Contact Us

To contact a licensing board, select the appropriate board on the licensing board page and use the direct contact information found on the individual board page. Questions about Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program should be directed to the Department of Social Services.

To contact the Department of Health general mailbox use this form or find a direct contact in our directory below.

South Dakota Department of Health

Robert Hayes Building

600 E. Capitol Ave.

Pierre, SD 57501-2536

Phone: 605-773-3361

Fax: 605-773-5683

1-800-738-2301 (in SD only)

Staff Directory

Kim Malsam-Rysdon, Secretary of Health
Monica Harding, Executive Assistant, 605-773-3923
Joan Adam, Division Director, Administration, 605-773-3361
Colleen Winter, Division Director, Family and Community Health, 605-773-3737
Tom Martinec, Division Director, Health Systems Development and Regulation, 605-773-6188
Dr. Lon Kightlinger, State Epidemiologist, 605-773-2795
Kari Williams, Finance Officer, 605-773-4939
Derrick Haskins, Communications Director, 605-773-3361

Child and Family Services - Linda Ahrendt, 605-773-4074

Maternal and Child Health - Scarlett Bierne, 605-773-4439
Home Visiting Program - Carrie Churchill, 605-394-2495
Baby Care (case management for high-risk pregnant women) - Peggy Seurer, 605-948-2412
Better Health for Kids with Chronic Conditions - Barb Hemmelman, 605-773-4749
Family Planning - Sara Gloe, 605-773-4476
Newborn Hearing Screening - Lucy Fossen, 605-773-2944
Newborn Metabolic Screening - Lucy Fossen, 605-773-2944
Oral Health - Julie Ellingson, 605-773-7150
School Health - Julie Ellingson, 605-773-7150
WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children) - Rhonda Buntrock, 605-773-4786

Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Kiley Hump, 605-773-5610

All Women Count! (breast and cervical cancer screening) - Karen Cudmore, 605-773-5728
Chronic Disease Epidemiologist - Ashley Miller, 605-367-4342
Colorectal Cancer Screening - Karen Cudmore, 605-773-5728
Comprehensive Cancer Control - Lexi Pugsley, 605-626-2660, Ext. 134
Diabetes Prevention & Control - Melissa Coull, 605-688-6011
Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention - Vacant, 605-773-6744
Nutrition and Physical Activity - Larissa Skjonsberg, 605-773-2171; Susan Alverson, 605-256-5740
South Dakota Cancer Registry - Kay Dosch, 605-773-6345
Tobacco Control - Jacob Parsons, 605-773-2891
Worksite Wellness - DeeDee Dugstad, 605-773-4932

Correctional Health - Kayla Tinker, 605-773-2707

Data and Statistics - Mark Gildemaster, 605-773-3596

Disease Prevention Services - Bonnie Jameson, 605-773-3917

Assistant Administrator - Cassie Deffenbaugh, 605-773-4900
Western Regional Supervisor - Amy Fink, 605-394-2519
Eastern Regional Supervisor - Katelyn Strasser, 605-367-4610
Healthcare-Associated Infections - Kipp Stahl, 605-773-4672
HIV/AIDS Prevention - Susan Gannon, 605-773-5952
Immunization - Tim Heath, 605-773-5323
Infectious Disease Surveillance - Nick Hill, 605-773-6528; Dustin Ortbahn, 605-773-3914
Influenza Surveillance - Vickie Horan, 605-773-6195
Ryan White Part B - Justin Reinfeld, 605-367-5371
Sexually Transmitted Disease Control - Amanda Gill, 605-773-4794
Tuberculosis Control - Kristin Rounds, 605-773-4784