Commanders & Officers

Department Commander

Courtney Steffen of Madison, (Chester Post), SD

Courtney Steffen of Madison, (Chester Post) SD

The American Legion, Department of South Dakota, Commander

 

Department Vice Commander

Doug Harris | Districts 1 & 2

Doug Harris | Districts 1 & 2

 

Department Vice Commander

Rod Smith | Districts 3,4,5,6,7 and 8

Rod Smith| Districts 3,4,5,6,7 and 8

Department Officers

Travise Flisrand State Adjutant

C. P. "Van" Van Delist

Adjutant

Bill Peters, State Membership Chairman

Bill Peters

Membership

Denny Brenden NEC

Denny Brenden

National Executive Committeeman

Fred Nelson Alternate NEC

Fred Nelson

Alternate National Executive Committeeman

Krisma DeWitt Department Finance Officer

Krisma DeWitt

Finance Officer

Fred Lee State Historian

Fred Lee

Historian

Dan Wyatt, State Americanism Officer

Dan Wyatt

Americanism Officer

Greg Geiman State Sergeant-at-Arms

Greg Geiman

Sergeant-at-Arms

Kate Schmidt Children and Youth Chairperson

Kate Schmidt

Children and Youth

Brian Havard, Service Officer

Brian Havard

Service Officer

Courtney VanZanten, Service Officer

Jay Leibel

Judge Advocate

Mike Kumm

Mike Kumm

Chaplain

District Commanders

Brian Dean, District 1 Commander

Brian Dean

District 1 Commander
Butte, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Corson, Dewey, Perkins, and Ziebach

District 2 Commander

Christopher Rendon

District 2 Commander
Bennett, Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Mellette, Todd, Custer, Fall River, Pennington, and Oglala Lakota

Travis Hedrick, District 3 Commander.

Travis Hedrick

District 3 Commander
Hughes, Hyde, Potter, Stanley, Sully, Gregory, Lyman, Tripp, and Hand

Bob Thomason, District 4 Commander

Bob Thomason

District 4 Commander
Brown, Campbell, Edmunds, McPherson, Walworth, Spink, and Faulk

Clayton Nei, District 5 Commander

Clayton Nei

District 5 Commander
Day, Grant, Marshall, Roberts, Clark, Codington, Deuel, Hamlin, and Brookings

James Pekron, District 6 Commander

James Pekron

District 6 Commander
Beadle, Kingsbury, Miner, Aurora, Brule, Buffalo, Davison, Hanson, Jerauld, and Sanborn

Andy Lyngen, District 7 Commander

Andy Lyngen

District 7 Commander
Lake, Moody, McCook, Lincoln, Union, and Minnehaha

Joseph Knoer, District 8 Commander

Joseph Knoer

District 8 Commander
Turner, Bon Homme, Charles Mix, Clay, Douglas, Hutchinson, and Yankton