The 2022 National School for Beginning Ag Bankers was held on the campus of Black Hills State University in Spearfish on June 20-23, 2022.

More than 250 individuals from South Dakota and North Dakota and their business partners came together and celebrated all that was accomplished this past year at the 2022 SDBA/NDBA Annual Convention on June 13-15 in Bismarck, N.D. The theme of this year’s event was “Onward!”

The SDBA held their Annual Business Meeting as a breakfast on June 15 in Bismarck, N.D.

SDBA membership elected officers for 2022-2023 during the SDBA’s Annual Business Meeting on June 15th in Bismarck, N.D. The SDBA’s new officers are:

Josh Horak, Bank President of First Interstate Bank in Sturgis, S.D., recently joined the SDBA Board as the Emerging Leader liaison.

The SD Bankers Foundation welcomes new board member, Jody Bender. Jody was raised in Mobridge, S.D. and attended SDSU, earning a bachelor’s in Commercial Economics.