New team members join SDAHO

Kimberly Nelson

We are pleased to announce that Kimberly Nelson will be joining our team as the new Manager, Communications and Education.

Kimberly has more than 16 years of communications, public relations, and marketing experience in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. A graduate of Mount Marty College and the Institute for Organizational Management, she is skilled in multiple writing mediums, website design and content management, social media marketing, media relations, event planning, graphic design and photography.

Kimberly is a native of South Dakota and will be moving from Nebraska.  She starts work in early November.

Kim Gillan

We are pleased to announce that Kim Gillan will be joining our team as the new Vice President, State/Federal Relations. Kim has more than 25 years of experience and proven track record for building partnerships and collaboration to advance legislative, policy and business initiatives.

A Cornell University graduate, Kim has worked as a management consultant, a higher education workforce development director, and a Montana state legislator. She most recently was a federal regional director for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Kim has extensive experience in legislative, policy and regulatory areas, advocacy, lobbyist, strategy, building coalitions, rural development, and Indian health issues.

Kim will begin work by early November.