ABOUT US - board

History, Mission, & Values | Icahya Woecun | Staff | Board | US Treasury Certified CDFI

Rob Laurenz, Board Chair - Member, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Owner, Dakota 2000; Partner, Ranchland Technologies; Member, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Mazaska Board; Pierre, SD. Joined the board in 2006.

Kirk Beyer, Board Vice Chair - Campus Director, Presentation College Lakota Campus; Rancher; Former business teacher and senior economic analyst; Timber Lake, SD. Joined the board in 2007.

Nyal Moninger, Board Treasurer - Assistant Vice President, 1st Financial Bank USA in Dupree; Member, Dupree Community Club; Involved with community 4-H program and high school rodeo; Dupree, SD. Joined the board in 2004.

Mary Olive Johnson, Board Secretary - Community Volunteer-supports entrepreneurship, access to technology, improved services and facilities for youth, and government accountability; Former college instructor; Former partner in an architectural firm; Eagle Butte, SD. Joined the board in 2004.

Tanya Fiddler – Member, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Vice President of Programs and Operations job at First Nations Oweesta Corporation;  Co-chair of the Native CDFI Network (NCN), Co-chair of the SD Indian Business Alliance (SDIBA), Board member, SD Rural Enterprise Initiative, Board member, Mazaska Owecaso Otipi Financial.

Mark Peacock - Grants Administrator, Cheyenne – Eagle Butte School 20-1; Received a Master’s in Natural Sciences, University of South Dakota; Initiated the junior high-level financial literacy and prosperity thinking “Be Your Own Boss” and “Personal Development” courses at C-EB; Dupree, SD; Joined the board in 2009

Lynette Dupris – Member, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Director, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Revenue Office, Eagle Butte, SD. Joined the board in 2007

Kristy Circle Eagle – Member, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Legal Administrative Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Received a Bachelor’s in Management; Resident of Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Joined the board in 2008.

Jill Kessler – Member, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe; School Counselor, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte Primary School; Master’s in Counseling, South Dakota State University; Eagle Butte, SD. Joined the board in 2008.