Staff & Board

CASA Staff:

Stacey Tieszen, CEO
Virginia Buchheim, Executive Assistant
Heather Miller, Director of Volunteer Engagement and Impact
Mandi Roskam, Director of Advocacy
Jeanie Klooster, Advocacy Intake Specialist
Mandi Benitez, Senior Advocate Supervisor
Christy Vander Woude, Advocate Supervisor
Isabella Niemeyer, Advocate Supervisor
Taryn Ziebart, Advocate Supervisor
Marcia King, Advocate Supervisor

CASA Board of Directors:

Pamela Kreber- Chair, Community Member
Lisa Gerner- Vice Chair, First Premier
Balinda Zwak- Secretary/Treasurer, Dakota Beverage, Inc.
Anne Thimsen- Past Chair, Republic National Distributing, Co.
Mike Larson, Larson Law Office
Chad Erickson, First Western Bank & Trust
Melissa Phillips, Sammons Financial
Kristi Saxlund, Pride Neon Sign Solutions
Jodi Siemers, First Bank and Trust
Darren Lee, Team Cholla
Eric Oetken, Sioux Falls Stampede Hockey Club
Kate Bartell Nowak, Plan Wise Legal, LLP
Michelle Walter, Avera Health
Melanie Unzen, Citi
Stacie Suedkamp, Figtales