Leadership

AFP SD Leadership 2026

AFP SD Board of Directors - Officers

President
Emma Shears - Executive Committee Chair
Innovative NonProfit, Mitchell

President-Elect 
Hans Nelson – Conference & Awards Committee Chair
Monument Health, Rapid City

Vice President
Molly Sutton, CFRE – Professional Development Committee Chair
Avera Foundation, Mitchell

Treasurer
Andrea Serna, CFRE – Finance Committee Chair
Black Hills Works Foundation, Rapid City

Secretary
Paige Short, CFRE
Avera Foundation, Sioux Falls

Immediate Past President
Leslie Morrow – Governance Committee Chair
Alzheimer's Association-South Dakota, Sioux Falls

AFP SD Board of Directors - At-Large Directors

Jesse Bailey
United Way of Greater Yankton

Dane Bloch, CFRE 
American Red Cross, Sioux Falls

Jamie Farmen, CFRE – Communications and Marketing Committee Chair
South Dakota Community Foundation

Kelsie Ficken
Monument Health, Rapid City

Michele Loobey-Gertsch – Sponsorship Committee Chair
Black Hills Works, Rapid City

Stacey Hackett – Membership Committee Chair
Sanford Health, Sioux Falls

Kellyna Warnke 
University of South Dakota Foundation, Vermillion