Dakota State Alumni Association                           Board of Directors

Cathy Regas graduated from Dakota State College in 1983 with majors in business education and business administration. While at DSC, Cathy was involved in Business Club, Host Corps, Young Democrats, band, Delta Mu Delta, and National Honor Society. Cathy received her masters degree in educational leadership in 2003. Cathy is currently the Business/Computer Department Chair at Roosevelt High School. Cathy, husband Frank, and their two children live in Sioux Falls.

Jona Schmidt has been Executive Director of the Alumni Association since 1995. She is married to DSU alum Rick Schmidt, Class of 1971, and has two daughters, Dawn Semrau and Allie Shuck, and a grandson Harrison Semrau.

Dave Geiver graduated from Dakota State College in 1982. While at Dakota State Dave played football. He is the Vice President of Technology at Premier Bankcard in Sioux Falls, SD. Dave and wife Terri and their family live in rural Brandon.

Evan Gough graduated from Dakota State in 2000 with a degree in mathematics. He also has a masters degree in administration from SDSU. Evan was president of the student association his senior year and was active in student government throughout his college career. Evan is currently teaching math and coaching in the Aberdeen School District. His wife, Amy, is an orchestra teacher with the Aberdeen School District.

Doug Jerlow graduated from Dakota State in 1970. He is the owner and president of Kundert-Williams Insurance Agency in Madison, SD. He and wife Carolyn have lived in Madison since 1970 and have a home at Lake Madison. They have two children: Jennifer and family live in Buffalo, MN; Chris lives in Madison and works at Kundert-Williams.

After serving 3 years in the Army, he attended DSU from 1975 to 1979 and graduated cum laude with a BS in Business Administration, AS in Accounting and AA in Small Business and Retail Management. While a student, Mike served two years on Student Senate, was VP of the Student Association, and served on numerous committees and was active in many clubs. In 1980 Mike was accepted in the MBA Program at USD and completed 2 semesters of study.  From 1980-84 he worked as a merchandise manager for JC Penney. From 1984-88 he was enrolled at DSU in the new Information Systems Degree Program.  He graduated with a BS in Information Systems, AS in Application Programming and AS in Business Management. During that time frame he also served two years on Student Senate and was VP of the Student Association. Again he was on numerous committees and was active in many clubs. Mike became a Citibank Executive Intern and upon graduation, accepted a management position in the Citibank Data Center. He spent 12 years at Citibank in various management positions. For the past 9 years he has been employed as an IT manager for Specialized Cards, which was bought out by Household, which was bought out by HSBC. He live and his wife of 25 years, Laine, live on the golf course at Lake Madison. They have one daughter, Mindy and a granddaughter, Rylee. 

Lorin Larsen graduated from Dakota State College in 1984 with a degree in retail and small business management. He lives in Madison and has four children, Kelsi, Kristin, Logan and Jordan. Lorin is the station manager at KJAM radio in Madison.

Sarah Linneman graduated from DSU in 2004 with a degree in Management Information Systems and minors in CIS and CEX. She is originally from Estelline, SD and is currently living in Sioux Falls, SD. Sarah is a consultant for Empower Solutions, Inc. based out of Atlanta, GA and is currently working there as a Change Management Lead. Sarah was the Student Senate Vice President her senior year at DSU. She was also involved in many other clubs and organizations including Phi Beta Lambda, Delta Mu Delta, concert band, and jazz band.

Kristi Nelson graduated from DSU in 1983. She has a bachelors degree in elementary and special education and a masters degree in administration. She is employed by Avera McKennan as the Registration and Quality Coordinator. She and husband Brad, DSU class of '91, have three daughters and live in Sioux Falls.

Connie Orr graduated from DSU in December 2005, majoring in both Multimedia Web Development and Computer Graphics. She resides in Lake Preston, SD. She is employed at Lyle Signs, Inc. in DeSmet, SD as an internet technician.

Sharon Nowotny Schueler graduated from Dakota State College in 1973 with degrees in mathematics and business education. While on campus Sharon was a member of KSI, the Geography Club and Sigma Tau Sigma. Sharon is the Coordinator of Assessment and Evaluation for the Sioux Falls School District. She and husband Dean live in Sioux Falls.

Joyce Welbon graduated from General Beadle State Teachers College in 1962 with a degree in secondary education with a major in English. While on campus she was part of the band, chorus, drama club, and MSM. Joyce represented South Dakota at the MSM Christian Citizenship Seminar for Students at the U.N. in New York City and in Washington D.C.  Joyce taught in Brookings, Highmore, the Flandreau Indian School, and Madison High School. She retired in 1998 and continues to substitute at MHS. She and husband, Clair, have four grown children and three grand children. She has spent many years working with the Boy Scouts of America, Methodist Church and other volunteer organizations. She lives with her husband on the family farm in rural Madison.

Eldon 'Al' Wieman graduated from General Beadle State College in 1964 with a degree in secondary education. While on campus Al was on the student senate, was senior class president and served on the dorm council. Al is the Director of Career Assessment and Guidance Network and the Principal of the Career Academy at East Dakota Educational Cooperative.

Gene Wockenfuss graduated from Dakota State University in 1983 with a degree in secondary education. On campus Gene participated in football. Gene has taught/coached at the high school and college level for 20+ years. Gene has three boys: Cory, Kyle, and Cody. Gene served as the Head Football Coach at DSU in 2002 & 2003 and presently is the Director of Athletics for Dakota State.

Chase Anderton is a graduate of Alcester-Hudson High School and is a computer graphic design major at DSU. Chase is involved in many campus activities. He helped found the Comedy Bytes Improv squad, and has been a Resident Assistant for 2 years.