1. PEOPLE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Dennis Daugaard
Governor
Linda Daugaard
First Lady
All Cabinet has
direct access to Gov.
Scheduler
Residence
Executive asst.
Governor’s Office organizational chart
Matt Michels
Lieutenant Governor
Cabinet: Personnel
Veterans’ Affairs
Tribal Affairs
Functions: President of the Senate
Governor’s representative
Legislative relationships
Health Care Reform
Special projects
Deb Bowman
Sr. Advisor to the Governor
Cabinet: Social Services
Health
Human Services
Functions: Chief lobbyist
First Lady’s initiatives
Dusty Johnson
Chief of Staff
Cabinet: Tourism
Agriculture
Labor & Regulation
Game, Fish & Parks
Environment & NR
Corrections
Military
Public Safety
Transportation
Functions: Energy policy
Office operations
Tony Venhuizen
Dir.ofPolicy&Communications
Cabinet: Education
Board of Regents
Information & Telecom
Functions: Communication
Legislative task force
Constitutional officers
Governor’s Executive Committee
Policy analyst
Policy analyst
Available to all GEC
Executive asst.
Policy advisor
Policy advisor
Policy advisor
Legislativedirector
Press secretary
General Counsel
ConstituentService
Correspondence
Executive asst.
Jason Dilges
Chief Financial Officer
Cabinet: Finance & Management
Administration
Revenue
Functions: State budget process
Vacant
Sec. of Econ. Development
Cabinet: Economic Development
Functions: Job creation and economic
growth
Support staff