions toward the advancement of Civil Defense and Emergency Management Programs within South Dakota. May not hold office or vote.

*Year*	*Name*	*Organization*
1963	Floyd Reed	Charles Mix County
1964	Floyd Reed	Charles Mix County
1965	Floyd Reed	Charles Mix County
1966	Frank Scott Jr	Aurora County
1967	Frank Scott Jr	Aurora County
1968	Robert Bishman	Brookings County
1969	*Joe Vanderloo	Minnehaha County
1970	*Harold Irish	Pennington County
1971	*Art Foster	Chamberlain SD
1972	*John Heintzman	Brown County
1973	*Robert Mead	Sanborn County
1974	*Peter VanSoest	James Valley District
1975	Bonita Bertram	Tripp/Todd Counties
1976	Robert Horn	War Hawk
1977	*Ben Amsden	Grant County
1978	*Dale Brchan	Brookings County
1979	Walter Zabel	Walworth County
1980	Robert Bishman	Brookings County
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990	Glen Imberi	Brown County
1991	Norm Pudwill	Fall River County
1992
1993
1994	*Don Herrick	Davison County
1995	Park Owens	Pennington County
1996	Don Opie	War Hawk District
1997	*Howard Muchow	Lawrence County
1998	Todd Struwe	Brookings County
1999	Don Opie	War Hawk District
2000	Allan Miller	Davison County
2001	Mike Carter	Custer County
2002	Todd Struwe	Brookings County
2003	Park Owens	Pennington County
2004	Freddie Robinson	Brown County
2005	Paul Thomson	Lawrence County
2006	Lynn DeYoung	Minnehaha County
2007	Misty Peck	Butte County
2008	Donald Thomson	Lake County
2009	Randy Maddox	Spink County / OEM
2010	Harold Timmerman	Lincoln County
2011	Jon Vavruska	Bon Homme County

* Denotes deceased

Certified Emergency Managers (CEM)
- CEM Guide
- Current CEM Members
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