{"id":262,"date":"2023-03-22T19:29:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T19:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2024-04-08T19:59:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T19:59:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n<div class=\"cell medium-8 \">\n<h3 class=\"fs-40 green-text text-center\">Mission<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fs-22\">To champion the growth and diversification of South Dakota&#8217;s economy through professional development, networking, and advocacy<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"fs-40 green-text text-center\">Vision<\/h3>\n<p class=\"fs-22\">Vibrant communities and economic opportunities for all in South Dakota<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cell medium-4 \">\n<div class=\"quicklinks\">\n<h3 class=\"fs-22\">Quick Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/becoming-a-member\">Becoming A Member<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x top-pad-50\">\n<div class=\"cell large-12\">\n<h2 class=\"fs-36 green-text text-center\">About the Board<\/h2>\n<p>The EDPA Board of Directors is made up of members and officers that represent communities across our state, private sector economic development stakeholders, and state legislators. They include members from ten economic development organization members, five associate members, and two ex-officio members.<\/p>\n<p>Their purpose is to provide oversight, governance, direction, advice, and to assist in leadership and awareness of EDPA\u2019s mission. The Board of Directors represent the collective acumen of South Dakota\u2019s economic development profession and industry.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"top-pad-25\">\n<h3 class=\"fs-25 green-text\">Executive Board<\/h3>\n<p>Michael Bockorny | Chair | Aberdeen Development Corporation<\/p>\n<p>Tom Johnson | Vice-Chair | Elevate Rapid City<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Wenande | Treasurer | Yankton Thrive<\/p>\n<p>Bob Mundt | Secretary | Sioux Falls Development Foundation<\/p>\n<p>David Lambert | Past Chair | Mitchell Area Development Corporation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"top-pad-25\">\n<h3 class=\"fs-25 green-text\">Board Members<\/h3>\n<p>Rita Anderson | De Smet Development Corporation, Retired<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Finck | SD Finck Farms<\/p>\n<p>Ted Haeder | Greater Huron Development Corporation<\/p>\n<p>Julie Johnson | SCORE<\/p>\n<p>Geri Beck | Mitchell Area Chamber and Development Corporation<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Peters | A1 Development<\/p>\n<p>Jim Protexter | Pierre Economic Development Corporation<\/p>\n<p>Brooke Rollag | Lake Area Improvement Corporation<\/p>\n<p>Alex Smith | EDA<\/p>\n<p>Hollie Stalder | Belle Fourche Development Corporation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"top-pad-25\">\n<h3 class=\"fs-25 green-text\">Ex-Officio Members<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Casey Crabtree<\/p>\n<p>Senator Tim Reed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission To champion the growth and diversification of South Dakota&#8217;s economy through professional development, networking, and advocacy Vision Vibrant communities<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/about\/\" title=\"ReadAbout\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-container.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":750,"href":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions\/750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edpasd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}