Board and Staff

Board of Directors

Gabrielle Strong
Board Chair (2008) 
Sisseton Wahpeton & Mdewakanton Dakota

Teresa Peterson
Vice Chair (2018)
Upper Sioux Community

Evelyn Luna
Treasurer (2015)
Lower Sioux Community

Raine Cloud
Board Member (2022) 
Sisseton Wahpeton

Mary Erler Peters
Board Secretary (2002) 
Lower Sioux Community

Staff

Eileen O’Keefe
Executive Director
Lower Sioux Community
eokeefe@dakotawicohan.com

Doris Stands
Operations Manager
Lower Sioux Community
dstands@dakotawicohan.com

Priscilla Gruendemann
Program Coordinator
Lower Sioux Community
priscilladee@dakotawicohan.com

Sandra Jackson
Culture & Language Specialist
Yankton Sioux Community
sjackson@dakotawicohan.com

Mariah Heffner
Outreach & Support Specialist
Bad River Band of Lake Superior
mariah.heffner@dakotawicohan.com

Advisors

Walter LaBatte Jr
Artist, retired, proficient speaker
Upper Sioux Community

Iyekiyapiwiƞ Darlene St. Clair
Professor, St. Cloud State University
Lower Sioux Community