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
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
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
(Nov. 2023 - Nov. 2025)
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. Foster Sawyer, Rotating Member of Management Team
Faculty/Research Scientist
Math & Science Department
Oglala Lakota College
490 Piya Wiconi Road
Kyle, SD 57752
Phone: (605) 877-2923
Email:
jfsawyer@olc.edu
(pending upgrade to Institutional member)Dr. Peggy Norris, Associate Director of SDSGC
Deputy Director, Department of Education and Outreach
Sanford Underground Research Facility
Currently Open Position, Associate Director of SDSGC (to be filled or
appointed by new JMLC Executive Director by Feb. 2025)The Journey Museum and Learning Center
222 New York St.
Rapid City, SD 57701
Phone: (605) 394-6923 (Museum's main number)
Email: __________________
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)
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Dr. Marie Steckelberg
Steckelberg Consulting, LLC
(SDSGC's Independent Evaluator)
In Memory of Mr. Kevin Dalsted In Memory of Dr. Dan Swets