Contact Information for the "Management Team" of the SD Space Grant
Consortium
Headquarters Office Phone Number
605-394-1975
Dr. Edward F. Duke,
Director
South Dakota Space Grant Consortium
Professor of Geology
SD School of Mines & Technology
501 E. St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
Phone: 605-394-2388
Fax: 605-394-3366
Email: Edward.Duke@sdsmt.edu
Thomas V. Durkin, Deputy Director
SD Space Grant Consortium
SDSM&T
501 E. St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
Phone: 605-394-1975
Fax: 605-394-3366
Email:
Thomas.Durkin@sdsmt.edu
Dr. Todd Letcher, Associate Director of SDSGC
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
South Dakota State University
Crothers Engineering Hall 212
Mechanical Engineering-Box 2219
Brookings, SD 57007Phone: (605) 688-5311
Email: todd.letcher@sdstate.edu
Kristi L. Sayler, Associate Director of SDSGC
Earth Resources Observation & Science Center (EROS)
U.S. Geological Survey
47914 252nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57198
Phone: (605) 594-6058
Fax: (605) 594-6529
Email: sayler@usgs.gov
Dr. Rhea Waldman, Associate Director of SDSGC
Executive Director
South Dakota Discovery Center
805 West Sioux
Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: (605) 224-8295
Email: rheawaldman@sd-discovery.org
Currently Open Position, Associate Director of SDSGC
Executive Director
The Journey Museum and Learning Center
222 New York St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-6923 (Museum's main number)
Email: __________________
Dr. Drew Alton, Associate Director of SDSGC
Associate Professor of Physics
Augustana University
2001 S. Summit Avenue
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
Phone: 605-274-4924
Email: alton@augie.edu
Dr. Brennan T. Jordan, Associate Director of SDSGC
Associate Professor & Coordinator, Earth Sciences ProgramDepartment of Sustainability and Environment
University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
Phone: (605) 677-6143
Fax: (605) 677-6121
Email: Brennan.Jordan@usd.edu
Dr. Peggy Norris, Associate Director of SDSGC (through July 1, 2023)
Deputy Director, Department of Education and Outreach
Sanford Underground Research Facility
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Dr. Kinchel Doerner
SD EPSCoR Director
SD Board of Regents
4801 N. Career Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57107
Phone: 605-274-9536
Email: kinchel.doerner@sdbor.edu
(Ex-officio, non-voting member of SD Space Grant Management Team)
Dr. Marie Steckelberg
Steckelberg Consulting, LLC
(SDSGC's Professional Program Evaluator, non-voting member of Management Team)
In Memory of Mr. Kevin Dalsted In Memory of Dr. Dan Swets