About SDSSSouth Dakota State SocietySDSS_71b78ff4-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea00The South Dakota State Society is a 501(c)4 non-profit organization designed to provide a social and professional network for South Dakotans, their friends and their families living, working and attending school in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. We were formed in 1954 as an opportunity for native and adopted South Dakotans in the greater Washington metropolitan area to share their common bond and the spirit of our great State. Although it had been inactive since 1982, the group was revived in 2008 and has become a beacon for South Dakotans living in Washington.South DakotansThe South Dakota State Society is open to anyone who has lived, worked or studied in South Dakota, and anyone who holds the State near and dear to your heart.South Dakota State Society BoardBlaine ReynoldsPresidentCassie BlakeTreasurerMaren ColonMidwest State Society DelegateLogan PenfieldMember At-LargeTravis MothsMember At-LargePatrick DoyleMember At-LargeJoshua TonsagerMember At-LargeSteve KurtenbachMember At-LargeKaleb KrogerMember At-LargeSDSSSponsorsCapitol CounselCapitol Counsel works closely with clients to set achievable goals, craft strategic arguments, and devise winning plans to address legislative challenges and opportunities. Capitol Counsel implements winning strategies that help clients meet their policy goals by advocacy, strategic counsel, legislative monitoring and policy analysis. Each one of our clients is served by a hand-picked bipartisan team of professionals who can best help them achieve their legislative objectives. This holistic team approach ensures clients receive the highest quality of service and expertise.First National BankFirst National Bank has a history and commitment to customers that goes back to 1934. Since commencing operations in Pierre, South Dakota, we’ve been proud of our tradition as a family-owned business and the connections to the communities we serve. Over the years we’ve grown, adding more locations and banking products, but always continuing to offer our customers personalized service. We do more than just promise to meet our customers’ banking needs. We take great pride in treating each and every one of our customers with the attention and care they deserve. First National Bank will always be your community bank, committed to doing what’s right for our customers in this generation – and the next.National Business Aviation AssociationThe National Business Aviation Association promotes the aviation interests of organizations utilizing general aviation aircraft for business purposes in the United States and worldwide.Red Print StrategyMedia and Creative AgencyXcel Energy Inc.Xcel Energy is proud to be the largest electric utility in South Dakota, serving nearly 100,000 customers in the Sioux Falls area. The nation’s leading utility provider of wind energy for more than 12 years running, Xcel recently announced plans to add a 600-megawatt wind project in Codington, Deuel and Grant counties to its upper Midwest system. This will be the largest-ever wind farm in South Dakota, and represents a $1 billion investment in the state. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Xcel Energy operates in eight Midwestern and Western states.Beer InstitutePast Sponsor -- The Beer Institute advocates on behalf of the $223 billion beer industry including more than 2,500 breweries and 1.8 million jobs in the United States in front of the US Congress, state legislatures, and numerous other public forums across the United States.Western Skies StrategiesPast Sponsor -- Western Skies Strategies is a bipartisan government relations and public affairs firm, which focuses on representing agricultural, rural, and Native American issues in the nation’s capital.The American Veterinary Medical Association s a not-for-profit association representing more than 82,500 veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services.American Veterinary Medical AssociationPast Sponsor -- The American Veterinary Medical Association is a not-for-profit association representing more than 82,500 veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services._71b7912a-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea00To provide a social and professional network for South Dakotans, their friends and their families living, working and attending school in the Washington, DC metropolitan area_71b791d4-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea00Programs & ActivitiesFoster, participate in, and encourage educational, cultural, charitable, civic,and patriotic program, and activities in the District of Columbia and surroundingcommunities, giving recognition to the State of South Dakota_71b792ba-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea001To foster, participate in, and encourage educational, cultural, charitable, civic,and patriotic program, and activities in the District of Columbia and surroundingcommunities, giving recognition to the State of South Dakota, especially inconjunction with the National conference of State Societies and other State andTerritorial societies in the District of Columbia._71b79350-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea00RelationshipsMaintain friendly and cooperative relations with the various State andTerritorial societies in the District of Columbia_71b793f0-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea002To maintain friendly and cooperative relations with the various State andTerritorial societies in the District of Columbia and the National Conference ofState Societies._71b79490-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea00RepresentationRepresent the State of South Dakota in national and international activitiesinvolving the State and Territorial societies, and inaugural events_71b79526-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea003To represent the State of South Dakota in national and international activitiesinvolving the State and Territorial societies, and inaugural events._71b795c6-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea00RecognitionMaintain recognition as a State Society by the National Conference of StateSocieties_71b79666-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea004National Conference of State SocietiesTo maintain recognition as a State Society by the National Conference of StateSocieties by upholding and maintaining the purposes, objectives, and integrity,and complying with the membership requirements, of National Conference ofState Societies._71b79710-16e0-11eb-90db-e0200283ea002011-01-312020-10-25http://thesouthdakotastatesociety.org/what-we-doOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net