Governor's Task Force on Infant Mortality
Task Force Members
- First Lady Linda Daugaard, Chair
- Jeff Boyle, MD, Perinatologist, Sanford Health
- Mary Carpenter, MD, Family Practice, Family Practice Associates of Winner
- Sophia Conroy, Clinic Manager, Kyle Health Center
- Rodney Cuny, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service
- Sara DeCoteau, Health Coordinator, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
of the Lake Traverse Reservation
- Janet Dutcher, Neonatal CNP, Avera McKennan
- Michael Elliot, MD, Pediatrician, Avera Health
- Deb Fischer-Clemens, RN, VP of Avera Center for Public Policy
- Gail Gray, EdD, DOH Tribal Liaison
- Doneen Hollingsworth, Secretary, Department of Health
- Eugene Hoyme, MD, Pediatrician, USD School of Medicine/Sanford Children’s Hospital
- Jennifer Irving, MPH, Director, Northern Plains Tribal Epi Center
- Gail Jamison, Neonatal ICU Social Worker, Sanford Health
- Lon Kightlinger, MSPH, PhD, State Epidemiologist, Department of Health
- Deb Kuehn, Neonatal CNP, Rapid City Regional/Black Hills Pediatrics
- J.R. LaPlante, Secretary, Department of Tribal Relations
- Laurie Landeen, MD, OB/GYN, Sanford Clinic
- Pam Locken, CEO, Prairie Community Health
- Kimberlee McKay, MD, OB/GYN, Avera Health
- Cindy Morrison, VP of Health Policy, Sanford Health
- Brad Randall, MD, Forensic Pathologist, Minnehaha Co. Child Fatality Review
- Bonny Specker, PhD, SDSU/National Children’s Study
- Dennis Stevens, MD, Pediatric Neonatologist, Sanford Children’s Specialty Clinic
- Lynne Valenti, Deputy Secretary, Department of Social Services
- Antionette VanderPol, MD, Family Practice, Avera St. Benedict Clinic, Parkston
- Dorinda (Dori) Vojta, CNP, CNM, Mobridge Medical Clinic
- Angel Wilson, FNP, Rosebud Indian Health Service
